9th Circuit Says Prop 8 is Unconstitutional
...read moreA federal appeals court on Tuesday declared California’s same-sex marriage ban to be unconstitutional, putting the bitterly contested, voter-approved law on track for likely consideration by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance
The International Transgender Day of Remembrance was set aside to memorialize those who were killed due to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice. Some of the memorial events have already happened, but there are still events coming up in some areas. Here’s a list of TDOR events. Please do feel free to link your relevant posts or [...]
...read moreMapping Bias: LGBT Resources on the South Side of Chicago
This is a guest post by Kayla Higgins
The interesting thing about maps is that they are almost never objectively accurate. Rather, they depict a space through the perspective of the Chicagoan mapmaker. And such is the case of the various maps of gay life in Chicago. They are “Gay Chicago” as seen through the eyes of a particular mapmaker or, sometimes, an entire demographic. But they cannot be said to depict “Gay Chicago” as it objectively exists.
“Racism and Science Fiction” by Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany is a brilliant and fascinating gay black science fiction author who has won many awards and been the subject of at least one documentary. Here’s an article he wrote about racism and science fiction, which I found both eloquent and insightful. I tried to find something to snip for y’all, but it’s [...]
...read moreAuf’ed Is A Word In Every Gender: A Few Reality TV Notes
So here’s the thing: while waiting this past weekend in my just-across-the-block-from-the-evacuation-zone apartment for the threatened transformation of New York from this: Into this: …I did not spend my weekend writing posts for Feministe, as was my brief, but instead watching Project Runway. Project Runway Australia. I won’t qualify Project Runway as a guilty pleasure. [...]
...read moreThe deficient single woman
Chally is a former Feministe staffer. She writes at Zero at the Bone. I’m really quite troubled by the centring of romantic/sexual relationships at the expense of all other ways of organising lives. Right now, I’m going to explore this in terms of single women being seen as deficient. I’ve seen so many divorced and [...]
...read moreThis just in: Bi men are real!
A new study has found something about bisexual men that may surprise some people: they exist! The study took the revolutionary step of attempting to recruit bisexual men by recruiting in online venues that actually targeted bisexual men, as opposed to previous studies which had recruited by advertising in gay-oriented publications. A lot of bisexual [...]
...read moreSalon Flubs Reporting on Child Predators
This is a guest post by Kristin Rawls.
Trigger warnings for discussion of rape apologism and pedophilia. Please take these seriously. I have no personal history of either, but I had an emotional—even a visceral—response to the article that I discuss here.
Queerer Than Thou
This so reminds me of some of my friends. Some of us queer folks are really invested in our labels. Sometimes YouTube produces some gold. Kind of problematic that the trans feminine person barely gets a mention, though!
...read moreNetroots Nation 2011
This is a guest post by April Lukes-Streich.
It was difficult to choose, as so many [sessions] looked interesting and were sure to be helpful, but I was extremely happy with each of the session I attended. Highlights of some of the panels I attended:
Why is the Gay Rights Movement is So Far Ahead of the Abortion Rights Movement?
On last week’s episode of Glee, gay characters Kurt and Blaine kissed, and not just a peck-on-the-cheek kiss. A full out passionate, lip-smacking smooch. I was pretty pleased about this (ok, I was grinning from ear to ear) and then I watched this. It’s a video of a group of teens watching the show who [...]
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Transformative Change
Guernica interviews Dean Spade, the first openly trans law professor, about his activism and work with the Sylvia Rivera Law Project. It’s a must-read, but the lead particularly caught my eye: The average life span of a transgendered person is twenty-three years. The whole interview is amazing, and do read it. A sample: A lot [...]
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