Gender/GLBT

MOVIES | "Straightlaced" documents gender pressures on teens

By Deirdre McGarrity, TC Daily Planet

Straightlaced is a documentary not only—as its title suggests—about GLBT issues, but about gender i

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Minneapolis approves affirmative action plan

By Paulina Yanez, KFAI Radio

Three weeks ago, the City Council approved a new Affirmative Action Plan for the City of Minneapolis.

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Religious right: Hate crimes bill part of Obama’s ‘radical anti-Christian agenda’

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Friday was historic for LGBT Americans as President Obama signed into law a hate crimes bill that includes sexual or

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Women's Night Out - with an international flavor

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Photos by Sheila Regan

More than 100 women who live and work in the Cedar-Riverside area celebrated "Women's Night Out" on October 24 at the Brian Coyle Center, an event designed for women in the community to get to know each other and build community.  Neighbors, service workers, and girls mingled, sampled different kinds of ethnic food, and were entertained by a fashion show and open mic in the event, now in its fourth year. 

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Problems seen in energy stimulus programs

By staff, Session Weekly/Session Daily

State energy officials need to do a better job of ensuring that minority and low-income workers are included in weatherization and other stimulus projects, one lawmaker argues.

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OPINION | Men need to weigh in on rape

By Dwight Hobbes, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

Just last year, in St. Paul, a woman was raped in an apartment building. She fought like hell to try and keep him off her, screamed loud, but nobody came out to help.

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Election shenanigans heat up in Maplewood city council race

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

Maplewood council contenders Dave Hafner and Jim Llanas

With just under a week until the Maplewood city elections, the quirky politics of the suburb just north of St. Paul have taken some interesting turns. Dueling fliers that some residents describe as "racist and homophobic" and a recording of a 911 call of candidate allegedly threatening a neighbor are among the more noteworthy occurrences.

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Real people, real names

By Kathy Magnuson, Minnesota Women’s Press

Not every woman chooses her work as freely as others do. While we focus on a career and work theme in this issue of the Minnesota Women's Press, we are confronted with the fact that many women do not choose their work at all. Every day, 8,000-12,000 women and girls are being sold commercially in Minnesota.

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"Racist, homophobic" campaign fliers distributed in Maplewood

By Andy Birkey, Minnesota Independent

When Maplewood city council candidate Jim Llanas told the Minnesota Independent this summer, "Brace

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Rainbow Rumpus launches new book project in Minneapolis

By Sheila Regan, TC Daily Planet

Ashanté spent time with Rainbow Rumpus at the Black Pride celebration in 2008, and is part of a poster project designed to raise awareness that more than nine million kids with LGBT parents live in the United States.

Rainbow Rumpus, a local online magazine for youth with LGBT parents, will be holding a book release launch party of their new Printable Picture Books project at True Colors Bookstore in Minneapolis on October 24.  The event for preschool and early elementary children and their families will include storytelling, live music, face-painting, and a bake sale, and children who come to the store on that day will receive a downloaded pdf of the books in Rainbow Rumpus's current Printable Picture Book series.

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