Gender/GLBT
Religious right: Hate crimes bill part of Obama’s ‘radical anti-Christian agenda’
Friday was historic for LGBT Americans as President Obama signed into law a hate crimes bill that includes sexual orientation and gender identity.MORE »
Women's Night Out - with an international flavor
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. MORE »
Problems seen in energy stimulus programs
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. MORE »
OPINION | Men need to weigh in on rape
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.
Doors peeped opened and quickly shut. Somebody must've at least dialed 911, because the cops did show up—after the fact (which is not to blame the police, who can't come until they are called).
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Election shenanigans heat up in Maplewood city council race
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. MORE »
Real people, real names
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. MORE »
"Racist, homophobic" campaign fliers distributed in Maplewood
When Maplewood city council candidate Jim Llanas told the Minnesota Independent this summer, "Brace yourself. It's just going to get ugly," he wasn't far off the mark.MORE »
Rainbow Rumpus launches new book project in Minneapolis
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. MORE »
Stewart ridicules Republicans for opposing Franken’s anti-rape amendment
Every politician, presumably, is opposed to rape. So it would seem likely that Sen. Al Franken's first legislative amendment - which would prohibit government contractors from restricting workers from suing if they are sexually assaulted while on the job - would pass unanimously.MORE »
Thinking about race, gender and equity
"I am a recovering chauvinist," Metric Giles told the group gathered to talk about race and equity. "God blessed me with six daughters. And that brought me to realize that I have privilege as a man. I realize it - but I still have it, because the system still gives it to me. My decision is how to use it and what to do with it."MORE »
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