Gender/GLBT
Gender/GLBT
16 days: My activism against gender violence
by Amina, Kenya Imagine • The violation of women’s rights, is a violation of human rights. She is your mother, your sister… another human.
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Santa the fascist and his sexualized reindeer
by Jay Gabler, TC Daily Planet • 11/30/08 •
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Anti-religious heterophobia: The rebuttal
by Daniel Cubias • 11/25/08 • One of my recent pieces (“Muy Fabuloso”) also appeared on the Huffington Post last week. The post was about homophobia in Latino culture.
Minnesota radio host Chris Baker blames media, trans community for trans woman's death
by Andy Birkey • 11/20/08 • Just days after calling a trans man a “mutilated lesbian,” KTLK’s conservative radio host Chris Baker blamed the media — and by extension the transgender community — for the murder of Latiesha Green in Syracuse, NY, a crime authorities are planning to prosecute as a hate crime.
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Shelter from the storm: Minnesota women lead the way in domestic violence services
“I got in the car with my kids and I thought, now what? Where do I go, what do I do? I was not going to my family, because I knew he’d go there first. So I hit Highway 94 [traveling] west. I thought, there are some big cities this way; maybe I can find a job. It was July but it was kind of cool out. I had brought eight sweaters for my kids. They were 11, 10 and 7 years old then. I hit a phone booth and asked for directions to the women’s shelter.” MORE »
She rules the school: Minnesota’s women college presidents
We’re average. Well, actually a tiny bit below average. Minnesota students may generally outperform the national average on test scores, but if you do the math, we’re less than average when it comes to the number of women who lead our colleges and universities. Approximately 21 percent of the leaders of our four-year colleges and universities are led by women; the national average is about 24 percent. MORE »
Muy Fabuloso
by Daniel Cubias • 11/16/08 • Let me give you a warning. If you should ever walk down the street of a major American city with my wife, you should not (by her own admission) listen to her she asks the innocuous question, “What’s over there?” I speak from experience.
GLBTA chorus aims to entertain, enlighten, educate
On October 27, One Voice Mixed Chorus (OMVC), Minnesota’s gay/ lesbian/ bisexual/ transgender/ straight allies (GLBTA) chorus, held a concert and community forum in the Sanctuary of Unity Church — Unitarian, St. Paul. Emmy award-winner T. Mychael Rambo was emcee. Guest performers included Julie Warder, dancer; Desdamona, spoken word artist; Frank Sentwali, spoken word artist; Thomasina Petrus, vocalist; and Thom West, pianist.
Four support groups/community partners — the African American AIDS Task Force, the Aliveness Project, Minnesota AIDS Project and Rural AIDS Action Network — presided in the Fellowship Hall at tables with personnel and pamphlets available. They also connected clients to vital services. MORE »
