Gender/GLBT

COMMUNITY VOICES | Breaking the silence on prostitution in Twin Cities

By Meleah Maynard, Community Voices

It’s hard to put an end to a problem that few people know of, let alone talk about. And that’s precisely why the University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (UROC) is working hard to raise public awareness about sex trafficking and the prostitution of women and children in the Twin Cities through a series of public discussions aimed at putting an end to the practice.

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Outing sexual violence disparities: New data show high rates of sexual assault in LGBT community

By Branden Largent, The Minnesota Daily

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The man was older, and she had a crush on him. They were grabbing movie rentals at Blockbuster before going to a party at his house.

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International Women's Day 2013 focuses on violence against women

By Mary Treacy, Poking Around

While each deserves to tell its own unique story, the several efforts to honor the lives and work of women during the month of March can be difficult to untangle. On Friday, March 8, 2013, groups around the globe will celebrate International Women’s Day. The theme for IWD 2013 is “A promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women.” As Minnesota legislators, along with countless legislative bodies throughout the nation and the world grapple with the issue, it a good time to revisit the history of IWD itself.

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Should battered women be given asylum in the U.S.?

By Cynthia Boyd, MinnPost

Among the hundreds released from immigration detention facilities nationwide as federal budget cut kick in today is a Honduran woman we’ll call Delores.

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Same-sex marriage push begins with introduction of bill by bipartisan group

By Jessica Lee, The Minnesota Daily

Paul Melchert (left), a pediatrician, speaks to the media about his support of the legalization of gay marriage while accompanied with his partner James Zimmerman (far right), and their two sons, Emmett (left), and Gabriel Melchert-Zimmerman (right). Sen. Scott Dibble and Rep. Karen Clark, chief sponsors of the bill to legalize gay marriage in Minnesota, held a press conference introducing their bill Wednesday at the Capitol. (Photo by Chelsea Gortmaker)

A bipartisan bill to legalize same-sex marriages in Minnesota was introduced at the state Capitol on Wednesday morning.

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OPINION | Legalize marriage for all, say Republicans

By Mordecai Specktor, American Jewish World

Thinking about same-sex marriage is changing in the United States. For example, there was the front-page headline in Tuesday’s edition of the New York Times: “Republicans Sign Brief in Support of Gay Marriage.”

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"One Billion Rising to End Violence" brought warmth, rallying near frozen Powderhorn Lake

By Mili Dutta and Ankita Deka, The Alley

The One Billion Rising to End Violence Against Women: Twin Cities was the catalyst bringing hundreds of people together near the shore of frozen Powderhorn Lake on February 14th, Valentine’s Day at Powderhorn Park, Mpls

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Marriage pressures for the "modern African woman" and African mom "crisis" are myths

By Lolla Mohammed Nur, Brown Ink

A recent article titled, “African moms: Be patient with your unmarried daughters” has been making the social media rounds amongst African circles online this past week. The writer, China Okasi, a daughter of Nigerian parents, makes two main arguments: that “modern” African women – whom she defines as daughters of African parents living in the western world – have a unique problem. Their problem is the expectation of being married early and married “well,” and that their mothers are in a deep crisis because their daughters are late in marriage. Why are they late in marriage? Because they are “empowered” women who are educated and are searching for love, something presumably their mothers did not have or did not want.

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Madame President: Sandy Pappas is the first Jewish woman to serve as president of the Minnesota Senate

By Mordecai Specktor, American Jewish World

Sen. Sandy Pappas has been elected to serve as the president of the Minnesota Senate for the 2013-2014 biennium, when the DFL Party controls both houses in the Legislature and the governor’s office. (Photo courtesy of Minnesota State Senate)

Sen. Sandra L. Pappas, DFL-St. Paul, has a spacious office in the Capitol, just down the hall from the House and Senate chambers. She is the second Jewish president of the Minnesota Senate — the late Sen. Allen Spear represented a Minneapolis district in the Senate for 28 years, and served as president for eight years, from 1992 to 2000.

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University of Minnesota Police Department working to boost diversity in hiring

By Jake Stark, The Minnesota Daily

Last month, the Minneapolis Police Department celebrated the graduation of its first new recruiting class in three years.

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