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An Open Letter To My Mother

by Stigma Shame and Sexuality Series, Gender Across Borders

September 21, 2011 - 1:38pm (Print)

So, Mom, the reason why we may feel this anxiety, this pressure prior to revealing ourselves, is due to the fact that we were born into a social culture that does not approve of the ways in which we are different.

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The Hegemony of ‘LGBT’

by Stigma Shame and Sexuality Series, Gender Across Borders

September 19, 2011 - 1:47pm (Print)

The mainstream Western LGBT movement has become a commercialized monolith in the years since 1960s “gay liberation,” and its impact is in no way limited to the US and Europe.

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Pawlenty Gets Glittered

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Members of CodePink "glitter" GOP Presidential Candidate and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty as part of their campaign, in order to call attention to his lack of effort to ensure LGBTQ and reproductive rights if elected.

June 21, 2011 - 2:01pm

Members of CodePink "glitter" GOP Presidential Candidate and former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty as part of their campaign, in order to call attention to his lack of effort to ensure LGBTQ and reproductive rights if elected.

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Stoking Fire: Far Right Opposition to Hate Crimes Laws

by Eleanor J. Bader, RH Reality Check

August 11, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Assurances that federal workplace anti-discrimination protections for LGBT people will exempt religious bodies from oversight should mollify conservatives, but they don't.

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Sexual Rights and Wrongs: Policing the Gendered Order

by Carolina Austria, RH Reality Check, Asia

August 10, 2009 - 6:00am (Print)

The absence of penal laws and widespread violence against homosexuals and transgender persons does not make the Philippines totally “gay friendly” or even “pro-trans.”

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Brüno Walks the Line

by Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check

July 16, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

Is Brüno a punch in the face to American homophobia or does it perpetuate homophobic stereotypes in the name of satirizing them?

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House Health Care Reform Bill Mandates LGBT Data Collection

by Emily Douglas

July 15, 2009 - 9:39am (Print)

In a major breakthrough for LGBT Americans, the tri-committee health care reform bill released yesterday by the House mandates collection of health care data on sexual orientation and gender identity.

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Get Real! If I'm Bisexual, Why Don't I Feel the Same About Men and Women?

by Heather Corinna, Scarleteen.com

June 26, 2009 - 7:00am (Print)

There are bisexual people in the world who find that they have fairly equal levels of attraction to people of all genders, but I'd say it's more common to find that we have differences in how we experience different genders and different relationships.

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Proposed Same-Sex Marriage Bill Surprises Michigan Dems

by Todd Heywood, New Journalist Fellow

June 16, 2009 - 8:00am (Print)

Michigan Democrats were surprised when State Rep. Pam Byrnes announced she would offer legislation aimed at reversing the state’s constitutional ban on same-sex marriage.

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New York State Senators Defect to Republican Party; Reproductive Health, Marriage Equality Legislation Doomed

by Emily Douglas

June 8, 2009 - 3:50pm (Print)

Two Democratic New York state senators vote with Republicans to change leadership, imperiling both reproductive health and same-sex marriage legislation.

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