It’s no secret that Florida is an unfriendly environment for its LGBT residents. So it should not come as a surprise that the state is now attempting to censor the portrayal of LGBT people — and other images of “nontraditional family values” — in the media.
From The Palm Beach Post:
Movies and TV shows with gay [...]
In the wake of the recent murders of two transgender women in Turkey, international human rights advocates are calling for increased protections for LGBT citizens. Pembe Hayat, IGLHRC, Human Rights Watch and ILGA-Europe sent a letter to the Turkish government condemning the recent violence.
From Human Rights Watch:
The groups called on Turkey to remedy the conditions [...]
One of my all-time favorite movies is Jennie Livingston’s documentary Paris Is Burning. The film explores New York City’s ball culture and profiled both up-and-coming and well-known drag queens who competed in balls at that time. Moreover, it deconstructs what drag (particularly in the context of the ball community) is all about, from race and [...]
The Sexual and Reproductive Rights Situation Report is a monthly column exploring policy and political issues around the world. This month, we’re focusing on a recently floated anti-gay law in Uganda which has ties to ultra-fundamentalists in the U.S.
A “trans-man” in Uganda. Image: NY Times
The extreme anti-gay legislation was introduced in Uganda by the ruling party in the Parliament, [...]
When it was first conceived, hip-hop was a form of resistance by people of color to their oppression: not only a way of life, but also a route to social change. Yet artists who continue this tradition of challenging the intersections of the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy are a minority in the U.S. today, [...]
There is no shortage of media coverage about the dire situation in Haiti. In fact, GAB has already covered the topic multiple times. But there are still critical facets of the tragedy that have yet to be appropriately explored in the larger discourse. For instance, Reverend Irene Monroe recently posed an interesting question, one that [...]
Many of my friends are 20 and 30-somethings who are eagerly anticipating engagement, frantically confronting what it takes to plan a wedding, or quietly adjusting to life post-honeymoon. Equally as many of my friends won’t ever get married because in most places the law forbids them from doing so. The adults in my life (well, [...]
We don’t call boy’s dolls dolls, we call them action figures… -Whoopi Goldberg on “The View”
Many people do not know that transgender children exist, or at least pretend that they don’t exist. It’s probably because the subject is quite an uncomfortable one for many parents. Living as a transgender person is difficult enough; let alone [...]
Cross-posted at the Association for Women’s Rights in Development (AWID) website.
In January, Barack Obama was inaugurated as the 44th president of the United States. He quickly revoked the global gag rule, restored funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) for access to sexual and reproductive health care and, in spite of Pope Benedict’s pronouncement in [...]
I’m guessing this title might cause a knee-jerk reaction from some readers. It’s a conjunction I find equal parts fascinating and improbable. I do know some people, however, who identify as both, so I set about finding common ground between these two unlikely bed fellows.
This topic is best understood with the disclaimer that both identities [...]
