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The online world collectively lost its mind this week over the fact that a little boy was starring in a Barbie commercial for the first time ever. “SO fierce!” he says to the camera as he hands the doll her tiny designer purse.
James Pittman faced discrimination because he was gay—that, nobody denies. As an employee at Cook Paper Recycling Corp. in Missouri, Pittman was subject to vile homophobic harassment: Employees called him a “cocksucker,” asked whether he had AIDS, mocked him for being gay and having a boyfriend, and ridiculed him when they broke up. Then Cook Paper
The best use of three minutes… Sasheer Zamata explains just how problematic privilege is:
I have said this a time or three previously, but it bears repeating: The longer I work with computers and electronics, the more e-mail looks like the old “snail mail” stuff. In other words, the more it seems that e-mail I send out to people (or they send to me) “bounces” for this or that
In honor of National Coming Out Day (October 11) and #SpiritDay (October 15), this post examines how some highly-public moments for the LGBT community affected support for this movement and the rate at which people came out on Facebook. Examining aggregated, de-identified information about people in the U.S. on Facebook, we look at the total
Fresno AIDS Walk is an HIV/AIDS awareness and fundraising event that will pay homage to those affected by the disease and remember those we have lost. All proceeds will benefit Fresno’s only HIV/AIDS social support center: The Living Room, a project of WestCare California Inc. We welcome walkers and runners of all ages, and we encourage you to
October 9-11 YOUR TRUE GENDER CONFERENCE 2015 Your True Gender is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing the general public with an educational experience on Transgender awareness and issues. The Your True Gender Conference 2015’s mission is to educate and guide individuals of all ages on their transition journey (whatever that may be for each
Chaz is the author of “The End of Innocence & Transitions: How I Became a Man”. The son of Cher and Sonny Bono, he fully transitioned into a transgender man in 2010 named Chaz Bono. The event, titled “A Conversation with Chaz Bono,” will take place at 1 p.m. on Thursday October 8th at the
The dramatic revisiting of the era that gave birth to the Stonewall revolt of 1969 is a poignant reminiscence of the traumatic rites of coming out in an era before Facebook, cell phones, and our growing consensus about equal rights for people of alternative gender choices. For me, scene after scene was a flashback to
The Politics, Culture & Identity Lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz is looking to hire a field research coordinator and a field research assistant to assist with participant recruitment and data collection in Madera County and Kings County. The Community Climates Project is a research study that aims to better understand how young LGBTQ people
