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October 4th, 2012
womenwhokickass: Miss Major: Why she kicks ass She is a black, formerly incarcerated, woman and transgender elder, who was at the Stonewall uprisings in ’69, and became politicized in the aftermath at Attica. She has been an activist and advocate in her community for over forty years, mentoring and empowering many of today’s transgender leaders to stand tall, step into their own power, and defend their human rights, from coast to coast.  Currently, Miss Major is the Executive Director of the TGI Justice Project (TGIJP) , whose mission is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against transgender, gender variant/genderqueer, and intersex (TGI) people in California prisons and beyond. In 2008, she testified at to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland about the abuses of transgender women of color in and out of the Prison Industrial Complex in the US. We brought her to campus last year!

womenwhokickass:

Miss Major: Why she kicks ass

  • She is a black, formerly incarcerated, woman and transgender elder, who was at the Stonewall uprisings in ’69, and became politicized in the aftermath at Attica. She has been an activist and advocate in her community for over forty years, mentoring and empowering many of today’s transgender leaders to stand tall, step into their own power, and defend their human rights, from coast to coast. 
  • Currently, Miss Major is the Executive Director of the TGI Justice Project (TGIJP) , whose mission is to challenge and end the human rights abuses committed against transgender, gender variant/genderqueer, and intersex (TGI) people in California prisons and beyond.
  • In 2008, she testified at to the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland about the abuses of transgender women of color in and out of the Prison Industrial Complex in the US.

We brought her to campus last year!

(via mexundocuqueer)

October 3rd, 2012
transstudent: Pronouns 101! Click here to learn more! Click here to repost on Facebook! Click here to retweet!

transstudent:

Pronouns 101! Click here to learn more!

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Trans third-grader wins right to use bathroom of her choice

gaywrites:

After changing schools within her district, a transgender third-grade girl in New Hampshire will be allowed to use the women’s restroom and wear girls’ clothing.

Janson Wu, an attorney with Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders who represented the New Hampshire student, told the CBS affiliate that schools need to have policies in place to protect transgender and gender-variant youth, in addition to comprehensive antibullying policies.

“I think as the environments become more and more welcoming to transgender and gender-variant youth, we’re going to see a lot more students  coming out,” Wu told CBS. “And that’s something that schools and parents will need to be prepared to deal with. Children often have difficulty having schools respect them for who they believe they are. If a transgender girl wants to be able to wear feminine clothes to school and be addressed as a girl, oftentimes we see schools feeling a fair amount of discomfort around that.”

As the Advocate points out, it’s nice to hear about this kind of thing when we so often hear about trans kids being shamed and humiliated by both kids and teachers at school. Good for this girl and the educators who did the right thing. 

October 2nd, 2012
ebookcollective: Judith Butler, Undoing Gender Formats Available .PDF

ebookcollective:

Judith Butler, Undoing Gender

Formats Available

.PDF

(Source: ethantate)

tee-m-kris:

An Australian PSA about LGBTQ+ bullying.

(Source: kris-guin)

October 1st, 2012

If I attend Furman University, how would I join the alliance?
Asketh - Anonymous

There’s no official sign up sheet or process you have to go through…just come to our meetings! We meet every Thursday at 7:00pm, currently in Furman Hall 201. We also have a facebook group and an OrgSync page that you’re more than welcome to join. The facebook group is great for keeping up with all of our meeting topics and social events, and many of our members post really interesting articles and have fantastic discussions. We’re really big on confidentiality, so no need to worry about that :)
Check us out! 
http://www.facebook.com/groups/2414707719/

March 11th, 2012

Another Feminist Blog: Being an Asexual Ally

asexualeducation:

Being an Asexual Ally

Talking about asexuality in discussions of feminism (and all its intersectionalities) is not the easiest task. As a recent thread at the high-profile blog Feministe has once again shown, attempts at any form of meaningful discussion around…

(Source: hoydenabouttown.com, via arttherainbow)

Penny Arcade, Gay Sex, and Bicuriousity and Porn

February 28th, 2012

Gay playing gay. Gay playing straight. Straight playing gay.

(Source: agroned, via fuckyeahlgbt)

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Progress, friends.

Progress, friends.

February 27th, 2012
think-progress: Marine Brandon Morgan gets a homecoming kiss from his partner, Dalan. The picture has more than 14,000 likes on Facebook on the “Gay Marines” page. HT HuffPo

think-progress:

Marine Brandon Morgan gets a homecoming kiss from his partner, Dalan. The picture has more than 14,000 likes on Facebook on the “Gay Marines” page.

HT HuffPo

(via brokenhouse)

February 24th, 2012

Have courage, my dears. The POTUS wants to see you happy and thrive, and he is magnificent.

(Source: gavinrenner, via lesboflow)