Category Archives: glbtqi

I disagree with Mistress Matisse on women-only spaces

By Feature Writer | Published: February 10, 2010
Transgendered individuals are part of the larger alternative community – by necessity.
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“Big Love” can mean all kinds of love: gays on HBO’s hit show

By Renee Martin | Published: February 4, 2010
People need to see themselves represented in order to understand that they are not alone.
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State of the Union: time to deliver on LGBT rights & “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

By Feature Writer | Published: January 28, 2010
The Dems need our time, our effort, our money. But it’s messy and unpleasant to actually deliver the goods.
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Mexican culture wars: abortion, same-sex marriage & the PRI’s confusion

By Feature Writer | Published: January 12, 2010
Is this an anomalistic deviation into polarization, or is it the opening of a new era of conflict over values in Mexico?
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Goodbye, Mary Daly, and please take the transphobia with you

By Feature Writer | Published: January 9, 2010
She once advocated that only ten percent of the men on planet Earth should be left alive.
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Aren’t we forgetting someone? On Ms. Raines in “Precious”

By Renee Martin | Published: November 30, 2009
The presence of a clearly out Black lesbian, meanwhile, has received little to no attention.
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Why do we need Transgender Day of Remembrance? Well…

By Feature Writer | Published: November 16, 2009
We will be lighting candles for 117 people.
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In the U.S., when will an open trans person get elected to Congress?

By Feature Writer | Published: October 29, 2009
It’s not like we haven’t tried.
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“Love Against Homosexuality”: Ruslan Kukharchuk on sex and politics

By Natalia Antonova | Published: September 23, 2009
"I'm curious, what do you make of straight men who get turned on by the sight of two attractive women kissing?"
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Eudy Simelane: corrective rape, corrective death

By Renee Martin | Published: August 30, 2009
Simelane, as a soccer player, represented a threat that Semenya, a runner, does not.
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