Alison Gardner
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Reporting Live from Netroots Nation 2011
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4 min read
Dan and I are lucky to be attending Netroots Nation 2011 (#NN11) this week, especially the LGBT pre-convention all day today, organized by the illustrious Mike Rogers. NN11 is the in its sixth year and has grown geometrically to the several thousand bloggers and citizen journalists converging on the Minneapolis Convention Center right now. The LGBT…
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A DC Pride Photo
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Soaking in DC Pride, my thoughts drift in several directions. The first is topical, these pictures were snapped on P Street, just hours before the Parade kicked off, at the chain store, Lululemon Athletica. When asked, the store clerk said that this was just something they cooked up, not a…
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We are our pride – Kushaba Moses Mworeko
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It was June 5, 1981, when the first cases of HIV were reported (CDC.gov). Yes, in the USA, this was referred to as a gay disease and to some people it still is. But to a person like me who comes from a place where the disease was and is heavily among heterosexuals, I have to…
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What lies in our power — Kushaba Moses Mworeko
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A few days ago I was watching CBS’s “Criminal Minds” and the show ended with this quote, “What lies in our power to do, lies in our power not to do,” which I remember from reading Aristotle’s writings. It reminded me also of what most people have been asking me over the last 17 months:…
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No call for celebration – Kushaba Moses Mworeko
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Editor’s note: Moses has this month received official notice that he has qualified for U.S. asylum, finally. He will post something trying to capture his personal joy soon, but here republished is his post from April when the Ugandan bill was again in flux, showing how important it is to be thinking globally about human…
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Sexual Healing
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Tonight, we just returned from the opening of Momentum, a weekend about “making waves in sexuality, feminism, and relationships through new media.” First up, sex positivity stars Jenny Block, Tristan Taormino, Reid Mihalko, and Carol Queen (pictured left to right above with moderator Lynn Comella on the far right). The fivesome talked…
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We’re rolling
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Twin Cities on my mind . . .
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This quiet bastion of liberalism, Minneapolis – St. Paul, is a stone’s throw but also a universe away from anything Michele Bachmann, and an enchanting community of people who live and let live as a way of life, accept all manner of queer or kinky people as their neighbors and friends, and happen to be…
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Transgender, Sexuality, Pleasures, Protections
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Editor’s Note: Jennifer M. Barge, founder of TransHealth Coordinators, offers this contribution to our blog-based conversation about sexual freedom emanating this week from VenusPlusX and Creating Change in Minneapolis. Jennifer is a frequent guest speaker and produces health services access portals for municipalities, conferences, and at www.transhealthcoordinators.org. Transgender-Sexuality-Pleasures-Protection I started doing a workshop a few years…
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For everyone who lives in the greater Minneapolis-St. Paul area and everyone coming to the Twin Cities for the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change conference next week, here is VenusPlusX’s Printed Program. It includes Presenter’s Bios and the complete Program Schedule for two days of sexual freedom workshops, presentations, demos, and parties on Friday and…