Videos
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Lack of Support
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSYriIEFLAM” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Do you agree that many obstacles to sexual freedom are due to lack of support from religion, government, corporations, etc., particularly affecting youth? Is the LGBT community itself doing enough to transcend these obstacles? Make a video, write a poem, song, or an essay — or even create an…
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Samira Ibrahim: Local and worldwide hero
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3 min read
Egypt’s ban of virginity tests for female detainees came with smiles and a sense of victory and justice recently, thanks to a heroic woman, Samira Ibrahim. She was detained in March of 2011 and was forced to undergo an invasive virginity test, and decided to file a lawsuit to have these tests banned in Egypt.…
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Realizing The Dream
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3 min read
Originally published November 30, 2011 Upon visiting the new Martin Luther King, Jr., National Memorial in Washington, DC, I thought about how well Dr. King’s philosophy has been realized in our society almost 50 years after the delivery of his “I have a dream” speech. Dr. King believed in non-violent advocacy for justice and equality.…
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It’s just hair! Right?
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4 min read
Editor’s note: This post was written by one of our interns, Jamor Gaffney. It was the summer before I began 5th grade when I got my first relaxer. I was curious, nervous, and unsure of whether I was making the right decision. Not because of what I now understand to be a deeply rooted, oppressive…
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFpwHe6KjDA” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] News of Note: HIV vaccine developed in Canada approved for human studies A Canadian-developed vaccine to prevent HIV has been given the green light for testing in human clinical trials. The vaccine, developed by researchers at the University of Western Ontario, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: I AM: Mycroft
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2 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMNvzYPMp_Q” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Here’s another video from the I AM: Trans People Speak project of the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition. Please be sure to check out their website for more information and videos of transgender individuals telling their own stories in their own words. Mycroft identifies as an interfaith leader, a writer and artist, a life…
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Human Rights Day 2011 – Part II
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4 min read
December 10, Saturday, was Human Rights Day 2011, and I reported on its origns, history, and background, noted the important role Eleanor Roosevelt played in drafting The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and delved into the direct connections between human rights and sexual freedom contained in the Declaration. Last week, on December 6, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton…
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News of Note: Assange: Using iPhone, Gmail, BlackBerry? You’re Screwed! Here is an issue that is certain to affect everyone. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says that governments worldwide have been using electronic devices, such as smart-phones and computers, to monitor what people are saying, where they are going and what they are writing. The controversial…
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Human Rights Day 2011 – Part I
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SgrdYPGaOE” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Today is Human Rights Day 2011. To mark the occasion, this video is from Navanethem Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was drafted by a committee chaired by Eleanor Roosevelt, and was adopted by the UN General Assembly on December 10, 1948. This Declaration…
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Kentucky church bans interracial couples
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2 min read
News of Note: Kentucky church bans interracial couples “A small church in Pike County, Kentucky has voted to ban interracial couples from most church activities “to promote greater unity among the church body… “Parties of such marriages will not be received as members, nor will they be used in worship services and other church functions,…