Videos
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Can You Believe This?
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1 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAffHoO51Ww” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Why isn’t everyone equal before the law? Why are lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people subjected to a level of discrimination on the basis of the sexual orientation and/or gender identity that heterosexual people don’t have to worry about? Why does a transgender woman walking through a park have to fear being…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Human Trafficking
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2 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAffHoO51Ww” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Today’s video comes to us from the Demi & Ashton Foundation (DNA Foundation) and is about human trafficking: the illegal trade of human beings for the purposes of reproductive slavery, commercial sexual exploitation, forced labor, or a modern-day form of slavery. Some important facts from their website: Today, more than twelve million people worldwide…
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For-Profit Private Prisons
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2 min read
News of Note: Private Prison Charges Inmates $5 a Minute for Phone Calls While They Work for $1 a Day Last year the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the nation’s largest private prison company, received $74 million of taxpayers’ money to run immigration detention centers. Their largest facility in Lumpkin, Georgia, receives $200 a night…
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Love Poly Style
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3 min read
This video comes to us from Newsweek, and is called “POLYAMORY: Making Poly Love Work.” For anyone not familiar with the term polyamory (from Greek πολύ [poly, meaning many or several] and Latin amor [love]), Wikipedia defines it as “the practice, desire, or acceptance of having more than one intimate relationship at a time with the knowledge and…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Bisexuality
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2 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwopUkf_h54″ pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] For some people, bisexuality is their sexual orientation, and it’s here to stay. For some other people, coming out as bisexual is a first step to admitting that they’re gay — to friends and family, perhaps even to themselves. The men in these two videos have a lot to say about bisexuality.…
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[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHZAKVwIUSk” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Thursday at 1:00 PM in Washington, DC, the Transgender Day of Action will confront the Metropolitan Police Department, the United States District Attorney for DC, the Mayor, and Members of the City Council about systemic bias against the trans community in our nation’s capital. Local activists, members of the LGBT community, and…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: “I AM” Gina
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2 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnOz2Ff17q8″ pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Here’s another great 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 trans individuals telling their own stories in their own words. Gina identifies as a union elevator constructor, a parent, a dog…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Disconnect
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2 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcXPMkd_4UA” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] How did where you were raised affect what you were taught about sex, and the kinds of conversations you had about sex? What role did religion play in what you were taught or what you talked about? How have you overcome any negative ideas about sex — or even just ignorance about sex? Who should…
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Running Out of Time (video)
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2 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGRXCgMdz9A” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] We were really impressed with this video which brings into sharp relief some of the dissonance and hypocrisy of American politicians’ sweeping calls for democracy and equality abroad, through the UN, in the US Congress, and from the White House. They take seriously the populist rebellions in repressive foreign nations, at least…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Room for Change
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3 min read
[pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yvsXjo-P6Q” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Do you agree that gender roles define or control our personal behavior? limit our freedoms, opportunities, and ability to be ourselves? Is location, where you are in the world, the greatest indicator? What will be the results of raising children today with more relaxed ideas about gender? Do you foresee a future…