transgender
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The Sexual Freedom Project: Dedicated to Education
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T1Go4KBq8Hg” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] What are the best ways for us to get information about sexual freedom to our friends, fellow students, neighbors, and co-workers? Have you ever given a presentation, held a class, or even just started up a conversation with someone about sexuality and gender issues that are important to you?…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: The Weight of Tradition
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFN4IJwfitk” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] What does repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” in the US military mean to you? To society-at-large? Now lesbian and gay soldiers can serve openly, but what about transgender soldiers as well? Why have lawmakers and the media paid more attention to homophobia to the exclusion of transphobia? How big…
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A “how-to kit” at Philly Trans Health Conference
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Dan Massey and I are here at the 11th Annual Philadelphia Trans-Health Conference with 2500 trans and genderqueer folk and their allies. On the conference’s last day, we will be presenting, “Ending Police Bias and Anti-Trans Violence: A Grassroots Approach.” We will be joined by Ruby Corado and Kiefer Paterson in outlining our successful approach to bringing…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: SMYAL
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWNIVLaNUuE” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Have you heard of the Sexual Minority Youth Assistance League (SMYAL) in Washington, DC? Issues of homelessness, employment, and access to medical and mental health services inordinately affect LGBT youth, in particular transgender youth, and SMYAL is a model for other programs across the country. Does your community have something…
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WT91dSTXidQ” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] We really want to know if you agree that the collective group owes acknowledgement and active support to those among us who have suffered early abuse? Can and will we advocate for many gender-nonconforming people especially who suffered abuse as children, as well as the children that are suffering…
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(También en Español) [pexyoutube pex_attr_src=”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_abGulqQAfI” pex_attr_width=”500″][/pexyoutube] Have you ever felt homophobia or discrimination from one group within the LGBT community? Where does this anger come from? How can we cope with anger without bigotry? Make a video, write a poem, song, or an essay — or even create an original work of art — and…
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Sweden: Transgender actress mourns her “forcible sterilization” – “Many countries typically seen as progressive on LGBT rights continue to mandate the practice.” “’Forcible sterilization’ has been quietly practiced for decades in countries typically cast as progressive on LGBT rights: France, the Netherlands, Australia and a number of U.S. states still require it. Italy and Germany have…
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The Sexual Freedom Project: I AM: Mycroft
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[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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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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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…