February 2012
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a broken heart is an open heart: real talk. on... →
ragingsoundofcalm: Before I say anything, I want to put on the table my privileges. That is; I am cis-gendered (not trans), able-bodied, housed, employed, English fluent, and has status. It’s important to me to name these things when doing anti-oppression work because it is through these lens (with many other…
Feb 27th
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Queer Sisters Keep Saving Me: The Brilliantly... →
“…the boundaries queer people bend and bust at the risk of their own lives in many ways expand our heteronormative privilege. Their radical decision to be simply who they are makes it much safer for the rest of us to redefine who we may want to be.”
Feb 17th
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“In the world according to the majority of Western media, Pakistan might well be...”
– Meet Pakistan’s DIY Generation I love this because I love the genre(s) it features but even more so because it does a lovely, lovely roundup on indie/ambient music in Pakistan by Talha, Daniel from orangenoisepk, Asfandyar Khan, Mole, “Dalt Wisney”, Basheer and the Pied Pipers among other equally...
Feb 17th
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Feb 17th
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Brown Grrlz Project: In Praise Of The Vulnerable... →
thebrownggrrlzproject: My breasts sag. They are small, soft, Easily laying against my chest Falling off to the sides Across them light lines that weave stories like rivers flowing downward to the earth. I have practiced exactly one thousand positions, casually cupping them, shrouding them …
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Trans* Studies Syllabi →
The following is a list of syllabi for trans studies and related courses that devote significant time to trans issues. These syllabi have been posted here with the permission of the professors who created them and who reserve all rights to their work.
Feb 15th
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A Queer Theologian's Response to 5 Tips for Queer... →
I know some of y’all have been looking for all 5 tips in one place. Here they are.
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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steer queer of clear: Madonna's Appropriation and... →
borninflames82: Remember vogue? I do… I’m older I guess. I thought it was a Madonna thing… I wish her “innovative” moves came with a disclaimer… “hey, I am totally pushing the envelope by using a rich history of queer people of color’s dance and culture to blow your minds.” she is what is remembered by many……
Feb 14th
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Brown Grrlz Project: Let’s Get “Real”: Transwomyn... →
thebrownggrrlzproject:   “Womyn[1] born womyn”, “Biological womyn”, “REAL womyn”. Other than being hurtful ways to discredit the innate womynhood of me and my transgender sisters- I’ve questioned the use of these terms for as long as I can remember. Yet and still, I often find myself having to face these…
Feb 14th
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Feb 13th
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whitney: an attempt at tribute. →
“i found, with singing some non-gospel song, that the relationship between queerness and song that worried me since before puberty began was not relegated to the church … but that the performance of someone like whitney could also tattle. a choice had to be made: to continue to listen to her background ubiquity with pleasure, to sing anyway; or to stop, become quiet, and withdrawn. i...
Feb 13th
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We Are All Subversives: Femme Strength and Queer... →
“My truest hope for the future of my community, and of all queer communities, is that we let go of suspicion–that we love and respect all of our incredible ways of being as subversive, and as having the potential to unite us in radical efforts.”
Feb 13th
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Challenging Gender Binaries in the Motherland:... →
thegang: This photo comes from a great article about three African transgender and intersex rights advocacy organizations forming an alliance to enhance the trans and intersex movement on the continent.  (via ryansallans)
Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 11th
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Sign the petition to tell Suffolk School Board to... →
Feb 10th
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VIRGINIA CALL TO ACTION: SUFFOLK BOARD MEETING... →
The school board in Suffolk, Virginia is proposing a ban on “CROSS-GENDER” dressing in the student dress code. You can read more about it in the article linked here.This is a clear attack on gender-variant youth in Virginia and should not be tolerated. The problem is not gender-expression but the social norms that allow these youth to be bullied. If you can please help spread the word...
Feb 9th
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Building A Multiracial Movement: Some Suggestions...
From my white friends @ The  Wayside Center for Popular Education here in Virginia. By Virginia Leavell & Jeff Winder “Black communities need spaces to organize with just other Black folks. Sometimes white people just aren’t invited to those spaces, but it doesn’t mean we don’t want to organize together.” - Ana Edwards of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice and...
Feb 3rd
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