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documentary exploring the personal, cultural and political impact of
gay men who are making a decision that is at once traditional and
revolutionary: to raise children themselves. Taking us inside four gay
male families, "Daddy & Papa" traces the critical issues that
inevitably intersect with their lives. As fathers, these men must take on numerous challengers: from conservatives to the gay community.
Showing posts with label LGBT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label LGBT. Show all posts
Thursday, August 13, 2015
Daddy and Papa
We created DADDY AND PAPA, our multiple award-winning PBS film, to inspire complex and engaged discussion about the daily lives, challenges and triumphs of gay dads and their kids. So
as the new session of Congress begins and the debate over DOMA (Defense
of Marriage Act) heats up, we had to wonder, what will be the effects
on children of LGBT couples if same sex marriages are federally
recognized? A federal audit revealed approximately 1100 federal benefits
of marriage, many of which relate to parenting, including joint
parenting rights, joint adoption, status as next-of-kin for hospital
visits and medical decisions, divorce protections such as child support
and visitation, immigration and residency for partners from other
countries and inheritance and wrongful death benefits.
Friday, August 29, 2014
Coming Out
Daniel's boyfriend set up a GoFundMe page to
help Daniel with living expenses. The New Civil Rights Movement has
been told by a person in touch with Daniel that he is safe, living with a
trusted relative, and he's "overwhelmed" by all that's happened.
The video begins with a woman, possibly Daniel's mother, saying, "Daniel, I want to tell you before I say anything else, that I love you."
In an email, Daniel told the Huffington Post today why he started to record the video. "I wanted to make sure there was evidence in case something happened."
The Huffington Post adds that Daniel "came out as gay last October. At the time, his father was unresponsive and his stepmother seemed supportive. However, things took a turn for the worse Wednesday when Pierce found himself a part of what he describes as a 'delayed intervention' involving his father, stepmother and grandparents. He apparently captured footage of the interaction on camera."
Trigger warning - This is what LGBT folks dread…
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/here_s_the_story_behind_the_young_son_who_recorded_the_secret_coming_out_viral_video
The video begins with a woman, possibly Daniel's mother, saying, "Daniel, I want to tell you before I say anything else, that I love you."
In an email, Daniel told the Huffington Post today why he started to record the video. "I wanted to make sure there was evidence in case something happened."
The Huffington Post adds that Daniel "came out as gay last October. At the time, his father was unresponsive and his stepmother seemed supportive. However, things took a turn for the worse Wednesday when Pierce found himself a part of what he describes as a 'delayed intervention' involving his father, stepmother and grandparents. He apparently captured footage of the interaction on camera."
Trigger warning - This is what LGBT folks dread…
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/here_s_the_story_behind_the_young_son_who_recorded_the_secret_coming_out_viral_video
Friday, July 11, 2014
Tuesday, April 15, 2014
Friday, April 4, 2014
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
Transgender Since Birth or Not?
For 8 Years, She Convinced The World She Was A Boy. Now, She's Making Us Rethink Sexuality
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tedtalks/io-tillett-wright-ted_b_5295619.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063
Can We Put This Chart In Every Public Restroom? 'Cause That Would Be Wonderful.
http://www.upworthy.com/can-we-put-this-chart-in-every-public-restroom-cause-that-would-be-wonderful?c=ufb1
Binary Myths
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/12/myths-non-binary-people/
Can We Put This Chart In Every Public Restroom? 'Cause That Would Be Wonderful.
http://www.upworthy.com/can-we-put-this-chart-in-every-public-restroom-cause-that-would-be-wonderful?c=ufb1
Binary Myths
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/12/myths-non-binary-people/
Friday, March 21, 2014
The Race Analogy
http://www.slate.com/blogs/saletan/2014/03/12/homosexuality_and_racism_why_gay_marriage_and_interracial_marriage_are_different.html?wpsrc
Click the link for the whole article.
In many ways, today’s debate about same-sex marriage resembles earlier debates about interracial marriage. I’ve drawn this analogy myself. In at least two ways, however, the situations differ. From the discriminator’s standpoint, opposing same-sex marriage is more defensible. At the same time, from the target’s standpoint, it’s more oppressive.
Click the link for the whole article.
In many ways, today’s debate about same-sex marriage resembles earlier debates about interracial marriage. I’ve drawn this analogy myself. In at least two ways, however, the situations differ. From the discriminator’s standpoint, opposing same-sex marriage is more defensible. At the same time, from the target’s standpoint, it’s more oppressive.
From the perspective of a would-be spouse, being denied the right to
same-sex marriage can be, in some ways, worse. If you’re attracted to
someone of another race, and the law won’t let you marry anyone of that
race, you can find someone of your own race to marry. You shouldn’t have
to do that, but you can. But if you’re exclusively attracted to people
of your own sex, and the law forbids you to marry such a person, then
everything conservatives praise about marriage—the sharing, the happiness, the fulfillment, the solemnity, the respect—is denied to you.
Sunday, November 10, 2013
Wednesday, November 6, 2013
Tuesday, August 13, 2013
The West Wing - Some Bible Information Embedded in Here
President Jed Bartlett shows us just exactly how we should respond to
state Senator Scott Renfroe when he quote Leviticus to bash gay people
and deny them their rights.
Read the comments:
According to Google, (as of August 9, 2013) 500 shekels (the
price of a virgin according to the Old Testament) is worth about
$141.64...
Does that answer Mr. President's first question? (no it does not
because the Bible does not factor in things such as the effects of
inflation... or human rights come to think of it)
Thursday, July 4, 2013
Gender Roles
It's not "funny" - This is a serious message. What about men who actually do dress like this?
"When Spanish photographer Jon Uriarte first started exploring relationship dynamics and gender roles in his work, he did so by photographing couples together in their shared homes. But at some point, he realized that this method wasn’t getting his message across — that’s when he switched to a stranger, more humorous approach. Instead of photographing couples, he simply photographed the man dressed in his girlfriend’s clothing. The series is called The Men Under the Influence, and it explores the effect that women’s rise to equal status both inside and outside the home has had on men."
http://petapixel.com/2013/07/04/funny-portraits-of-men-dressed-in-their-girlfriends-clothing/
Representations of men and women in advertising. What if gender roles are reversed?
"When Spanish photographer Jon Uriarte first started exploring relationship dynamics and gender roles in his work, he did so by photographing couples together in their shared homes. But at some point, he realized that this method wasn’t getting his message across — that’s when he switched to a stranger, more humorous approach. Instead of photographing couples, he simply photographed the man dressed in his girlfriend’s clothing. The series is called The Men Under the Influence, and it explores the effect that women’s rise to equal status both inside and outside the home has had on men."
http://petapixel.com/2013/07/04/funny-portraits-of-men-dressed-in-their-girlfriends-clothing/
Representations of men and women in advertising. What if gender roles are reversed?
Love is All You Need?
Imagine A World Where Being "Gay" The Norm & Being "Straight" Would Be
Dear My Year 7 Self - Straight People Against Homophobia
Gay Dad Project
ORIGINAL: By
Erin Margolin. Found on her personal blog. Erin and her friend Amie Shea started the Gay Dad Project to
create a community for people whose parents have come out. Learn more about the
documentary film they're making on Indiegogo.
Monday, February 18, 2013
How White LGBTQ People Can Be More Inclusive of People of Color
http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/02/how-white-queers-can-be-more-inclusive-of-queer-poc/
As a minority group that regularly battles prejudice, violence, and ignorance from governments, hate groups, and the like, LGBTQ people know what it’s like to be discriminated against.
That’s why the gay community tends to pride itself on being anti-discriminatory and accepting of people from all walks of life.
Unfortunately, the gay community is not devoid of casual racism. Even though, in theory, people should know better, certain forms of racism in the LGBTQ community have become so normalized that they get brushed off as minor.
Before I go on, let me define the kind of racism I’m talking about to avoid confusion. Racism, in an institutional sense, is race-based discrimination from a position of power or privilege.
This means that a gay person with white privilege can be racist toward gay people of color and people of color in general.
I’m not talking about mustache twirling, KKK-grade, Hitler level racism that’s so obvious anyone with any sense of human decency would banish it from their mind.
I’m talking about the “little” things, like the fetishization of black men by gay white men, the stigmatization of Asian men by gay men of other races, mainstream LGBTQ campaigns with little racial awareness, and racial “preferences” that can be innocuous, but at times reflect an underlying prejudice.
This article goes on to detail how you can make sure that LGBTQ spaces are as safe and inclusive for everyone as possible with three steps you can take to support people of color and be more racially aware.
As a minority group that regularly battles prejudice, violence, and ignorance from governments, hate groups, and the like, LGBTQ people know what it’s like to be discriminated against.
That’s why the gay community tends to pride itself on being anti-discriminatory and accepting of people from all walks of life.
Unfortunately, the gay community is not devoid of casual racism. Even though, in theory, people should know better, certain forms of racism in the LGBTQ community have become so normalized that they get brushed off as minor.
Before I go on, let me define the kind of racism I’m talking about to avoid confusion. Racism, in an institutional sense, is race-based discrimination from a position of power or privilege.
This means that a gay person with white privilege can be racist toward gay people of color and people of color in general.
I’m not talking about mustache twirling, KKK-grade, Hitler level racism that’s so obvious anyone with any sense of human decency would banish it from their mind.
I’m talking about the “little” things, like the fetishization of black men by gay white men, the stigmatization of Asian men by gay men of other races, mainstream LGBTQ campaigns with little racial awareness, and racial “preferences” that can be innocuous, but at times reflect an underlying prejudice.
This article goes on to detail how you can make sure that LGBTQ spaces are as safe and inclusive for everyone as possible with three steps you can take to support people of color and be more racially aware.
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Microaggressions in the Classroom: Manifestation, Dynamics and Impact
Micro-Aggressions: Day to day interactions with people which often appear to be a complement, but contain a meta communication or a hidden insult to the target groups. People who engage in micro-aggressions see themselves as "good people." Micro-Aggressions can be verbal or nonverbal. The are unconscious manifestations of a world view, inclusion/exclusion, and superiority/inferiority.
What can we do?
- Learn from conscious vigilance of our own biases and fears
- Learn about and interact with people of different background
- Don't be defensive
- Be open to discussion your own attitudes and how they hurt others
- Be an ally: stand personally against all biases
Derald Wing Sue talks about classroom experience.
And personal testimonies from young adults.
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Look What Companies Support Gay Rights!
Yes, please boycott Oreo for their support of Gay Rights. While you’re at it, please also throw away your iPod, iPhone, and iPad since Apple supports as well. Hopefully you have lots of clothes, because you’ll need to ditch your Levi’s and Nike’s too. Perhaps you bought them at ... JC Penney’s or Sears? You’ll have to take them back. Flying somewhere soon? Better not be on American, Delta, Southwest, or United…you’ll need a new ticket. Airline wasn’t mentioned? Just be sure your jet isn’t Boeing made. Don’t sleep at Marriott or Hilton (or any of their family brands) because you might catch the gay rights they support. That morning coffee from Starbucks will have to go as well, go ahead replace it with a McCafe…oh wait, McDonald’s supports gay rights too. Hmm, do you clean with Tide, Gain, or Bounty? Use Duracell batteries, shave with Gillette, or use Fixodent? Brush with Crest, use Pantene, Scope, Tampax, Venus, or Old Spice products? Those are all gone too. Proctor & Gamble supports Gay rights. Darn, you’re using Internet Explorer or Chrome to see Facebook and read this status? Download something else, Microsoft and Google show their Pride as well. Ah, but your drinks are safe. Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and Budweiser are on your side … if your side is on the right side of history since all three also support Gay Rights. Hopefully, you or your lawyer will never need in-depth research. Both LexisNexis and West-law, who together control the market, support Gay Rights. Drive that big, manly, Ford F350? It’s a "Friend of Dorothy" too, as it’s company Ford and General Motors also support the rights of all. So, do us all a favor, don’t take it all out on a festive cookie … just stay home and boycott everything.
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
These photographs are terrific and really challenge our thinking of what it "normal."
In our relationships it’s not too uncommon to borrow a t-shirt, some socks or a warm hat from a lover… but what about entirely switching outfits? This entertaining and thought provoking series by Canadian photographer Hana Pesut does just that, encouraging couples to completely exchange their clothing with each other. The resulting diptychs are sometimes funny, while also having the effect of making one re-analyze both their views on fashion and on sexual identity.
In our relationships it’s not too uncommon to borrow a t-shirt, some socks or a warm hat from a lover… but what about entirely switching outfits? This entertaining and thought provoking series by Canadian photographer Hana Pesut does just that, encouraging couples to completely exchange their clothing with each other. The resulting diptychs are sometimes funny, while also having the effect of making one re-analyze both their views on fashion and on sexual identity.
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