Due to personal reasons, Project Queer is currently on hiatus.
I will maybe be able to update things in a month or two. In the meantime, I will leave this blog up for reference use. Sorry for any inconvenience, folks.
Unlike classroom lessons, which are supposed to follow local, state or federal guidelines, Internet programs have no independent standards. And proponents of abstinence-based sexual education argue that these digital services presume that sexual activity among teenagers is the norm, and do not spend enough time on alternatives. … Those who run digital programs say they simply want teens to have accurate information, to help them make good decisions. Even though popular culture is saturated with sex, facts and advice can be hard to find.
(via fuckyeahsexeducation)
Source: The New York Times
How Should Asexuality Be Introduced to Sex Education Classes?
This is something that I think needs far more attention than it has received. Asexuality is currently left out of sex education classes or only briefly introduced. If we leave this up to the sex educators, we may find that the definitions are very odd.
(via fuckyeahsexeducation)
Source: ace-reporter
Maryland legislature to consider gay marriage, transgender rights bills
Bills calling for legalizing same-sex marriage and banning discrimination against transgender persons are among the hot-button issues set to emerge next week when the Maryland State Legislature begins its 2012 session.
Trans Health Clinic
Are you trans and in need of safe and affordable healthcare? If so, there’s a new resource available in the Phoenix Metro Area. The third Friday of the month, a new trans health clinic will be open and available for physical exams, hormones, etc.
The clinic is open third Fridays starting…
January 20th, 2012.
@ Maricopa Medical Center, 24th St. and Roosevelt
Call to make an appointment (602)344-5407
Insured and uninsured are welcome. If you don’t have insurance, you can make an appointment with the Eligibility Office to be set up with a sliding scale plan. Before you make an appointment with the clinic, call the Eligibility Office at (602)344-1015. Be sure to bring ID, birth certificate, SS card or passport, income info - at least 30 of pay stubs or school registration forms, and proof of address (water or electric bill, rent stub, voter registration card, etc) to the Eligibility appointment.
I don’t know what it’s like to navigate healthcare as an undocumented trans* person, but this looks like it’d be quite difficult. They accept students though based on the information here, so hopefully that helps at least some undocumented trans* folks in the area.
This is the clinic I called and had some questions for. I asked if they require a therapy letter, if you have to present in a binary fashion, and if you have to identify as binary. They said (as in Dr. Jennifer Baumbach who runs it) you do not need a letter and how you present or identify is entirely up to you.
For the cisgender women who have the privilege to pick where they go for medical help and want to support trans* friendly spaces, this is normally an OB/GYN that is setting aside one day a month for trans* folks in the Phoenix area (and we desperately need this one day a month).
(via radicalqueery)
Source: iragray
Ian McKellen: Shakespeare Enjoyed Sex With Men
“Shakespeare obviously enjoyed sex with men as well as women,” says esteemed actor Sir Ian McKellen.
New York Post columnist Cindy Adams reports the 72-year-old actor, who has portrayed a number of leading Shakespearean characters including Macbeth and King Lear, as saying, “No doubt Shakespeare was gay. His predilection was evident from his works. An unmistakenly feminine portrait of his patron Henry Wriothesley adds evidence that early sonnets to ‘fair youth’ were probably meant for males.”
McKellen continues, adding, “Married, with children, he left his wife in Stratford to live in London. I’d say he slept with men. The Merchant of Venice, centering on how the world treats gays as well as Jews, has a love triangle between an older man, younger man and a woman. And complexity in his comedies with cross-dressing and disguises is immense. Shakespeare obviously enjoyed sex with men as well as women.”
How to make a packer harness out of bike tubes
This is for hard packers and strap-ons, but I’m sure it could work with soft packers too.
(via radicalqueery)
Source: iragray
Binary trans men, you are capable of being sexist.
Trigger warning for discussions of sexism, transmisogyny, rape, and abuse.
I just wanted to remind you, because almost every trans man I interact with is incredibly sexist. I recognize that whether or not we (sometimes we, since I’m non-binary) gain access to male privilege can be complicated what with sometimes being perceived as women and all. I recognize that some of us internalize the messages sent to men and some of us don’t. Lastly, I recognize that some of us don’t want or need to medically transition.
I want to be clear that these things don’t mean we can reclaim terms used against cis and/or trans women. These things don’t mean we deserve access to women’s spaces. When it comes to reproductive needs, things get a little more blurry. In the blur of these lines, however, trans women are most certainly left out. Let’s work to change that. In a support group, exclusively for women, however, we are not welcome and rightfully so for every space outside of women’s spaces is a man’s space. We have plenty of room whereas women are forced to find and create safe spaces. We hardly allow them room to breathe elsewhere.
Being trans does not mean we are incapable of being abusive. Being trans does not mean we know what it is like to exist in a male supremacist society as a woman. Some of us do; some of us don’t. My point is that it’s not inherent. When in relationships with women, it is on us too to make sure consent is present at all times. We too are capable of rape.
Trans men, we do not understand the experiences of trans women or of folks who also are gendered male at birth. Acting as though we do is taking part in transmisogyny and, therefore, also taking part in sexism. We don’t experience the same struggles as trans* folks who are gendered male at birth, and when we list off the plethora of trans women’s names during Trans* Day of Remembrance, let us take notice the monumental difference between how much space their struggles take on that list in comparison to ours for theirs is far greater.
Let us remember to move back and allow women to communicate their ideas for they are encouraged by us and by male supremacy to not do so. Let us remember that when taking part in trans* advocacy to include and encourage the inclusion the trans* folks who are gendered male at birth always. Let us not take part in urinary segregation nor in segregation of coercively given genders for these constructs limit the liberation of all people, not just trans* folks.
This could go on forever, but lastly, and potentially most importantly, let us recognize that we can always grow as allies to women and to CGMAB, non-binary, trans* folks. Let us recognize that we do not deserve cookies for not being rapists, for otherwise practicing good consent, for recognizing the existence of sexism and/or transmisogyny, or for not reclaiming words used against women (or for writing posts such as these). Remember to call out other men when you have the chance. Remember that it is not your place to dictate what is or is not sexist. Recognize your privilege and keep it in check.
well said.
Source: iragray
LGBTQ* Religion, Quotes, and Verse History
What Would Jesus Say?
The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31
(via fytastetherainbow)
Source: knowhomo
Professor Says Antigay Activist Misused Her Research
Yet another scholar has complained about religious right activists distorting her research to back up their antigay stances, bringing the count to at least a dozen.
Theodora Sirota, an associate professor of nursing at Seton Hall University in New Jersey, says an adviser to the National Association for Research and Therapy of Homosexuality — which claims homosexuality is a disorder that can be “cured” — has mischaracterized her findings in a parenting study, using them to oppose adoption by gay people, Box Turtle Bulletin reports.
Rick Fitzgibbons (pictured), a psychiatrist and member of NARTH’s scientific advisory committee, wrote an article published online in November citing Sirota’s research, saying women with gay or bisexual fathers experienced more difficulties in adult relationships than did women with heterosexual fathers. Fitzgibbons used the research to support his claim that “children raised by same sex couples fare less well than children raised in stable homes with a mother and a father.”
Fitzgibbons, however, left out some key information about Sirota’s findings: “The gay and bisexual fathers in Sirota’s study were married to the mothers,” Box Turtle Bulletin reports.
Sirota contacted the blog this week for help in rebutting Fitzgibbons’s assertions, and she has contacted Fitzgibbons as well, but he has not altered the article. In a statement about his misrepresentation of her research, she writes:
“My study was only about women raised in the context of heterosexually-organized marriages where fathers were identified as gay or bisexual. My research was not about and did not measure anything in women raised by gay parent couples or by single gay fathers. The women I studied were not raised in the context of gay or lesbian partnerships or by single gay fathers actively rearing their children. Therefore, no conclusions about gay or lesbian fitness to adopt children or quality of active gay parenting can be drawn from the findings of my research. No conclusions about the well-being of children who are or were actively raised by gay or lesbian parents can be drawn from the findings of my research.”
According to Pam’s House Blend, at least a dozen individuals or groups involved in scholarly research have complained in recent years about antigay organizations misusing their data. Read more here.
Source: etsy.com
Fortunate Families, a national network of Catholic parents and...
Fortunate Families, a national network of Catholic parents and family members of LGBT people
Such support groups have helped allay Catholic parents’ tears and fears. Many successful alumni have come to understand that our LGBT daughters and sons are made in the image of God and…
Source: cctcd
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.
(via solemnhypnotik)
Source: queerteaching
