Trans Queers: Call out for Trans/Genderqueer Models in DC & NYC
(I hope you post this! I’m a genderqueer of color myself…)
I’m working on another photo collaboration with epic illustrator Molly Crabapple and I need Trans/Genderqueer/Genderfabulous/Differently Gendered Models (especially Folks of COLOR) in the DC or NYC area.
See images from our last project: http://filthygorgeousthings.com/ritual/impossible-couture
The shoot is done using a Lomography film medium format camera, and the photos shouldn’t take more than 90-120 minutes to take. They require semi-nudity (topless or undergarments) and natural light.
Feel free to email Najvasol@gmail.com if you’re interested!
(via fuckyeahftmsofcolor)
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Looking to cast POC for the next SEXING THE TRANSMAN XXX-Please apply so I can show more diversity. Here is the link. I am in NYC shooting Nov. 8-13.
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Ebony Magazine Spotlights Black Same-Sex Couples Raising Kids in the South | glaad.org
“We’re in love,” Terry, 45, told the magazine. “We work hard and worry about our children. We have the same struggles as everybody else.”The couple met when Iesha’s sons were playing on one of Terry’s athletic teams. “About a year later, after we got to know each other, it eventually led to something,” Iesha explains. The two had a commitment ceremony in September 2005, and they have watched their family expand.The U.S. Census Bureau found that same-sex couples raising children are likely to live in the South and be African American like Iesha and Terry. According to Gary Gates, a demographer at the UCLA School of Law, black gay and lesbian parents raise children at two to three times the rate of their white counterparts. Research also shows that most black same-sex couples are economically disadvantaged (black women raising children in same-sex partnerships make an average of $26,000 a year).Writer Rod McCullom (creator of Rod20.com and GLAAD National People of Color Media Institute participant) also points out that while six states and the District of Columbia have marriage equality, none in the South have marriage for all loving and committed couples. The lack of protections puts families like Iesha and Terry’s at risk. The parents, for example, cannot jointly adopt their children.
Ebony, a monthly magazine that focuses on the African-American community, features the story of Iesha McConnell and Terry Treadwell, a couple raising three children together in North Carolina, in their October issue.
We applaud Ebony for highlighting diverse stories about family. GLAAD encourages other media outlets to follow Ebony’s strong example of including stories of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people of color that spotlight the rich diversity of our community and the issues that affect our lives.“We are a family, and we love each other deeply,” Terry adds. “We are making it work.”
Be sure to pick up the October 2011 issue of Ebony (on stands now).
Study: Black Trans People Suffer Extreme Prejudice | advocate.com
African-American transgender people may suffer the most discrimination of all LGBT groups, at least according to a recently released supplement to a February report documenting shocking levels of prejudice.
“Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey” came out in February and highlighted disparities in income, health care, and emotional well-being between transgender blacks and other transgender people. The new analysis, provided by research from the National Black Justice Coalition, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, and the National Center for Transgender Equality, finds that African-American trans people are indeed subjected to racial discrimination and transphobia that stymies their participation in society.
According to the findings:
“Black transgender people had an extremely high unemployment rate at 26%, two times the rate of the overall transgender sample and four times the rate of the general population.
“A startling 41% of black respondents said they had experienced homelessness at some point in their lives, more than five times the rate of the general U.S. population.
“Black transgender people lived in extreme poverty with 34% reporting a household income of less than $10,000 per year. This is more than twice the rate for transgender people of all races (15%), four times the general black population rate (9%), and eight times the general U.S. population rate (4%).
“Black transgender people were affected by HIV in devastating numbers. More than one-fifth of respondents were living with HIV (20.23%), compared to a rate of 2.64% for transgender respondents of all races, 2.4% for the general Black population, and 0.60% of the general U.S. population.”
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Black LGBT leaders meet for six-day confab | gayagenda.com
About 100 black LGBT leaders and activists from across the country were participating this week in a series of meetings and events in D.C. associated with the National Black Justice Coalition’s Second Annual Out on the Hill Black LGBT Leadership Summit.
NBJC, a D.C.-based civil rights group focused on black LGBT issues, says the Sept. 20-25 string of events were timed to coincide with the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference, which takes place at the Washington Convention Center.
“We are ecstatic about the overwhelming response to the second annual Out on the Hill Black LGBT Leadership Summit,” said Sharon Lettman-Hicks, NBJC’s executive director. “Extending NBJC’s resources to black LGBT organizations from around the country in order to create a more unified, politically savvy body of activists is our priority,” she said.
Events were to include a Black LGBT Leader Day forum at the White House, which was to include presentations from Obama administration officials; an “Issue Advocacy Day” on Capitol Hill, where participants would be given a chance to advocate for issues with their members of Congress; and a screening of the Sundance Film Festival feature produced by Spike Lee called “PARIAH,” which tells the coming out story of a black lesbian youth.
To view the full OUT on the Hill schedule, visit nbjc.org.
