Intro to LGBTQ Studies at UW-Madison (GWS/SOC 200)

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Hint: It involves a sock.

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Op-ed: When Parents Are the Enemy

Suicide, reparative therapy, and the epidemic of LGBTQ youth homelessness.

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Debi Jackson reading "That's Good Enough"

Debi shares the story of her daughter, who transitioned from male to female when she was four years old. She challenges the ignorant comments she hears about having a transgender child.

This is a very emotional speech by the mother of a young trans girl.  Think about how this and other narratives of trans children emphasize gender normative behavior and presentation (as well as a heteronormative projection of the future).  Why are these stories the ones that generally get the most media attention?  How are they deployed rhetorically by activists?

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In The Hospital, There's No Such Thing As A Lesbian Knee

People in the LGBT community often have a hard time getting appropriate health care. But the problems aren't unique to them. Doesn't everyone want to have a doctor call them by their preferred name?

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Share your stories!

If you’re part of the LGBTQ+ community and know people who identify as bisexual you should pass this blog along to them! My friend Lindsay, feministlittlefox , who identifies as a cis-gendered bisexual female, created this blog so people who identify as bisexual could share their stories and talk about the bisexual erasure and biphobia that often happens in the LGBTQ+ community. She really wants to create a safe space for bisexual people to share their stories and this could be an awesome thing for people, so please boost this even if you yourself aren’t bisexual! Someone that follows you might be and might be interested in this :)

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ALL the stories!

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6 Reasons to Rethink HIV Prevention

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The science of sex is easier than thinking about science during sex.

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Two Americas for LGBT People

LINK TW: ableist language

After the 2014 election we knew we would be losing ground for a couple of years. 

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Posters from the fight against HIV/AIDS

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#Every28Hours (2/23/15): Meet Janisha. Janisha was involved in a domestic dispute with her girlfriend, which resulted in her girlfriend calling the police to take her in for a mental health evaluation. Janisha’s girlfriend warned the officer’s upon entry into their apartment that she had a knife, but the she didn’t believe that she would hurt her, stressing again that Janisha was unstable and needed evaluation. When Janisha did not drop the knife, an officer proceeded to shoot her twice. According to Janisha’s neighbors she was a quiet and small young woman, barely standing above five feet. According to her girlfriend, Janisha was more than 6 feet away from the cops who shot her. Janisha’s story is not an easy one, but she deserved a chance at life, not a bullet when she needed help. Uplift her name. Janisha Fonville, we fight for you now too. #staywoke #farfromover

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jesus fucking christ

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Fuck transmisogynistic casting practices that lead to cis men playing trans women.

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I rolled my eyes so hard my lens fell out. no joke.

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*sigh* I understand how this can be upsetting, but here’s the thing. This movie is about the first trans person to undergo reassignment surgery. And at first I, too, was upset they didn’t get a trans actor. And Redmayne even STATES IN AN INTERVIEW THAT THERE ARE A BUNCH OF TRANS FEMALE ACTRESSES HE THINKS WOULD NAIL THE PART, but he believes the reason he was cast is because this film takes place in a time before hormones were a thing that the trans community could use, and those casting did not want to risk trans females going off hormones just for the shoot.

Breathe, guys.

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wow y’all will do all kinds of of backflips to justify transmisogyny. Lili Elbe literally went on hormones and got SRS, so why can’t a trans woman play her?

you don’t think that a trans girl can play another girl pre-HRT? There aren’t any pre-HRT trans women that they could have scouted for this role? In Gun Hill Road, Harmony Santana a TRANS WOMAN plays a trans character who never even went on hormones. If that can work in one film why can’t that work in this one?

These are all excuses made to avoid casting trans women in trans women roles in the media. This isn’t just “upsetting” this is a form of violence, trans women are being shut out of roles in film, are shut out from making money in the industry, and aren’t even allowed to represent their own history. Its because this film is about a transgender pioneer that this is such an issue, fellow cis people need to sit back and let trans women speak on this issue and stop acting like we know everything. 

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Trans women can’t even get cast as actual, existing trans women. This kind of exclusion is a deliberate act of violence. People want to profit off the trans experience, but not include trans people in any way. Fuck that.

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STUDY: LGBT Women Among Most At-Risk for Poverty

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A new study reveals that trans women are 3.8 times more likely to live in poverty than cisgender women.

Think about how headlines likes this collapse categories, and suggest worse outcomes for members of the umbrella group who may actually be relatively privileged.

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Fact: Demi-romantic bisexuals will only date those who can solve all 3 riddles

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What is demisexuality?

A new cadre of young people say they're just not into sex — and they're not alone.

A very nice student find--this is a sympathetic, decently written introduction to demisexuality and asexuality, which might be useful to introduce the topic with friends and family.

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Applying to college? Do you have questions about how your dream school treats LGBTQ students? You’re not alone! At the first-ever LGBTQ-Friendly Online College Fair on March 19, hosted by GLSEN and campuspride, you can talk to college reps in real time about all your questions, from LGBTQ student clubs to financial aid. Reps from more than 50 schools will be there — will you? Register here! 

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Everyday Feminism writes:

We talk a lot about labels and identity, but what does identity really mean for defining gender and sexuality? The subjects of these beautiful photos, from Sarah Deragon’s The Identity Project, might blow you away as they embody their answers.

Sarah Deragon is a San Francisco based portrait photographer. She launched Identity Project in January 2014. So far she has photographed over 200 people in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the second half of 2014, she took The Identity Project to Portland, New York & Chicago. Next year she will be traveling to Austin and Columbus, Ohio to complete the project.

Read the whole story!

More amazing photos at The Identity Project.