NYU LGBTQ

The NYU LGBTQ Student Center exists to create an inclusive and supportive space on campus in the areas of sexual orientation + gender identity/expression. Think of this blog as the online version of that space. A bit of everything LGBTQIA+ and all of those pretty intersections. And cute animals, because why not?

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As #LGBTQHistoryMonth ends, we honor voices that are paving the way for brighter differently abled #LGBTQ futures, like Ali Stroker and Andrew Morrison-Gurza.

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A Look At The Beautiful Way This Culture Embraces A Particular Kind Of Trans Identity

In traditional, Western culture, gender identity is often considered a binary concept:You are either male or you are female.

LINK TW: deadnaming 

This restrictive and defining construct makes it difficult for our society to understand people like Caitlyn Jenner, who recently came out as transgender, because they don’t always fit neatly into a box. While some transgender people move from one end of the gender spectrum to the other when they transition, other transgender people exist somewhere in between, embracing both genders, neither genders or a multiplicity of genders.

Ultimately, by changing and broadening our definition of gender identity, we can not only better understand it, we can truly embrace it.

In Native Hawaiian culture, for instance, the idea of someone who embodies both the male and female spirit is a familiar and even revered concept. Gender identity isconsidered fluid and amorphous, allowing room for māhū, who would fall under thetransgender umbrella in Western society.

“Māhū is the expression of the third self,“ Kaumakaiwa Kanaka‘ole, a Native Hawaiian activist and performer told Mana magazine. "It is not a gender, it’s not an orientation, it’s not a sect, it’s not a particular demographic and it’s definitely not a race. It is simply an expression of the third person as it involves the individual. When you find that place in yourself to acknowledge both male and female aspects within and accept the capacity to embrace both … that is where the māhū exists and true liberation happens.”

As an upcoming PBS documentary "Kumu Hina,” about a transgender woman and teacher, shows, māhū are thought to inhabit “a place in the middle.”

CLICK THE HEADER LINK TO READ THE FULL ARTICLE.

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we exist, we are still valid

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[Support feminine trans boys. Support masculine trans girls]

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yes yes yes yes yes

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Super Chunky Blankets and Giant Knit Fashion by Anna Mo

Ukranian designer Anna Mo creates hand-knitted blankets and other knitted pieces, which are made from extremely thick yarn.  Each stitch is three inches and constructed from oversized knitting needles. Composed of 100% merino wool, Mo’s creations are soft to the touch and lightweight. You can find more of her chunky knitted designs on her Etsy shop.

View similar posts here!

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TransActing: A course for trans and non-binary actors

My Genderation have made a short film about our TransActing course at Royal Central School of Speech and Drama. 21 trans and non-binary actors of various levels of experience took part in the six week course. They worked with some of Central’s leading tutors and spoke to industry professionals about auditioning and other skills. 

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Watch: Campbell’s Soup just got geeky parenting so right

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I’m just waiting for people to try and ban Campbell’s soup now. Just waiting.

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Best dad joke thing ever

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Do these commercials not come on in the south east? I’ve never seen a single one irl

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Understanding How Depression Feels (via buzzfeed)

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“Unshaven”

Illustrations from my Unshaven series are up at Alt Space as part of Girls at night on the internet curated by Grace Miceli. Ya’ll should check the show out!

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“On the phone, for any transgender person, or for me certainly, the biggest awful thing was to be called ‘Sir.’”

Nicola Jane Chase, author of Tea And Transition, speaks about finding her authentic voice with help from Steinhardt’s speech clinic: https://youtu.be/lPnhpTir7tE

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At the Intersection of White Privilege and Disability

“Despite being a white, female, disabled activist, rapidly approaching her mid-twenties, I am well aware that to most people, I look like a defenseless little white disabled girl. I am also keenly aware that I inhabit both privilege and dis-privilege in this body. On occasion, I use that image to my advantage. People don’t perceive me as a threat or someone trying to scam the system which makes it possible for me to get away with things that others might be more closely scrutinized for. To many, I am the embodiment of innocence: eternally fragile and childlike.

If we are lucky, every once and again our privilege will slam into us like a wrecking ball and crack open new awareness. This was the case a few months ago, when my former boyfriend  and I ran into a friend of mine while making our way through the train station. After a brief  introduction these virtual strangers quickly began sharing their experiences as disabled men of color. As I listened, I realized that even though my boyfriend and I share the same disability, we are having very different experiences in how society sees and treats our bodies. While people often viewed me with pity, they viewed him with distrust and even fear. He shared that when people look at him, they assume that his disability resulted from violence. Black disabled activist and Krip Hop artist Keith Jones discusses this phenomenon briefly in the documentary Including Samuel. “People say … when did you get shot?” He highlights society’s assumption: “Black man in a wheelchair, had to be an act of violence.”

As a society, we do a poor job of talking about, never mind understanding, intersectional oppressions, particularly the intersectional oppressions of racism and disability. Cases of discrimination and abuse against people with disabilities often receive more media attention if he victim is white—for instance, the Ethan Saylor case or Tracy Latimer case. However, when the victim is Black or another race, disability often falls by the wayside. For instance, though the case of Freddie Gray in Baltimore  received massive media attention in the early summer, it was rarely mentioned that Gray was disabled due to lead poisoning as a child.”

[Image description: The photograph shows black disabled activist and artist Leroy Moore. He has short cropped hair, a mustache and a beard. He is standing bare-chested, with his hands together out in front of him. The text above him reads: “This is disability justice.” Photograph ©Richard Downing; text ©Patty Berne; courtesy of Sins Invalid]

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Feminists meet the patriarchy HERE.

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All The People Bernd Ott and Emily Besa

A new photography book from Bernd Ott and Emily Besa aims to capture this reality through photos and stories of over 36 individuals who identify at different points along the spectrum of gender identity. Called All The People, the book features individuals from the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany and the United States who all uniquely transcend traditional notions of gender.

“We hope that some will see that your identity is not defined by socially introduced categorizations,” Ott told The Huffington Post. “Once we can see categories as being arbitrary and meaningless, some may realize that we all share very similar fears and emotions and the same worries and feelings determine our existence. We actually share the same human experience despite what we look like, who we love, or how we love.” (source)

check out there kickstarter

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Happy Pride Month here @ NYU

As some of you already know, October is LGBTQ History Month, but NYU’s LGBTQ Student Center doesn’t stop there - October is also the time to celebrate our many queer identities and remember those who came before us.

Be sure to check out our Facebook and Twitter pages throughout this month for upcoming events and club meetings (also accessible through our Tumblr sidebar.) 

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Going Vogue: Fighting HIV in L.A.'s Emerging Ball Community

Outside West Hollywood, young black gay and bi men face the highest risk for HIV. To reach them, the Los Angeles LGBT Center is going to the ball.