In response to Donald Trump's decision on transgender students' rights guidelines, activists and protesters gathered to rally against the reversal at the Stonewall National Monument in Greenwich Village. An important piece of American LGBT history is brought back into the limelight as LGBT rights are put on the chopping block by the current administration.
http://www.amny.com/news/politics/stonewall-rally-photos-protest-against-trump-s-decision-on-transgender-students-rights-guidelines-1.13167019
Sunday, March 5, 2017
Saturday, March 4, 2017
Disney's first gay character
Beauty and the Beast is going to be Disney's first movie with a gay character. Russia and some movies theaters are less than pleased.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/03/04/russia-beauty-and-beast-ban-due-over-gay-character-lefoux/98743116/
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2017/03/04/russia-beauty-and-beast-ban-due-over-gay-character-lefoux/98743116/
2017 Legislative Agenda from Equality California
Click here to read about the 10 bills that Equality California is sponsoring this year.
SB 239 – Modernizing Discriminatory HIV Criminalization Laws
SB 179 – Gender Recognition Act of 2017
SB 219 – Seniors Long Term Care Bill of Rights
AB 888 – Transparency in Higher Education
SB 695 – Tiered System for California Sex Offender Registry
AB 800 – Hate Crimes Hotline
AB 1161 – Updating Local Hate Crimes Policies
SB 310 – Name and Dignity Act
AB 677 – Reducing LGBT Disparities in Education and Employment
SB 221 – Insurance Coverage for Lipodystrophy
SB 239 – Modernizing Discriminatory HIV Criminalization Laws
SB 179 – Gender Recognition Act of 2017
SB 219 – Seniors Long Term Care Bill of Rights
AB 888 – Transparency in Higher Education
SB 695 – Tiered System for California Sex Offender Registry
AB 800 – Hate Crimes Hotline
AB 1161 – Updating Local Hate Crimes Policies
SB 310 – Name and Dignity Act
AB 677 – Reducing LGBT Disparities in Education and Employment
SB 221 – Insurance Coverage for Lipodystrophy
Gavin Grimm, trans student and lead plaintiff in Supreme Court case
Gavin Grimm, age 17, is the lead plaintiff in a Supreme Court case over whether trans students can use bathrooms corresponding with their gender identity. He was featured in the Gender Revolution documentary and in this article from the New York Times. Dozens of companies recently signed a brief in support of his fight. Oral arguments in the case are scheduled to begin at the end of March.
Thursday, March 2, 2017
Short Video on how the Trans rights movement is not just about bathrooms
In class, someone brought up the point that the Trans Rights movement is not just about bathrooms the same way that the civil rights movement was not just about water fountains. Here is a short video on exactly that and how one trans individual navigates the bathroom issue in a state where there are not transgender bathroom protections, as well as a couple of relevant statistics.
https://www.facebook.com/georgehtakei/videos/1669279513377003/
PS: I tried to embed the video but my tech know-how is minimal so the link will have to do :)
https://www.facebook.com/georgehtakei/videos/1669279513377003/
PS: I tried to embed the video but my tech know-how is minimal so the link will have to do :)
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
"Just Pee" Kinky Boots Music Video
Today as I was scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed, I came across this music video titled "Just Pee (Where You Wanna Pee)." It came out in June 2016 but I had never seen it before for some reason.
It is a music video of the cast of the Kinky Boots (highly recommend everyone seeing the actual musical!) singing a rewritten version of the show's finale "Just Be." I decided to share this because in class we've brought up the bathroom debate several times over the past few weeks, and this video demonstrates an effort to support trans rights, in a light-hearted, fun (but still serious) video. Linked here is more about the video in an article published on the Playbill website back when the video was first released.
Also, here is another video Kinky Boots just published on Feb 24, 2017 about how they #StandForLove with the same song playing in the background.
It is a music video of the cast of the Kinky Boots (highly recommend everyone seeing the actual musical!) singing a rewritten version of the show's finale "Just Be." I decided to share this because in class we've brought up the bathroom debate several times over the past few weeks, and this video demonstrates an effort to support trans rights, in a light-hearted, fun (but still serious) video. Linked here is more about the video in an article published on the Playbill website back when the video was first released.
Also, here is another video Kinky Boots just published on Feb 24, 2017 about how they #StandForLove with the same song playing in the background.
Inclusion for LGBT Christians
Hi all,
I wanted to share this article that I came across about how an organization called the Glitter Ash Project encouraged church officials to mix glitter in with typical ashes on Ash Wednesday (today) to symbolize inclusion of LGBT Christians. On Ash Wednesday, Catholics and other Christians get a cross on their head in ashes to symbolize the beginning of Lent.
"Clergy who requested glitter ash included Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Mennonites and many more. Many were located in more conservative parts of the country — Madison, Tenn.; Bedford, Tex.; Boone, N.C.; Algona, Iowa; Richmond, Ind.; Jefferson, Ga.; Hayes, Kan.; and many more small towns across the Midwest and the South made the list, as did churches in the United Kingdom and Canada." Pretty awesome!
Check it out: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/03/01/on-ash-wednesday-ashes-to-go-with-a-little-extra-sparkle/?utm_term=.6e3187069bb5
I wanted to share this article that I came across about how an organization called the Glitter Ash Project encouraged church officials to mix glitter in with typical ashes on Ash Wednesday (today) to symbolize inclusion of LGBT Christians. On Ash Wednesday, Catholics and other Christians get a cross on their head in ashes to symbolize the beginning of Lent.
"Clergy who requested glitter ash included Presbyterians, Lutherans, Methodists, Baptists, Mennonites and many more. Many were located in more conservative parts of the country — Madison, Tenn.; Bedford, Tex.; Boone, N.C.; Algona, Iowa; Richmond, Ind.; Jefferson, Ga.; Hayes, Kan.; and many more small towns across the Midwest and the South made the list, as did churches in the United Kingdom and Canada." Pretty awesome!
Check it out: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/03/01/on-ash-wednesday-ashes-to-go-with-a-little-extra-sparkle/?utm_term=.6e3187069bb5
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