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www.2brownchicks.org
There’s nothing more awesome for us at genderpanic than finding out about delightful queer people in the world fighting for equality and working to better their communities through arts and social reform – except perhaps than finding a couple of them! Listed below are two of the couples we’re found out about most recently.
Sean Dorsey and Shawna Virago – Both artists and activists, Sean and Shawna promote transgender awareness and participation in the arts scene in San Francisco.
bOo torres and Joanne Alcantara – Fellow Seattleites, the owners of 2 Brown Chicks Family Farm focus their business practices on environmental and social justice and are very active in giving back to …
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posted by zavi
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/374/Somewhere-Out-There
All too often, mass media neglects the voices of minorities and misses out on an entire range of human experience. Featured this week are the seldom heard stories of trans people and how they define their own gender and sexuality.
Make Me A Boy – This “collection of unwritten life stories” features interviews with transmen about their life experiences.
Somewhere Out There – Check out “Act Two: Tom Girls” of this NPR episode, which tells the story of two young trans girls meeting at a transgender conference in Seattle.
Defining Queer Virginity – Brightest New Things asks a quite diverse selection of queers to explain gay sex, in all …
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I hope this upcoming St. Valentine’s Day finds you healthy and happy and loving yourself (and others). Gender-Panic would like to ring in the occasion with a quick to reminder to get out there and support your local performances of “The Vagina Monologues”. It’s a great opportunity to take a lovely somebody out for a moving, hilarious, and informative show, while supporting local women’s groups in the process. You can find a show near you by visiting the events section of the V-Day website here. If you’d rather spend the night in, GP highly recommends the Logo special “Beautiful Daughters”, a short documentary piece about an all trans production of “The Vagina Monologues”.
I’d like to close with a short note on the recent wave of controversy following the hyper-masculine, “hen-pecked” men theme made very present in the Super Bowl ads this past weekend. The main ad of concern was the Dodge Charger ad entitled “Man’s Last Stand”. The premise of the ad is that because men put up with their mothers, sisters, girlfriends, and wives, they should be allowed to drive an expensive sports car. Because being a …
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posted by zavi
This week’s links have an international focus, to illustrate how gender bending is indeed a worldwide phenomenon. Here are a few links that really caught my eye:
herbivore boys – men in Japan are rebelling against the typical ‘macho’ male stereotype.
queer China - in a Danwei tv interview, the organizers of Beijing’s Queer Film Festival discuss the fight for queer acceptance.
US gay marriage ban – here in the US, California’s ban on gay marriage is being challenged in the Supreme Court.
honor violence – gay Muslims are facing homelessness and other issues after being rejected by their families.
Keep it queer out there; queer visibility is a definite necessity in the fight for acceptance and …
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posted by panda
I have heard through the internet grapevine (grape-tubes?) that young people have a new phrase to ward off the terrifying prospect of being mistakenly identified as homosexual. So the next time you’re drunk and telling your frat bro how much you love him, simply follow it up with “no homo” and he’ll know that it’s still just a hetero bromance between you. Worried about buying a guy friend a beer? Still want to give your tackle football buddies a friendly slap on the ass after an excellent turnover? “No homo” is here for you!
Now, to be honest, I hadn’t heard the phrase “no homo” before a couple of days ago. I was browsing Facebook when I saw someone wearing a t-shirt that said “ARMY: NO HOMO” in their profile picture. My interest was piqued instantly. The shirt was decidedly professional looking, and after a short round of searching I discovered that it was once a product offered by the often irreverent and sometimes offensive BustedTees. The “Army: No Homo” shirt is now notably no longer available, but the URL and photographic evidence remain.
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