January 2011
23 posts
Tiger Beatdown › #DearJohn: For When Boehner... →
Under this new bill, the only rape survivors who would be able to receive funding would be those who were able to prove that their rapes involved “force.” If your rapist drugged you, intoxicated you, or raped you while you were unconscious, you don’t get coverage. If your rapist used coercion, you don’t get coverage. If this is a case of statutory rape — that is, if you are a thirteen-year-old...
“The National Women’s Law Center has just issued a report quoting doctors at...”
– Tussling Over Jesus - NYTimes.com
"Missionaries of Hate" →
violettabellocchio:
Shall you want to know more about Uganda and the anti-gay bill, check out Current TV’s “Missionaries of Hate” reportage - it’s about 45’.
(and many many thanks to the helpful mouse who suggested it.)
Milan offers Italy's 1st gay studies course -... →
(found via Towleroad.)
(I know a guy that might be behind it. Hang on in there, Stefano!)
BBC News - 'Gay' Ugandan Brenda Namiggade wins... →
BBC News - Obituary: Uganda gay activist David... →
“Angry scenes marred the funeral of murdered Ugandan gay activist David Kato...”
– Ugandan gay activist David Kato’s funeral marred by angry scenes | World news | The Guardian
Ugandan Lesbian Scheduled for Deportation from UK... →
Ugandan gay rights activist David Kato found... →
News of Kato’s murder came after a lesbian due to be deported from Britain to Uganda said she feared she would be killed if she was returned.
Brenda Namigadde, 29 – who fled Uganda in 2003 after being threatened over her relationship with her Canadian partner – is being held at Yarl’s Wood detention centre.
She told the Guardian: “I’ll be tortured or killed if I’m...
Ugandan Gay Rights Activist Is Beaten to Death -... →
An outspoken Ugandan gay activist whose picture recently appeared in an antigay newspaper under the headline “Hang Them” was beaten to death in his home, Ugandan police said Thursday.
David Kato, the activist, was one of the most visible defenders of gay rights in a country where homophobia is widespread and government leaders have proposed executing gay people. Mr. Kato and other gay people...
“I’m gay, I travelled round the world once. I remember turning up to a hotel very...”
– Lance Price, appearing on the BBC’s The Big Questions. (via goodnamesweretaken)
“The law discriminates against rape victims in a manner which would not be...”
– (via blackenedbutterfly)
Gail the Goldfish →
For all you special internet people with a passion for The West Wing.
“We’re starting to see that the gay community is very diverse,” said Bob Witeck,...”
– Gay Parents Find the South More Welcoming, Census Says - NYTimes.com
A pre-existing health-conditions study says half... →
I probably could not survive in the United States: I have at least three pre-existing health conditions. Two of which require more or less constant medical attention - and medications (some of them quite expensive: the market value of just one of my pills is 5€ - for one pill, which I have to take every day). Every time I think about it, I feel like a bit of my right to life is denied.
“I’ll be post-feminist in the post-patriarchy.”
– Meg Sullivan (via artsexbooksandpolitics)
“Why does one feel so different at night? Why is it so exciting to be awake when...”
– Katherine Mansfield (via suzywire)
5 Examples of Americans Thinking Foreign People... →
“A woman’s worst nightmare? That’s pretty easy. Novelist Margaret Atwood writes...”
– http://www.pbs.org/kued/nosafeplace/articles/nightmare.html (via alullaby)
That sums it up
(via erikawithac)
This reminds me of a discussion we had in school, and one girl was talking about living in fear of her safety because she is a girl, and this guy chimed in and was all “It’s hard for guys...
Why film schools teach screenwriters not to pass... →
lipstick-feminists:
Thank you, insanepoet9.
December 2010
8 posts
