Category: Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Gay dollars, labor and boycotts

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date December 3, 2008

For Eric Stanley, economic boycotts “uphold the free market myth of capitalism in ‘non-boycott’ times.”

On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Books about AIDS

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 26, 2008

“There’s no community around Black women with HIV and AIDS.”

The Day I Stopped Being Pretty by [Lofton, Rodney]

Gay Marriage Politics Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Is Homosexuality Genetic or Chosen? Does That Matter?

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 15, 2008

Your gay union card, the grey metallic one, with an embossed pink triangle? Shredded.

Remade Vintage LGBT Act UP Queer 2.25 1.5 image 0

Gay Marriage Politics Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Let’s Change the Paradigms of Gay Organising

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 8, 2008

Why are we fighting for the specious rights granted by an outmoded institution?

Film, Art, Television, and Media Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Lesbian fundraiser focuses on global crises

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 24, 2008

Climbing PoeTree, a two-member spoken word group, was in Chicago performing its latest piece, “Hurricane Season: The Hidden Messages in Water.” The first performance was at Columbia College, the second at the Center on Halsted (COH).

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Feminism Politics Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Barefoot and Pregnant in the White House: Sarah and Bristol Palin

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 3, 2008

Let’s not forget that a woman’s right to have an abortion has everything to do with citizenship and power and can’t be dismissed as irrelevant.

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

James Dobson and the National Radio Hall of Fame

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 20, 2008

Why pretend that judgments about the value of someone’s work are strictly apolitical and impartial?

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Minority workshop focuses on LGBTQ families

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 1, 2008

LGBTQ families are frequently non-normative, and not just because they’re headed by queer people. Queer families may consist of single women raising children with sperm donors who maintains links with their offspring. Two men might raise children together even after breaking up.

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

Sex workers hold local conference

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 23, 2008

Sex Workers Outreach Project (SWOP), a national group that works on the decriminalization of prostitution, held its third annual conference in Chicago. Members attended panels on topics like sex trafficking and the issues facing transgender sex workers.

Chicago Chronicles Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality Reporting

March highlights Boystown tensions

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 1, 2008

The Coalition for Justice and Respect organized a “Unity March Against Racism and Harassment” in the Boystown area. This was the latest such event in Chicago to address the tensions that have pitted youth of color against police officers, condo dwellers, and business owners.