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Weekly Roundup: November 11, 2015

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date November 12, 2015

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Weekly Roundup, October 20, 2015

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 20, 2015

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Howard Brown still facing struggles

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date May 21, 2013

Howard Brown Health Center’s (HBHC) former CEO and president Jamal Edwards departed the organization in August 2012, amid a flurry of complaints and questions about his management style and strategies.

Feminism Race, Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

In Defense of Sluts

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date March 3, 2012

What, pray tell, if Fluke is indeed a slut?

Prison industrial complex Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Loving Hate: Why Hate Crimes Legislation is a Bad Idea

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 4, 2010

Is jailing people for their prejudice really going to curtail bigotry and prejudice?

On Books and Publishing

Arsham Parsi talks about gay Iran

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 30, 2010

Arsham Parsi is the head of the IRQO (Iranian Queer Organization). Parsi was born in 1980. As he tells it, he grew up in Shiraz with no contact with other gay people until he found queer communities on the Internet. Following that, he worked on HIV issues, until rumors of his sexual orientation began to spread and he feared persecution. According to Human Rights Watch, “Iranian law punishes all penetrative sexual acts between adult men with the death penalty.&

Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Changes abound at Howard Brown

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 21, 2010

Capitalism, Class, Inequality Politics

Class in Drag or Who’s Middle Class Anyway?: Sarah Palin, Joe Sixpack, and Main Street

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 5, 2008

But even more fascinating to me is the extent to which we hold on to the idea that we’re all just part of a struggling middle class, despite mounting evidence that a lot of us are just plain poor.

Chicago Chronicles On Books and Publishing Reporting

Diverse books part of read-out

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date October 1, 2008

The American Library Association (ALA) marked its 27th Annual Banned Books Week. Among the events was a read-out during which authors and Chicago Tribune columnists like Dawn Turner Trice read selections from their favorite banned or challenged books.