Yasmin Nair

Hill means a Lott to Columbia’s Critical Encounters

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 10, 2008

TPAN (Test Positive Action Network) celebrates its 21st anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, it will honor 21 organizations and individuals “who have made outstanding contributions to TPAN and to the HIV/AIDS community,” according to its press release about the event, called “Aware Affair: Superheroes.” Among those named “superheroes” is Columbia College Chicago, for its “leadership and dedication.” Specifically, the institution is being recognized for its AIDS-focused theme during the initial year of the Critical Encounters learning initiative.

On Books and Publishing

Gabriella Turnaturi’s Betrayals: The Unpredictability of Human Relations

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date September 3, 2008

As anyone who’s been involved with involved people will tell you, the possibility of betrayal is sometimes the only thing that keeps a relationship going, whether between the betrayers or between spouses and partners.

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 Reporting

LGBTI Health Summit looks at Obama’s LGBT health record

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 26, 2008

The LGBTI Health Summit came in the thick of very intense national conversations around health care, especially at various Town Halls across the country. Despite the national spotlight on an issue that clearly has the attention of more than the approximately 50 million uninsured, the gay community’s response to the health crisis has been relatively muted.

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?

On Books and Publishing

Ruth Perkinson’s Piper’s Someday

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date August 13, 2008

The figures of the lower class like, Victor and Clover, are pitted against lesbians and gays who are, it seems, uniformly heroic and literate and kind.

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.

On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Alistair McCartney’s The End of the World Book: A Novel

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 16, 2008

This is the sort of book writers might write for other writers.

On Books and Publishing Queer Politics, Culture, and History

Michael Luongo’s Gay Travels in the Muslim World

Post author By Yasmin Nair
Post date July 2, 2008

When it comes to travel, it seems that only Westerners travel ironically and self-consciously and write tales of their adventures, while Easterners merely fester in their chains.