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Which of the Busted Prostitutes Is A Man?: On NBC’s “Dude Looks Like A Lady”

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We are explicitly being asked to look at their faces very, very closely and make sure they have fulfilled all our cultural expectations. 


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

Why I won’t Come Out on National Coming Out Day

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By placing so much emphasis on the act of revealing…we are implicitly arguing that to be queer is, in effect, to always have to come out. 


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Chicago Chronicles Immigration Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Panel focuses on queer APIs and immigration

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The National Queer Asian Pacific Islander Alliance (NQAPIA) is currently hosting a series of LGBT immigration public forums in cities across the country.  These events are designed to bring about public discussion of comprehensive immigration reform (CIR) and to educate LGBT Asian American, South Asian, Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities and allied organizations […]


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On Books and Publishing

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore’s So Many Ways to Sleep Badly

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“Zan says he’s moving to New York, a vortex opened up after 9-11 and people finally treat each other well, all these amazing things are happening.  Is she doing drugs?”


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Nathaniel Frank in the line of “Fire”

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“Now, when I talk of Enlightenment ideals: there is also a connection between Enlightenment and Imperialism, and I’m not trying to endorse imperialism.”


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When everything changed for Kairol Rosenthal

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“We know how to take care of our own.”


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Gay Marriage Immigration

Gay marriage and queer immigration: Laboring over love

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Queers are more than the sum of their romantic relationships.


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

Partner violence among forum topics

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Violence is usually discussed within the context of heterosexual families and social groups.  It’s widely assumed that people in same-sex households, communities, and relationships are either incapable of causing harm to each other, or that their needs can’t be met by mainstream anti-violence groups.  As a result, significant issues like intimate partner violence or the […]


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Chicago Chronicles Queer Politics, Culture, and History Reporting

Movie screening examines violence and LGBTQs

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The Center on Halsted’s Anti-Violence Project and the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs recently hosted a roundtable and regional training sessions.  These included a public screening of the documentary, Dangerous Living: Coming Out in the Developing World, May 22.  It was one of three events at the Center that week that examined violence and the […]


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

Dyke march forum takes on concerns

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Soon to enter its 13th year, Dyke March Chicago is, for many lesbians and transgender people, an alternative to Pride Parade.  Historically, the March has remained on the city’s North side.  This year, it’ll be in Pilsen, home to a predominantly Latina/o community.  In the last few weeks, organizers began hearing complaints about the change […]


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