tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5965169600944439692024-02-08T05:27:13.471-08:00U.S Gay and Lesbian History, fall 2013This is the blog for History 128, Claremont McKenna College, fall 2013. It is open only to students enrolled in the class. Please use this blog to post articles and links related to the themes of the course. You can also post comments or questions on our readings, reflections on outside events that you attend, and notices of upcoming events of interest to the class. To generate discussion, please also read and comment on other postings. Check back regularly for updates!
Diana Selighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274794826081207340noreply@blogger.comBlogger60125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-53415534723874866982014-02-12T10:42:00.003-08:002014-02-12T10:42:53.325-08:00Michael Sam and the NFLI'm not sure if anyone still reads this...but as many of you know, college football star Michael Sam recently came out prior to the NFL draft. He is the first openly gay football player, and some NFL sources say that this will hurt his status in the draft. Here's a great clip that a friend posted on Facebook.<br />
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Some interesting points are that Hansen acknowledges his own discomfort and inability to relate to gay men, and he also quotes Audre Lorde!<br />
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Hope you're all doing well.Nicole Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016098772311910266noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-27400518563779799052013-12-17T23:41:00.000-08:002013-12-17T23:41:35.295-08:00More on Sochi OlympicsArticle on ESPN discussing the U.S.'s decision to designate two openly gay former athletes as their designation for the olympics.<br />
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Hope finals are going smoothly for everyone. I thought this was an interesting and uplifting piece! It ties in nicely some of our class themes on gay men in the service and marriage equality.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15523961981595150538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-88250580232552188062013-12-13T12:07:00.001-08:002013-12-13T12:07:32.006-08:00Kids react to gay marriages Great insight on how younger kids view gay marriage.<br />
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TJxnYgP6D8Zhenya14http://www.blogger.com/profile/12516943534040044105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-89948110441906602252013-12-13T10:55:00.001-08:002013-12-13T10:55:38.420-08:00Sochi OlympicsWhen Professor Bilger came to speak to us, we spoke briefly about how sports can fit into the conversation of LGBT rights. I found<a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/12/13/greg-louganis-sochi-games-anti-gay-laws-lgbt-congress/4012165/"> this</a> interesting article about a prominent former Olympians view of Russia's anti-gay laws, and what olympians should do about it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08607869951690477260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-40609897866606638222013-12-12T09:51:00.002-08:002013-12-12T09:51:43.804-08:00India's Supreme Court Reinstates Ban on Homosexuality"In a huge blow to gay rights in the world’s largest democracy, India’s
top court on Tuesday <a href="http://world.time.com/2013/12/11/homosexuality-is-criminal-again-as-indias-top-court-reinstates-ban/">reinstated an archaic law</a> that makes gay sex a
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Diana Selighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274794826081207340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-67807744168721426832013-12-11T18:22:00.000-08:002013-12-11T18:22:01.389-08:00Homeless LGBT kids<a href="http://apch2013.blogspot.com/2013/12/home-is-not-where-heart-is.html">http://apch2013.blogspot.com/2013/12/home-is-not-where-heart-is.html</a><br /><br />This post talks about the author's research into her film, A Place Called Home, about homeless LGBT youth. It also investigates government policies on homeless youth in the UK, Australia, and Canada.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14744214398981290551noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-74047873949223641512013-12-11T12:21:00.000-08:002013-12-11T12:21:09.075-08:00Effects of DADT Repealhttp://www.sldn.org/pages/dadt-before-and-after
Above is a quick guide to what the DADT repeal changed and what it didn't change for LGBT service members. There is a link at the top to a guide for LGBT service members.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18272309829796876620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-14009132697921617222013-12-11T11:35:00.004-08:002013-12-11T11:35:57.854-08:00Compton's Cafeteria Riot<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Pomona's very own Victor Silverman directed a documentary with his grad school friend and an author from our syllabus, Susan Stryker, about a transgender riot against police oppression that took place in San Francisco, years before Stonewall. You can check out this <a href="http://vimeo.com/1667849">clip</a> from the film, or watch the full thing on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Screaming-Queens-Riot-Comptons-Cafeteria/dp/B003MRSU6O">Amazon</a>.<br />
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More than anything, I felt that the documentary highlighted how new a lot of the research we've read for our class actually is. In the film, Stryker describes stumbling across this almost-forgotten episode in queer history. It makes you wonder what other stories are out there that have yet to be found.</div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834948922668965921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-45626645481922622632013-12-10T22:34:00.000-08:002013-12-10T22:34:44.613-08:00Funding for HIV/AIDsI found <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2013/11/30/obama-aids-pepfar-criticism/3687469/">this</a> to be an interesting article on the topic of funding of research. It discusses this topic on the global scale as well as on the national level.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08607869951690477260noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-69437666698413108162013-12-09T17:51:00.001-08:002013-12-09T17:56:00.491-08:00Bridegroom Documentary <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;">I recently heard about the documentary, Bridegroom. It illustrates a lot of the points we have been discussing in class in regards to visitation, family relationships and other legality issues that arise during times of tragedy (when same-sex couples are not legally married). I attached the trailer & a link to the movie's website, the full version is available on Netflix!</span><br />
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<a href="http://bridegroommovie.com/">Website</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15523961981595150538noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-31894067617060342882013-12-05T15:46:00.003-08:002013-12-05T15:48:54.204-08:00The Face of H.I.V. TodayToday's New York Times reports, in a <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/05/us/poor-black-and-hispanic-men-are-face-of-hiv.html?pagewanted=1&rref=health&hpw">troubling article</a>, that "the AIDS epidemic in America is rapidly becoming concentrated among poor, young black and Hispanic men who have sex with men."<br />
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Diana Selighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274794826081207340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-32835015253677715202013-12-05T15:38:00.000-08:002013-12-05T15:38:18.762-08:00More on the marriage debates<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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David Blankenhorn, who testified in favor of California's Proposition 8 during the 2010 court hearings, later <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/23/opinion/how-my-view-on-gay-marriage-changed.html">changed his views</a> to support same-sex marriage. </div>
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Diana Selighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274794826081207340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-53630628701432922492013-12-03T09:55:00.001-08:002013-12-03T09:55:46.911-08:00Waitress DiscriminationI am interested to see how this plays out.<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/waitress-who-received-alleged-anti-gay-receipt-suspended-pending-investigation-205841873.html">http://news.yahoo.com/waitress-who-received-alleged-anti-gay-receipt-suspended-pending-investigation-205841873.html</a>Zhenya14http://www.blogger.com/profile/12516943534040044105noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-10863154637508172822013-12-02T22:44:00.000-08:002013-12-02T22:44:08.612-08:00New Way to Protest?I don't know if any of you have been following the controversy about the upcoming Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia much or not. In short, Russia recently passed an anti-gay propaganda law, which is being broadly interpreted to also include things such as public displays of affection, any sort of Pride demonstrations, and even just expressing public support of gay rights. There have also been a rash of hate crimes along with the passing of this law (not that it seems the government is doing much to stop them). There have been threats that there will be no leniency in this new law during the Olympics, and the Olympic Committee has continued to stand with Russia, insisting there will be no problems.<br />
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The NY Times posted an article today about a line of merchandise being sold by American Apparel that seeks to use the Olympic Committee's own non-discrimination policy as a sort of subtle protest against Russia's threats. There are several athletes working in support of this merchandise/protest campaign. I'm curious to know what you all think of it.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">There have been a lot of interesting responses from the online queer community to the upcoming movie "Dallas Buyers Club." Here's the trailer if you haven't heard of the movie: </span><a href="http://youtu.be/fvMPU0WaPcc" style="background-color: white; color: #1155cc; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/fvMPU0WaPcc</a><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834948922668965921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-71835283469299253912013-11-18T14:21:00.003-08:002013-11-18T14:21:57.585-08:00Marriage Equality Debate Within the Cheney FamilyGiven our discussion on marriage equality today, I thought this article about the public conflict between Liz and Mary Cheney (daughters of Dick Cheney) would be of some interest:<br />
<a href="http://jezebel.com/liz-cheneys-sisterly-homophobia-ruins-the-cheney-famil-1466849299">Liz Cheney's Sisterly Homophobia Ruins the Cheney Family Thanksgiving</a> (Note: this is a Jezebel article, meaning it has a very liberal slant with some humor.)<br />
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For context, Liz Cheney is currently a Senate candidate and Mary Cheney is married to a woman named Heather Poe. In a recent Fox News interview, Liz said she does not support marriage equality, but, as an aside, said: "Listen, I love Mary very much. I love her family very much. This is just an issue on which we disagree."<br />
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Until reading this article, I hadn't realized that I subconsciously assumed that political families have generational disagreements about marriage equality (as in, parents conflicting with their children). I thought this was a compelling, though very upsetting, example of discord between siblings in the public eye.<br />
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<br />TIkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15669087919832602599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-65793270927775622832013-11-18T11:05:00.000-08:002013-11-18T11:05:03.298-08:00Transitioning at the Claremont CollegesThe colleges have just released a set of <a href="http://www.pomona.edu/administration/qrc/transition/index.aspx">Transitioning Plans</a> for trans* students, designed in collaboration with the Queer Resource Center. The guide includes information about Student Health Insurance, coming out to faculty and staff, and housing and name changes on each campus.Diana Selighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16274794826081207340noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-10675641430746559402013-11-17T13:48:00.000-08:002013-11-17T13:48:18.739-08:00The LGBT Community in DCThe New York Times has an interesting video and related article on the presence and acceptance of the LGBT community in Washington, DC. According to polls, the capital has the highest percentage of LGBT adults (10%) compared to the rest of the nation (average 3.5%) and that LGBT life, particularly in terms of bars, is quite integrated which is interesting considering the history of the lavender scare and government suppression. It's suggested in the video that DC attracts the LGBT community because they have the opportunity to influence national issues in terms of LGBT rights.<br />
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<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/fashion/Washington-DC-has-thriving-gay-lesbian-and-transgender-population.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/17/fashion/Washington-DC-has-thriving-gay-lesbian-and-transgender-population.html</a>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07875370934120178394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-66819755540202876392013-11-15T21:05:00.000-08:002013-11-15T21:05:30.507-08:00"Facts" about Lesbians, circa 1963Autostraddle posted an interesting list of 16 "facts" about lesbians from a book published in 1963. Although some of them are quite hilarious, you can also see how some of the "facts" published in the 60s perpetuated very negative lies about lesbians.<br />
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Whole list can be found here: <a href="http://www.autostraddle.com/16-hard-core-facts-about-lesbians-from-1963s-a-new-look-at-the-lesbian-205071/">http://www.autostraddle.com/16-hard-core-facts-about-lesbians-from-1963s-a-new-look-at-the-lesbian-205071/</a><br />
<br />MGianninyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09016040814062241885noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-75445431067451322912013-11-13T23:29:00.001-08:002013-11-13T23:29:37.108-08:00Coast Guard enacts non-discrimination policyThis <a href="http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/10/31/coast-guard/">article</a> is a great example of progress within the current gay movement, especially when compared to the military/government policies that we studied earlier in the semester.<br />
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The Debate section in our Eaklor reading for today says that in 1992 "the topic of outing seemed to fade quickly. It was taken up in another form by academics..." implying that the issue has faded from mainstream attention or political relevance (Eaklor, 193). However, the film <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1049400/?ref_=fn_al_tt_3">Outrage</a> from 2009 describes an activist who continues to work to out those whom Eaklor calls "the worst offenders (gay congressmen voting against gay rights)." </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07834948922668965921noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596516960094443969.post-36254058340683244572013-11-12T20:04:00.000-08:002013-11-12T20:04:23.003-08:00Mayor Moscone's son marries his partner:<br />
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