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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

NYC Stop Watch - 2011 Stop and Frisk stops

stopstopandfrisknyc:

Interactive tool that maps nearly 700,000 stops made by the NYPD in 2011.

I’d like to hand these out like some people do business cards. gendermagick: Hahahaha, genius. falsenorth: satanicvegan: melancholynecrokiss: findingsherlock: A handy way of telling cis people to stop asking about your junk. Makes a great reply when you are too offended to deal with them. This is genius. amazing, printing out a million i would like to suggest a companion piece, “you just asked about my partner’s genitals”. for people like me.

I’d like to hand these out like some people do business cards.

gendermagick:

Hahahaha, genius.

falsenorth:

satanicvegan:

melancholynecrokiss:

findingsherlock:

A handy way of telling cis people to stop asking about your junk. Makes a great reply when you are too offended to deal with them.

This is genius.

amazing, printing out a million

i would like to suggest a companion piece, “you just asked about my partner’s genitals”. for people like me.

Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

James A. Baldwin  (via gorgeousmuslimah)

That Blog About That Queer Kid: I want a femme masculinity.

iragray:

I’m tired of running away from all things masculine. I don’t want to run from anything anymore. I can confront the forms of masculinity that I don’t like, that are harmful and oppress, while still being able to take on the parts that I do like.

Keep it simple, sweetheart.

Keep it simple, sweetheart.

thepublicstudio:

Colour Me Queer is a community-based photography project conceptualized by prominent Queer activist and Photographer Arnab Banerji with stories from queer-identified community models. Organized in partnership with ASAAP, this project recognizes the role of pride, shame, self-esteem and body politics in how we negotiate sex and interact with partners. Personal stories of pride, resilience and love from South Asian queer-identified models are depicted through narrative and photographed by Arnab. 

We were happy to be a part of this important project and support this work by providing art direction and design for the postcard campaign. 

Tonight is the launch party for the Colour Me Queer project, along with a screening of ASAAP’s new PSA “Protect Your Love”: 

Thursday May 31, 6pm–10pm
ASAAP Party Room at 120 Carlton St. Toronto

 For more information or to join the movement, visit www.asaap.ca

CeCe McDonald : a breach of justice and what you can do about it.

Below is a letter GendeRev’s board sent out to bring attention to CeCe McDonald within the Barnard/Columbia community. Tumblr friends, if you aren’t familiar with the incredible injustice faced by CeCe and what you can do to help, read on.

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Dear Columbia and Barnard friends and allies,

I’m writing to you now from GendeRevolution with great sadness and anger. Some of you may have already heard about Chrishaun “CeCe” McDonald, a 23-year-old fashion student from Minneapolis and a survivor of a brutal racist and transphobic attack. In the early morning of June 5, 2011, CeCe was walking with a small group of friends, all of whom were young, African-American, and either queer or allied. A group of older, white people at a bar began to taunt CeCe and her friends with racist, homophobic, and transphobic slurs. One of their harassers started a fight in which CeCe’s face was slashed open, at which point she pulled out a pair of scissors to scare her attackers; in the fight that followed, one of her attackers died. CeCe was the only person arrested that night, and was charged with murder—just for defending herself and her friends against hateful violence. Authorities denied CeCe adequate medical care for her wound, and housed her in solitary confinement for a month. CeCe has pled guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree manslaughter and is expected to receive 41 months in prison.
CeCe’s case is tragic but far from rare: trans women of colour in the United States are all too often subject to disproportionate amounts of discrimination and brutality.  But CeCe’s case has an awful twist, since she has experienced violence at the hands of both the individuals who targeted her and her friends as well as the prison-industrial complex that abused her, denied her medical care, and charged and convicted her for acting in self-defence. 
What can you do to respond to this injustice? We invite you to write CeCe a letter expressing your support; a mailing address and guidelines can be found here. You can also sign achange.org petition requesting that Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton pardon CeCe, write to the governor himself, or call his office toll-free at 1-800-357-3717. If you want to keep apprised of updates to the case, just fill out this form and we’ll keep you posted.
Thanks for your help and support in speaking out against racism, transphobia, and injustice.
Gavin and GendeRevolution
Source: “Support CeCe McDonald: Background.” http://supportcece.wordpress.com/about-2/background/
Source: “Injustice at Every Turn: A Report of the National Transgender Discrimination Survey.”http://www.thetaskforce.org/downloads/reports/reports/ntds_full.pdf

liquorinthefront:

A Series Of Questions

This ongoing body of work explores the power dynamics inherent in the questions asked of transgender, transsexual, genderqueer, gender non-conforming, and gender-variant people.

See more photos here.

comingoutjournal:

‘I AM: Trans People Speak,’
New GLAAD Media Campaign, Aims To Raise Transgender Community Awareness

A new project created by the Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition andsponsored by GLAAD aims to raise awareness about the transgender community’s diversity — and we’ve got a sneak peek.

As GLAAD notes, “Transgender people have a wide range of interests, experiences and backgrounds that are too often ignored because of their trans identity. Together we can make a positive change in the visibility and representation of transgender people by focusing on the full individual.”

Titled “I AM: Trans People Speak,” the video features candid talk by actress, producer and transgender advocate Laverne Cox and Isis King, the first transgender contestant featured on “America’s Next Top Model,” among others.

GLAAD and MTPC is asking members of the transgender community and their allies to create their own videos for the upcoming launch.

“It will lift the voices of transgender individuals, as well as their families, friends, and allies,” GLAAD officials note of the project.

For more info on the project and how you can take part, click here.

chotpot:

People are butts about gender sometimes! So here is a comic talking about how it really isn’t a big deal!

When I was with James this week I wrote a little poem about gender
and decided to draw a comic for said poem.

Hope you guys enjoy!