By Miriam • 12 years ago

What We Missed

The forcible (and sometimes violent) evictions of Occupy continue, last night in Philly and Los Angeles.

The White House issued a not so encouraging statement about the possibility of rolling back coverage of birth control in health care reform.

Rep Barney Frank, a big advocate of LGBT gay issues and an openly gay member, announced on Monday that he is retiring. Someone in the Tennessee Tea Party leadership then called him a “perverted sodomite POS” from their official twitter account. The President of the TN Tea Party then apologized, while admitting that she agrees with the sentiment of the comment.

Rep. Jan Schakowsky testified that she was threatened by former Blackwater CEO Erik Prince in response to her ...

The forcible (and sometimes violent) evictions of Occupy continue, last night in Philly and Los Angeles.

The White House issued a not so encouraging statement about the possibility of rolling back coverage of birth control in ...
By Miriam • 12 years ago

Honoring Brooklyn’s oldest Black-owned gay bar: The Starlite Lounge

I moved into my neighborhood in Brooklyn just a few weeks after the Starlite Lounge, the cities oldest Black-owned bar, shut down.

Founded on a principle of non-discrimination in 1959, the Starlite Lounge was a cherished meeting place for people of all walks of life and famous for being the oldest Black-owned bar in the heart of Brooklyn. Throughout enormous social change over five decades from civil rights to gay liberation to AIDS activism, the Starlite Lounge has been a fixture and central space in these movements. Just as the Starlite community has been deeply affected by these waves of change, the bar has also felt the impact of rapid gentrification in central Brooklyn. By following the eviction of Brooklyn’s ...

I moved into my neighborhood in Brooklyn just a few weeks after the Starlite Lounge, the cities oldest Black-owned bar, shut down.

Founded on a principle of non-discrimination in 1959, the Starlite Lounge was a cherished meeting ...
By zerlina • 12 years ago

DREAMer commits suicide citing immigration troubles

In tragic news, 18-year-old Joaquin Luna, a DREAMer, committed suicide last week. Luna’s brother says he planned to become an engineer one day. Luna was a senior at Juarez Lincoln High School in Mission, Texas. DREAMers are undocumented youth who were brought to the United States by their parents as children. They grew up here, but have no way of obtaining citizenship, meaning they can’t apply for financial aid and can’t work legally.

Luna’s family said that letters he left behind talked about his troubles with his immigration status. Luna was worried about his status since the Dream Act failed to pass, which would have allowed for him to get permanent residency and study to become an engineer. ...

In tragic news, 18-year-old Joaquin Luna, a DREAMer, committed suicide last week. Luna’s brother says he planned to become an engineer one day. Luna was a senior at Juarez Lincoln High School in Mission, Texas. ...
By Miriam • 12 years ago

Gynecologists told to prepare to treat transgender patients

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has come out with a new statement for their members: it’s time to prepare to work with transgender patients.

To address the significant health care disparities of transgender individuals and to improve their access to care, ob-gyns should prepare to provide routine treatment and screening or refer them to other physicians, according to The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College). In a Committee Opinion published today, The College also states its opposition to gender identity discrimination and supports both public and private health insurance coverage for gender identity disorder treatment.

I have criticized ACOG in the past for their policies regarding home birth and midwifery care, but this statement is really good ...

The American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology has come out with a new statement for their members: it’s time to prepare to work with transgender patients.

To address the significant health care disparities of transgender individuals and ...
By zerlina • 12 years ago

What’s a Republican girl to do?

Seriously, if I were a Republican woman looking at this current slate of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination I would be very unhappy.

First, there’s Mitt Romney, who is a chameleon. He’s like that guy you dated back in college who had the pearly white smile and who said all the right things. To you and all 11 of his other girlfriends. Mitt just can’t commit.

Next up we have Herman “999” Cain who just can’t go a single minute without a woman from his past coming out of the woodwork claiming harassment, assault, or an affair. Mr. Cain is of course denying everything except paying rent for his “friend” who he likes to chat ...

Seriously, if I were a Republican woman looking at this current slate of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination I would be very unhappy.

First, there’s Mitt Romney, who is a chameleon. He’s like that guy ...
By Miriam • 12 years ago

Love for the nation’s only plus-size vintage clothing store: Fat Fancy

I had the serious pleasure of visiting Portland Oregon for the first time earlier this fall. There are many fun things to report about that city, but my favorite by far was a little store tucked away in downtown Portland called Fat Fancy.

I had heard about the store from friends and quickly ventured over to check it out. I was greeted by a super-friendly worker (who I later learned was the co-owner). They quickly explained that Fat Fancy has their own sizing scale, one that was identified with a sign on the wall. I don’t remember the names of the categories offhand, but basically they relabeled all of the clothes in the store into four size categories that had ...

I had the serious pleasure of visiting Portland Oregon for the first time earlier this fall. There are many fun things to report about that city, but my favorite by far was a little store tucked away ...
By Samhita • 12 years ago

What we missed

More on what Siri will direct you to other than an abortion.

A few weeks old, but a great open letter to Tyler Perry.

Check out last week’s episode of Opinionated on Citizen Radio with myself and Amanda Marcotte. Last week we had on special guest Amanda Hess and we talked feminism and porn.

How the black middle/working class is being hit the hardest by government job lay-offs.

An interesting take on “All American Muslim”–a new reality show on TLC about a “normal” Muslim family. We talk about this on tomorrow’s Opinionated podcast as well, so tune in.

A really gracious review of my book on Racialicious from Andrea Plaid.

And finally, I’m going to India for a month (or ...

More on what Siri will direct you to other than an abortion.

A few weeks old, but a great open letter to Tyler Perry.

Check out last week’s episode of Opinionated on Citizen Radio with myself and ...

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