Web Spotlight: GALA Magazine

Gay and Lesbian Artists (GALA) Magazine is giving voice to unseen, unheard and undiscovered artists; inspiring, educating and motivating others to follow their dreams within the queer community.

Intersex Solidarity Day - 11/08/09

November 8th is Intersex Solidarity Day. In honor of the day please make the commitment to educate yourself about intersexuality and to promote intersex activism to others.

I'd also like to encourage this post to be about what it means to stand in solidarity with the intersex community, whether you are intersex or not, what we can do to be advocates and allies?

Other topics for possible discussion as suggested by the official Intersex Solidarity Day are The life of Herculine Barbin, intersex "normalization" treatments without consent, the violence of the binary sex and gender system, the sexism implicit within the binary construct of sex and gender.

Please sign the Solidarity with the Intersex Community Petition

A Comprehensive LGBT Guide for Elementary Schools

Welcoming Schools is a new, comprehensive guide for administrators, educators, parents and guardians who want to strengthen their schools’ approach to family diversity, gender stereotyping and bullying.

Welcoming Schools is specifically designed for use in K-5 learning environments and is inclusive of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender families and individuals in the broader context of diversity.

Download a copy of the Introduction to Welcoming Schools.

Web Spotlight: The Mautner Project

The Mautner Project improves the health of lesbians, bisexual, and transgender women who partner with women, and their families, through advocacy, education, research, and direct service. We envision a healthcare system that is guided by social justice and responsive to the needs of all people.

The Latest No on 8 Commercial - "The Education Issue"

Wanda Sykes Isn't a Fan of "That's So Gay"

Word of the Gay: "Safe-Space"

A "safe-space" is a person or an environment that is considered non-tolerant of physical or verbal violence against LGBT people. They are generally considered understanding of LGBT issues as well as accepting and affirming.

Grossmont Union H.S. District Endorses Proposition 8

"The Grossmont Union High School District went on record yesterday supporting a November initiative that would ban same-sex marriage in California.

The board voted 4-0 to pass a resolution endorsing Proposition 8, which would amend the state Constitution to recognize marriage only between a man and a woman." (San Diego Tribune)

This bigoted move by the school district has zero to do with education and sends a message intolerance and bigotry to students, faculty, and the community.

Click here to contact the governing board, and superintendent.