discrimination – Gender, Politics, and Global Cultures

LGBTQ Vulnerability

June 18, 2018 by

Link to article: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/06/13/sarah-mcbride-gay-survivors-helped-launch-me-too-but-rates-lgbt-abuse-largely-overlooked/692094002/ Sexual assault is a form of violence that disproportionately affects women and minority groups. This can be seen from the rates of sexual assault on LGBTQ people. It’s no shock to me that simply coming out increases one’s risk for sexual assault. The article lists and explains the risk factors LGBTQ people … Read more

The Pride Shield

June 11, 2018 by

This video was released on May 15th, for the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia. The video begins with audio of several reports of anti-LGBTQ violence from around the world. It serves as a reminder that in various parts of the world LGBTQ people are still the targets of prejudice and violence. The Pride Shield … Read more

US Supreme Court backs Colorado baker’s gay wedding cake snub

June 10, 2018 by

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44361162 Personally, I feel that businesses, regardless of the goods or services provided, should be able to make decisions about whom to serve/service based on their own religious beliefs. I think that this couple chose to elevate this issue way beyond what was necessary, if you don’t like a business owner and their beliefs … Read more

Cultural differences and stereotypes

March 15, 2018 by

With regard to the topics that we are discussing in class, I find this image very appropriate to describe what happens with cultural differences and the stereotypes that are created around them. I think the point here is to respect cultural differences and understand that conceptions of freedom are different in each culture and therefore … Read more

Indonesia Moving Backwards on Human Rights

February 15, 2018 by

In Indonesia, new penal-code revisions are going through Congress that will outlaw gay sex and extramarital sex. A country that was previously perceived as relatively tolerant as a country with the worlds largest Muslim-majority population and third largest democracy, has felt new pressure from religious conservatives to make this change. Some even went as far … Read more

Gender inequality in African American Intellectual Society (pdf attached)

April 4, 2011 by

Anna Julia Cooper Public Intellectuals In this article, Carolyn M Cusick discusses the role of public intellectuals in society. Especially that of Anna Julia Cooper, a young woman born into slavery and recently appointed as teacher at the renowned M Street High School. Cusick focuses on the exclusion black female academics suffered from their male … Read more

From Feministing, a New Report Details Injustices Against Transgendered Individuals in the US

February 7, 2011 by

A new distressing report from the National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force details the physical, mental and emotional repercussions transgendered individuals face due to their “othered” status in the United States today. One of the most alarming statistics shows that the rate of suicide attemps among transgendered individuals … Read more