FGM, FGC…

No matter how you spell it, it still makes me cringe. Wikipedia defines Female genital cutting (FGC), also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), female circumcision, or female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C), as any procedure involving the partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs “whether for […]

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The “T” In LGBT

Transgender, a person (transexual or transvestite) who identifies and/or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth, sometimes involving a partial or full reversal of gender. Two Gender & Justice classes ago, we watched a film titled, Almost Myself. My eyes opened to the transgender person’s […]

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CAUTION: Distracting Breasts in the Workplace!

A 43-year old woman named Amy-Erin Blakely is suing her former employer, the Devereux Foundation, a non-profit health organization dedicated to helping children and adults with emotional, developmental, educational, and cognitive disabilities, for firing her in 2009 after she filed two complaints about gender discrimination. Blakely claims she was told her breasts were distracting for […]

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Quick Hit: This Kid Is Awesome

Seriously. The above is a clip of a 14-year-old Michigan boy speaking out about his homosexuality at a school board meeting. The teacher he’s talking about was disciplined by the school for removing two students from class for making homophobic remarks. EDIT: The video’s been taken off YouTube. It was great though, sorry you missed […]

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