This essay details the change in my reaction to being harassed in public by men. I then briefly point out my own issues with racial dynamics in these interactions and acknowledge the multitude of privileges I have surrounding these situations.
Disclaimer: I am in the process of educating myself on trans issues, so I will shortly have an entry focusing on trans and gender-related terms.
Last summer, when I was making preparations to give a workshop on queer issues for allies, my co-presenter frantically found me five minutes before the workshop was due to start.
"What does bi-curious, fluid, downe, queer, questioning, and pansexual mean?" he asked, worriedly. That's when I realized that the terms weren't in as widespread use as I thought they were. That, and a thread on my ProgressiveU blog made me decide to write this primer.
Check this: http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com
"Baghdad Burning" is a blog authored by a person known only as Riverbend. Beyond that, she also says in her first entry, "I'm female, Iraqi and 24. I survived the war. That's all you need to know. It's all that matters these days anyway."
Check this: http://www.beyondmarriage.org/
What I wonder is, why are we focusing on marriage? Imagine my intrigue when on Facebook, someone else thought the same thought, and decided to create a group called "Why Marriage?????" and citing this website as a resource. However, the premise of this group is to create recognition for all sorts of relationships outside of the traditional definition of marriage.
