Tag: lgb
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The New Separatism: Assimilation, Appropriation and Authenticity
I love this article by Julia Serano ‘Considering Trans and Queer Appropriation’ partly because it ties together many things I’ve been thinking about from very different spheres, as any good article should. Mostly about white hip hop and pop, and the whole Macklemore vs LE1F controversy as well as the probably now forgotten Miley Cyrus…
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Homophobic and Transphobic hate crime on the rise world wide
I missed this report from UN’s Navi Pillay from May, but worrying the trend for homophobic and transphobic hate crime across the world is rising…I heard about this via the Metro’s excellent piece about being transgender in Latin America where the majority of the world’s transgender murders are occuring…although I was heartened by the statistic…