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Open letter to Andrea James and Calpernia Addams

[su_kellibusey2] Co-authored by, Marti Abernathy It started with Addams March 5th Advocate Op-ed: In Defense of Jared Leto followed by Parker Marie Molloy March 10th Advocate post, critical of Addams, titled “Op-ed: What People…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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Tranny: An Evidence-Based Review

Discourse surrounding the term tranny has become more than a little heated. In fact, a RuPaul Drag Race runner-up enacted the mock execution of a trans woman named Parker Molloy for the apparent crime…

Community and organizingHistory, archives, and memory
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On policing RuPaul’s “free speech”

I think the freedom of speech and policing arguments that have popped up around RuPaul are entirely disingenuous. Nobody is stopping RuPaul Andre Charles from using these terms as much as he likes in…

Education and youthMedia, rhetoric, and discourse
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Should LOGO pull RuPauls drag race?

I suppose the headline of this article should actually read, “Will LOGO ban RuPauls drag race?” Then, all of those who truly understand the dynamics of the situation at hand could answer, “Probably not.…

Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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Houston, know thy bigots: outing the haters

The Houston Area Pastors Council (HPAC), an organization led by men who sexually harassed women (and who tried to misrepresent the sexual abuse to the public), has been working to overturn broad equality in…

Culture, identity, and representationLaw and civil rights