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March 9, 2008
Ethnic and Cultural IssuesIn many cultures, adoption of children stigmatizes both the adoptive parents and the adopted child. Adopted children are often tarred with the label of "bastard" or "bad blood", ev[...]
March 9, 2008Ethnic and Cultural IssuesIssues of race, gender identity, and sexual orientation trigger a particular type of news broadcasting on the major networks. With their objective to provide viewers with "infotainment," rat[...]
March 9, 2008StereotypesA Chinese woman walking through the Traditional African Art section of an American art musuem saw some human sculptures with pronounced phalluses and remarked, "The blacks are obsessed with sex, [...]
March 9, 2008StereotypesThis brief exploration of similarities between the sexual minority/gender minority cultures of Africa and Asia is not intended to promote the reinstitution of archaic practices such as slavery, sexual[...]
March 9, 2008StereotypesI can't help looking gay. I put on a dress and people say, 'Who's the dyke in the dress?' -Karen Ripley When I tell most people that I am a lesbian, they automatically assume certain things about me -[...]
Gay and Lesbian News
July 3, 2008
LONDON, July 3, 2008 - TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber will today call on the Government to include lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) equality education in the school curriculum, as the only way to address homophobic bullying in schools.<p></p> "While the UK's education system ought to be in the vanguard of the fight against homophobic discrimination, all too often it is in fact part of the problem," he says.
July 3, 2008
Thomas Beatie, the 34-year-old transgender man who made international headlines when he came out as pregnant in The Advocate, gave birth Thursday to a healthy girl, ABC News reported.
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