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amazon_syren) wrote2009-04-23 01:42 pm
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Link-Tacular! (Privilege Edition).
From the Transgender LJ Community:
Trans Respect/Etiquette/Support 101.
SRLP announces non-support of the Gender Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Includes a discussion of why hatecrime legislation can be a double-edged sword.
I feel very strange about this one. Their reasoning makes sense, and I'm *still* not sure how NOT supporting hate-crime legislation is a good idea. I feel very weird about this.
A Thanksgiving Story - On Having Mixed Feelings About Trans Day of Rememberance.
June 22 = Trans Day of Action. Also, as previously linked: May 3 = Gender Euphoria Day in Vancouver AND May 2 = Trans Pride Day in Montreal.
Also: Ottawa Joins Trans Rights Gauntlet (from Capital Xtra, 2007, so this is an old one).
Transexual.org - a TS Primer.
Transexual Roadmap - a list of online resources for people who are transitioning. Unfortunately, this seems (at first glance, at least) to be aimed pretty-much exclusively at MtF. Blast. :-P
From No Cookies for Me:
Feminism and Me: My Role as a Man,
The Price of Justice[...],
Have I Mentioned How BAD Men Have It?,
AND
This Post is Really About the Menz.
From The True Confessions of an Hourly Book Seller:
Generation Warfare - about third-wave feminism. (Short).
Posted at HeathenGrrl's Blog:
Rebecca Walker's "Becoming the Third Wave".
Related Link: Post-Feminism vs. The Third Wave.
This looks more than a little bit cool:
Eminism.org is the web site for Emi Koyama, the activist/author/academic working on intersex, sex workers' rights, (queer) domestic violence, genderqueer, anti-racism, and other issues. check the FAQ. :-)
From Ally Work (Helping White People Fight White Supremacy):
Qualities of an Ally.
From Feline Formal Shorts:
race Relations 101: What If I Screw Up.
From Steven P. Schacht:
Teaching About Being an Opressor: Some Personal and Political Considerations.
From Girls Read Comics:
Every Time I Move.
When the law says everyone’s equal, it’s so tempting to say “Look! Fair!” and get on with your life. [...] But when you have an opportunity to strike a blow, however tiny – consider taking it.
From Nothing New Under the Sun:
Privilege Analogy #1: Entitlement In Action.
From Siglepheonix:
Who Teaches You About Privilege?
From BrownBetty:
IBARW: A primer on privilege: what it is and what it isn't.
From Peaseblossom:
Bias and Privilege.
From Stoneself:
Eggshells - On how Isms overlap and opressed people can end seeing each other as enemies rather than allies. (Short).
From Racialiscious:
On Facing Your Bias, Owning Your Prejudice, and Allies - Part 1 - (I can't find the link for Part 2, unfortunately).
From ShubBlog (of course):
Check My What? - On Privilege, what it is, how to recognize your own, and why we need to check it at the door. (Scroll down in the side-bar for links to a whole bunch of Privilege Check-Lists, too!)
Trans Respect/Etiquette/Support 101.
SRLP announces non-support of the Gender Employment Non-Discrimination Act. Includes a discussion of why hatecrime legislation can be a double-edged sword.
I feel very strange about this one. Their reasoning makes sense, and I'm *still* not sure how NOT supporting hate-crime legislation is a good idea. I feel very weird about this.
A Thanksgiving Story - On Having Mixed Feelings About Trans Day of Rememberance.
June 22 = Trans Day of Action. Also, as previously linked: May 3 = Gender Euphoria Day in Vancouver AND May 2 = Trans Pride Day in Montreal.
Also: Ottawa Joins Trans Rights Gauntlet (from Capital Xtra, 2007, so this is an old one).
Transexual.org - a TS Primer.
Transexual Roadmap - a list of online resources for people who are transitioning. Unfortunately, this seems (at first glance, at least) to be aimed pretty-much exclusively at MtF. Blast. :-P
From No Cookies for Me:
Feminism and Me: My Role as a Man,
The Price of Justice[...],
Have I Mentioned How BAD Men Have It?,
AND
This Post is Really About the Menz.
From The True Confessions of an Hourly Book Seller:
Generation Warfare - about third-wave feminism. (Short).
Posted at HeathenGrrl's Blog:
Rebecca Walker's "Becoming the Third Wave".
Related Link: Post-Feminism vs. The Third Wave.
This looks more than a little bit cool:
Eminism.org is the web site for Emi Koyama, the activist/author/academic working on intersex, sex workers' rights, (queer) domestic violence, genderqueer, anti-racism, and other issues. check the FAQ. :-)
From Ally Work (Helping White People Fight White Supremacy):
Qualities of an Ally.
From Feline Formal Shorts:
race Relations 101: What If I Screw Up.
From Steven P. Schacht:
Teaching About Being an Opressor: Some Personal and Political Considerations.
From Girls Read Comics:
Every Time I Move.
When the law says everyone’s equal, it’s so tempting to say “Look! Fair!” and get on with your life. [...] But when you have an opportunity to strike a blow, however tiny – consider taking it.
From Nothing New Under the Sun:
Privilege Analogy #1: Entitlement In Action.
From Siglepheonix:
Who Teaches You About Privilege?
From BrownBetty:
IBARW: A primer on privilege: what it is and what it isn't.
From Peaseblossom:
Bias and Privilege.
From Stoneself:
Eggshells - On how Isms overlap and opressed people can end seeing each other as enemies rather than allies. (Short).
From Racialiscious:
On Facing Your Bias, Owning Your Prejudice, and Allies - Part 1 - (I can't find the link for Part 2, unfortunately).
From ShubBlog (of course):
Check My What? - On Privilege, what it is, how to recognize your own, and why we need to check it at the door. (Scroll down in the side-bar for links to a whole bunch of Privilege Check-Lists, too!)