Curatorial Project the Third

Here's our curatorial project: Non-Traditional Women, Traditional Issues

http://lgbts187.blogspot.com/

There's a link on there to watch Dear Gabe in it's entirety if ya'll are interested.

religion and queer cinema

Hi! this is our curatorial for religion and queer films. hope you all enjoy it! we worked very hard on it.

anyone can join the group, so feel free to be a part of it
http://group.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=groups.groupprofile&groupID=107968368

group members: Isabella Rand, Lauren Baize, Andrew Schweitzer, and Vanessa Alcantar

Curatorial Project

Hey everyone!

Here is out Group Curatorial Project on Sexuality/Coming Out

Hope you enjoy the site, we spent a lot of time on it!!

On the site, use the links at the top of the page to navigate through the site to each page!

Enjoy-

www.lgbts1872009.tk

Group Members:

Brad Schnedl, Wilfredo Perdomo, Joe Valladerez

Woot!

Happy Holidays Everybody!

I thought I would take a look here because there was some great stuff and I love the hilarious videos, I live for it!

Good luck next quarter and in life

-Kam

Prop 8 The Musical

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

Sordid Lives the Series Promo

Link for Queer TV Slideshow

Hi all. here is the link to the slide show. I published it online for all to see. Also, you can google search "milestones in gay tv" to find information in the time line and things that I was not able to include.

http://docs.google.com/Presentation?id=dgnz4thd_72dhf3gvcp

Update the Wikipedia for Cheryl Dunye

Uh, I think it is missin' some info... anyone want to help update?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheryl_Dunye

Something To Do

There is a lecture on UCLA's campus this Wednesday that I think many of you may find interesting and worthy of attending. Here are the details:

Center For the Study of Women Presents:
'Oedipus Raced, or the Child Queered by Color'
A Talk with Kathryn Stockton, Sponsored by the Center for the Study of Women.






Date: Wednesday, December 03, 2008
Time: 4:00PM - 6:00PM
Location: Humanities Room 193
Admission: Free and open to the public
Contact: Center for the Study of Women
(310) 825-0590
csw@csw.ucla.edu
Web site: Calendar of events

Description:

Drawn from her forthcoming book, The Queer Child, or Growing Sideways in the Twentieth Century, this talk theorizes how the category of the child is queer, in broad and narrow senses, both racially and sexually, even up through the 1990s. Specifically, the lecture offers a crossing: the point at which the ghostliness of the gay child lends certain meanings to the child queered by color (who, in some cases, might also be gay). Two important films on American race, Guess Whos Coming to Dinner? (1967) and Six Degrees of Separation (1993), show how race relations are haunted by the issuesreally, the spectersof gay children, spawning new slants on psychoanalysis, architectural theory, so-called liberal parenting, and concepts of childhood.

I, myself, plan to attend. Perhaps I'll see some of you there.
=)

One More Thing...

Oh! I forgot, one more thing....

Check out PFLAG.org (Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays)

I know these days we all do a ton of online commerce and this site lists gay friendly businesses so that you can support (monetarily and economically) businesses, employers and industries that are 'gay friendly' (though I dislike that term, its what the site uses).

Hope all this is info is useful!

Queering the Internet

Hello All,

I know it may be somewhat delayed, but per my presentation I'd like to provide you all with the queer-esque internet links I provided in class. Perhaps the links will be useful in these last days before our papers are due; if not, I think they are useful for everyday life online anyhow.

Here are a couple of directories that have MANY queer internet resources listed, the former giving more of an explanation for its links and the latter in more of a directory format. Amongst other things, they are very useful for finding scholarly information online regarding queer studies, topics and discussions:

Digital sexualities: A guide to internet resources :
http://www.theory.org.uk/ctr-que6.htm

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer Internet Sites:
http://people.ku.edu/~jyounger/lgbtqwww.html

Here are a few links to social networking sites:

~ beyondstud.ning.com
~ http://shelikesgirls.com/
~ http://www.rainbowvibes.com/
~ downelink.com
~ butchfemmematchmaker.com

There are a host of others but its quite simple to find them if you google or Pridelinks.com “queer gay social networking site”

Last, but certainly not least, here is the link to the article on the eHarmony lawsuit I mentioned:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/technology/2008/11/eharmony-goes-g.html

Once again, my apologies for the delay, but finals has got me a bit swamped. Nonetheless, I hope everyone's paper writing process is going well!

"Gay is the New Black" ??

We briefly discussed in class on Wednesday the criticism of the No on Prop 8 Campaign's lack of outreach to certain demographics.

i found this article to be an interesting and relevant read.

http://isgreaterthan.net/?p=8355

Hmmm

I think I have a problem... I cant seem to focus on my finals instead I find myself endlessly distracted by the internet. What will I do?

no more AIDS in 10 years!

"Study says HIV could be eliminated in a decade"

Study says HIV could be eliminated in a decade

The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates are regularly tested and treated, according to a new mathematical model.

It is an intriguing solution to end the AIDS epidemic. But it is based on assumptions rather than data, and is riddled with logistical problems. The research was published online Tuesday in the medical journal, The Lancet.

"It's quite a startling result," said Charlie Gilks, an AIDS treatment expert at the World Health Organization and one of the paper's authors. "In a relatively short amount of time, we could potentially knock the epidemic on its head."

Gilks and colleagues used data from South Africa and Malawi. In their model, people were voluntarily tested each year and immediately given drugs if they tested positive for HIV, regardless of whether they were sick.

Within 10 years, HIV infections dropped by 95 percent. Other initiatives like safe sex education and male circumcision were also used.

The strategy would cut the estimated number of AIDS deaths between 2008 and 2050 by about half, from about 8.7 million to 3.9 million, leaving only sporadic HIV cases.

Experts think the strategy's cost would peak at about $3.4 billion a year, though expenses would fall after an initial investment.

"This is certainly beyond the bounds of the current infrastructure for many countries, but that is not a reason not to think big," said Myron Cohen, of the University of North Carolina, who has done similar research. He was not involved in the WHO study.

Only 3 million people are currently on AIDS drugs. Nearly 7 million people are still awaiting treatment, and about 3 million more people were infected last year. Worldwide, WHO guesses that about 33 million people have HIV.

Increasing access to testing and drugs would stretch already weak health systems in Africa, which has most of the world's HIV cases.

"This is not like giving someone a Tylenol," said Jennifer Kates, director of HIV policy for the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, DC. Once people start AIDS drugs, they must continue indefinitely. "The idea should be explored, but it's a huge leap," Kates said.

Handing out AIDS drugs to everyone who tests positive could also worsen drug resistance.

In addition, doctors don't know if it's safe to take AIDS drugs for decades; the oldest drug combinations have only been around for about a dozen years.

Other experts questioned whether the strategy might infringe on patient's rights. Once people test positive for HIV, they would be advised to start treatment, even if they weren't sick.

That would benefit the community, but not necessarily the patients themselves. AIDS drugs come with side effects including vomiting, liver failure, and heart attacks.

WHO emphasized that the study findings do not signal a policy change. "This is only a theoretical exercise," said Dr. Kevin De Cock, director of WHO's HIV/AIDS department. He said WHO would hold a meeting next year to study the idea more closely.

hmmmm........................ i hope its true!

music!

i agree, music is extremely powerful. i enjoy techno trance tribal etc and think these genres promote happiness. the motto is plur, peace love unity and respect. a hard standard to live up to but the music does it justice. all walks of life can be seen at a rave, despite the negative connection to drugs, they really are an interesting cross section of peoples and personas. i just came across a song that i think should be played, everywhere.
go to this website and play 3000 miles away by judge jules...
http://www.rhapsody.com/judge-jules/the-global-warm-up-mix-cd

they reggae drag music artist Bounty Killer writes lyrics that talk about killing gays... read more about it at http://www.gayagenda.com/2008/11/bounty-killer-the-real-face-of-ignorance/.


i hate when people like him take something so sacred like music and use it as mechanism to spread hate.

Mala Noche

I just got a chance to see Gus Van Sant's Mala Noche. Its an unrequited love story between the main character, a white shop owner, and a Mexican immigrant new in the U.S. after crossing the border. The cinematography is gritty and the overall tone as expected is sad. We all have wanted something we have so this film resonated with me. The film didnt make me want to jump for joy but its interesting to see the topic of love unrequited from a queer perspective.

The Medical Treatment of Young MtF Transwomen

I just thought I would post this. It is interesting that, despite the number of cases which show the benefit of early treatment, doctors still tend to disallow it.

lalalalalaaa

relating to our class discussion on appearances vs persons