Posts Tagged ‘ in english ’

Kutsu kirjoittajille tulemaan mukaan queer-pornoa käsittelevään zineprojektiin! Vituttaako pornotarjonta? Tuntuuko että omat kokemuksesi eivät sovi tarjolla olevaan normatiiviseen ja heteroseksistiseen pornoon? Tule mukaan tekemään parempaa iltalukemista! Lähetä meille fantasiasi, tarinasi, pohdintasi, runosi, piirroksesi, sarjakuvasi, pikkuhoususi... Tekstit ja työt voi toimittaa sähköisesti osoitteeseen kummakerho(at)gmail.com Tekstejä kerätään huhtikuun loppuun saakka. Voit kirjoittaa suomeksi, englanniksi tai...
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Maymay’s entertaining speech on KinkForAll Providence: On Dichotomies that (No Longer) Jail Me – KinkForAll Providence from maymay on Vimeo.
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An important link for all: The Yogyakarta Principles address a broad range of human rights standards and their application to issues of sexual orientation and gender identity. In 2006, in response to well-documented patterns of abuse, a distinguished group of international human rights experts met in Yogyakarta, Indonesia to outline a set of international principles relating...
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Diane Savino New Yorkin osavaltion senaatti äänesti eilen samansukupuolisten avioliitoista. Äänestystulos oli lopulta liittojen sallimista vastaan. Staten Islandin edustaja Diane Savino puhui ennen äänestystä kauniisti esityksen puolesta. Video englanninkielinen. —————————————————- Senator Diane Savino, the representative of Staten Island in the New York State Senate spoke eloquently in favor of gay marriage before a vote on the matter....
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UGANDA The Ugandan parliament is working on a law that would mandate the death penalty for HIV-positive gays and lesbians. The law would imprison anyone who knows of the existence of a gay or lesbian and fails to inform the police within 24 hours. It requires the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality” – defined...
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I bumped into an old flatmate yesterday. Lately I have been telling everyone I haven’t met for a while that hey, by the way, I changed my name and I’m a guy now. But with this person I didn’t feel like I needed to. I started thinking about it afterwards, why didn’t I need...
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At first I thought that I would translate all what I’ve written before in my transition blog, but looking through the texts made the idea feel a bit stupid. I have been doing eight months worth thinking since I started, so translating the thoughts I had such a long time ago doesn’t seem such...
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The Morning News features photography by Chad States, an artist who shoots portraits for his project called Masculinities. This collection of images includes males, females, and transpeople – not necessarily male-identified people as the name of the feature implies, but simply people who see themselves as masculine. The Morning News also features an interview where...
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At first I’ll have to mention, that I’m trying to translate the story, not the words, so everything isn’t exactly the same in Finnish, but you’ll get the point. So, the title is WOLFDOG DE BEAUVOIR 1: I am a dog called Wolf and I don’t know whether I am a dog or a wolf. (NOTE:...
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Newsweekin nettiversiossa on julkaistu juttu polyamoriasta. Tämä on ensimmäisiä neutraalihkoja juttuja polyamoriasta jenkkimediassa, ainakin omien tietojeni mukaan. Polyamory: The Next Sexual Revolution?
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UNITED KINGDOM/JAMAICA. A Jamaican woman, sentenced to prison for drug offences in the UK has asked the British immigration authorities to not deport her to Jamaica because she is a lesbian. Jamaica is indeed a dangerous country to be in if you happen to belong to a sexual minority: sodomy can land you a...
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This is a beautifully written essay by an anonymous writer on open relationships. The original text can be found here as a printable pdf. What I am posting here is a slightly edited version copied from galadarling.com, editing done by Gala Darling. Enjoy! Infinite Relationships: Relationships without bounds or boundaries, love without limits, without ends...
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UKRAINE. Ukraine has outlawed porn on June 11 (via Feministing). Possession of porn in Ukraine can now land you a three year prison sentence, so make sure you get a doctor’s note to go with your porn: porn for medical purposes is still legal. Whatever that may mean. UNITED STATES. The Maine Human Rights Commission...
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Transition means a passage from one form, state, style, or place to another. A person who goes through a transition of their sex is called a transperson. There are no Finnish words to describe a transperson, but the closest word to transition is välitila.
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UNITED STATES. A regular day in the life of a normal straight man: Mark Musselwhite, the former mayor of Gainesville, Georgia and former deacon of the First Baptist Church, was arrested this past weekend for public indecency. The police visited Mark’s campsite after complaints that a naked man was seen running around with a...
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It’s Queer News Hour! Bringing you the news you care about since 2009. UNITED STATES. New Hampshire has legalised same-sex marriage, being the 6th state to do so in the United States. You may enter into a legally binding union with any consenting adult of your choosing in the following states: New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut,...
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