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'...your gender was THIS BIG'
When I first took my partner down to meet my parents, we were returning from a weekend
Beyond Equality Marches! Notes from a Brown, Queer Immigrant.
I sit next to my attorney silently, facing the immigration judge. I am told my case
Injury Stories: Health Care Access and Gender, Race, and Sexuality
(Originally posted on wiqaable.com) One of the few things I can't handle is people's

Campus Coalition for Sexual Literacy

The Campus Coalition for Sexual Literacy (CCSL) is a project of the National Sexuality

Map the Movement

Locate and add to sexuality resources in your area.

Sexual Identities/LGBTQI

Ellen and Elton may be in the news, metrosexuals and heteroflexibles might be in vogue, but lesbians, gay men, bisexual, queer, transgender, and intersex (LGBTQI) people are still fighting an uphill battle when it comes to the everyday rights assumed by others. Here at the NSRC, we believe that a sexually literate society demands a thorough inclusion of all sexualities, and that healthy sexuality is best supported by full sexual and legal protections for all people. Though transgender and intersex identities are different than sexual orientation, we are including them here to recognize the struggle they share for acceptance and civil rights.

Zoot Suits hacen a el Hombre- y a la Mujer

El 11 de Junio de 1943, en medio de las revueltas “Zoot Suit”, el Los Ángeles Times reporto que tres pandilleras “Zoot Suit” habían atacado a la señorita Betty Morgan, una mesera, cerca del túnel de la Calle Tres en el centro de Los Ángeles.

Summer Institute Confessional: Brandon Mack

How NSRC's Summer Institute inspired Brandon Mack.

Inequality in the Marriage Equality Movement

In newspapers, churches, and online blogs, passionate discussions are taking place on marriage equality. National queer organizations are redoubling their efforts for same-sex couples. Marriage would be one more step toward normalcy and inclusion for gays and lesbians.

Frameline Film Festival: Act Up Oral History Project Series

The oral history project that was started by directors Jim Hubbard, Sarah Schulman, and James Wentzy chronicles the experiences of LGBT communities and their straight ally activists when the AIDS virus first came to light in the medical community. ACT UP (AIDS Coalition To Unleash Power) was a grassroots, advocacy organization, which organized

Snap!shots: 2009 Frameline Film Reviews

We sent NSRC staff to watch selections from the Frameline Film Festival on the big screen (it's a tough job...). Here are our favorites...

Intimidación anti-LGBT se torna mortal

Creciendo gay. Que tan difícil puede ser?

Dishing About Sex Between Men in Victorian England

Victorian Britons did not talk about sex, and certainly not sex between men. That is the conventional narrative, and for a long time it seemed borne out by the evidence from the period.

United We Mourn, United We Stand

This article was originally posted on the National Center for Lesbian Rights' website.

The Court Could Not 'Just Say No'

Tragedy compounded. That is what this ignoble decision of the court means for me. The people have been heard and the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8 in a decision that will long remind me of philosopher Alfred North Whitehead’s criticism: There is nothing worse than a pseudo-democracy presented to outsiders as the real thing.

Fight for Marriage Equality Wages On

In a 6-1 decision, the California Supreme Court upheld Proposition 8, the state law that bans same-sex marriage. By 10 a.m. Tuesday, May 26, when the decision was announced, hundreds of marriage equality supporters had gathered in front of the state courthouse in San Francisco, some chanting, "Marriage is a civil right."

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