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Tuesday, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) presented the largest comparative study on the experiences of trans people in all 28 EU Member States. The FRA calls the results "alarming", but highlights that legal frameworks and good policies have a positive impact on trans people's lives. Via Homophobia news watch 
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"More than 168 million Americans now live in states where marriage for same-sex couples is legal following the Supreme Court’s decision Monday to not hear five states’ appeals. That number represents about 53.17 percent of the U.S. population, according to data from the Census Bureau and visualized on the map above."
Tags: sexuality, USA. regions, map, political.
Julia Keenan's curator insight,
October 7, 2014 7:57 PM
Shows states that allow same sex marriage or have laws for or against them
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A Saudi official called the resolution to afford LGBT people basic rights "a human rights violation" Via Jocelyn Stoller
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"In Venezuela, women are confronted with a culture of increasingly enhanced physiques fueled by beauty pageants and plastic surgery."
Alyssa Dorr's curator insight,
December 17, 2014 1:36 AM
In Venezuela, women are confronted with a culture of increasingly enhanced physiques fueled by beauty pageants and plastic surgery. The man at the beginning says that inner beauty does not exist and that's something that women who are not pretty invented just to justify themselves. This man happens to be the leader of the Miss Venezuela pageant. Another interesting thing he tells us is that in the rules of this contest, the girls don't have to be completely natural. They just have to be beautiful, but where that beauty comes from doesn't matter. For many people in Venezuela, beauty means perfection. Even though Venezuela's economic struggles mount, the search for an idealized and often inflated figure continues. Mannequins are being pumped up to match their outsized human counterparts. One of the workers at the clothing store says that when they had less developed mannequins, they sold less. So not only were mannequins being portrayed as busty because it was the ideal image, but because it also made them more money. 
Kendra King's curator insight,
February 8, 2015 4:27 PM
Venezuela added a whole new level to the unrealistic beauty standards that mess with some females minds. Putting these mannequins in numerous stores is just sickening. At least in the United States when we go to the mall, we don’t have a model staring us down (unless you’re in Victoria Secret). Yet, what is even worse is that the sales actually went up in one of the stores that introduced these mannequins according to the cashier. The only heartening bit of this clip was the cashier who actually went against societal norms by holding inner beauty above outer beauty.
A large part of me can’t grasp why more people don’t believe in inner beauty. As the 28 year old who looked like she was about to have surgery aptly stated, it is all due to “social pressure.” Yet, the last women interviewed about her body image caused by “social pressure” said she will never be “fully satisfied.” In fact, she already wants to get another boob job. If one realizes she will never be happy trying to chase the ridiculous standards of beauty, then why do it? The pressure will never get any better if you’re unfilled to begin with and going along the same path again is just nonsense. Yet, none of those women seemed to really ponder the norm. It’s why I wasn’t even remotely amazed that when asked “where this standard of beauty came from,” the male hand an answer and the female didn’t. At the same time though my parents raised me to understand there is more to outer beauty. So it is easy for me to pick apart their logic partly due to my social environment. 
Tanya Townsend's curator insight,
October 13, 2015 12:39 AM
I think it is amazing to think how much one person can stand behind the scenes and yet play such a huge role in how a whole country sets its standards for beauty. I feel sorry for the women of Venezuela, they are being sold a lie.
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While it may seem like it’s a third-world issue, human trafficking victims are being exploited in our neighborhoods, hotels, at sporting events and many other local places that hit far too close to home. Via Jocelyn Stoller
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Almost half a century before the Salem Witch Trials, the Colony of Connecticut executed the first person accused of witchcraft in America. This was a victim named Alse Younge about whom nearly nothing is known except her dubious place in history as a macabre footnote. Via Deanna Dahlsad, Jocelyn Stoller
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A frightening look at what happens when LGBTQ women of color refuse to accept street harassment and other violence Via Jocelyn Stoller, Deanna Dahlsad
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People around the world have been gathering to celebrate gay rights. Via Leicester Worker, Jocelyn Stoller
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Annabel Kaye's comment,
June 10, 2014 4:33 AM
What planet are these people on. Are people also lying about being victims of mugging in order go gain status? What status might that be?
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Understand the News (For those struggling to understand pay disparity, (and claiming it doesn't exist) an excellent article by @voxdotcom http://t.co/kSdW1hCD1N)...
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Internet culture has become increasingly meme-heavy, and the mainstream (white) feminist meme du jour is “toxicity.” Twitter, they claim, has become hostile to them. When Louise Mensch wrote an article last year about why she didn’t need to check her privilege, there were few feminists rushing to her side. This year, however, daring to call a white woman out on her privilege – even when done in one’s own space in an entirely non-confrontational manner – is met with cries of bullying and worse.
Why the sudden change? Via Deanna Dahlsad
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Source: ThinkstockBy many measures, the United States is the wealthiest economy in the world. However, according to a recent survey, women do not benefit nearly as much as men. The U.S.
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A profile of Sallie Krawcheck, who used to be the most powerful woman on Wall Street, before she was very publicly sacked on two occasions. Via Annabel Kaye
Annabel Kaye's curator insight,
November 21, 2013 1:05 AM
Women have different views about gender discrimination - does it depend on whether we feel we are on the way up or the way out? |
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The latest and best Tweets on #NOHOMOPHOBIA. Read what people are saying and join the conversation. Via Homophobia news watch
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The Taliban's War on Women: Taliban violence against women in Afghanistan has never gone away. Disturbing stories of suppression and brutality show a society...
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Taliban politics over women's rights and lives as female executions and the undeclared War on Women and Girls continues to run rampant in Taliban-controlled areas of Afghanistan. As U. S. forces prepare to depart from Afghanistan by the end of 2014, the Taliban wait to escalate more widespread annilations. It will be interesting to see how the new Afghan leader, Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai, handles these atrocities. It is expected that a security agreement with the United States will allow around 10,000 troops to remain in Afghanistan after the end of the year (Visit http://www.cbsnews.com/news/afghanistan-gets-new-president-replacing-longtime-leader-hamid-karzai/).
ED 262 students: Note the "sewing classes for women" in Afghanistan in contrast with the multiple references to sewing classes reported in Kozol's The Shame of the Nation.
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By Dr. Lauren Beach, J.D. Today marks the 15th annual Celebrate Bisexuality Day. The day is also known as Bi Visibility Day or Bi Pride Day. To celebrate the last 15 years, GLAAD, BiNet USA and oth... Via Homophobia news watch
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UN Women Goodwill Ambassador, Emma Watson, delivered a powerful speech on gender equality.
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New York Times
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Openly gay job applicants have less chance of getting an interview than those who do not reveal their sexuality, according to a Cambridge study. Via Homophobia news watch
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This volume follows the latter path: on the background of changes in contemporary sexual culture and theological developments in the reflection on sexuality, three media – internet, advertising and film – are analysed with ... Via Homophobia news watch
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Newham Recorder Newham College accused of 'cover-up' over homophobia investigation Newham Recorder Newham College has been accused of a “cover-up” over its refusal to provide any information about its investigation into a homophobia scandal that... Via Annabel Kaye
Annabel Kaye's curator insight,
April 30, 2014 10:45 AM
Investigations are normally confidential if they involved members of staff and named individuals. Why would these be made public? Confused
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In honor of Women's History Month, here's a roundup of 10 top women in education to follow on Twitter!
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Impressive list. Via Jim Lerman
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The grass is almost always greener to women, for starters, a new study says—and such differences could have roots deep in human evolution.
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Being the arbiter of someone's attractiveness can be interpreted as an expression of masculinity that women are not traditionally expected to adopt.
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