Our Genders, Our Rights

NEW YORK, NY - - - The Issues Magazine launched “Our , Our Rights,” its Summer 2009 edition. A unique combination of articles, poetry, art and videos on a topic that is both utterly fundamental and wildly revolutionary: and .

Top writers discuss -selection , gender , “Intersex” self-identification and a first-hand account of forced roles inside a polygamist compound in Texas.

Publisher and Editor-in-Chief ’s , “Selecting The Same ,” provides philosophical and into the issue of -selection .

“There is one place where the definition of gender remains binary — in the womb. When it comes to sonograms, amniocentesis and standard pre-natal testing, there are no nuances. Here, the pronouncement, ‘It’s a girl,’ can translate into fierce and instant parental . The fact is that when the issue is ’ selection ,’ the same is always being selected — female.” For Hoffman, this issue highlights questions of , and the moral of women.

“It’s about separating the chooser from the choice,” writes Hoffman.

In “Busting Bogus and Beliefs” Mahin Hassibi notes: “For centuries, held that women owed allegiance and obedience to their husbands; children were the property of their fathers, who owned the children’s mothers.” Today, Hassibi says, discoveries in and may soon trump historical and cultural restrictions that wrongly women’s lives.

“My children would have undoubtedly been among the 439 seized in the ,” writes of the sweep through the polygamist compound. In, “American : Controls Women’s Destinies,” Jessop gives an inside view of the abuse, and of women’s bodies that continues today.

Writers also plunge into concerns. “ Pitfalls May Await the Applicant” by Victoria Neilson discusses the difficult process for trans applicants in the U.S. Eleanor Bader’s “Trans Care Is a Life and Death Matter” describes a pioneering program for trans patients in the South.

Photographic performer Tammy Rae Carland visualizes gender fluidity as the featured artist, and art editor Linda Stein conducts an interview with Elizabeth Sackler, whose for art resulted in a new center at the Museum.

ABOUT US

On The Issues Magazine (www.ontheissuesmagazine.com) is a progressive, , quarterly online magazine. Read more at the site — free and with archives from 1983. is the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief.

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House subcommittee approves benefits for same-sex partners

A House today advanced a bill to provide and to the same- of and .
The bill, HR 2517, passed the House and Government Reform on the , Postal Service and the District of on a party-line .
said the bill is needed to eliminate an that drives some away from the government. and employees currently cannot cover their under their or provide an annuity for their partners after they die, even if they are legally married in states that recognize . Supporters of the new bill say the policy places an undue on as many as 34,000 and in , who have to maintain separate plans to keep both partners covered.
Many states and companies offer same- partners such benefits. See House subcommittee approves benefits for same-sex partners
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Human Rights Campaign Calls on the LGBT Community and Allies to Participate in National, Grassroots Push to Lobby Congress Face-to-Face

The Campaign, the nation’s largest , , and () , today launched a national, campaign called “No Excuses” to demand action from on key issues of . Designed to take advantage of the congressional , when are in their local offices and meeting with , “No Excuses” will mobilize ’s 750,000 and their to meet directly with and push for federal . and supporters can get involved by visiting: http://noexcuses.hrc.org.

“While we salute and acknowledge the heroic of who have worked tirelessly on our behalf, far too many have dragged their feet on basic matters of and that have lingered too long and hurt too many and their families,” said Campaign . “Yes, there are many facing this and this . But often additional hardship protecting their families, their loved ones and their , and too few in are willing to these issues of basic . Now, more than ever, of the community need to make their heard -to- and in the districts where they live.”

Using innovative , one-on-one trainings and staff and follow-through, will press to end in the military, treat all legally married equally, pass reform that recognizes and honors families, workplace for employees, and treat all ’ compensation equally.

The interactive “No Excuses” website allows supporters to download a meeting toolkit, schedule a meeting and report back on how it went. To take action, visit: http://noexcuses.hrc.org.

The in-district meetings will on the following key legislative in the 111th :

–Repeal the Defense of (), which denies legally married and more than 1,000 ;

–Prohibit workplace for the community by passing an inclusive Non- (ENDA);

–Repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” to ensure that service who contribute to our nation’s security are no longer summarily discharged for who they are;

–Pass reform that recognizes permanent same- and ends the painful separation of families;

–And provide benefits equally to the nearly 3 million employees, including same- .

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Chicago HIV report sparks reaction

The Department’s , released Friday, that suggests the infection rate among men in Chicago is nearly 20% has drawn varied responses from Chicago’s and community.
.com surveyed a number of men on a busy in .
From to , the responses were varied with one common that men no longer think is a . And despite extensive on the recently release report, many were unaware of the report and its contents.
“I’m not at all surprised by these statistics.” Said thirty-something Al joined by Jared and Jamie outside of the Center on Halsted. “The fact that a of our own community are not aware of their status is probably because of their of knowing.”
“We are very closeted in the U.S. regarding educating our youth,” added Jaime.
Some do not believe the numbers and conclusions published in the report.
“You can work the numbers however you want,” said Matthew a at Buck’s. See Chicago HIV report sparks reaction

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UN allows gay, lesbian group to join debates

() The granted official status to a and from Brazil on Monday, allowing it to participate in U.N. meetings ranging from to .

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LGBT health survey shows trouble spots

. The largest to date comparing the of the , , and community to and non- residents showed disparities.

The statistics:

In a of nearly 1,600 residents:

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Metro is playing catch-up, say supporters of gay protections

The argument that protecting government’s employees would force the to follow suit is all backward, supporters of a new anti- measure say.

Around the country, 90 percent of companies’ anti- policies include or . In Nashville, some of the city’s largest http://www.vanderbilt.edu/“> and http://www.hcahealthcare.com/“> — put similar policies into place.

Against that landscape, the new measure’s supporters say, it should have a of passage than a similar one proposed in 2003. But say following the private-sector pack isn’t the way to go.

“Just because someone else does something doesn’t mean it’s right, and we learned that when we all took off from ,” said , a former and of the http://www.factn.org/“>Family Action Council of Tennessee. “So unless we are going to like and just blindly do what everybody else is doing, we need to stop and think before we make this a law.”

The city already has protections based on race, , and in place, Fowler said, and protection based on is incongruous. He also said such a law could expose the city to by who feel it was broken.

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Gays and lesbians more likely to smoke (by quite a bit), study shows

: 37% of women smoke; 33% of men smoke.

Among : 18% of women smoke; 24% of men smoke

These figures come from researchers at the University of at Chapel Hill. Published in the August issue of Tobacco , they’re based on a review of 42 studies about among sexual . (The numbers are from the National Interview .)

It’s not that the finding that and are more likely to smoke is new. According to the summary of an earlier report from the , published in the American Journal of Preventive in 2001:

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Gay marriage will be issue in Iowa House special election Daily Kos

Iowans in House district 90 will a new in a special election on September 1, and the candidate appears to be planning to make same- a major .

The seat opened up when , a , accepted a position with the U.S. . didn’t even run a candidate against Whitaker in 2008, but 90 has been competitive in the recent past. The district contains all of and parts of and , including the (home to and the so-called “Silicorn Valley”).

The Democratic candidate for the special election is Curt Hanson, a retired driver’s teacher who has won various teaching awards. Hanson plans to campaign on bread-and-butter issues: jobs, health care, education, and balancing the budget.

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bout 17 percent of gay men in Chicago are…

bout 17 percent of men in Chicago are -positive — and half of them don’t know it.

That’s according to authorititative new from the Department.

In particular, who have with men have double the infection rates of white and , even though they don’t appear to engage in riskier behavior, Chicago officials said today.

Their report was based on data collected last year from 570 in the National Behavioral .

It’s the first officials have used blood-testing to determine infection rates in this high- , said Christopher Brown, of the department’s STD, and division.

Past have relied solely on with and men about their status.

“What we found out pretty much confirms what we’ve known for a while,” Brown said.

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