Bridging the gap between art and activism

Media.www.MichiganDaily.com – By Whitney Pow, Daily Fine Arts Editor

What do you think of when you think of gender? Female and male? Skirts and slacks? Uggs and Axe? Common conception draws a solid line between the “feminine” and the “masculine.” Bu…

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Catwalk Girls Work It

AsianWeek.com – By Bradford Low

San Francisco – As the lights dimmed and the bass from the speakers filled the SomArts Gallery, the sold-out crowd rose to their feet in applause as Tita Aida, the self-proclaimed transgender “hostess with the moistes…

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UMD drag show educates and entertains

DuluthNewsTribune.com – Jana Hollingsworth – Duluth News Tribune

In 2001, when Angela Nichols sent an e-mail to University of Minnesota Duluth faculty and staff about a drag show on campus, she got some interesting responses.

“People actually e-m…

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Transgender forum here Tuesday

AZStarNet.com – By Stephanie Innes – Arizona Daily Star

The word “transgender” does not appear in the Bible. Save a few references to women in masculine clothing and vice versa, it’s hard to know whether Scripture says anything at all about people w…

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Raising LGBT awareness at Penn

Media.www.DailyPennsylvanian.com – Nandanie Khilall

QPenn, Penn’s annual LGBT pride and awareness week, kicked off this past Thursday and will continue with events and speakers for the community until next Sunday, March 30.

The week is designed t…

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Catwalk 2008

SFStation.com

Fashion and Compassion… UNITE!

Catwalk, a new elite modeling competition that caters to the Transgender Community (male to female). The time has come for a modeling competition that embodies, class, beauty, style, fashion at its bes…

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Pride week raises consciousness

Fusion.Stolaf.edu – By Monica Southworth – Staff Writer

Last week, GLOW (Gay Lesbian or Whatever!) and the Gender and Sexuality Center hosted Pride Week, designed to highlight issues and raise awareness regarding sexual orientation.

“I think that…

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