Category: history
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Weekend Reading: Elevating the Voice of A Queer Disabled Man of Color”
The voices speaking loudest about sexuality and disability have typically been white – very, very white. Change is happening – slowly – and social media platforms are helping a lot; but, the history of this movement has been whitewashed in ways that make me wince. Elevating the hidden voices, or the quiet voices, or the…
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Disability History: SAAM Edition
This piece on disability and sexual assault was published in 2010, long before hashtag movements and mainstream coverage. It’s 2018, and, honestly, I don’t feel as if we’ve made any sort of significant cultural shift. Each April, we observe Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Every year we learn about at least one more documentary, local or…
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Weekend Reading: When shopping for sex toys is a radical act.
The Internet is giant! It’s a library that will never get full (at least, I hope it won’t) and has decades of material. Most of us can barely get through news (fake or not) and opinions posted each day, let alone find the gems of the past. This week’s post is from Dave Hingsburger, published…