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Chicago Women’s Health Center Hosting Focus Groups on Trans Feminine Health Needs

May 14, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Jamie Anne Royce Chicago Women’s Health Center is hosting focus groups in May on the Trans Greater Access Project to gather information on trans feminine and transgender women community needs. CWHC […]

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Activism, Health, Trans
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Paige Clay Murder Spurs Community Forum on Violence Against Transgender Women and Racism

May 9, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Jamie Anne Royce Community members and chosen family members gathered May 1 at Taskforce Community and Prevention Services in Chicago to remember murdered transgender woman Paige Clay and to […]

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Activism, LGBT, Politics, Trans
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CeCe McDonald Pleads Guilty: Ways You Can Support Her During Incarceration

May 8, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Jamie Anne Royce CeCe McDonald plead guilty May 2 to a reduced charge of second-degree manslaughter with a recommended 41 month prison sentence. McDonald, a black transgender woman, was walking […]

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Activism, LGBT, Politics, Trans
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Stigmatization, Low Income Contribute to Unequal Access to Health Care for LGBT People

May 7, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Jamie Anne Royce Presenters highlighted identity stigmatization and low income as barriers to health care for LGBT people at the 2012 LGBT Student Health Symposium, organized byHoward Brown Health Center, […]

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Activism, LGBT, Life, Trans
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Gay Man Still Barred from Speaking at Michigan High School Graduation

May 3, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Waymon Hudson Principal Denny Starnes from Mount Pleasant, Michigan’s Sacred Heart Academy, spoke today in front of the student body about the controversial decision to disinvite Dominic Sheahan-Stahl as graduation […]

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Activism, LGBT, News
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It’s the Little Things: Ways to Combat Daily Bigotry

May 2, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Katie Weiss Between work, school, jobs, family, finances, love, and friendships, it can be difficult to push aside personal demands to make room for world altering goals – life […]

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Activism, Feminism, Life
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April 20: Reflecting on an Infamous Day

May 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Becca Gee On Friday, 4/20, I worked.  Other folks toked up, partied, went out like any other Friday night, celebrated birthdays, ran around naked, or whatever folks usually do […]

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Activism, LGBT, Non-Profits, Politics
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Women Are Corporations, Too: How Big Business Can Save Vaginas Everywhere

May 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Mark Nott Miss Smith awoke one sunny spring morning and found herself in the spotlight. She wasn’t a celebrity and she had done nothing particularly noteworthy. No, Miss Smith […]

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Activism, Humor/Satire, LGBT, Politics, Women
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A Rash of Hate Crimes in Ohio: Stories of Oppression, Stories of Hope

April 17, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Jamie Anne Royce Ohio, I’m really starting to think you’re trying to win some sort of most hateful place on Earth award. (Just an FYI: There ain’t no trophies […]

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Activism, Art/Culture, Hate, LGBT, Life
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A Process of Healing: Sharing a Story During Sexual Assault Awareness Month

April 13, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Knight Fox I remember the day I stopped believing I was worthwhile, and became an object in my own eyes. It was the same day I turned eight years […]

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Activism, Editorial, Health

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