Thanks to a tip from AlterNet and reading more from SPARK Reproductive Justice Now out of Atlanta, I’ve learned about some billboards that are going up around the city and especially in the predominately black areas that read, “Black Children are an Endangered Species”, with the website, www.toomanyaborted.com as the lone bottom tag. The billboards [...]
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Porn and sexual violence
Not that I believe that porn is always sexually violent towards women or men, however more often than not there is a feeling of being witness to someone’s degradation at the very least and someone’s punishment at worst. These thoughts are echoed in a recent AlterNet article by Sam Benjamin of SeXis Magazine entitled, “Why [...]
Video: Addressing abortion using human rights framework
Thanks to a hat tip from Fair and Feminist, a great video to share on reproductive justice called, “Loretta Ross: The Economic and Racial Dynamics of Abortion”. Thanks also to RH Reality Check.
New publishing on Jewish rituals for the naturist
Past Mandrake Society Radio podcast interviewee, Joseph Farkadsi, has just published a new book called Sefer Digambara Pulkhanim ha’Yehudi for those who are currently involved in or interested in the practice of performing Jewish rituals as a part of a naturist lifestyle. The book is literally translated, “Book of Ascetic Nudity Rituals of the Jew”, [...]
Building bridges with Dallas NAACP on HIV education and prevention
On last Tuesday, January 5th, Venton Jones, president of the DFW Pride Movement-an organization promoting health and education among Black Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender people, was invited to speak at the Dallas NAACP membership meeting at the request of its president, Dr. Juanita Wallace, to discuss current HIV/AIDS statistics in Dallas and proactive solutions [...]
Video PSAs encourage HIV testing among Black males: “Status Is Everything”
New Jersey-based, African American Office of Gay Concerns, recently hired Robert Penn Productions to produce videos PSAs to encourage HIV testing among Black males and those who love them. Here’s a statement from the YouTube site hosting the PSAs: Newark, New Jersey’s African American Office of Gay Concerns (AAOGC) hired Robert Penn productions to develop, [...]
Ugandan sexual minorities fighting for better health care
Even in the face of the Anti-Homosexuality bill currently before the Ugandan parliament, the groups, Sexual Minorities Uganda (SMUG), is still working to reduce the stigma of HIV/AIDS being a gay disease and urging the government for more inclusive health care as a human right, according to a new article at Behind The Mask. Frank [...]
Travis McCoy hopes to bring change “One At A Time”
Gym Class Heroes frontman, Travis McCoy, brings a breezy track to highlight HIV prevention. You can download the track and any donation you make stays 100% with the MTV Staying Alive Foundation, which provides micro grants to grassroots organizations worldwide to educate and fight the spread of HIV. Travis McCoy has a goal of $100,000 [...]
