Questionnaire from a Graduate Student!

Hi everyone,

Please take a moment to review the below email!

Dear Potential Participant,

I am requesting your participation in an important dissertation study, which is a part of an academic effort to learn about the attitudes and incident rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) within lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) college students.

I want you to know that I highly value your participation! Your participation is very important as the results will lead to a better understanding of LGB college students’ IPV incidence rates and attitudes about IPV.  So, I kindly ask that you take approximately 10 - 15 minutes to complete the questionnaire. In doing so, if you are among the first 400 LGB college student participants to fully complete the survey then you can enjoy a cup of coffee on me!

Your answers are completely anonymous and will be released only as summaries in any published results of this study; no identifying information will be used. When you complete the questionnaire and submit your email address to receive an incentive, then your information will be deleted 45 days after the dissertation study is complete. Your participation is voluntary. However, your response would be of great value to me.

Click on the link to access the informed consent letter and to continue on to the entire questionnaire:https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LGBCollegeStudentRelationships

Thank you so much for your participation!

The brief online questionnaire and research is being conducted by, E. Lamerial Jacobson, Doctoral Candidate in Counselor Education at the University of Central Florida, under the advisement of Andrew P. Daire, Associate Professor in Counselor at the University of Central Florida. If you have any questions or comments, I would be more than happy to assist you. You can contact me by email at Elizabeth.Jacobson@ucf.edu. This dissertation study has been approved by the University of Central Florida’s Internal Review Board (IRB). 

Be well,

Lamerial Jacobson, M.A.

Doctoral Candidate, Counselor Education

College of Education, University of Central Florida

Elizabeth.Jacobson@ucf.edu

Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute's Victory Congressional Internship Application!

Victory Congressional Internship

The Gay & Lesbian Victory Institute's Victory Congressional Internship is developing the next generation of out public leaders. Each semester, we're bringing outstanding LGBT college students to Washington, D.C., for an intensive leadership program, including:

• A semester-long Congressional internship with a member of the LGBT Equality Caucus or a LGBT-friendly member of U.S. Congress to learn firsthand about the federal legislative process
• An educational and leadership development program to learn about the legislative process and careers in the policy-making process
• A community service project

In December, students will attend the Victory Institute's annual international conference for three days of training, skills building, networking and discussion alongside hundreds of openly LGBT leaders in government, politics, advocacy, business and community organizations.

The VCI will prepare young LGBT people to become informed decision-makers and influential leaders who can change their communities and our world. 

2013 Application Dates
 

• Spring: October 1, 2012 >>Apply for the Spring 2013 Class
• Summer: TBD
• Fall: TBD

>> Sign up to receive an email announcement when a future semester's application becomes available.

>> Download a preview of the application and find out  more in Frequently Asked Questions 

2013 Program Dates

• Spring: January 16 - April 13 (12 weeks), 4 students
• Summer: June 1 - TBD, 8 students
• Fall: September 5 - TBD, 4 students

• LGBT Leaders 2013 conference: Date & Location TBD

2012 Program Dates

• Spring: January 13 - April 21 (14 weeks), 4 students
• Summer: June 1 - July 28 (8 weeks), 8 students
• Fall: September 5 - November 17 (12 weeks), 4 students

• November 29 - December 2: LGBT Leaders 2012 conference in Long Beach, Calif.

>> Meet the VCI Summer 2011 participants
>> Meet the VCI Spring 2012 participants
>> Meet the VCI Summer 2012 participants 

Benefits

• Housing accommodations in downtown DC,
• Stipend to cover other living expenses in DC ($1,000 in Summer, $2,000 in Spring/Fall), 
• Airfare or other transportation to and from Washington, DC, at the beginning and end of the program,
• Academic credit for the summer internship (depending on each participant's college or university), and
• Airfare, hotel and conference fees for the the Victory Institute's International LGBT Leadership Conference in December.

>> More Information and Frequently Asked Questions 

Qualifications

The Victory Congressional Internship is open to undergraduate students of all genders, orientations, abilities, races, and political affiliations. All applicants must meet the following criteria to satisfy the Victory Institute and congressional requirements:

• U.S. citizen, legal permanent resident or permit to work in the U.S. (Foreign students with F-1 visas are not eligible)
• 18 years of age before the day of arrival in Washington, D.C.
• Currently enrolled full-time in an undergraduate degree program, will have completed at least one year by the beginning of the program; summer program participants must have at least one full semester remaining after the program has completed (i.e., students graduating prior to or during the course of the summer program are not eligible); spring and fall program participants must not graduate prior to the end of the program
• Applicants need not be pursuing majors in social sciences
• Active participation in public and/or community service activities

>> More Information and Frequently Asked Questions 

http://www.victoryinstitute.org/vci

Interesting Survey!

Information about Employment Discrimination Survey and Co-Authors Karen Yescavage and Ann Tweedy

My co-author, Karen Yescavage, is a psychology professor at Colorado State University-Pueblo, and I’m a law professor at Hamline University in St. Paul. Karen and I put together this online survey to try to find out more about employment discrimination against bisexuals and others with fluid identities.

I got the idea for the survey after noticing that very few employment discrimination cases alleging sexual orientation discrimination seem to be brought by bisexuals. I’m hoping that the survey will help explain why bisexuals don’t seem to be pursuing cases and that it will ultimately add to society’s understanding of the legal needs of bisexuals and other sexual minorities.

Especially if you identify as bi, pan, fluid, omni, or queer, please consider filling out the survey, whether or not you have ever experienced employment discrimination. We estimate that it will take about twenty to twenty-five minutes to fill out. The link is here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LWJ93QJ. Also, please forward the link to anyone you think might be interested and also to those who may know others who could be interested.

Study on Youth & Sexual Identity Labels - Please Participate (ages 18 - 22) and Distribute

Dear all, fyi, pat

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Hello!

My name is Ashley Molin and I am a doctoral student at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.  I am currently working on my dissertation under the supervision of Dr. Braden Berkey.  My dissertation research seeks to increase our understanding of how youth choose and use sexual identity labels and to what extent their choice of labels is influenced by other factors.  Findings from this study will help mental health clinicians and other individuals who interact with youth work with them in a more informed manner and may assist in creating more inclusive services for sexual minority youth.

I am writing to ask you to participate in my dissertation research by completing an online survey that can be access through the link below.  We are looking for young adults, ages 18 through 22, who have questioned their sexual identity at some point in their lives.  We are seeking a diverse group of respondents of varying race/ethnicity, religious/spiritual orientation, and geographic location.  Please consider participating if you are eligible, and please feel free to forward this announcement to friends and loved ones who may be eligible. 

If you choose to participate, no identifying information or names will be collected.  Your name cannot be connected in any way to the responses you provide; responses are completely anonymous.  The researcher will store the data on a secure encrypted computer drive.  Only the researcher (Ashley Molin), advisor (Dr. Berkey), and a trained research assistant will have access to the data. 

There is a minimal risk of discomfort or anxiety due to the nature of the questions asked; however, you are free to end your participation at any time. 

For the purpose of this study, the researcher asks that you or any respondent complete the survey only one time.  The total time commitment is approximately 10-15 minutes, and the entire survey is completed online.  After you complete the survey, you will have the opportunity to provide your email address if you would like to be entered into a drawing for one of two $25 Amazon gift cards.  If you provide your email address, it is not linked in any way to your responses, which will remain anonymous. 

If you would like to participate please click the following link:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NWTPJGC

If you have any further questions about the study, you may contact the researcher, Ashley Molin, by email atajm9864@ego.thechicagoschool.edu or you may contact the researcher’s advisor, Dr. Braden Berkey, atbberkey@thechicagoschool.edu or 312.467.2351. 

If you have questions concerning your rights in this research study you may contact the Institutional Review Board (IRB), which is concerned with the protection of subjects in research projects. You may reach the IRB office Monday-Friday by calling 312.467.2343 or writing: Institutional Review Board,The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 325 N. Wells, Chicago, Illinois, 60654.

Sincerely,

Ashley Molin, M.A.
Clinical PsyD Student
Child and Adolescent Track
The Chicago School of Professional Psychology
ajm9864@ego.thechicagoschool.edu
(c) 919.395.4300

Great American Condom Campaign Applications Are Now Open!

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August 6, 2012 Hi- Exciting news! Applications to become a Great American Condom Campaign Fall Semester SafeSite are now open! The Great American Condom Campaign is a youth-led grassroots movement to make the U.S. a sexually healthy nation. Each year, GACC members give out one million Trojan Brand condoms on college campuses across the United States, educate their peers about sexual health, and organize to improve the policies that affect young people's health and lives. During the spring of 2012, 1,000 SafeSites distributed more than 500,000 condoms to students on 787 campuses in all 50 states. SafeSites also collected over 2,000 signatures and sent over 1,000 Photo Valentines to Congress in support of No Cost Birth Control. Now is your chance to join the Great American Condom Campaign. Apply today. We receive more applications than we can accept, so make sure your application stands out! Be clear about how you will distribute condoms and why you want to be part of the GACC. To learn more about the GACC and the awesome work of previous SafeSites, go to the GACC Facebook Page. Applications to be a Fall Semester SafeSite are open through September 1, 2012. It only takes 10 minutes to fill out an application, so start now! Do it for your country! Julia Reticker-Flynn Youth Activist Network Manager Advocates for Youth Was this e-mail forwarded to you? If so and you would like to subscribe to Advocates for Youth's mailing list, please click here.

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Announcing the Student Debt Crisis Video Challenge!

The movement has just begun!

ForgiveStudentLoanDebt is re-branding as "Student Debt Crisis" to reflect the fact that the reforms we seek are not limited to just forgiveness of loans, but a whole host of other steps that chip away at the status quo.

As you know, we've already delivered more than ONE MILLION signatures in support of H.R. 4170, The Student Loan Forgiveness Act of 2012, to Rep. Hansen Clarke who, in turn, delivered them to Chairman John Kline of the House Education and Workforce Committee.

Two weeks later, we trended nationally on Twitter, using the hashtag #ListenToTheMillion, targeting every member of the Education Committee.

We've sent letters, emails and tweets, and we've personally visited Congressional Offices, placed phone calls and done everything in our power to make some noise.  Now, it's on to the next project. . .

I'm writing today to ask each of you to participate in our very first video submission challenge wherein we're asking you to create your own short video that we can use to spread our message in favor of fundamental reforms to the way in which higher education is paid for in this country.

To participate, please follow these instructions:

1. Record your own video focusing on your own student debt experience: 

• Please use the phrases "I majored in Debt" or "Listen to the Million," depending on your message. 
• Explain how much you borrowed to go to school vs. how much you now owe. 
• Tell the world about your employment situation and how you'd probably be better off financially had you never gone to school at all.
• Be yourself, use humor or gut-wrenching honesty, but make it powerful so that we can put human faces on the crisis.

2. Upload your video to YouTube, or Vimeo, then grab the embed code for your video;

3. Click here to go to the video submission page (don't worry: instructions are listed there, too);

4. Copy and paste the embed code for your video from YouTube or Vimeo to the video submission form at the bottom of this page.  Please submit no later than August 31, 2012.


That's it!  

Thank you, as always, for your continued support and participation.  Without you, this budding movement would never have gotten off the ground!  Let's keep the momentum going!

Sincerely,
Robert Applebaum
Founder, StudentDebtCrisis.com (formerly ForgiveStudentLoanDebt.com)
Follow us on twitter: @DebtCrisisOrg
Join us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StudentDebtCrisis1

Program Announced: Register Now for the LGBT Leaders 2012 Conference

Pat, Have you added LGBT Leaders 2012 – the 28th International LGBT Leadership Conference – to your calendar yet? We're gathering in beautiful Long Beach, Calif., Nov. 29 to Dec. 2. That's three full days of learning, networking and fun for LGBT leaders like you in government, politics, advocacy and community organizations. Whether you're a public official or just want to learn the latest about the movement for equality around the world, there's a session, plenary or event for you. Check out the full agenda for details about how you can mix and match the three tracks – LGBT Equality, Becoming an Effective Public Official and Hot Topics in Public Policy – to truly make it your conference. The best part? Register between now and August 31 to save almost 40% off the regular conference rate. You'll get full access to interactive workshops, dynamic plenaries, two receptions and five meals to keep you going throughout the weekend. See you in November! Yours in Victory, Chuck Wolfe President and CEO

Health Discrimination Against Trans People Is Illegal

HHS Clarifies that the Affordable Care Act Prohibits Discrimination  Based on Gender Identity  Have you ever been discriminated against in our health care system? The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently confirmed that the Affordable Care Act’s (you know, Obamacare) ban on sex-based discrimination includes discrimination based on gender identity. This confirms the Task Force's longstanding position that federal civil rights statutes that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex include protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity. This means that no one can be discriminated against because of their gender identity or because of a healthcare provider's stereotype about sex — what a man or a woman “ought to look like.” Back in June, the Task Force and our New Beginning Initiative coalition partners sent HHS a letter asking for exactly this clarification. We're thrilled they agree with us and numerous federal courts that have issued similar opinions clarifying that sex-based discrimination protections also address gender identity. We encourage anyone who feels they have been discriminated against because of their gender identity to file a complaint with the HHS Office of Civil Rights, so your complaint can be investigated and appropriately handled. File a complaint at: http://www.hhs.gov/ocr/civilrights/complaints/index.html The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force builds the power of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community from the ground up. The Task Force is the country’s premier social justice organization fighting to improve the lives of LGBT people and working to create positive, lasting change and opportunity for all. The Task Force is a 501(c)(3) corporation incorporated in Washington, D.C. Contributions to the Task Force are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. © 2012, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, 1325 Massachusetts Ave. NW, Suite 600, Washington, D.C., 20005. Phone 202.393.2241. TTY 202.393.2284.theTaskForce@theTaskForce.org.

Nebraska Watchdog article re: Hate crime

Hate crime a hoax? Neighbor doubts it

By Deena Winter  /   July 25, 2012  /   20 Comments

LINCOLN — If Linda Rappl hadn’t been up late visiting her husband in the nursing home Saturday night, she would have never been sleeping on the couch in her living room early Sunday morning, never would have heard the knocks on her door at about 4 a.m., never would have opened the door to see her neighbor standing there naked, hands bound, dripping blood and sobbing.

Rappl was well acquainted with the 33-year-old Lincoln woman, and quickly threw a blanket over her. The woman’s forehead was slashed and her legs were bleeding.

“She was sobbing, she was shaking. She said ‘Could you call 911?’ ” Rappl said. “She said, ‘I think my house is on fire.’ ”

Rappl didn’t ask her any questions, just called 911 and handed the phone to the woman when the dispatcher started asking questions. Her neighbor told police three masked men came into her house while she was sleeping, overpowered her, carved anti-gay slurs into her skin and tried to set her house on fire. Rappl heard her tell the dispatcher she believed they did it “because she was gay.”

Rappl said the woman had been her neighbor for about six years, and she knew she was a lesbian, even though she wasn’t very brazen about it.

“She was real concerned when she first moved in — she thought I wouldn’t like her because she was a lesbian,” said Rappl, a 68-year-old retired special education paraeducator for Lincoln Public Schools. “I really had to make an effort to let her know I didn’t care.”

Rappl said the woman mowed lawns, shoveled snow and helped carry groceries for neighbors. She took in foster dogs and had three rescue dogs and one foster dog at the time – dogs that Rappl rounded up because they were running loose in the neighborhood after the incident.

The woman is “a tough cookie,” hard worker and good neighbor, Rappl said.

So she was stunned to see reports today that police have not ruled out the possibility that her neighbor staged the whole incident. The woman knew Rappl’s husband was sick with cancer, emphysema and Alzheimer’s disease and she was getting ready to bring him home to die. It’s hard for her to believe her neighbor was acting, staging the whole thing, involving her in a hoax when she knows Rappl is going through a difficult time. In fact, her husband died last night.

“She definitely would have had to have an accomplice,” she said. “It’s hard for me to imagine.”

The woman’s hands were bound tightly with plastic ties, she said. And the woman wasn’t very bold about her sexuality. She lived with one woman for several years before they split up about a year ago.

“I don’t know much about that life of hers but I don’t think she’s a real activist,” Rappl said. “She’s been very low key about her lifestyle and everything. It’s not like she advertises it.”

She said the woman had a job but “got laid off or something” and was working part time while looking for a new job.

“She kind of reminds you of an ol’ farm girl,” she said. “She wouldn’t want people to see a weak side of her.”

Later on Sunday, when the woman got out of the hospital she returned to home to get her dogs and went to Rappl’s house to apologize to her foster son for waking him up so early.

“I just said, ‘I’m so sorry,’ ” Rappl said. “We hugged and she left.”

The woman went to an emergency shelter, Rappl said.

Today police spokeswoman Katie Flood said police are investigating all aspects of the case, including the possibility it was a false report, which is not uncommon and part of a thorough investigation.

“We examine cases on a daily basis with the possibility that details could be embellished or fabricated – not just hate crimes, but also cases such as assaults, robberies and hit and run accidents,” Flood said via email.

The case has Lincolnites puzzled, not sure whether they live in a town where such hatred exists, or such a hoax happened. Gay rights have been in the news a lot lately after the Lincoln City Council approved an ordinance extending civil rights protection based on sexual orientation and gender identity. But residents got enough signatures to refer the issue to voters, likely in November.

Lincoln was the birthplace of Brandon Teena, a transgendered 21-year-old who was among three people killed in 1993 near Humboldt.

Some 500 people attended a candlelight vigil for the victim outside the capitol on Sunday night, and another vigil was held tonight in Lincoln.

The president of a Lincoln gay rights group called Outlinc released a statement today in response to the news that police haven’t ruled out the possibility of a hoax.

Tyler Richard said Lincolnites can only trust in police to investigate every possibility.

“They have my full faith and trust as they move forward,” Richard said. “People are concerned, confused and many are still afraid.”

He added that Outlinc hasn’t accepted any donations on behalf of the victim, saying “Allegations that the support being offered has been taken advantage of are as disturbing to me as the reports we learned of earlier this week.”

“It is my hope that the residents of Lincoln will respect that this is a time when we need facts – not rumors – and that this investigation takes time,” he continued. “I have trust that law enforcement will look into these allegations and when appropriate release their findings.”

Reported by Deena Winter, deena@nebraskawatchdog.org

Embracing Love Not Hate: A Vigil at First-Plymouth Church

Embracing Love Not Hate: A Vigil

People of all faiths and beliefs are invited to attend a service of healing and hope and a vigil Wednesday, July 25th at 7:00pmstarting in the sanctuary at First-Plymouth Church, 20th & D Streets.

"Embracing love not hate" will be the theme in response to the attack this weekend on a member of the LGBT community. The community is invited to attend the service and vigil, to come together to support each other, to heal, and to move forward with love and determination.  A poster will be available in the sanctuary for people to write words of love and hope to the victim.

Following the service, people are invited to participate in a silent prayer walk together around the Near South Neighborhood. The vigil will end in the church's courtyard.

Pastors Jim Keck, Nancy Erickson, Barb Smisek, Greg Stewart and Kim Morrow Hinrichs will be leading the service. Dr. Karen Becker, Cello Professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and TomTrenney, First-Plymouth's Minister of Music will be playing the musical piece "Song without Words," by Craig Phillips.

Understanding K & the Red Balloon

Only TWO shows remaining!!

OmniArts nebraska's

UNDERSTANDING K & the RED BALLOON

Today, Saturday, July 21 at 2pm and 7:30pm

Johnny Carson Theatre at the Lied Center for Performing Arts

Come see what the Lincoln Journal Star has described as, "imaginative staging and an array of talent in voice, dance and acting ..." 

Call 402.472.4747 to reserve your tickets today!

Read the full review at: http://journalstar.com/entertainment/arts-and-culture/review-omniarts-productions-imaginative/article_fb9e2f46-5c20-5ba5-9451-0250b5f093dc.html#ixzz21Go0qTeU

Boy Scouts petition

Boy Scouts: Stop the secrecy! Allow your Board to VOTE to end the ban on gay scouts and leaders Started by: Zach, Iowa City, Iowa I am a proud Eagle Scout. I'm also the proud son of two lesbian moms. It's time for those two things to stop being contradictory. The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) have announced that a "secret committee" has confirmed the Scouts' long-standing policy barring openly LGBT individuals from involvement in its organization, either as youth participants or adult leaders. This shocking "announcement" comes on the heels of a three-month campaign against that policy by various groups -- including Scouts for Equality, of which I am a co-founder -- and people like Jennifer Tyrrell, a gay den mother ousted from the Boy Scouts in April. Secret committees do not speak for three million Scouts. Last month, I delivered nearly 300,000 petition signatures to the Boy Scouts' annual convention, and days later, a resolution was introduced that could allow openly gay scouts and leaders for the first time in the history of the BSA. But instead of allowing that resolution to be voted on by the executive board, the BSA instead decided to maintain their anti-gay ban without a vote. Because a secret committee said so. Above all, what's most disappointing is the secretive nature surrounding how this “decision” was reached. The very first value of the Scout Law is that a Scout is trustworthy. There is absolutely nothing trustworthy about unelected and unnamed committee members who are unwilling to take responsibility for their actions. In June, an Associated Press story said that BSA spokesperson Deron Smith indicated that "the process would likely be completed by May 2013" at the next annual BSA convention. But that was before two prominent BSA executive board members -- Ernst & Young CEO Jim Turley and AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson -- announced that they would oppose the ban and work to overturn it.  Something here doesn't add up. We need transparency. We need accountability. More than 3 million individuals deserve more than the one-off musings of a subcommittee that has supposedly existed for more than two years but has not published a single report, has published no minutes and has, as far as anyone can tell, no official documentation. That's why I've started this petition demanding that the Boy Scouts of America allow the resolution to allow openly gay scouts and leaders to come to a vote at the next BSA convention, in May of 2013. A secret committee should not silence the voices of hundreds of thousands of Americans. Let the BSA Executive Committee decide--let the resolution come to a vote in May 2013.

PFLAG July Potluck Picnic Tuesday July 24 at 6 pm!!

Dear all, PFLAG-Cornhusker holds an annual potluck picnic each July. The picnic starts at 6 pm and is at the Unitarian Church in Lincoln at 63 & A Street. PFLAG will provide some fried chicken and bbq beef, water, lemonade and ice tea. We will also have paper plates and plastic ware. You bring some food to share! DJ Lady Ice will be playing music for us starting at 6:30 pm. A good time to eat in doors in the cool air, with some great people and have some social time. Anyone who wants to stay after for support, just let us know! Pat Pat Tetreault, Ph.D. Director, LGBTQA Resource Center Assistant Director, Student Involvement 346 Nebraska Union Lincoln, NE 68588-0453 Ptetreault1@unl.edu 402.472.1752 http://Involved.unl.edu/lgbtqa https://nufoundation.org/sslpage.aspx?pid=9038

Please help spread the word of a gay friendly petition

Hi, About a month ago, I started a petition to allow gay men the right to donate blood. I am emailing you to ask you to please sign the petition I have created, and pass it around to as many people and friends (and other local LGBT organizations within the university and surrounding area) as you can? You can find this petition at:http://www.change.org/petitions/u-s-food-and-drug-administration-allow-gay-men-to-donate-blood Thank you for your time, consideration, and help, --Mike Hernández

Same-sex Relationship Development Study

Hello, The Today's Couples and Families Research Program at the University of Cincinnati Psychology Department, under the direction of Sarah Whitton, Ph.D., is recruiting participants for a new study that focuses on how same-sex relationships develop, how same-sex partners symbolize their commitment to one another, and how different relationship formation processes are related to relationship stability and emotional wellbeing. The important information gathered from this survey will be used to inform policy and relationship education programs designed to help same-sex attracted individuals initiate and maintain healthy relationships. I would be thankful if you would be willing to spread the word through your organization. We are looking for 1,000 participants to take our online survey. The recruitment advertisement is provided at the end of this email. Please distribute this advertisement through your organization's listserv. A pdf copy of a flyer is available if you would be willing to post it in your building. Please feel free to take a look at our research lab's website. http://homepages.uc.edu/~whittosh/TCF/SSRDS.html Thank you for your time, Today's Couples and Families Research Program University of Cincinnati Psychology Department

[BiNet USA] Call for Submissions: Queer webzine with a focus towards bisexuals and pansexual

Hi, I'm a 22 year old queer male who goes by radiantDirtt on the internet and I'm trying to start a webzine called Pantos Mag (pantosmag.tumblr.com <-- check us out!). I'm looking for submissions and thought you all might be interested in the magazine, in general. Pantos Mag is a multiple media publication that will juxtapose thoughtful op-ed articles with other writings and graphic art Who can submit? Published pieces will be created by and/or relate to the LGBTQ community, especially bisexual and pansexual identifying individuals. Pantos Mag will provide a space for the discussion of LGBTQ interests and issues as well as a space for artists and writers to showcase their work. Bisexual and pansexual people are specifically encouraged to submit, but any member of the LGBTQ community or ally is welcome to submit as well. So, what is Pantos Mag looking for? We are looking for essays and op-ed pieces, poems, short stories, photographs, drawings/illustrations, and any other 2-D art. Are there guidelines? Yes! Pantos Mag will be digital but structured somewhat like a print magazine. Op-ed pieces and essays should be around 500 to 1000 words. Short stories should try to stay below 2500 words, but can be longer if they are especially compelling. 2-D artwork should fit on a single 8 ½ by 11 inch page, although exceptions can certainly be discussed. What isn't Pantos Mag looking for? We will not publish anything racist, classist, sexist, cissexist, homophobic, biphobic, body negative, appropriating, or otherwise alienating and oppressive. However, the discussion of any of these issues is absolutely encouraged and Pantos Mag is very interested in publishing pieces addressing intersectionality from a diversity of viewpoints. How do I submit? Send all your submissions to pantosmag@gmail.com! We'll review them and contact you regarding edits and information we need to publish, like what name you want to use. If you're interested in writing essays or op-ed pieces we suggest you email us with a brief pitch so we can talk it out before you write it. Will I still own my work? Pantos Mag is here for you, not for profit. You will retain all the rights to any work you submit and anyone who contacts us looking to use something you've created will be directed to you. You should be aware, that some publications may decline to publish something that has already been published even though you still have the rights to it. The images and design of the magazine that we create will be licensed under the creative commons noncommercial-sharealike license and we encourage our submitters to to embrace sharing their creativity and use creative commons licenses as well. Got more questions? pantosmag@gmail.com pantosmag.tumblr.com twitter.com/PantosMag Help us spread the word to LGBTQ artists and writers!

Transgender Studies Quarterly: Announcement and CFP

TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly Announcement of Publication and First Call for Submissions Announcement of Publication General Editors Paisley Currah and Susan Stryker are pleased to announce that TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly will be published by Duke University Press, currently planned for launch in the first quarter of 2014. TSQ aims to be the journal of record for the interdisciplinary field of transgender studies, and to promote the widest possible range of perspectives on transgender phenomena broadly defined. Every issue of TSQ will be a specially themed issue that also contains regularly recurring features such as reviews, interviews, and opinion pieces. The first four themes have been selected to highlight the scope and diversity of the field: • TSQ 1:1 will be a collection of short essays on key concepts in transgender studies, “Postposttransexual: Terms for a 21st Century Transgender Studies.” • TSQ 1:2, “Decolonizing the Transgender Imaginary,” will explore cross-cultural analysis of sex/gender variation, and bring transgender studies into critical engagement with ethnography and anthropology. • TSQ 1:3, “Making Transgender Count,” co-edited with the Williams Institute’s GENIUSS group (Gender Identity in U.S. Surveillance), will tackle such issues as population studies, demography, epidemiology, and quantitative methods. • TSQ 1:4 “Trans Cultural Production,” will be devoted to the arts, film, literature, and performance. CFPs for TSQ 1:2-4 will be issued in the months ahead. Proposals for issues starting with TSQ 2:1 (2015) are welcome at any time, and will be reviewed on an on-going basis. Please send inquiries to tsqjournal@gmail.com. Call for Submissions for TSQ 1:1 (2014) We invite submissions of short pieces (250-1500 words) for the inaugural issue of TSQ: Transgender Studies Quarterly, “Postposttransexual: Terms for a 21st Century Transgender Studies,” to be published by Duke University Press and planned for launch in the first quarter of 2014. Our intention is to showcase a wide range of viewpoints on the present state of the field by bringing together fresh thoughts and informed opinion about current concepts, key terms, recurring themes, familiar problems, and hot topics in the field. Each piece should have a title consisting of a single word or short phrase describing its content; the volume will be organized alphabetically by that title. Articles may be written in the style of a mini-essay, as in Raymond Williams’ classic Keywords; as a factual encyclopedia-style article such as might be found on Wikipedia; as a capsule review of transgender-related developments in a particular field (archeology, musicology), geographical location (Iran, Taiwan), or a topic (pornography, psychoanalysis). Creative interpretations of the required form are also welcome. However, each article must address the topic under discussion in relation to some aspect of transgender studies or transgender phenomena. Contributors are free to propose topics of their own, or to choose from the following suggestions of key terms and concepts: ability, abject, activism, administration, aesthetics, agency, aging, affect, anarchy, animal, anti-heteronormativity, architectonic, archive, asexual, assemblage, authentic, becoming, bureaucracy, binary, biology, biopolitics, biotechnology, bisexual, body, body part, border, built environment, burlesque, capital, castration, children, choice, class, clinic, colonization, color, commodity, commons, community, condition, construction, cosmetic, cross-dressing, cut, dance, death drive, decadence, decolonize, deconstruction, degenerate, desire, deterritorialization, diagnosis, diaspora, difference, digital, disability, discipline, discrimination, diversity, drugs, embodiment, empire, employment, epistemology, erotic, error, essence, ethics, ethnology, ethnic, ethology, etiology, eugenics, exception, exotic, experiment, fake, fantasy, fashion, feeling, feminist, fetish, film, forensics, freedom, fundamentalism, futurity, gay, gender, gender-variant, genderqueer, genetic, genitals, gesture, global, habit, haptic, hate crime, haunting, health, HIV/AIDS, homophobia, homosexuality, hormones, hybrid, hygiene, ICD, identity, indigeneity, information, incarceration, institutionalization, interdisciplinary, intersex, jouissance, joy, justice, LGBT, labor, lack, language, law, lesbian, liberation, man, Man, marriage, materiality, media, medicine, memory, migration, misogyny, modernity, monster, morphogenesis, movement, murder, mutilate, necropolitics, network, NGO, non-Western, normal, object, objectification, occupy, ontology, open, organ, origin, original, originary, paradigm, pathology, pedagogy, performativity, performance, pharmaceutical, phenomena, phenomenon, posthuman, policy, political economy, popular culture, population, pornography, poverty, power, practice, premodern, progress, privilege, prostitution, psychiatry, psychoanalysis, psychosis, public, queer, race, racialization, reality, reform, religion, resistance, revolt, revolution, representation, reproduction, reterritorialization, rhizome, rights, riot, ritual, sacrality, science, science fiction, segregation, sense, sensorium, separatism, sex, sexuality, smell, somatechnics, sound, space, state, sterilization, subaltern, subject, surgery, surveillance, swarm, taste, technique, temporality, terror, third, toilet, touch, trafficking, trans-, transgender, translation, transphobia, transnational, transspecies, transsexual, transversal, transvestite, underground, victim, virtual, vitality, visuality, violence, voice, WPATH, whiteness, will, woman, work, X, xenotransplantation, youth, zoontology. To be considered for publication, please submit a one-paragraph proposal to tsqjournal@gmail.com, stating the term or concept you’d like to write on, the estimated length of the article, a brief indication of your approach or main idea, and a brief identification of yourself and your qualifications for addressing the topic. Inquiries are due by Tuesday September 4, 2012; submissions will be due by December 3, 2012, and final revisions will be due by March 4, 2013. -- Renee Wells Assistant Director Center for Diversity and Inclusion Michigan Tech University 1400 Townsend Drive Hamar House, Bldg 13 Houghton, MI 49931 Work (906) 487-1829 Fax (906) 487-3101 Cell (906) 281-7930 Women's Programming Page Women's Programming Calendar Michigan Tech Women on Campus Facebook page GLBTQ Programming Page GLBTQ Programming Calendar Keweenaw Pride Facebook page Safe Place Website Safe Place Facebook page Center for Diversity and Inclusion Facebook page Center for Diversity and Inclusion upcoming events

Minnesotans United Vacation Program

My name is Gaby and I am working for Minnesotans United for All Families, the official campaign which will defeat the constitutional amendment that would ban marriage for same-sex couples. I am contacting you today because we are offering the opportunity to be part of the first state of 30 to defeat the amendment. Please join us in our fight for marriage equality! Minnesotans United is now the largest grassroots campaign that Minnesota has ever seen - using a unique hybrid of community and electoral organizing. Programs such as, "Let Your Friends Know," are run all over the state and focus on having educational discussions with family, coworkers, and friends, to emphasize the importance of voting 'no.' We need to have over a million conversations to persuade, motivate, and keep Minnesotans with us until election day in November. In order to reach that goal, we need 1000 experienced volunteers. Almost all polling thus far has shown us below the 50% +1 majority that we need in order to defeat this amendment – that means if the election were held today, we would lose. We're beginning a professional fellowship program with our campaign and are looking to partner with various colleges and universities to give students an opportunity for personal, professional and academic development. We're offering either fall internships lasting until the election day or shorter term opportunities that could align with a student's service-learning component or research project for a course by coming here for 1 weekend - 2 weeks or a fall break. Students would receive a thorough training on our innovative strategies and work side by side with our organizers and regional organizing directors. They will receive free supporter housing but travel and other living costs will be covered by them or the partnering organization/university. In order to move forward to the application process, do not hesitate to contact Anya Svanoe at anya@mnunited.org or at 612-412-7262 with any questions or concerns you may have. Feel free to read the attached flyer. Thanks in advance for your reply. Sincerely, Gaby Fabre

Undergraduate Internship Opportunity - ACLU's LGBT & AIDS Project

Hello,

I am writing to inform you of an undergraduate internship opportunity at the ACLU’s LGBT & AIDS Project in New York this fall. I would greatly appreciate you passing this information along to any students in your organization who might be interested in applying. More information can be found below, and at this link:http://www.aclu.org/node/35535.

I was also wondering if your organization has a permanent group email that we could keep for our records, and use to send out information and opportunities like this in the future.

Thank you, and best regards,
Anna


Anna Ziering

Paralegal, LGBT & AIDS Project

American Civil Liberties Union

125 Broad St., New York, NY 10004

■ 212.549.2672 ■ aziering@aclu.org

www.aclu.org

FALL 2012 INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITY
NOTICE TO UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
American Civil Liberties Union Foundation
LGBT & AIDS Project, NY

The American Civil Liberties Union Foundation (ACLU), founded in 1920, is a nationwide, nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, with more than 500,000 members and is dedicated to the principles of liberty and equality embodied in the U.S. Constitution. The ACLU’s Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender (LGBT) and AIDS Project of the ACLU’s National Office in New York City invites applications for theUndergraduate Fall Internship which will begin in September 2012.

OVERVIEW

The LGBT & AIDS Project brings impact lawsuits in state and federal courts throughout the country—cases designed to have a significant effect on the lives of LGBT people and those with HIV/AIDS. In coalition with other civil rights groups, we also lobby in Congress and support grassroots advocacy, from local school boards to state legislatures. Our legal strategies are built on the idea that fighting for civil rights means not just persuading judges but ultimately changing the way people think. As we litigate for change, we use targeted media, online and outreach campaigns to change public attitudes, as well as provide advocacy tools to help citizens take action in their community. As part of the broad civil liberties mission of the ACLU, the Project brings together the LGBT and HIV/AIDS communities with other social change movements to achieve a just society for all.  For more information visit aclu.org/lgbt and aclu.org/HIV-AIDS.

INTERNSHIP OVERVIEW

Our Fall internship requires a 12-16 week commitment.  This position is part-time with negotiable weekly hours. The number of interns accepted varies. Interns are highly encouraged to obtain funding from outside sources, as the internship is unpaid.  Arrangements can be made for work/study or course credit.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Our undergraduate internship program is designed to provide interns with the opportunity to learn about public interest work.  Interns will be under the direct supervision of the Project's Paralegal and will have the opportunity to learn and interact with other staff members of the Project.  Interns will gain experience by working on the following:

∙             Assisting with legal intakes and tracking requests for assistance.

∙             Assisting in the maintenance of case files and compiling of press files.

∙             Conducting general, legal and policy research.

∙             Supporting the Project in outreach to potential clients.

∙             Other projects as assigned.

DESIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS

Applicants must possess:

∙             An interest in a legal, organizing, legislative or public interest career.

∙             Excellent research, writing and communication skills.

∙             Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.

∙             Strong organizational skills.

∙             Familiarity with issues surrounding LGBT rights, HIV/AIDS and other civil liberties issues is desirable; commitment to these issues is essential.

HOW TO APPLY

Please send a cover letter, resume and a brief writing sample of no more than five pages in length to hrjobsLGBTintern@aclu.org  [Re: Fall 2012 LGBT Undergraduate Internship Application] in the subject line – or by mail to:

American Civil Liberties Union

Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender & AIDS Project

RE: Fall 2012 LGBT Undergraduate Internship

125 Broad Street, 18th Floor

New York, New York 10004-2400

Please indicate in your cover letter where you learned of this internship opportunity.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the position(s) are filled. 

The ACLU is an equal opportunity affirmative action employer and encourages applications from all qualified individuals including women, people of color, persons with disabilities, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.

The ACLU comprises two separate corporate entities, the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation. Both the American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU Foundation are national organizations with the same overall mission, and share office space and employees. The ACLU has two separate corporate entities in order to do a broad range of work to protect civil liberties. This job posting refers collectively to the two organizations under the name “ACLU”.