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UN Issues First Report On Human Rights Of Gay And Lesbian People
The first ever United Nations report on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people details how around the world people are...
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Why Jay-Z’s “Glory” Dedication to Blue Ivy Made this Black Man Cry
By Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr. I was prepared to be scared for HOW hip-hop mogul Jay-Z and pop Diva Beyoncé would introduce their daughter, Blue Ivy,...
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“Oh Hello No”: Homophobia and those t-shirts ain’t no joke
By David J. Leonard The college football season came to an end last night. It marked the conclusion of a bowl season that has been...
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Rep. Jim Sensenbrenners' Posterior Fixation
Last week Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner was overheard saying that First Lady Michelle Obama should attend to her “large posterior” before lecturing Americans on eating right. ...
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Transnational Parental – Child Abduction: ’Tis the Season to be Wary
By Anique John-Carter and Alanna Kennedy Transnational abduction frequently conjures up images of children being trafficked from one part of the world to another for economic...
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The Intimacy of Mentoring
Let me be clear: As a daughter of the working class and a first-generation college student, I would not be where I am today without...
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Our Feminist Future
On the school grounds they call each other bitches with machine gun fury. This is the “new” term of “endearment”; a grand show of eye-rolling,...
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Off-the-Hook Black Feminist Mentorship: An Anti-Capitalist Re-evaluation
A lot of times, June Jordan couldn’t pay her phone bill. I held the disconnection notices in my own hands, sitting hungry and enthralled in...
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TFW Editorial Collective Forum on Mentoring
By Heather Laine Talley and Monica J. Casper Here we are, deep in the throes of the holiday season. Many of us are surrounded by...
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The GOP’s Christian Nationalist Faith Pimps
In American politics, patriotism, race-baiting, and faith-based pandering are the last refuge of a scoundrel. And this political season militant GOP appeals to white Christian...
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Why I Might Watch Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse
While Tyler Perry’s For Better or Worse, a televisual extension of Why Did I Get Married and Why Did I Get Married Too, runs against...
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Mitt Romney's Evolving Attitude Toward Women
By Amanda Winkler Women in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are speaking out about GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney’s attitude toward women, asserting...
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Media, Sports and Black Queer Youth: Tayshana Murphy and the Dimming of Stars
I didn’t know Tayshana Murphy was gay. I’m from Harlem, and I like to think I’m tapped into important conversations among New York’s LGBTQ people...
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The Girls in The Band
The Girls in The Band, directed and produced by Judy Chaikin, Michael Greene, and Nancy Kissock, and edited by Edward Osei-Gyimah, literally screens in the...
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Locating Paule Marshall
The first time I encountered Paule (silent ‘e’) Marshall, I was an undergraduate—a first-generation college student—at the University of Chicago. I was majoring in sociology...
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Giving Thanks
All of us at TFW wish you and your family a wonderful Thanksgiving! While you are enjoying your day with family and friends, we hope that...
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Young, Gay And Homeless: Fighting For Resources
A number of studies of homeless youth in big cities assert that somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of homeless youths identify as lesbian, gay,...
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Supercommittee fallout: Lawmakers Trade Blame as Deficit Talks Crumble
Congressional leaders conceded Sunday that talks on a sweeping deficit agreement were near failure. Unfortunately, the stalemate between members of both parties won’t likely be...