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Category: Queer Perspectives
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In our January releases, we explore a geopolitical conservation effort, redefine the source of hatred and hate-driven violence, return Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. to his radical roots, and expose the hypocrisy of “merit-based” admissions practices. These are books you will be thinking about and discussing for the rest of the year.
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For International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers, Melinda Chateauvert, author of SEX WORKERS UNITE, debunks the myth of the “Swedish Model” of prostitution and similar “end demand” laws that not only fail to protect sex workers, but actively put them in harm’s way.
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When Daisy Hernández thinks about Stone Butch Blues, Leslie Feinberg’s classic novel of the transgender experience, she thinks of a conference room in Manhattan and a young trans man she was in love with.
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Beacon remembers Leslie Feinberg, activist, author, and pioneering advocate for transgender liberation.
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Do hate crime laws prevent gay bashing? Ann Pellegrini, co-author of “You Can Tell Just By Looking” and 20 Other Myths About LGBT Life and People, has a surprising answer.
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Beacon Broadside recently spoke with Daisy Hernández about her new book A Cup of Water Under My Bed, her literary and cultural influences, and the process of finding herself, both within her immigrant community and within the new, queer life she created for herself.
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Gender scholar and ‘Gaga Feminism’ author J. Jack Halberstam examines the cult of “triggering” and how a safe space mentality can sometimes do more harm than good.
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The authors of “You Can Tell Just By Looking”: And 20 Other Myths about LGBT Life and People dispel the myth that LGBT parents are bad for children.
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Beacon publicity assistant Nicholas Disabatino recommends five stellar books of LGBT poetry to read during Pride Month and beyond.
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