Gettysburg College ALLies

dinnsdale: The cake is a lie!

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 19:26:42 -0400

dinnsdale:

The cake is a lie!

haveigonetoofar: Don’t Be That Guy.

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:58:23 -0400

haveigonetoofar:

Don’t Be That Guy.

Transgender inclusion in the military panel presented March 20;...

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:41:45 -0400

Transgender inclusion in the military panel presented March 20; watch video

The Eisenhower Institute of Gettysburg College hosted a panel discussion, “Transgender Inclusion in the Military” on March 20.

Left behind in the wake of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy repeal, transgender individuals (people that identify with or express a gender identity that differs from their sex at birth) remain unable to serve openly in the U.S. military. This discussion brings together representatives from invested parties – transgender veterans, their advocates, the U.S. Army, and the Canadian Armed Forces, which allows transgender individuals to serve openly – and offers a rare opportunity for all parties to share their perspectives and insights on this issue.

The panel, moderated by assistant professor of economics Rimvydas Baltaduonis, was comprised of four individuals: Commander David Wilcox, Health Services Attaché for the Canadian Embassy and an officer in the Canadian Armed Forces; Mara Keisling, Executive Director of the National Center for Transgender Equality; Monica Helms, Founder and President of the Transgender American Veterans Association and veteran of the U.S. Navy; and Dr. Chris Shoemaker, a retired colonel from the U.S. Army.

The Eisenhower Institute is a distinctive program of Gettysburg College with offices in the heart of the nation’s capital and in the historic Gettysburg home once occupied by Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower. The Eisenhower Institute combines top-level dialogue among policy-makers with a premier learning experience for undergraduates. Find out more at http://www.eisenhowerinstitute.org.

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition. Alumni include Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate, and other distinguished scholars. The college enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students and is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.

Contact: Nikki Rhoads, senior assistant director of communications, 717.337.6803

Posted: Sun, 17 Mar 2013

overenthusiasticpflagmother: if only my mom did this

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:37:40 -0400

overenthusiasticpflagmother:

if only my mom did this

ALLies/Trans* Awareness Week Spring 2013

Sun, 24 Mar 2013 15:34:00 -0400

Hey everyone! ALLies/ Trans* Awareness Week is coming up! It’s the week of March 20th to March 27th! Get pumped!!

Our events are listed below:

Wednesday, 3/20:
Transgender Representation in the Military Lecture & Discussion
Mara Auditorium 7:30pm

Thursday, 3/21:
Transgender Panel Discussion
Penn Hall Lyceum 7pm

Friday, 3/22:
Fagbug with Erin Davies
CUB260 7pm

Saturday, 3/23:
Drag Party
ALLies House (239 Carlisle St) 9pm-12am

Sunday, 3/24:
All Things Queer and Tea
ALLies House 1pm

Monday, 3/25:
Attic Weeknight Tye Dyeing
The Attic 8-10pm

Tuesday, 3/26:
Screening of “Two Spirits”
Mara Auditorium 8pm

Wednesday, 3/27:
CUB Table- Trans Awareness plus free condoms and candy
11am-1pm

Come Join the fun!

Women’s History Month features campus events

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400

Gettysburg College’s celebration of Women’s History Month will include several on-campus events in March.

Healthy Relationship Discussion Group
March 20, 4 p.m., The Women’s Center
Gather in a small group setting to discuss intimate partnerships, define what a healthy relationship looks like, raise awareness about issues of control and abuse in dating relationships, and learn basic skills about how to deal with unwelcome behaviors.

Transgender Inclusion in the Military
March 20, 7 p.m., Mara Auditorium
Left behind in the wake of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy change, transgender individuals remain unable to serve openly in the military. This panel discussion will include representatives from invested parties, including transgender veterans, their advocates, U.S. military, and foreign militaries, to offer a unique perspective on the issue.

Dinner and Discussion: Sexuality, Gender, and Race with Aliyya Abdur-Rahman, Ph.D.
March 26, 6 – 7:30 p.m., Diaspora House
Sponsors: Allies, Black Student Union, and LGBTQA Advisor
The event will feature a dinner and informal conversation about the intersection of sexuality, gender, and race in the African American community.

Against the Closet: Black Political Longing and the Exotics of Race Aliyya Abdur-Rahman, Ph.D
March 27, 6:30 – 8 p.m., Masters 110, Mara Auditorium
Sponsor: College Life Division
Considering genres from the slave narrative to science fiction, “Against the Closet” analyzes African American literary depictions of transgressive sexualities in order to illuminate the ways in which race, politics, and sexually intersect in the social/racial ordering of United States culture and in the making of African American literature.

The Women of Downton Abbey
All month, Musselman Library
Explore the lives of women in Great Britain in the post-Edwardian era. These titles have been selected to address the massive changes that began for women as World War I, the disintegration of the class system, and the right to vote took hold.

Founded in 1832, Gettysburg College is a highly selective four-year residential college of liberal arts and sciences with a strong academic tradition that includes Rhodes Scholars, a Nobel laureate and other distinguished scholars among its alumni. The college enrolls 2,600 undergraduate students and is located on a 200-acre campus adjacent to the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania.

Contact: Mike Baker, assistant director of communications, 717.337.6521.

Posted: Mon, 11 Mar 2013

Senior doctor tells trainee GPs to act less "overtly gay" in order to pass their medical examinations.

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 13:16:57 -0400

The RCGP launched the inquiry after it emerged that Dr Una Coales had written a guide setting out ways in which minority candidates can “neutralise bias” from the college’s examiners.

Dr Coales, a member of the college’s council who came third in this year’s ballot for presidency, suggested gay students speak in deeper voices and alter their body language to increase their chance of success in the RCGP’s Clinical Skills Assessment.

In one passage of the guide, Dr Una Coales’s MRCGP CSA Book, she writes: “One candidate was facing a third sitting and yet no one had told him that his mannerisms, gait and speech were too overtly gay, and that he was sitting an exam administered by a right-wing conservative Royal College.

“So I advised him to lower and deepen his high-pitched voice and neutralise his body movements. He went back to his surgery, practised his speech until his voice went hoarse and modified his body language. Not only did he pass his exam, but he informed me he noticed a huge difference in the way patients interacted with him.”

She also advises candidates such as Nigerian and Asian trainees to “focus on emphasising the lyrical Scottish or Welsh accent” if sitting exams in these regions. Female candidates should not wear a floral dress as “if you dress like a nurse they [patients] have difficulty believing they are seeing ‘the doctor’…” Male students should “shave off” facial hair as it can project an “unclean, deceitful” image, she adds, in a chapter originally published in a medical magazine in 2009. Meanwhile, she advises overweight students to “project an image of Santa Claus. Put your hands on top of your protuberant abdomen, with your fingers interlocking but open.”

The RCGP’s chief executive, Neil Hunt, last night referred her to the college’s board of senior officers to investigate after being alerted to the book by The Independent. “The RCGP does not endorse the book, the author did not write it in her capacity as a member of the RCGP Council, and we reject the advice given,” he said. “The Clinical Skills Assessment is one component of a robust examination, approved by the General Medical Council, that all GPs must pass in order to enter into independent general practice. It reflects the diversity in general practice and within the college. I have referred the matter to the senior officer team of the college.”

Approached for comment last night, Dr Coales said: “I’m not for a minute suggesting the college is racist or homophobic. These are merely tips to neutralise subjective bias, if any, in 10-minute assessments involving a total of 26 random actors and examiners who have never met the candidate.” Dr Coales has previous stated of her advice: “All of my suggestions are simply about getting you through the CSA. They’re about changing your image to get you through this one assessment. They’re not about changing who you are.”

As well as being the RCGP national council representative, Dr Coales has stood for RCGP president several times, and in 2009 was runner-up.

memewhore: pot8tosexual: WOW THIS IS REALLY NICE This is...

Fri, 28 Sep 2012 11:34:00 -0400

memewhore:

pot8tosexual:

WOW THIS IS REALLY NICE

This is pretty much exactly what happened with me and a friend. I was like, “Yeah, I know. So anyway…”

intellectual-stupidity: quinlan-skyler: [Image of two doors....

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 13:19:40 -0400

intellectual-stupidity:

quinlan-skyler:

[Image of two doors. Left door: Restroom with urinal Right door: Restroom without urinal]

See how easy that was?

problem solved

Gender Bender Poster

Thu, 27 Sep 2012 11:35:48 -0400

pflagmom:

Just passing along info submitted.

ETA: note in the comments that there are several problems with this poster. I appreciate the helpful criticism and hope the authors of the poster take note. It is well-meaning but needs some work.

Great for safe spaces and LGBTQ centers!

Controversial Gay Marriage Billboard in New Zealand

Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:20:01 -0400

sdorris:

zazafolky:

Original article here

best sign omg

yES THIS IS MY COUNTRY

Well I can’t NOT reblog this.

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Wed, 26 Sep 2012 11:39:25 -0400

an to launch campaign preventing LGBT youth suicidean to launch campaign preventing LGBT youth suicide

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:15:39 -0400

gaywrites:

Activists in Japan have an answer to the It Gets Better Project - their own campaign to combat LGBT youth suicide.

The project’s co-founder, Fumino Sugiyama, says efforts will launch Sept. 10, World Suicide Prevention Day, to tell LGBT youth that it’s okay to be who they are even in the face of bullying and other challenges. Some background from the Wall Street Journal, of all places:

The campaign comes amid growing attention to gay culture — and the surrounding pressures — in Japan. Last week, the Japanese government mentioned for the first time in its annual national policy to prevent suicide the need to offer special support for the gay community. In response to the government’s move, Taiga Ishikawa, a member of Tokyo’s Toshima ward assembly, set up an online LGBT community.

Change is coming - everywhere!

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Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:33:35 -0400

sofriel: morenamagia: teeveedinner: “The Office...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 13:19:27 -0400

sofriel:

morenamagia:

teeveedinner:

“The Office of Human Rights transgender and gender identity non-discrimination campaign will appear throughout DC in Fall and Winter of 2012. The campaign will feature five transgender or gender non-conforming people in a series of five ads. The campaign aims to increase understanding of the community, reduce discriminatory incidents in DC and increase reporting of discrimination when it happens.”

just saw this on facebook https://www.facebook.com/DCOHR
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

THIS IS BEAUTIFUL.

This is really cool.

neon-loneliness: marshtwain: A bit of trans and intersex...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:38:20 -0400

neon-loneliness:

marshtwain:

A bit of trans and intersex history from August 6, 1936.

I’ve edited the clippings together so they’re easier to read, without ads or other articles cluttering up the page. It’s so cool to read about a female-identified-at-birth intersexed individual coming to identify more as a male and being treated with a measure of respect and personal privacy in a public newspaper a little over 76 years ago. And he’s happy. And married. And belongs to a community who would defend him.

Seriously, this article blows my mind because it so easily could have gone in a more tabloidish direction, and for the most part, it doesn’t.

I could spend a whole life as a sub-editor and never write anything as good as ‘Sight of Own Trousers Startles Him’.

Transgender On-campus Nondiscrimination Information

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:15:06 -0400

pflagmom:

The TONI Project is an online resource for trans people to share information about policies and practices at colleges and universities across the country. Prospective students can use TONI to explore the schools they are applying to, and current students and allies can discover new ideas for organizing and transforming their campuses.

Prospective students can use this site to explore the schools they are applying to, and current students can discover new ideas to transform their campuses.

The National Center for Transgender Equality is a national social justice organization devoted to ending discrimination and violence against transgender people through education and advocacy on national issues of importance to transgender people. By empowering transgender people and our allies to educate and influence policymakers and others, NCTE facilitates a strong and clear voice for transgender equality in our nation’s capital and around the country.

You are protected. Federal law make it illegal to bully, harass or discriminate against transgender and gender nonconforming students. Do you know your rights at school?

theabominationisinsane: logotv: Wanda Sykes speaks the truth…...

Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:08:11 -0400

theabominationisinsane:

logotv:

Wanda Sykes speaks the truth… do you agree?

Fuck yes.

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Mon, 24 Sep 2012 11:03:00 -0400

nycsapphistry: Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade - Here’s to hoping...

Mon, 17 Sep 2012 11:37:30 -0400

nycsapphistry:

Tel Aviv Gay Pride Parade - Here’s to hoping that I will be in Israel next summer.