Unf*cking Flashback: UNFTR on LGBTQ. Behind the Acronyms.

In celebration of Pride we're flashing back to an early Unf*cking: UNFTR on LGBTQ.

Read the essay or visit the episode resources online.

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Today we begin a conversation about the LGBTQ movement in the United States, with a nod to our Canadian friends as well. In order to properly introduce issues facing LGBTQ people into the larger context of socio economic and political topics we cover on UNFTR, we wanted to start with a conversation about the evolving language of inclusion and representation within the LGBTQ community. 

Resources

• Edmonton CityNews: Hope blossoms as first two-spirited MP elected
• Code Switch: Is It Time To Say R.I.P. to P.O.C.?
• Geneseo: Understanding Gender Identity and Gender Expression
• PBS: American Experience- Stonewall Uprising
• New York Times: The Stonewall You Know Is a Myth. And That’s O.K
• Human Rights Campaign: Fatal Violence Against the Transgender and Gender Non-Conforming Community in 2021
• National Center For Transgender Equality: LGBTQ People Behind Bars
• Human Rights Campaign: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Definitions
• The Williams Institute: Poverty In The Lesbian, Gay, And Bisexual Community
• Columbia Journalism Review: How the word ‘queer’ was adopted by the LGBTQ community
• LGBTQIA Resource Center: UC Davis Resource

Book Love 

• Eric Cervini: The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America
• Joey Mogul, Andrea Ritchie + Kay Whitlock: Queer (In)Justice: The Criminalization of LGBT People in the United States

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