al's blog
Sexuality in Color: the skin they're in
Have you ever thought about your body from the point of view of your skin?
Sexuality in Color: Reproductive Justice and the State
What's the difference between reproductive rights and reproductive justice? What's "biopower"? How do I defend my community's reproductive autonomy?
Sexuality in Color: Respectability Politics
What is "respectability politics," and how can we confront it in ourselves?
Sexuality in Color: Beyond MLK
You know about Martin Luther King, but do you know about the unsung heroes of the civil rights era, like Claudette Colvin and Bayard Rustin?
Sexuality in Color: A Prayer for the New Year
Setting an intention together for a brighter, happier, more authentic, rewarding 2018.
Sexuality in Color: On HIV/AIDS
Sexuality in Color: #MeToo
What would it take to end sexual violence? We ponder that question today, while thinking about the wise words of disability/sexual violence advocate Mia Mingus, whose interview discusses the #metoo movement and how intersectionality and transformative justice comprise the basis of her activism (and why yours should too!).
Sexuality in Color: Indigenous Rights and Resistance
Today's post is not about Thanksgiving, but rather, about the violence and colonialism that indigenous people (especially women and two-spirit folks) have been facing for hundreds of years. My gratitude is not for turkey, but for indigenous remembrance and resistance.
Sexuality in Color: The Foundations of Gynecology
We explore the dark history of the foundations of surgical gynecology and its "father", J. Marion Sims, inventor of the vaginal speculum, who performed experiments on enslaved women without anaesthesia in the mid-1800's, and learn about the ways in which the legacy of racism and sexualization towards black folks has persisted and developed to have a measurable effect on health outcomes.
Sexuality in Color: Forward Together
Today we take a look at Forward Together, an amazing comprehensive activist resource that fights for the rights, recognition, and resources for families everywhere (including non-nuclear families, weird families, anti-families, mamas, trans and gender nonconforming folks, and also mermaids).