Gender and Sexuality Studies Program at Stonehill College

This is very exciting--and ties in with the story a couple of weeks ago about a gay citizen scientist whose experience with AIDS in his community led him to put together data on the Delta variant that became the very evidence that compelled the CDC to change its mask policy.

Moderna Is About to Begin Trials for HIV Vaccine Based on COVID-19 Research Forty years after the AIDS pandemic began, we may finally be close to its conclusion.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/vote/

The Vote | American Experience | PBS One hundred years after the passage of the 19th Amendment, The Vote tells the dramatic culmination story of the hard-fought campaign waged by American women for the right to vote, a transformative cultural and political movement that resulted in the largest expansion of voting rights in U.S. history...

Here's a short interview with academic and activist Brittney Cooper on reclaiming the stereotype of the "angry Black woman," Breonna Taylor, and Darnella Frazier.

Author Brittney Cooper on Harnessing Rage, Right Now The writer of ‘Eloquent Rage’ discusses the shared anger of black women in the nationwide protests for racial justice.

In Han Dynasty China, Bis*xuality Was the Norm | JSTOR Daily So tender was Emperor Ai’s love for his "male companion" that, when he had to get up, instead of waking his lover, he cut off the sleeve of his robe.

Big news: Supreme Court upholds protections for LGBTQ workers, 6-3 decision--majority opinion written by Gorsuch. Celebrate!!

Opinion | What the Pandemic Reveals About the Male Ego Why are the rates of coronavirus deaths far lower in many female-led countries?

Say her name.

Why Aren’t We All Talking About Breonna Taylor? Like George Floyd, she was also killed by the police, but her case remains largely disconnected from the broader narrative.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/10/26/560210230/winner-of-high-school-golf-tournament-denied-trophy-because-shes-a-girl

Winner Of High School Golf Tournament Denied Trophy, Because She's A Girl Emily Nash was allowed to compete in a Massachusetts boys golf tournament, as part of her team. But she couldn't win individual prizes — despite a four-stroke victory over the next-best player.

The GND course booklet for Fall 2016 courses is now available! Pick up a hard copy at Beth Pearson's desk in C-M or email Prof. Peek for a PDF.

Levar Burton on 12 Years a Slave, 36 Years After Roots Just like happened after his 1976 miniseries, he suspects that people will unfortunately snap back to their entrenched racial beliefs.

Watch bell hooks and Melissa Harris Perry Talk About Black Feminism - COLORLINES Watch a live conversation between two of the most recognizable names in contemporary black feminism.

New issue focused on "S*x Ed and Youth: Colonization, s*xuality and communities of colour"

Our Schools/Our Selves: Winter 2009 In this issue of OS/OS, editor Jessica Yee unravels the seemingly impenetrable and often unquestioned connections between youth, s*x education, the impacts of colonization and the realities of communi