Los Medanos College LGBTQ Caucus

07/28/2023

Look what's happening in October! There's a Part 2 the following week as well. Want to come? Click on the link!

  Join LMC Professor Emeritus Jeff Matthews in a participatory multi-media extravaganza that highlights the milestones of LGBTQ (Le***an, Gay, Bis*xual, Transgender, Q***r) history and culture, from …

03/19/2023

Hey There! Anybody still following this good old page? Leave a brief comment if you are. Looks like I may be teaching again at LMC in the Fall 2023 semester.

https://time.com/6261949/queer-history-fight-hate-nan-goldin-chase-strangio/?fbclid=IwAR1Ia1F8ihYUDEi3a_KyFJcqsJ47D4qznE4_CSZlLVcUkv1gCOCa8WFkLwI

Q***r people have been here before, and must history as a guide to fight back, write Nan Goldin and Chase Strangio.

10/22/2021

Highly recommended reading by good old Andrew Sullivan. I can relate to a lot of what he says here. Even though I'm gay, I'm still a white, cis, male, so they kicked me out of the club a long time ago.

"The capture of the gay rights movement by humor-free, fragile products of the social justice industrial complex is not just terrible PR for all of us. It’s awful politics. They are not even trying to persuade, debate, or make reasoned arguments — as we did relentlessly in the marriage movement. They do not engage and invite critics, as we did. They try to destroy them. Instead of arguments, they tweet out slogans in all caps — TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN — as if they’re citing a Biblical text. And the act of persuasion, the key to any liberal democracy, is, for them, an unjust imposition of “emotional labor.” So much easier to coerce."

https://andrewsullivan.substack.com/p/the-betrayal-of-our-gay-inheritance-6de?token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjoxMTI4MjYxOSwicG9zdF9pZCI6NDI4NzExMjMsIl8iOiJoek9MaiIsImlhdCI6MTYzNDkyNjM1NSwiZXhwIjoxNjM0OTI5OTU1LCJpc3MiOiJwdWItNjEzNzEiLCJzdWIiOiJwb3N0LXJlYWN0aW9uIn0.MmR0gwxJmbsa04gttdAmBZ5qQLJG2krTAooyNzS802w&fbclid=IwAR29ULf5ts-GZFg3er4D_4yaea6crZgPjgTZULpzkUntuNZaETk-APnIDi4

How has the new trans left come to resemble the old religious right?

07/24/2021

Meanwhile, at LMC . . .

How are YOU?

I (Professor Matthews) have retired from LMC, which I guess means this group is now inactive, unless someone currently at LMC wants to take up the cause and continue the fight!

02/03/2021

Gladys Bentley was an American blues singer, pianist, and entertainer during the Harlem Renaissance. Best known for her appearances at Harry Hansberry’s Clam House in New York in the 1920s, she stood out for her talent and by being a cross dressing le***an!

06/15/2020

This is what passes as "good news" politically these days. And of course, it IS good news. But the fact that that it wasn't obvious all along, that it had to go to the Supreme Court in the first place, is still rather depressing. Nevertheless, it was a 6 to 3 ruling, so that makes me happy.

The ruling said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits discrimination “because of s*x,” includes LGBTQ employees.

04/15/2020

Just in case you're bored . . .

I wrote an essay when I was in grad school, which I now have my students read in my LGBTQ Studies class. In this essay, while descr...

12/06/2019

If you can't perform your job because of your "sincerely held religious belief" you best get another job. Don't come crying to me for a "religious exemption" ESPECIALLY if you're a judge!

The Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct said Justice of the Peace Dianne Hensley’s refusal is “casting doubt on her capacity to act impartially.”

12/06/2019

Registration for the 5th annual Cal State East Bay Q***r Conference is open!

The CSUEB Q***r Conference was established to promote  Q***r community by addressing issues faced within and outside of our community.  Our theme for 2020 is Joy is Resistance: Decolonial Practices and Q***r Healing.  

11/17/2019

Happy birthday, Phyllis! A true hero and a key figure in LGBTQ history.

“Phyllis Lyon is not afraid of the L-word, whether it be le***an or liberal—or even lipstick … Her concerns are limitless, as are her talents.” Del Martin (1921–2008) Pioneering le***an and civil rights activist Phyllis Lyon turned 95 on Sunday, November 10, and spent the day as she often ...

10/06/2019

Gerald Bostock said he lost his job after joining a gay softball league. The justices will decide whether a landmark civil rights law protects him.