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Gender

Jazz and Friends National Day of Community Readings

February 22, 2022 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

i am jazzThe 7th Annual Jazz and Friends National Day of School and Community Readings will be held on Thursday, February 24th, both in person at the Saranac Lake Youth Center at 6 pm and virtually.

The Jazz & Friends National Day of School and Community Readings is an event that helps to promote a more inclusive educational environment for transgender, non-binary and gender expansive youth. Parents, caregivers, educators, students and community members across the country will join together to support and affirm that our youth can be who they are. [Read more…] about Jazz and Friends National Day of Community Readings

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Arts, Events Tagged With: Gender, Saranac Lake

Ashley Hopkins-Benton On LGBTQ+ History At NYS Museum

June 25, 2021 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

The latest episode of Empire State Engagements features a conversation with Ashley Hopkins-Benton of the New York State Museum. She discussed her panel exhibition on the history of the Pride Center of the Capital Region, as well as her work to recover and incorporate more LGBTQ+ history into the State Museum’s content. [Read more…] about Ashley Hopkins-Benton On LGBTQ+ History At NYS Museum

Filed Under: Capital-Saratoga, History Tagged With: Gender, LGBTQI, Material Culture, Museums, New York State Museum, Podcasts, Political History

Transgender Day of Remembrance Event Set For Friday

November 18, 2020 by Kelly Metzgar Leave a Comment

transgender day of rememberanceTransgender Day of Remembrance is November 20th. It’s a day to memorialize those who have been killed or murdered as the result of transphobia, (hatred or fear of transgender and gender non-conforming/non-binary people) and those who died as a result of suicide.

This day serves to bring attention to the continued violence and non-acceptance endured by the transgender community which we see at an alarming new rate emanating from federal government against its own people. [Read more…] about Transgender Day of Remembrance Event Set For Friday

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Events, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: diversity, Gender, Gender History, LGBTQI

LGBTQ Pride Month Is History In Action

June 17, 2020 by Kelly Metzgar Leave a Comment

ANCGALGBTQI+ Pride Month is normally associated with colorful parades and marches and speeches by local, regional, and national leaders, but it’s part of an important political history as well.

Out of all the months in the year, why June? [Read more…] about LGBTQ Pride Month Is History In Action

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, History, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Adirondack North Country Gender Alliance, Civil Rights, diversity, Gender, Gender History, LGBTQ, Political History

NYS Budget: What It Means for LGBTQI Community

April 13, 2020 by Guest Contributor Leave a Comment

Rainbow flag courtesy Wikimedia user Ludovic BertronOn the heels of having passed the 2021 New York State budget, Amanda Babine, Executive Director of Equality New York, has outlined the following issues that affect the LGBTQI community: [Read more…] about NYS Budget: What It Means for LGBTQI Community

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, Capital-Saratoga, Hudson Valley - Catskills, Mohawk Valley, New York City, Western NY Tagged With: Gender, LGBTQI, NYS Budget

Geographies of Gender at Brooklyn Museum

March 3, 2020 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Natasha Jean Jacobs by Grace PendletonThe Brooklyn Museum is set to celebrate their exhibit Out of Place: A Feminist Look at the Collection during Women’s History Month on March 7th, as part of their First Saturday programs.

Throughout the evening, women and nonbinary artists from across Brooklyn explore how gender maps onto our bodies, our histories, and our political movements. Highlights include an artist talk with Naima Green, a Night Market, and music from Sammus. [Read more…] about Geographies of Gender at Brooklyn Museum

Filed Under: Events, History, New York City Tagged With: Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, feminism, Gender, LGBTQ, womens history

Women’s Rights Alliance Conference Nov 1-2

October 1, 2019 by Editorial Staff Leave a Comment

Womens Rights and Justice in New York State Past and Present conferenceThe Women’s Rights Alliance of New York State Inc. has announced the agenda for it’s upcoming Women’s Rights and Justice in New York State, Past and Present Conference, set for November 1st and 2nd, in Syracuse.

The conference will include 15 presentations and 43 presenters, all representing programs produced in preparation for the 2020 women’s suffrage 100th anniversary celebration for women’s right to vote in the United States. [Read more…] about Women’s Rights Alliance Conference Nov 1-2

Filed Under: Events, History Tagged With: Conferences, Gender, Gender History, Suffrage Movement, womens history

Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America

December 12, 2018 by Liz Covart Leave a Comment

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We tend to view gay marriage as a cultural and legal development of the 21st century.

But did you know that some early Americans lived openly as same-sex married couples? [Read more…] about Charity & Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marriage in Early America

Filed Under: Books, History Tagged With: Early American History, Gender, Gender History, history, Podcasts, same-sex marriage, Vermont, Vermont History, womens history

Some NNY Media Was Reluctant to Support Women’s Rights

May 1, 2017 by Lawrence P. Gooley 1 Comment

North Country newspapers, the only media during the 1800s, were slow to come around and at times downright resistant to women’s rights. Their job was to report the news, but in order to maintain readership, they also had to cater to their customers — like the old adage says, “give ’em what they want.” That atmosphere made it difficult for new and progressive ideas, like women’s rights, to make headway.

The push for women’s rights exposed many inequities early on, but it was difficult to establish a foothold among other important stories of the day. The powerful anti-slavery movement of the 1800s presented an opportunity, for although women and slaves were at opposite ends of the spectrum in the popular imagination — women on a pedestal and slaves treated terribly — they sought many of te same goals: freedom to speak out on their own behalf, the right to vote, and equal pay for equal work. Women passionate about those subjects joined anti-slavery organizations to seek freedom and equal rights for all, regardless of race or sex. [Read more…] about Some NNY Media Was Reluctant to Support Women’s Rights

Filed Under: Adirondacks & NNY, History Tagged With: Civil Rights, Gender, Political History, Suffrage Movement, Voting Rights, womens history

NYC Community Center Archiving the LGBTQ Revolution

January 10, 2017 by Michael Green 2 Comments

lgbt achives and libraryTucked away on the 4th floor of a much-repurposed 1850s school building in Greenwich Village, the LGBT Community Center’s National History Archive is a cultural and historical refuge-within-a-sanctuary.

The Community Center has been operating at 208 W. 13th Street since 1983. The entire building is intended to be a safe and welcoming place “where everyone is celebrated for who they are.” Today, the Center is an effervescent hub, and sponsors a broad-range of activities and programs for the lesbian, gay and transgender community, including health and wellness, arts and entertainment, and counseling. [Read more…] about NYC Community Center Archiving the LGBTQ Revolution

Filed Under: History Tagged With: Archives, Gender, LGBTQ, NYC, PolHist

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