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0739-1803

Accession Number:

12463050

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Four of the United States leading women's rights groups and several lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) organizations have joined forces to organize the national march for women's lives, scheduled for Sunday, April 25, 2004 in Washington D.C. The march is designed to demonstrate support for a woman's right to choose safe and legal abortions and birth control. More than a dozen LGBT organizations from all over the country have committed to the march as co-sponsoring organizations, including Basic civil rights.

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Vol. 29 Issue 8, p17-17 1/6p

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ISBN:

0739-1803

Accession Number:

16845010

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Reports on the murder of Wanda Alston, special assistant of Washington D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Affairs, at her Northeast Washington home on March 16, 2005. Homicide charges filed against Alston's neighbor William Parrot, Jr.; Details of the incident; Statement issued by Human Rights Campaign president Joe Solomon on the murder.

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Vol. 30 Issue 9, p15-15 1/4p

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0091-8369

Accession Number:

13101694

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One of the burning questions about drag queens among both scholars and audiences is whether they are more gender-revolutionaries than gender-conservatives. Do they primarily destabilize gender and sexual categories by making visible the social basis of femininity and masculinity, heterosexuality and homosexuality? Or are they more apt to reinforce the dominant binary and hierarchical gender and sexual systems by appropriating gender displays and expressing sexual desires associated with traditional femininity and institutionalized heterosexuality? We address this question through a case study of drag queens at the 801 Cabaret in Key West, Florida. On the basis of life histories, observations of their performances, and focus groups with audience members, we examine the role of gender and sexuality in the process of becoming a drag queen and in the personal identities of drag queens. We find that transgenderism, same-sex sexuality, and theatrical performance are central to the personal identities of these drag.

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Vol. 46 Issue 3/4, p113-133 21p; 5c

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