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CLE Report
I participated in the first Continuing Legal Education (CLE) of my life yesterday at the Golden Gate University Law School. I had not planned to speak at the event but one of my awesome speakers had a family emergency the Read More …
Emerging Issues for LGBT Immigrants, Asylees and Refugee Seekers CLE
I’ve been working on this for quite a while and will also have a practical comprehensive “know your rights” guide for everyone who attends the CLE, which focuses more on transgender issues. I worry that discourse around LGBT immigrants, refugee Read More …
Reading List: “I am A Terrorist”
I often have allies and well-intentioned people asking me what they should be reading and watching and while I am not interested in serving as a “portal” for anyone, I don’t think it hurts to list some of the things Read More …
Queer Contemporary Bollywood: A Work In Progress
Lets get one thing straight (pun unintended): Bollywood is going to appear super-queer to the Western eye with the extravagant musicals, vibrant colors and exaggerated acting. There are generations of homoeroticism, repressed and alternative sexualities and I am no expert, Read More …
America Deports Gay People
If you tuned into Colbert Robert last night, you heard the new face of the DREAM Act and Pulitzer Prize-winner, Jose Antonio Vargas, declare that “we live in a great country that doesn’t deport gay people, so I’m very very Read More …