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Dorothy Hatzinikolis, founder and
editor of Lesbian Health News, has been ill and hospitalized since
last September. LHN is looking for a new volunteer leader/editor.
Contact Lesbian Health News, PO Box 12121, Columbus, OH 43212.
Friends of Dorothy can send her cards or letters c/o
Holly Rast, 5556 N Meadows Blvd, Columbus, OH 43229.
GET WELL, DOROTHY! |
Jane Rule Dies at 76
From an November 28 obituary by Sandra Martin in The Globe and Mail:
"Writer, teacher, cultural
nationalist and lesbian role model, Jane Rule died last
night of complications from liver cancer at her home on
Galiano Island, British Columbia. She was 76.
The author of a dozen books,
including the novels Desert of the
Heart [inspiration for the movie
Desert Hearts], This is not for You
and Memory Board, and the
non-fiction essays Lesbian Images,
Ms. Rule brought the idea of women loving women into the
quotidian world both in her personal life, which was lived
openly for nearly 50 years with her partner Helen Sonthoff,
and in her writing."
CLICK
HERE to read the entire
obituary.
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| Lesbians sentenced for self-defense: All-white
jury convicts Black women Click
HERE to read the account of four young African American lesbians who were convicted for
defending themselves against a physical hate crime attack.
FIERCE, a community organization for
Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Two Spirit, Queer, and Questioning (TLGBTSQQ)
youth of color in New York City, is organizing to support the women and
their families. Click
HERE
to find out how you can help.
November 7, 2007
- HRC News Bulletin: The US House of Representatives passes the Employment
Non-Discrimination Act, ENDA
LATINA LESBIAN PROFESSOR RECEIVES BOOK AWARDS
Binghamton University professor Dr. Juanita D’az-Cotto (Also Juanita Ramos)
recently received two book awards for Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice:
Voices from El Barrio, published by the University of Texas Press in 2006. ForeWord Magazine gave it a silver medal in the Women's Studies category of
its 2006 Book of the Year Awards. The book also received an honorable
mention in the Best History Book/English category of the 9TH Annual
International Latino Book Awards. Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice
documents the impact of the war on drugs on Chicanas and their communities.
Dr. D’az-Cotto is an associate professor of sociology, women's studies, and
Latin American and Caribbean Area Studies. She is also the author of Gender,
Ethnicity and the State: Latina and Latino Prison Politics (1996) and
editor, under the pseudonym of Juanita Ramos, of Compa–eras: Latina
Lesbians, Lesbianas latinoamericanas (3rd ed., 2004). She was one of the
women featured in GO Magazine's 2006 Pride Issue ("100 Women We Love"). For
more information visit: www.juanitadiazcotto.com; 607-777-4916.
PROFESORA LATINOAMERICANA RECIBE PREMIOS LITERARIOS
La Dra. Juanita D’az-Cotto recientemente recibi— dos premios literarios por
su libro Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice: Voices from El Barrio (Vidas
Chicanas y Justicia Criminal: Voces desde El Barrio), publicado por la
editorial de la Universidad de Tejas en el 2006. La revista ForeWord le di—
una medalla de plata en la categor’a de Estudios de la Mujer en su Book of
the Year Awards 2006. El libro tambiŽn recibi— una menci—n honorable en la
categor’a del Mejor Libro de Historia publicado en Ingles en el 9TH Annual
International Latino Book Awards. Chicana Lives and Criminal Justice
documenta el impacto de la Guerra contra las drogas en las Chicanas y sus
comunidades. D’az-Cotto es catedr‡tica asociada de sociolog’a, estudios de
la mujer, y estudios latinoamericanos y caribe–os en Binghamton University,
Nueva York. D’az-Cotto tambien es autora de Gender, Ethnicity and the State:
Latina and Latino Prison Politics (1996), y editora, bajo el seudonimo de
Juanita Ramos, de Compa–eras: Latina Lesbians, Lesbianas latinoamericanas
(3rd ed., 2004). Para m‡s informacion visite: www.juanitadiazcotto.com;
607-777-4916.
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| Tee A. Corinne Prize for Lesbian Media Artists
This Prize was established by
Moonforce Media in 2006 to honor Tee A. Corinne, an artist with bold vision and a fierce dedication to encouraging and preserving lesbian art. Lesbian media artists are usually excluded from funding opportunities because the form and/or content of their work lie outside the bounds of traditional grantmaking. The award furthers Tee’s wish that individual lesbian artists be financially supported to work independently and without censorship.
Next year, Moonforce Media would like to award grant money to more than one of the many deserving applicants for this Prize. Most funders explicitly exempt the work of lesbian filmmakers and photographers. Supporters can ensure the ongoing success of this grant with a tax exempt donation to
Moonforce Media. Donations can be sent to: Moonforce Media, PO Box 13375, Silver Spring, MD 20911. All checks earmarked for the Tee A. Corinne Prize go entirely to the artists.
Applications for the 2007 grant are due on Tee’s birthday, November 3rd. See the website,
www.jebmedia.com, for details.
Moonforce Media is a non-profit 501c(3) organization that has been serving progressive communities by producing and distributing documentary films and videos since 1979. Productions have been broadcast and used by organizers and activists in the peace, feminist and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender movements. We are dedicated to promoting social justice through media and to encouraging queer media making.
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Betty's List
A Conversation with Fran Day by Kit Kennedy
www.bettyslist.com
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