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The Summer of Rights

Lawrence Cohen, professor of anthropology | June 27, 2013

I was packed in with three Benedictine monks in the crowd last night at the Castro celebrating the two United States Supreme Court decisions earlier that day — for the record,  June 26, 2013. The monks were waving small blue and yellow Human Rights Campaign flags, and like many others I was taking pictures of … Continue reading »

Curbing LGBT teen bullying: Neutrality is not an option

Rodolfo Mendoza-Denton, professor of psychology | October 15, 2011

By guest blogger James Telesford, Department of Psychology, University of California, Berkeley Once, while wandering down Michigan Avenue in Chicago, I spotted two African American males walking out of the store next to me. They were wearing baggy jeans, hooded sweatshirts, and sneakers.  As I watched them, they started to hold hands, kissed, stepped into the … Continue reading »