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Promoting HIV Testing Awareness. A FREE PASS to Houston Splash 4/28/22 - 4/30/22

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Promoting HIV Testing Awareness. A FREE PASS to Houston Splash 4/28/22 - 4/30/22

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For free HIV/STI testing, you will receive a free pass to any Thursday, Friday, or Saturday Houston Splash Event. Houston Splash (1 free pass = 1 free admission to one of Houston Splash's three days).

-Go to any of the following events on either Thursday, Friday, or Saturday and AFH staff (contact Georgina, 956-518-4873) will be providing free HIV/STI testing, and you could receive a free pass for one free admission.

Thursday 4/28

Houston Splash: Crystal's Night Club

6680 Southwest Fwy.

Houston, TX 77074

9pm-3am

Friday 4/29

Houston Splash: Hotel Condom Bar and Testing

Double Tree by Hilton Galleria

5353 Westheimer Rd.

Houston, TX 77056

5pm-10pm

Saturday 4/30

BQAF Music Festival:

Stampede Houston

11925 Eastex Fwy.

Houston, TX Houston, TX 77039

12pm-6pm

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Just a few reminders, regarding the events I (Kimberly) talked about in class tonight: SDEI is having a Denim Day clothing drive, with donations of gently-used clothing going to Bay Area Turning Point, which goes through the end of the day tomorrow; we are also hosting a sex positivity table tomorrow (4/26) from 11:30 to 1:30 in SSCB, and an LGBTQ+-focused sexual health and history table in Atrium 1 of the Bayou Building on Thursday (4/28) from 11:30 to 1:30, with prizes and giveaways for participation. Please come visit us!

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Just a few reminders, regarding the events I (Kimberly) talked about in class tonight: SDEI is having a Denim Day clothing drive, with donations of gently-used clothing going to Bay Area Turning Point, which goes through the end of the day tomorrow; we are also hosting a sex positivity table tomorrow (4/26) from 11:30 to 1:30 in SSCB, and an LGBTQ+-focused sexual health and history table in Atrium 1 of the Bayou Building on Thursday (4/28) from 11:30 to 1:30, with prizes and giveaways for participation. Please come visit us!

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Because it's April, here's a reminder from your friendly neighborhood autistic person NOT to donate money to Autism $peaks - instead, please consider Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) or Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)

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Because it's April, here's a reminder from your friendly neighborhood autistic person NOT to donate money to Autism $peaks - instead, please consider Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN) or Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)

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Link to the 2020 documentary film, Cured, about the removal of homosexuality from the DSM. 

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Link to the 2020 documentary film, Cured, about the removal of homosexuality from the DSM. 

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Because I (Kimberly) think it's important to interact and engage with queer art (and also because Maria asked and I just love infodumping), I have attached a list of some of my favorite queer works of fiction and poetry :)

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Because I (Kimberly) think it's important to interact and engage with queer art (and also because Maria asked and I just love infodumping), I have attached a list of some of my favorite queer works of fiction and poetry :)

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Attached is an article explaining the main components of the colloquially dubbed, "dont-say-gay-bill".

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Florida's House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would prohibit "classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity" in the state's primary schools.

The legislation - titled the Parental Rights in Education bill but dubbed by critics the " Don't Say Gay" bill - heads to the state's Republican-held Senate, where it is expected to pass. Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is running for re-election and is widely considered to be a potential 2024 presidential candidate, has previously signaled his support for the legislation and is expected to sign it into law.

Thursday's 69-47 vote comes after weeks of national outrage over the measure, which has grabbed the attention of international newspapers, Hollywood actors and the White House.

Speaking to legislators on the House floor, Rep. Joe Harding, the Republican who introduced the bill, said the measure is about "empowering parents" and improving the quality of life for the state's children.

"Creating boundaries at an early age of what is appropriate in our schools, when we are funding our schools, is not hate," Harding said. "It's actually providing boundaries, and it's fair to our teachers and our school districts to know what we expect."

Harding has repeatedly stressed that the bill would not prohibit students from talking about their LGBTQ families or bar classroom discussions about LGBTQ history, including events like the 2016 attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club in Orlando.

But critics have said the broad language of the legislation could open districts to lawsuits from parents who believe any conversation about LGBTQ people or issues to be inappropriate.

In an impassioned speech on the House floor Thursday, Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, a Democrat who is gay, told lawmakers that he purposefully wore a rainbow Pride ribbon upside down on his lapel "as a symbol that LGBTQ community in Florida is in distress."

"We are in distress because this bill is yet another attack on our community," Smith said. "This bill goes way beyond the text on its page.It sends a terrible message to our youth that there is something so wrong, so inappropriate, so dangerous about this topic that we have to censor it from classroom instruction."

Other opponents spoke about the potential harm the bill could inflict on the state's LGBTQ youths, citing the population's harrowing mental health struggles.

A national survey by the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ youth suicide prevention and intervention group, found that 42 percent of LGBTQ youths seriously considered attempting suicide last year. More than half of transgender and nonbinary youths who were surveyed seriously considered suicide, it also found.

Separately, the Trevor Project found that LGBTQ youths who reported having at least one LGBTQ-affirming space had lower rates of attempting suicide.

"Lawmakers should be supporting LGBTQ students and their families and encouraging schools to be inclusive, not pitting parents against teachers and erasing the LGBTQ community from public education," Amit Paley, the project's CEO and executive director, said in a statement. "When lawmakers treat LGBTQ topics as taboo and brand our community as unfit for the classroom, it only adds to the existing stigma and discrimination, which puts LGBTQ young people at greater risk for bullying, depression and suicide."

Democrats also argued that the legislation's text makes it unclear what age groups the bill could apply to. The bill says discussions about "sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards."

Rep. Michael Grieco, a Democrat, told fellow legislators, "Anybody who says that this bill is only about kindergarten through third grade is either mistaken or flat-out lying."

In addition to the "Don't Say Gay" bill in Florida, 15 other bills are under consideration in eight states that would limit speech about LGBTQ identities in classrooms, according to PEN American, a nonprofit group that advocates for free speech. Three states passed similar bills last year - commonly referred to as " no promo homo" laws - that allow parents to opt students out of any lesson or coursework that mentions sexual orientation or gender identity, according to GLSEN, an advocacy group that aims to end LGBTQ discrimination in education.

And in less than two months this year, conservative state legislators have filed more than 170 anti-LGBTQ bills - already surpassing last year's 139 total - according to Freedom for All Americans. The nonprofit group, which advocates for LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections nationwide, previously said it didn't track LGBTQ school policy bills last year, as it was not as much of a "sweeping trend" as it is now.

Most of this year's proposed anti-LGBTQ legislation - at least 92 bills - target trans people specifically.

The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. President Joe Biden has previously rebuked Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, vowing to "fight for the protections and safety" of LGBTQ youths.

Speaking on the House floor, Smith echoed Biden's sentiment.

"I want to make sure that for those LGBTQ youth in Florida and around the country and in the world who are watching, I want to make sure that they know this: You are loved. You are supported. And we will wake up every single day to fight for you, because you are worth fighting for," Smith said.

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Florida House passes 'Don't Say Gay' bill

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Florida's House of Representatives passed a bill Thursday that would prohibit "classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity" in the state's primary schools. The legislation - titled the Parental Rights in Education bill but dubbed by critics the " Don't Say Gay" bill - heads to the state's Republican-held Senate, where it is expected to pass.

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Here's the movie I was talking about in class; it deals with the British miners' strike of 1984, which results in the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners Campaign

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Here's the movie I was talking about in class; it deals with the British miners' strike of 1984, which results in the Lesbians and Gays Support the Miners Campaign

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Pride is inspired by an extraordinary true story. It’s the summer of 1984, Margaret Thatcher is in power and the National Union of Mineworkers is on strike, prompting a London-based group of gay and lesbian activists to raise money to support the strikers’ families. Initially rebuffed by the Union,…

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Off to the races!! Privilege and perspective in action. https://youtu.be/4K5fbQ1-zps

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Off to the races!! Privilege and perspective in action. https://youtu.be/4K5fbQ1-zps

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Social Inequalities Explained in a $100 Race - Please Watch to the End. Thanks.

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Since it's women's month I wanted to share this from this weekend. I follow strongman/woman and lifting competitions and over the weekend was the Arnold Strongman Classic by Rogue. The women stole the show with record breaking lifts and here are the Youtube links so that y'all can see them. Visibility with both these women was huge over the weekend, given the commentators are still a bit in the stone age (they were definitely trying though). The first one is Chloe and is lifting 740lbs of uneven weight. The second is Tamra Walcott (I am a huge fan) and she now holds the raw womens record in deadlifts. With no straps. That's impressive. 

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Since it's women's month I wanted to share this from this weekend. I follow strongman/woman and lifting competitions and over the weekend was the Arnold Strongman Classic by Rogue. The women stole the show with record breaking lifts and here are the Youtube links so that y'all can see them. Visibility with both these women was huge over the weekend, given the commentators are still a bit in the stone age (they were definitely trying though). The first one is Chloe and is lifting 740lbs of uneven weight. The second is Tamra Walcott (I am a huge fan) and she now holds the raw womens record in deadlifts. With no straps. That's impressive. 

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https://youtu.be/OPHqXSbk3dY

https://youtu.be/Gj41ObQuqRQ

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Chloe Brennan Women's Dinnie Stone Hold Record - 2022 Rogue Record Breakers

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Here are the events that the SDEI is co-hosting through March, for Women's History and Multiracial Heritage Month :)

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UHCL offers many events related to the diverse backgrounds, cultures, and identities of our community.

For events hosted by Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (SDEI), UHCL students, alumni, faculty and staff are welcome to attend and volunteer at all of our events. Some events are open to the public.
More Events

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UHCL offers many events related to the diverse backgrounds, cultures, and identities of our community. For events hosted by Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (SDEI), UHCL students, alumni, faculty and staff are welcome to attend and volunteer at all of our events. Some events are open to the public.

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Here are the events that the SDEI is co-hosting for the rest of February :)

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Here are the events that the SDEI is co-hosting for the rest of February :)

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UHCL offers many events related to the diverse backgrounds, cultures, and identities of our community.

For events hosted by Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (SDEI), UHCL students, alumni, faculty and staff are welcome to attend and volunteer at all of our events. Some events are open to the public.
More Events

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UHCL offers many events related to the diverse backgrounds, cultures, and identities of our community. For events hosted by Student Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (SDEI), UHCL students, alumni, faculty and staff are welcome to attend and volunteer at all of our events. Some events are open to the public.

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NFL female coaches. I was wrong, there are 12 positions now. Thought this was cool so thought I would share.

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NFL female coaches. I was wrong, there are 12 positions now. Thought this was cool so thought I would share.

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The 2021 NFL season is a record-breaking year with 12 women serving as coaches in the league, the most at one time in NFL history.

Two of these women, Washington Football Team's Jennifer King and Buccaneers' Lori Locust, made history this year in their own right. After King was promoted as an assistant running back coach in January, she became the first Black female assistant coach in the NFL. After the Buccaneers won Super Bowl 55 in February, Locust, also known as "Coach Lo," became one of the first female coaches to work for the Super Bowl champions (alongside Maral Javadifar, the strength and conditioning coach).

While women coaching in the NFL is nothing new, per se, don't be surprised if you start to see more women taking on roles in the league, possibly even bigger roles than what the women hold now.

Locust offered an idea as to what could introduce more women into the league in the future: putting them on a more direct path to the NFL.

"In order for our pipeline to grow, we really need to go back and see where women are at," Locust told Sporting News. "If they're coaching at the high school level, if they're coaching at the youth level and kind of grab them there because we don't have the same type of career pathing that our male colleagues do because we just don't have that nebulous football relationship that a lot of the guys do. We don't have that, and that's OK, but we just have to sort of build our framework backwards.

"So, if we do that correctly, if we identify candidates and the women who are in the pipeline at that point in time are serious about it and can get through the tougher aspects of this, then it can grow," Locust continued. "But it can't grow for the sake of saying that we're just going to see more women, we have to see more qualified women."

Lori Locust - Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach.

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- On Her Turf (@OnHerTurf) May 26, 2021

Women coaches in the NFL

* Denotes that these women also work for college football teams.

Locust may have been proposing this idea because her journey to the NFL wasn't necessarily a smooth and easy path, nor was it for King.

When Locust was 40 years old in 2004, she joined a semi-professional women's football league as a defensive lineman in her hometown of Harrisburg, Penn. She played for four seasons before a knee injury caused her to retire. The injury launched her coaching career.

From 2008-2018, Locust worked with various football teams, ranging from women's to men's teams and high school to semi-professional leagues. Then, in 2018, an opportunity arose in the NFL: an internship with the Ravens.

She worked as a defensive line coaching intern during the Ravens' 2018 training camp. It was this experience that made Locust want to pursue a career in the NFL, but she knew it wouldn't be easy.
MORE: Meet Sarah Thomas, the NFL's first woman official
"Internships at that level are like a blessing and a curse because it's like you get a chance to do what you really have a passion to do at the highest level, and then it's like it's over," Locust said. "So, you just get a taste of it."

Upon returning from her internship, Locust had been fired from her full-time job, leaving her without a salary or benefits. As a single mother to two sons, who were both in college at the time, Locust decided to move into a friend of a friend's house and sell almost everything she owned. She wanted to be ready to get up and move whenever an opportunity in the NFL came about.

She didn't have to wait too long. In 2019, Buccaneers head coach Bruce Arians hired Locust as an assistant defensive line coach. Locust became the first woman to work as a position coach, and she also became the third woman hired to an NFL coaching staff.

So, a leap of faith led Locust to become a coach for a Super Bowl winning team. Her game-worn shoes are also now on display at the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

The game-worn shoes of Tampa Bay assistant coach Lori Locus from Super Bowl LV are now on display in Canton. With the victory, Locus and fellow assistant coach Maral Javadifar became the first female coaches to win a Super Bowl.@Buccaneers | #GoBucs
- Pro Football Hall of Fame (@ProFootballHOF) October 16, 2021
MORE: Meet Maia Chaka, the first Black female to officiate an NFL game
King, on the other hand, hasn't stuck to football for the entirety of her career. She went to college for basketball and softball, and it was upon graduating from Liberty University where she began her career in football as a player.

From 2006-17, King played as a quarterback and a wide receiver on the Carolina Phoenix women's tackle team. She then played one more year for the New York Sharks, and then another year for the D.C. Divas. Throughout her 13 year football career, she additionally coached women's college basketball at Johnson & Wales University in 2016-18. After her career there, she also began the internship that would change her life.

King was an intern wide receivers coach for the Panthers in 2018, and then an intern running backs coach in 2019. In 2020, Washington hired her as a full-year coaching intern until they offered her the full-time assistant running backs coach position in January 2021.

But, what motivated King to get to this role is watching other women follow their dreams, in movies and in real life.

"Really what pushed me was seeing women getting opportunities," King told Sporting News. "I saw the movie 'Hidden Figures' and after seeing that, I felt like I could do more, even though I was happy where I was, I felt like that gave me that extra boost to kind of chase after getting into the NFL."

Just three of the six women making history coaching on the sidelines during this weekend's Wild Card matchups.

Lori Locust - Asst. Defensive Line Coach (TB)
Jennifer King - Full-Year Coaching Intern (WFT)
Maral Javadifar - Asst. Strength and Conditioning Coach (TB) pic.twitter.com/cWwXom0ni6
- Front Office Sports (@FOS) January 9, 2021

So, that's how two of the 12 women coaching in the NFL got to where they are. What about the next generation of women coaches?

In the next 5-10 years, both King and Locust agreed that they expect more women to take roles in the NFL, possibly even being promoted above an assistant coaching position. But, they believe there are still many hurdles to be cleared for women in the NFL beyond the ceilings that have already been broken. King, for instance, still believes there can be more development for the women already working in the league.

"Right now, the ones that are here we're trying to perfect our craft and get better and better, and ultimately maybe get our own room first and then grow from there," King said.

What about a female NFL head coach? Locust didn't want to put a timeframe on the possibility of the first woman to lead a team, and she believes there's are still steps to be taken before this could happen.

"Think about the type of time, effort and experience that the current head coaches have," Locust said. "I think the next phase for (women) will be to have not just an assistant coach as a woman, but you have a true head position coach. And, then from there, then you're going to have a woman coordinator. And, then we can start to have a conversation about head coaching, because if you skip the steps on the way to the top part of it, unfortunately we might be building our house on sand."

With 10 other women currently in the league to look to, King and Locust communicate with the other female coaches for any advice or for a place to discuss coaching matters. King, Locust and Katie Sowers (Chiefs) communicate through a group chat to talk about things that their friends not in the league just can't understand. Since this is King's first season as a full-time staff member, she is just now getting the chance to meet a lot of the other female coaches in person. She said she could see many friendships blooming from those meetings.

They consider themselves a small sorority of women who can understand each other and their passions. It isn't an exclusive club, though. They are excited to see more women join the league and watch more records be broken.
Editor's note: Lori Locust and Jennifer King spoke to Sporting News on behalf of USAA to promote the Salute to Service "Women of First" campaign, which highlights women who have "achieved success in their respective careers in the traditionally male worlds of the military and the NFL." You can watch their ad here.

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Female coaches in the NFL: Meet two of the record-setting 12 women leading teams in 2021

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The 2021 NFL season is a record-breaking year with 12 women serving as coaches in the league, the most at one time in NFL history. Two of these women, Washington Football Team's Jennifer King and Buccaneers' Lori Locust, made history this year in their own right.

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Virtual Reading Event: Black Feminist Authors

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Virtual Reading Event: Black Feminist Authors

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The Bluest Eye: A Public Reading - Literacy Partners

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The Bluest Eye: A Virtual Public Reading February 23 & 24 @7pm ET / 6pm CT / 4pm PT GET FREE TICKETS Photo by Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images The Bluest Eye: A Virtual Public Reading February 23 & 24 @ 7pm ET GET FREE TICKETS Photo by Deborah Feingold/Corbis via Getty Images Tickets Readers ...

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Article about psychotherapist training including advocacy 

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Article about psychotherapist training including advocacy 

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Movie to think about Cultural Appropiation

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Movie to think about Cultural Appropiation

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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10514222/

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https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you