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Transgendering the Academy: Ensuring Transgender Inclusion in Higher Education (Rutgers, 4.18.13)

Transgendering the Academy: Ensuring Transgender Inclusion in Higher Education Pauline Park, Ph.D. Chair New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) address at the Spring Colloquium of the Institute for Research on Women's Trans Politics: Scholarship and Strategies for Social Change Rutgers University New Brunswick 18 April 2013 I would like to begin by thanking Dr. Sarah Tobias, the associate director of the Institute for Research on ...
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013 No Commented
Categorized Under: LGBT, Transgender Health, Transgender Rights
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Pauline Park named to the inaugural Trans 100 list (4.9.13)

Contact: Pauline Park paulinepark@earthlink.net (718) 662-8893 or Jen Richards Co-Director, The Trans 100 jen@thetrans100.com   Pauline Park named to the first-ever 'TRANS 100' list We Happy Trans, This is H.O.W., Chicago House and GLAAD Announce Inaugural List Focused on Positive Work Being Accomplished by Trans People Nationwide April 9, 2013 – Today, Pauline Park was named to the inaugural Trans 100 list, an overview of the breadth and diversity ...
Tuesday, April 9th, 2013 No Commented
Categorized Under: LGBT, Queens, Queens Pride House, queer API, Transgender Rights
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Transgendering the Academy: Transgender Inclusion at a Women’s College (Mills College, 4.1.13)

Transgendering the Academy: Transgender Inclusion at a Women's College Pauline Park, Ph.D. Chair New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) address to faculty, staff and students at Mills College Oakland 1 April 2013 I would like to begin by thanking Prof. Julia Oparah of the department of ethnic studies for her instrumental role in bringing me to speak here at Mills College, ...
Monday, April 1st, 2013 No Commented
Categorized Under: LGBT, Transgender Health, Transgender Rights
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Transgender Identities & Spiritual Traditions in Asia & the Pacific: Lessons for LGBT/Queer APIs (Pacific School of Religion, 4.2.13)

Transgender Identities & Spiritual Traditions in Asia & the Pacific: Lessons for LGBT/Queer APIs by Pauline Park presentation at the Pacific School of Religion Chapel Berkeley 2 April 2013  I'd like to begin by thanking Jess Delegencia of the API Roundtable for inviting me to speak here at the Pacific School of Religion; I am honored by the invitation and delighted ...
Sunday, March 31st, 2013 one Commented
Categorized Under: LGBT, queer API, Religion, spirituality
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NYAGRA letter to Gov. Cuomo re GENDA (3.29.13)

        The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 29 March 2013 Dear Gov. Cuomo, I am writing you on behalf of the board of directors and members of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) to urge you to come out publicly in support of the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (S.195/A.4226). GENDA would ...
Friday, March 29th, 2013 No Commented
Categorized Under: LGBT, NYAGRA, Transgender Rights
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Dov Hikind, Purim Blackface & the Politics of Israeli Apartheid

New York State Assembly Member Dov Hikind in blackface for Purim 2013   Dov Hikind, Purim Blackface & the Politics of Israeli Apartheid A photo New York State Assembly Member Dov Hikind in blackface provoked a firestorm of controversy when the Politicker page of the New York Observer posted it on February 25 (Hunter Walker, "Dov Hikind Parties ...
Tuesday, February 26th, 2013 No Commented
Categorized Under: Israel/Palestine, LGBT, New York City, Religion
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“LGBT Center ‘Gave the Community the Finger’ in ‘Israeli Apartheid Week’ Dispute” (Village Voice, 5.12.11)

Gayz Pauline Park Q&A: LGBT Center 'Gave the Community the Finger' in 'Israeli Apartheid Week' Dispute By Steven Thrasher Thu., May 12 2011 at 11:17 AM 60 Comments Categories: Featured, Gayz, Israel, Steven Thrasher ​Veteran transgender activist Pauline Park — responsible for adding the "T" to Manhattan's LGBT Center — blasts the center's controversial decision in March to cave to pressure from pro-Zionist gay-porn impresario Michael Lucas and ban an "Israeli Apartheid Week" event ...
Sunday, February 24th, 2013 No Commented
Categorized Under: Israel/Palestine, LGBT, New York City, Queens Pride House
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Gays Debate ‘Pinkwashing’ as N.Y. Center Reverses Ban on Israel-Related Events (Forward, 2.20.13)

Gays Debate 'Pinkwashing' as N.Y. Center Reverses Ban on Israel-Related Events Pro-Israel Advocates Slam Theory as Critics Push Conference Green Light: Sarah Schulman hopes she can now go forward with a talk about her book, which is critical of Israel, at the LGBT Center. By Josh Nathan-Kazis Published February 20, 2013, issue of March 01, 2013. A debate over Israel is roiling ...
Wednesday, February 20th, 2013 No Commented
Categorized Under: Israel/Palestine, LGBT, New York City
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“Maria Stuarda” at the Met (12.31.12)

"Maria Stuarda": the Metropolitan Opera's New Year's Eve Gala 2012 a very informal non-review by Pauline Park Donizetti's "Maria Stuarda" was chosen for the New Year's Eve gala at the Metropolitan Opera for the first time on 31 December 2012; it was a rather disappointing experience, I regret to say. The basic problem is that "Maria Stuarda" is a mediocre score, ...
Sunday, January 6th, 2013 No Commented
Categorized Under: music, New York City, opera, theater
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Queers Against Israeli Apartheid letter to GCN re Center renovation (10.28.12)

October 28, 2012 To the Editor: In “Ambitious Facelift Planned for LGBT Community Center” (by Paul Schindler, Oct. 10-23), you report on the Center’s planned $7.5 million renovation and quote executive director Glennda Testone as saying it is part of “a vision for the Center that offers impeccable social services in a setting that everyone who walks ...
Friday, November 23rd, 2012 No Commented
Categorized Under: Israel/Palestine, LGBT, New York City, Politics
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NYAGRA testimony on GENDA (NYC transgender rights forum, 10.24.12)

  The Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA) testimony on behalf of the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) and Queens Pride House by Pauline Park at the public forum called by New York State Senator Daniel Squadron & New York State Assembly Member Richard Gottfried 250 Broadway New York, NY 24 October 2012   Senator Squadron and Assembly Member Gottfried, My name is Pauline Park and I am chair of ...
Tuesday, October 23rd, 2012 No Commented
Categorized Under: LGBT, New York City, NYAGRA, Politics, Queens Pride House, Transgender Health, Transgender Rights
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Translating Identity Conference speech on transgender health care (10.13.12)

Securing Health Care for Our Community: Activism, Advocacy, Policy, Politics & Practicalities Translating Identity Conference University of Vermont Burlington 13 October 2012 keynote speech Pauline Park, Ph.D. Chair, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) and President of the Board of Directors & Acting Executive Director, Queens Pride House   I'm honored to have the opportunity to give the keynote speech at the Translating Identity Conference here ...
Saturday, October 13th, 2012 No Commented
Categorized Under: health care, LGBT, New York City, NYAGRA, Queens Pride House, Transgender Health, Transgender Rights
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