"The State of Gay and Transgender Communities of Color"

A recent report came out about "The State of Gay and Transgender Communities of Color" from the Center of American Progress.  So much "progress" that "the term 'gay' is used as an umbrella term for people who identify as lesbian, gay, or bisexual."  Really?  C'mon its like saying "man" is the umbrella term for both men, womyn, children, all human kind.  I'm just saying. 


Anyway, here are some findings they reported specific to Asian Lesbians:

• "Asian Pacific Islander lesbian couples have a poverty rate of 11.8 percent, Native American lesbian couples have a poverty rate of 13.7 percent, Hispanic lesbian couples have a poverty rate of 19.1 percent, Black lesbian couples have a poverty rate of 21.1 percent. This is all in contrast to white lesbian couples, which have poverty rates of only 4.3 percent."
• "Asian American lesbians are more likely than their straight Asian American counterparts to have experienced a one-year depressive episode."

Then they had some findings that were about "gay asians" which could possibly include asian lesbians, since they did say gay is supposed to include us. Here are those just in case:

• "...gay Asian Pacific Islander adults are the demographic most likely to suffer from psychological distress."
• "Gay Asian Americans are nearly six times more likely to be infected with HIV than their straight Asian American counterparts."
• "21 percent of Asian American gay respondents reported abusing alcohol—all rates much higher than their straight counterparts."

California schools left to figure out gay studies mandate

Source: The Desert Sun

Photo Credit: Gabriel Ivan Orendain-Necochea

A landmark law requiring California schools to include contributions of gays and lesbians and people with disabilities in school curriculum technically went into effect in January.

But public schools have received little direction on the new law, leaving it up to individual schools and teachers to interpret how to teach it.

Right now, it's very loose and up in the air, said Demitrious Sinor, who teaches history at Desert Hot Springs High School.

(There's) no mandate of what to teach, how to teach, when to teach it.