The Round-Up: Nov. 29, 2010
- Discover Magazine profiles Claire Adida’s research on hiring bias against Muslims in France.
- The Guardian discusses the struggles trans people face in the British health care system.
- Sarah Mei talks about the importance of making “gender” a text field instead of a drop-down menu on the social network Diaspora (via Geek Feminism).
- If you’re in BC, during the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, sign the pledge at We Can BC to end violence against women.
- New Brunswick student Michelle Rayner talks to Queerty about her experience as a trans woman using campus bathrooms. If you missed it, you can see Kaitlin’s post on bathroom transphobia here.
- Talking cartoon bears dramatize actual abstinence-only education lessons. This is priceless.
- Elevate Difference reviews the new book Do It Anyway: The New Generation of Activists. Gotta say it made me excited to get my hands on a copy.
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