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#Fenway Health #LALGBTCenter  #UsToo   #Gay #Bisexual #Lesbian #Transgender #SexualAssaultSurvivors LGBTQ sexual assault survivors need acknowledgment and support to heal. Sexual assault does not discriminate, and survivors are not alone. We see you, we believe you, and we can help. #UsToo We see you. We believe you. We can help. Sexual assault affects people of all walks of life, and members of the LGBTQ community experience disproportionate rates of sexual victimization. But all too often our experiences and voices are left out of the larger narrative and the services available for survivors are designed for heterosexual and cisgender people. As a result, our unique experiences are frequently left unseen, unacknowledged, and often times, invalidated. Sexual assault doesn’t discriminate, and neither do we. Free Counseling and Advocacy The Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health is here to assist all lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and queer indi...

#Queerness #Dancers #Ballet #Masculinity #Dance #LGBTQ #Gay These men are finding new stages on which to express their #queerness, collapsing gender barriers in the world of dance. 1. The Ballerino When I was 15, I met a dancer from Canada’s  Royal Winnipeg Ballet . The company had come to  Los Angeles  to dance in the  Olympic Arts Festival , and my parents volunteered to host a post-performance dinner in our backyard. I recall about 200 people — family friends, Olympic officials and maybe 25 dancers — eating curry (is that right?) off paper plates. But that’s not what this is about. No, this is about the ballerino — my word for him — I met and what he represented to a lonely gay kid in Southern California in 1984, a kid who had never before met another gay person. Earlier that evening, I had seen the dancer turn, leap and smile onstage, expressing through the mute language of ballet who he was. Something about his movement told me he was gay, and I felt ...

#FenwayHealth #LALGBTCenter #UsToo #Gay #Bisexual #Lesbian #Transgender #SexualAssaultSurvivors LGBTQ sexual assault survivors need acknowledgment and support to heal. Sexual assault does not discriminate, and survivors are not alone. We see you, we believe you, and we can help. #UsToo We see you. We believe you. We can help. Sexual assault affects people of all walks of life, and members of the LGBTQ community experience disproportionate rates of sexual victimization. But all too often our experiences and voices are left out of the larger narrative and the services available for survivors are designed for heterosexual and cisgender people. As a result, our unique experiences are frequently left unseen, unacknowledged, and often times, invalidated. Sexual assault doesn’t discriminate, and neither do we. Free Counseling and Advocacy The Violence Recovery Program at Fenway Health is here to assist all lesbian, bisexual, gay, transgender and queer individuals who have ex...