Comments on: Lesbian/Bisexual Woman of the Decade — a call for publicity

By: Lesbian/Bisexual Woman of the Decade — onward to stage two! « Raising My Boychick

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:59:35 +0000

[...] Lesbian/Bisexual Woman of the Decade — a call for publicity [...]

By: One hundred trans-related blogs « Sugar and Slugs

One hundred trans-related blogs « Sugar and Slugs — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 10:32:12 +0000

[...] Taking Steps — She was nominated for Lesbian/Bisexual Woman of the Decade. [...]

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 07:18:38 +0000

Oops, sorry it took me so long, but she’s on there, thanks!

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 08:49:35 +0000

But is Jolie’s invisibility (and it is a relative invisibility, because I’ve heard about her sexuality, though usually more in a tittering than substantial way) entirely her fault? I’m inclined to cut her at least some slack, because I know how hard it is to have one’s bi/pan/queer sexuality recognized when it relationships with a man.

(You are sweet, but mum nominations don’t count. :-P)

By: wondering

wondering — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:36:16 +0000

I’m thrilled that Libby Davies has been nominated!

By: JohannaMM

JohannaMM — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 04:30:12 +0000

I don’t have any nominees, but I have a few comments on a few of the nominees I’ve had the chance to look up. Angelina Jolie was a surprise, and I think should be eliminated from the short list for that reason: I followed the link and agree that she said then that she’s bi, but with all the publicity about her in the last few years, I’ve *never* heard anything that implies she might be anything but heterosexual. She’s had a lot of opportunity to use her fame to be more out.

I haven’t read anyone else support the cause of Johanna Sigurdardottir, but she sure sounds cool, and important, and non-American. Besides, I like her name ;-)

And then, just to make the list complete, we should add Arwyn@RaisingMyBoychick.com, in part for showing that one can be bisexual and monogamous, queer and male-partnered, and don’t have to give up thinking about these issues because one is involved in raising a child.

By: Arwyn

Arwyn — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 02:22:07 +0000

I struggled with this, and right now I’m not taking any nominees off the long list for being problematic (and I completely agree that she’s done and said some really messed up things). I’m not going to claim any high-fallutin’ morals for that: I simply do not want to take on the task of vetting everyone on the long list, because I am absolutely sure I would miss something important, and I don’t wish to misrepresent the list as a-ok anti-oppression-wise (which removal of someone for being transphobic would do, I believe) when it simply isn’t.

So, everyone who meets the basic queerness qualification and is suggested gets added, even the transphobes, even the lactophobes; for the creation of the final short list, Cho’s (and others’) transphobia and other problems will be taken into account, and I thank you for pointing it out explicitly.

By: adrian

adrian — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:44:05 +0000

this is an awesome list. my only suggestion would be to remove Margaret Cho — she’s incredibly transphobic, and proud of it: http://nodesignation.wordpress.com/2007/05/11/cho-is-a-chaser-tranny-chasers-in-dyke-communities/

By: MARIAN M

MARIAN M — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:01:49 +0000

Sheryl Swoops.
amazingly fantastic and famous WNBA player.
just came out recently. i don’t follow basketball but those women are fierce and need our support!

By: Elita @ Blacktating

Elita @ Blacktating — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 21:22:15 +0000

Ooh, got my panties in a bunch for no reason. :)