Pinkwashing Foreign Aid and Updates From Durban!
I’ve got a new story up on the fantastic Gaily on Obama’s new directives for tying queer rights to foreign aid, check it out…
Forget Black, Are Gays The New Afghani Women? The Pinkification of American Foreign Aid
Good news, oppressed queens and dykes of the world, Barack Obama is coming to the rescue!
Yessir, the Hope Man has announced that he’ll be prioritizing foreign aid based on the status of the country’s treatment of the LGBTQ community.
“Great!” Says the world.
“Idiocy!” Says I.
I’ll also be talking to the lovely Laurin Liu tomorrow afternoon for OpenFile. Liu is in Durban, South Africa, representing the NDP at the climate change conference. Stay tuned!
