Last night, approximately 600 people packed the auditorium of the Inter-American primary school in Lakeview for the monthly CAPS meeting. This particular meeting focused on a handful of instances of violence in the neighborhood in the past few months. The audience was comprised primarily of cis-gender white men (I’d say at least 75%), and the atmosphere was charged and unsettling. The organizers of the meeting handed out fliers at the start of the event that proclaimed, “Diversity is Welcome,…See More

http://thesingingsocialworker.wordpress.comI have been travelling and studying in Guatemala for five weeks, and came with hopes of getting involved in the queer rights effort and learning about queer experiences here. I’ve listened to stories and have learned a bit about life and survival for members of la comunidad.It seems that the safest way to be queer in Guatemala is to be invisible. This might involve conducting your relationship…See More

http://thesingingsocialworker.wordpress.comI have been travelling and studying in Guatemala for five weeks, and came with hopes of getting involved in the queer rights effort and learning about queer experiences here. I’ve listened to stories and have learned a bit about life and survival for members of la comunidad.It seems that the safest way to be queer in Guatemala is to be invisible. This might involve conducting your relationship…See More