1. 16:59 23rd Jun 2011

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    Tags: gay marriagegay rightsgenderparentstate departmentnprnewsandrogynousmale modelhomosexualriorunway

    The End Of Gender?

    A small, but important step. 

    Around the beginning of this year, the State Department began using gender-neutral language on U.S. passports — replacing “father” and “mother” with “Parent One” and Parent Two” — to make it simpler for nontraditional parents, beyond the male/female combination, to get passports for their children.

    Androgynous male model Andrej Pejic on the runway in Rio de Janeiro, June 4.

     

  2. 12:02 7th May 2011

    Tags: Center for Latin American StudiesState DepartmentArturo Valenzuela

    Top U.S. Diplomat for Latin America to Step Down

    Arturo Valenzuela was director of the Center for Latin American Studies (CLAS) at Georgetown’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service while I was studying there. We were all proud to see him leave for the State Department, but are happy to hear that he will be rejoining CLAS. 

    I would love to hear the real reasons behind why he is choosing to resign as assistant secretary of state for Western Hemisphere affairs. I assume he will have a session at Georgetown to discuss his time working with the Obama administration - can’t wait for that!