User:JereSierr/sandbox

Topic 1: Daddy

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46032-2005Jan3.html

https://www.thecut.com/2013/06/rise-of-the-daddies-a-new-and-sexy-gay-niche.html

I think Alex and I could improve the entry on Daddy (gay slang) by contributing the history of the term and its use outside of formal contexts and how daddy has gone from used to describe a father/parent to meaning a specific type of male; ie., older gay male. We could also add to the article about daddy culture and all that entails.

Topic 2: Cercle Hermaphroditos

http://outhistory.org/exhibits/show/earl-lind/related/cercle-hermaphroditos

Stryker, Susan (2008). Transgender history. Berkeley, CA: Seal Press. ISBN 158005224X

We could add more info to the exodus of the organization, as the article currently only has some very basic information about the organization. I think we could also go into more detail on to what the organization did/advocated for, but this may be hard as there is not a whole lot of information on this topic.

Topic 3: KIKI

This article could be improved upon by Alex and I by going more depth into the movie. Furthermore, there is no talk page about this subject, suggesting that this is a topic that has not been looked into thoroughly. Finding reliable sources from which to use to improve the entry is also a challenge due to how recent it is.

Sources: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/movies/kiki-review.html https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/02/kiki-revisits-the-inspirational-power-of-new-yorks-ballroom-scene/517371/ Topic 4: Campus Pride

The Campus Pride article could be improved by incorporating more information on the programs that it hosts. Furthermore, many of the issues that were brought up in the talk page were involving the external sources. While having them is nice, the information from those sources should be incorporated in the article itself as there are parts of it that are blank.

Sources: https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/campus-pride-announces-2017-s-most-lgbtq-friendly-colleges-n798206

http://www.thepalettefund.org/campus-pride/

Week 12

Sources for Kiki:

http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-kiki-paris-is-burning-20170224-story.html

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/jun/24/burning-down-the-house-debate-paris-is-burning

Earnshaw, V., Rosenthal, L., & Lang, S. (2016). Sitgma, activism, and well-being among people living with HIV. AIDS Care, 28(6), 717-721.

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kiki-clip_us_56a120f2e4b0d8cc109909e2

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/28/movies/kiki-review.html

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/kiki-sundance-review-858121

Week 13:

I would like to add a section to the Kiki page about AIDS/HIV Activism within the film. I could also add about the presence of AIDS/HIV Activism between the Kiki and Paris is Burning, if I can find sources to support this.

FIRST DRAFT:

Kiki is regarded by movie critics and reviews as a sequel to Paris Is Burning (film) because they both cover similar topics such as homelessness, HIV/AIDS, and violence against LGBT youth. Both movies also follow these various queer and Transgender people of color as they traverse the drag and ball scenes in New York along with their daily lives. The drag and ball scene are venues by which many queer and transgender people of color can find community as well as express themselves; a concept that is also prevalent in both Paris is Burning and Kiki. Unlike Paris is Burning, Kiki is more intertwined with activism and education as it focuses more so on those who fall between the ages of 13 and 24 instead of older queer and transgender individuals. Furthermore, the issues that transgender youth of color face are given more screen time than in Paris is Burning as well. Throughout Kiki, the struggle that many transgender people of color faced was trying to get their hormones as well as sex work, which Paris is Burning did not focus on.

Kiki also depicts what it is like for LGBT youth of color to experience discrimination. Particularly when it comes to the LGBT neighborhoods, there is some mention of police officers that patrol the neighborhood being homophobic. For many of the youth, this is an everyday struggle that they must navigate. These youth, as a result of the discrimination that they face from society, have to navigate taking part in sex work as a means to support themselves. This is also where the ballroom and drag scenes come into play as many of these youths use these avenues to claim space that otherwise would be denied to them. As Halligan states within their review, Kiki is a film that is glamorous, but also educates its audience and depicts the very serious realities that many LGBT youth face.

HIV/AIDS activism in Kiki
Around 30 years after the AIDS Crisis, in Glenn Kenny's view, many people believe the situation is handled, but in Kiki, the impact of HIV/AIDS is still seen within the LGBT community. Within the kiki scene, there is a family-like connection between the people impacted by HIV/AIDS, as the rest of the world is unaware of contemporary effects of these diseases. The foundation of the kiki scene is to help educate at-risk LGBT youth about HIV/AIDS through many different means. Three main leaders in the kiki ballroom scene, depicted in the film, Twiggy Pucci Garçon, Gia Marie Love, and Chi Chi Mizrahi, are strong advocates for HIV and STI prevention. These three all work with programs or organizations, such as Cyndi Lauper's True Colors Fund, to help spread awareness about HIV and STI prevention, as shown in the film.

One of the major reasons for including HIV/AIDS activism within the kiki scene and the movie is to help people understand and complicate the stigma surrounding blackness and queerness, as many of the members of the kiki scene are young, black people. In an interview, Garçon mentions how he has personally lost 25 people who he was close to due to AIDS, explaining why HIV/AIDS activism is so important to him and the kiki scene. There is a strong focus on community education within the film to help show the youth that these are issues that need to be addressed. The film discusses how education and activism can be difficult considering all of the negative stigma around being LGBT identified, black, young, and HIV positive. Gia Marie Love, who identifies as a trans, also explains how there is a lack of focus on HIV and STI prevention among the trans community.