Check these links out for further information on this week's topics!

Use these links as quick references and contextualizing material as well as for ideas about forms of related activism and community work. To really delve, you need to print and read all essays, or go look at books and articles in Further Reading.

Remember that materials on the web MUST be evaluated as critically as any other texts we consider in this course. For brief guidelines on thinking critically about the web, click HERE.

Theory

• Judith Butler Online
  David Gauntlett's Theory.org site on Butler. Includes his essay on her, links to her works, other essays on her work.
  
  
• Judith Butler Interview:
  A 1993 interview with Judith Butler, extracted from Peter Osborne and Lynne Segal’s Gender as Performance: An Interview with Judith Butler. Addresses her work in Gender Trouble and other publications, the politics of feminist and queer theory, and more.
  
  
• Transgender Bibliography
  Sexuality.org's comprehensive bibliography on all things transgender.

Activism/Community Work

• It’s Time, Oregon!:
  The local branch of the national It’s Time, America! campaign, ITO has worked since the late 1990s on transgender education, rights, and advocacy in Oregon. Their website offers educational resources, information on state transgender issues, and volunteer opportunities.
  
  
• Human Rights Campaign – Portland Steering Committee:
  Since 1980, the HRC has worked nationally for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender political rights. The Portland Steering Committee page offers information on local issues, volunteer opportunities, and activities.