{"id":165,"date":"2016-03-01T04:50:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T04:50:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/?page_id=165"},"modified":"2016-03-01T04:50:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-01T04:50:57","slug":"m","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/commons.mtholyoke.edu\/outreach\/a-z-glossary\/m\/","title":{"rendered":"M"},"content":{"rendered":"

M<\/strong> is for <\/span>masculine-of-center<\/strong>, <\/span>Mia McKenzie<\/strong>, Chelsea Manning<\/strong>, <\/span>Mala Mala (2015)<\/strong>,\u00a0<\/span>Mosquita y Mari (2012)<\/strong>, <\/span>Mita Radhakrishnan \u201891<\/strong>, and<\/span> MTF<\/strong>!<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Masculine-of-center<\/strong> (MoC)<\/strong> is a term, coined by B. Cole of the Brown Boi Project, that recognizes the breadth and depth of identity for lesbian\/queer\/ womyn who tilt toward the masculine side of the gender scale and includes a wide range of identities such as butch, stud, aggressive\/AG, dom, macha, tomboi, trans-masculine etc.\u201d –<\/span>butchvoices.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mia McKenzie <\/strong>is the creator of<\/span> Black Girl Dangerous<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> a literary and activist blog. \u201cShe is a black feminist and a freaking queer, facts that are often reflected in her stories, which are literary and lyrical and hella quirky, and which have won her some awards and grants.\u201d –<\/span>miamckenzie.net<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Chelsea Manning<\/strong> – a U.S. military whistleblower and democracy advocate who was sentenced to 35 years of prison for exposing unjust in Guantanamo Bay and war crimes in Iraq and Afghanistan through<\/span> WikiLeaks<\/span><\/a>. –<\/span>chelseamanning.org<\/span><\/a> \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>Mala Mala (2015)<\/strong> is a feature length documentary about the power of transformation told through the eyes of 9 trans-identifying individuals in Puerto Rico.\u201d –<\/span>Facebook.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mala Mala is currently on Netflix!<\/span><\/p>\n

Mosquita y Mari (2012)<\/strong> – \u201cIn a fast-paced immigrant community where dreams are often lost to economic survival, two young Chicanas contemplate life when they stir unexpected desires in each other.\u201d –<\/span>mosquitaymari.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Mosquita y Mari is also on Netflix!<\/span><\/p>\n

Mita Radhakrishnan \u201891 <\/strong>was very involved in Mount Holyoke\u2019s Lesbian Alliance\/Lesbian Bisexual Alliance in the late 80s and early 90s. Many excerpts from her organizing and activism can be found in the MHC Archives & Special Collections*!<\/span><\/p>\n

*Some of her files are online! You can view them right from your computer screen! Some of these works include:<\/span> Record It And Fight Back!<\/span><\/a> a notebook detailing incidents of homophobia at Mount Holyoke, maintained from 1988-2005; a letter demanding<\/span> safe sex supplies for lesbians from the health center<\/span><\/a>, and her submission to<\/span> Libertad<\/span><\/a>: (“Self-Love or I Love Myself When I am Laughing and When I am Eating Pussy”<\/span> part 1<\/span><\/a>,<\/span> part 2<\/span><\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

MTF<\/strong>– \u201cA person who transitions from \u2018male-to-female,\u2019 meaning a person who was assigned male at birth, but identifies and lives as a female. Also known as a \u2018transgender woman\u2019\u201d –<\/span>transequality.org<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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