Deutsche Dichtung Pauline Park Im Goldenen Saale des Königs Im Goldenen Saale des Königs gibt es keinen Tod, nur Musik. Außerhalb dem Saale verfolgt der Tod das Land. Kranke Körper verdorren und Sterben. Mütter schreien nach toten Kindern. Großmütter und Großväter sterben an ihren Sterbebetten. Der Tod schont weder jung noch alt. Niemanden ist vor […]
Lessons for the Homeland: A Korean Queer Activist Examines Stonewall Pauline Park, Ph.D. Lesbian & Gay New York 2 July 1998 This month, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) communities in the United States will be celebrating the 29th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. As activists in Korea are considering staging the first LGBT […]
Transgender Health: Reconceptualizing Pathology as Wellness Pauline Park, Ph.D. closing keynote speech to the Trans Health Conference Philadelphia 7 April 2007 I’d like to thank all of the hard working members of the organizing committee who put on this wonderful conference and especially Jacsen Callahan, Joe Ippolito and Susan Collins for working with me to […]
On July 21, the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) published the first public directory of transgender-sensitive providers in the New York City metropolitan area. The Gender Identity Project (GIP) of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center (208 W. 13th St. in Manhattan) hosted a special event from 7-9 p.m. at which hundreds […]
Christine Quinn’s record on LGBT issues as Speaker of the New York City Council25 June 2009– As Speaker of the New York City Council, Christine Quinn declined to take the administration to court over the New York City Department of Education’s refusal to fully implement the Dignity in All Schools Act (DASA), enacted over Mayor […]
Council Member Helen Sears (D-25) with Pauline Park An Open Letter to the LGBT Community in Queens re Helen Sears & the Race in City Council District 25 On September 15, Democratic primary voters all over New York City will go to the polls to pick the Democratic nominees for City Council in 51 districts […]
Yetta Kurland, a candidate for City Council (3rd district), with Pauline Park I’ve decided to endorse Yetta Kurland for City Council in the 3rd Council district (which includes the Village and Chelsea in Manhattan); here’s why. First, Yetta is an openly lesbian candidate for the Democratic nomination for Council Member and the only candidate in the […]
In 2005, filmmaker Larry Tung approached Pauline Park about doing a documentary about her life and work. Over the course of the next three years, the two collaborated on the film, traveling to Milwaukee and Chicago to shoot footage for the 32-minute documentary. “Envisioning Justice: The Journey of a Transgendered Woman” tells the story of […]
Last night, I spent the evening with a platform — the Democratic Party platform. Or at least, the part of it that focuses specifically on LGBT people. Along with 14 others, I participated in a meeting that brought people from throughout Queens to make recommendations about LGBT-specific provisions in the party platform currently being drafted. […]
New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Board of Health public hearing on proposed amendment to Article 207 of the New York City Health Code testimony by Pauline Park, Ph.D. Chair, New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy (NYAGRA) 30 October 2006 My name is Pauline Park and I chair the New York […]
Pauline Park at the New York City LGBT Pride Rally Bryant Park 6.19.2005 Seven years ago, we founded NYAGRA — the New York Association for Gender Rights Advocacy, and it was the first statewide transgender advocacy organization in New York. We still have a long way to go before all transgendered and gender-variant people in […]
New York City Human Rights Initiative Int. No. 512 public hearing 8 April 2005 testimony on behalf of NYAGRA by Pauline Park to the New York City Council Committee on Governmental Operations Hon. Bill Perkins, Councilmember and Chair Mr. Chairman, I am testifying today in these hearings on Int. No. 512 the New York City […]