Tumblr (3.0; @twowingsproject)http://2wings.org/<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/36933572" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><div class="description_wrapper"> <div class="description "> <p class="first">In Zimbabwe, it is a crime for two people of the same sex to hold hands, hug or kiss. Many seek shelter in South Africa, where they face xenophobia and hate crimes, including the “corrective rape” of lesbians.</p> <p>This is Lukela’s story.</p> <p><em>Animation: Brandon Blommaert</em><br/><em> Story: Ariel Travis</em><br/><em> Original score: The Desperado Orchestra</em><br/><em> Creative direction : Matthew Heckart</em></p> </div> </div>http://2wings.org/post/17784696647http://2wings.org/post/17784696647Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:07:00 -0500animationlgbtzimbabweafricavideofilmadvocacyartdesignsocial awarenessrefugeefeminism<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk160mc8s1r7dpl7o1_500.png"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzk160mc8s1r7dpl7o2_500.png"/><br/> <br/><p>A very exciting announcement today: our first project, from our awesome creative team in close collaboration with <a href="http://www.oraminternational.org/" target="_blank">ORAM</a> is now officially online! <strong><a href="https://vimeo.com/oram" target="_blank">WATCH HERE</a></strong></p> <p>We’ve created<a href="https://vimeo.com/oram" target="_blank"> four animated shorts</a> telling the stories of LGBT refugees from around the world, with beautiful animation and illustration from artists Brandon Blommaert and Christian Robinson, and four original scores by The Desperado Orchestra. They will be screening in March 2012 at the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (more details coming soon).</p> <p>The issue of LGBT refugees is sadly ignored most of the time. Here is an easy way to spread the word and create support for these vulnerable people in need. Please watch the videos and share with friends and loved ones. If you feel inspired, there are many ways to get more involved, like donating to organizations, sponsoring refugees, hosting events and creating local support for relocated LGBT people from across the globe. Visit <a href="http://www.oraminternational.org/" target="_blank">oraminternational.org</a> to find out more.</p>http://2wings.org/post/17779676833http://2wings.org/post/17779676833Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:34:00 -0500two wingsoramrefugeelgbtadvocacyanimationdesignartfilm<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzecfoNa2g1r7u31io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://amnestyusa.tumblr.com/post/17614803548/love-doesnt-discriminate-and-neither-should" target="_blank">amnestyusa</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span class="hasCaption">Love doesn’t discriminate — and neither should leaders in Cameroon. No one should be arrested because of their sexual orientation! Take action: <a href="http://bit.ly/loveisaright" target="_blank"><a href="http://bit.ly/loveisaright" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/loveisaright</a></a></span></p> </blockquote>http://2wings.org/post/17720908525http://2wings.org/post/17720908525Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:30:06 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcmz8DZS81qa6zxyo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcmz8DZS81qa6zxyo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcmz8DZS81qa6zxyo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzcmz8DZS81qa6zxyo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Posters for the Human Rights film festival in Prague. The paint symbolizes the medium of speaking out against repressive government. Pretty!</p>http://2wings.org/post/17719849811http://2wings.org/post/17719849811Thu, 16 Feb 2012 14:02:05 -0500<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/5_nMpwe-hYQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://sethecaptivesfree.tumblr.com/post/17656372915/a-real-documented-tale-of-forced-prostitution-and" target="_blank">sethecaptivesfree</a>)</p> <p><strong>A REAL DOCUMENTED TALE OF FORCED PROSTITUTION AND RESCUE.</strong> PART 1/2</p> <p>Srey was rescued from the life of a sex slave by Somaly Mam, a former prostitute who runs shelters for the victims of Cambodia’s sex trade. Somaly has rescued 53 children, so far. Many of them have profound psychological trauma. Some clearly are mentally ill.<br/><br/>Somaly herself suffered terrible ordeals when she worked the streets, including seeing her best friend murdered. She is determined to build something positive out of so much despair.</p> <p><strong>PART 2 CAN BE FOUND <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYtVELshK6w&feature=related" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</strong></p>http://2wings.org/post/17666664876http://2wings.org/post/17666664876Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:30:05 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze6amqkin1r7dpl7o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze6amqkin1r7dpl7o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Call Me Kuchu is a film about LGBT Ugandans and their lives in a repressive society. The film is set to premier in the Berlinale. Lot’s more info and ways to help on the Call Me Kuchu site.</p>http://2wings.org/post/17657905800http://2wings.org/post/17657905800Wed, 15 Feb 2012 10:02:06 -0500Ugandalgbthuman rightssocial awarenessfilmafricaviolenceProtest<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbmlv1lmq1qew2sxo9_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>(via Bahnhöfe)<br/> Labels Project, Vol. One</p> <p>The Labels Project is a collaborative project between myself and Hedda Hammer, a bay area artist and writer, and came after we attended our first pride events in Los Angeles and Long Beach.  Being newly out we noticed quite a few groups and sub groups that we felt were not properly represented in the media, even our own media.  We felt that there was so much about the LGBTQ community that we did not know, and I’m sure others don’t know about.</p> <p>Though the project has gone through some changes since it’s initial conception, we hope it hope it will continue to grow and evolve as does our community.</p>http://2wings.org/post/17616082860http://2wings.org/post/17616082860Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:30:06 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lze5n7GT2i1r7dpl7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://2wings.org/post/17610246794http://2wings.org/post/17610246794Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:25:55 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqo639DXmm1qkgjz4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>from TBWA</p>http://2wings.org/post/17107072060http://2wings.org/post/17107072060Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:35:05 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lszdwiHZK81qm91owo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>from SAATCHI & SAATCHI (Spain)</p>http://2wings.org/post/17044755810http://2wings.org/post/17044755810Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:35:05 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lw9mmnHtEp1qdrurko1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>April 2012 has been designated as Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and the California Coalition Against Sexual Assault (CALCASA) is excited to partner with public officials, college campuses, law enforcement, victim advocates and communities across California to raise awareness.</p>http://2wings.org/post/16985251589http://2wings.org/post/16985251589Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:30:05 -0500lgbtcaliforniasexrapeadvocacy<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lo54ch8iMl1qzjx3fo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>fascinating project from Sami Ahmed about child marriage. she advocates for girls’ human rights by telling the story of her mother’s marriage at the age of 13.</p> <p><a href="http://isamiahmed.tumblr.com" target="_blank">find out more on her site.</a></p>http://2wings.org/post/16828912676http://2wings.org/post/16828912676Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:30:06 -0500social awareness<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/CP84EfU7GVI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Amnesty International’s <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP84EfU7GVI&feature=plcp&context=C3e5d837UDOEgsToPDskJp8nt6Flwx4MeqI436m2Cl" target="_blank">Secret Policeman’s Ball</a> is on March 4 at Radio City Music Hall! That’s just around the corner!</p> <p>Amnesty International has been fighting for free speech for 50 years and, sometimes, we use humor to fight oppression. Find out more <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CP84EfU7GVI&feature=plcp&context=C3e5d837UDOEgsToPDskJp8nt6Flwx4MeqI436m2Cl" target="_blank">here.</a></p>http://2wings.org/post/16773093437http://2wings.org/post/16773093437Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:12:38 -0500social awareness<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lyigixOGin1qm0c7so1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://2wings.org/post/16649119404http://2wings.org/post/16649119404Sat, 28 Jan 2012 14:32:05 -0500social awareness<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lybge4BjkC1r7dpl7o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><h3 class="dek">ACLU cites a “sick culture of deputy-on-inmate violence” in LA County jails</h3> <p>On Wednesday, citing “a sick culture of deputy-on-inmate hyper-violence [that] has been flourishing for decades in the darkness of the L.A. County Jails,” the ACLU sued the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department seeking better training for deputies, and better oversight, investigation, and discipline in cases involving prisoner mistreatment. With 15,000 inmates—a majority of them awaiting trial, yet to be convicted of a crime—LA county hosts the nation’s largest jail system. In recent years, its guards have become known for a level of brutality that exceeds that of most maximum-security prisons—and sometimes crosses the line into torture.</p>http://2wings.org/post/16417913174http://2wings.org/post/16417913174Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:30:06 -0500human rightshealthjailU.S.prisoncorruptionadvocacysocial awareness<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35379136" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><div class="caption"> <p><strong>MARE CHIUSO is the new documentary by Andrea Segre and Stefano Liberti </strong>produced by <a href="http://www.zalab.tv/home" target="_blank">ZaLab</a> with the support of Open Society Foundations. </p> <p>As a result of an agreement signed by Berlusconi and Gaddafi in 2009, all migrants intercepted at sea by the Italian navy were forcibly returned to Libya, where they have been exposed to any kind of abuses by local police. Many of them, about 2000 people, were asylum seekers.</p> <p>How has this “push-back policy” been implemented? what actually happened on the boats and after deportation to Libya? The case is being examinated by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg. A story of great grief and dignity.</p> <p>The film will be out March 2012.</p> </div>http://2wings.org/post/16359767874http://2wings.org/post/16359767874Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:30:05 -0500social awareness<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly9euwqTfY1r7dpl7o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><h3 class="dek"><a href="http://motherjones.com/politics/2004/09/way-it-was" target="_blank">The Beatles ruled. The mini was in. I was seventeen, and pregnant. What happened next is what could happen again.</a></h3></p>http://2wings.org/post/16352236580http://2wings.org/post/16352236580Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:23:20 -0500womenhuman rightssocial awareness<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrdsvtVz21r4fxkdo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxrdsvtVz21r4fxkdo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/>http://2wings.org/post/16071494960http://2wings.org/post/16071494960Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:30:05 -0500social awareness<a href="http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,809591,00.html">"The Sketchbook from Auschwitz"</a>: <p>Found hidden away in a bottle, the Auschwitz Memorial Museum has published sketches drawn by a prisoner at the Birkenau extermination camp. They provide a rare first-hand glimpse of life and death inside. The book is part of the museum’s plans to launch a catalogue of 6,000 artworks in its archives.<img height="555" src="http://cdn1.spiegel.de/images/image-304820-galleryV9-ypob.jpg" width="850"/></p>http://2wings.org/post/16020514344http://2wings.org/post/16020514344Tue, 17 Jan 2012 15:50:05 -0500human rightsEUholocaustdetentionwarviolencesocial awareness<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxn5j26mOI1r9cx2io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://2wings.org/post/15960604930http://2wings.org/post/15960604930Mon, 16 Jan 2012 14:36:06 -0500social awareness