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One of the Guys
By John Ibson, American Sexuality Magazine
The lack of physical intimacy among American males is overtly apparent in nearly every aspect of their lives. This 'space between men,' John Ibson writes, results from increasingly prevalent feelings of homophobia. Ibson has explored the phenomenon through an archive of photos taken in the last century. Photographs before the 1930s reveal what Ibson calls 'a lost world of American men,' as subjects pose comfortably on each other's laps and hold one another's hands. -- Cara Binder
http://nsrc.sfsu.edu/MagArticle.cfm?SID=4FF1D5D84D4EC91C91A3F6F4DD606A74&DSN=nsrc_dsn&Mode=EDIT&Article=678&ReturnURL=1

Peace Keepers Embedded on Campus
By Carolyn Goossen, WireTap Magazine
When serious interracial fights broke out in two San Francisco Bay Area high schools, the cops were called in and classes were canceled. Youth Together, an Oakland-based organization that promotes leadership development and interracial dialogue among young people, launched a different response. The group reached out to two key players in the brawl, who then helped to forge peace between the groups. 'These are the youth who don't trust adults because they have typically been wronged by them,' explains Youth Together organizer George Galvis. 'Yet they wield incredible influence among their peers.' -- Cara Binder
http://www.wiretapmag.org/activism/43139/

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