This work operates at the intersection of academics, art, and activism. Within queer studies there is a tension between assimilation and liberation, sometimes situated as between pragmatism and utopia. This work re-examines Frankfurt school Marxist views of utopia through a queer theoretical lens in order to employ the radical imagination and queer futurity to examine new ways of practicing liberation. Drawing from theorists like Judith Butler, Jose Esteban Munoz, and Gloria Anzaldua, this work uses art (film, writing, zine-making, and sound) as a way to envision and enact a better world situated in the present.

Experiencing a turbulence of source and subject in the variable inversions and supports of one source to another--the wreck of the U-352, Carpeaux’s Ugolino and his Sons, a movie poster for J.A. Bayona’s The Impossible, and Cassiopeia mythology--these four sources as sons, in sacrifice to and surviving by way of “daddy” documentation, are here refigured to reenact and critique the patriarchally recreational, monumental, cinematic, and mythological infrastructures supporting the sources of this work and thereby serving to critique the newer patriarchies to which these sources and their subjectifications here seek to cross consumptively dead end. Following three public installations, and in service to a final publication, this text hereby functions as the myth of this work.

No ano de 2010, a cartunista paulistana Laerte Coutinho assume publicamente um processo de identificação com o gênero feminino, já abordado em seu trabalho pelo menos desde 2005. A partir de então, uma profusão de conteúdos envolvendo Laerte passa a ser veiculada em diversas mídias, sob a forma de notícias, reportagens, colunas, entrevistas e debates. Inspirada pelos conceitos de hegemonia e contra-hegemonia (Williams, 1977), esta pesquisa tem como objetivo investigar e entender o processo de construção de representações de gênero e sexualidade em jornais de grande circulação brasileiros e em mídias da internet a partir de conteúdos veiculados sobre Laerte, indagando sobre seus efeitos, bem como sobre temas e abordagens que a discussão sobre a trajetória de Laerte suscita. / In 2010, the Brazilian cartoonist Laerte Coutinho publicly revealed a process of identification with the female gender, which could already be seen in her work at least since 2005. From that moment on, several contents involving Laerte have been distributed by the media, in the form of news, special reports, columns, interviews and debates. Inspired by the concepts of hegemony and counter-hegemony (Williams, 1977), this research aims to investigate and understand the process of making gender and sexuality representations both in Brazilian major newspapers and online media through the analysis of contents concerning Laerte, assuming as a goal to inquire about its possible effects as well as themes and approaches that the discussion on Laertes personal life has raised.

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School counselors need to advocate and act as an ally for all students. Safe Space, a training designed to facilitate competency for working with and serving LGBTQ youth (i.e., LGBTQ competency), has received increased attention in the field of school counseling. However, limited empirical support exists for training interventions such as Safe Space, with only one study to date examining its effectiveness for graduate psychology students (see Finkel, Storaasli, Bandele, & Schaefer, 2003). This study used a randomized pretest-posttest control group design to evaluate and examine the impact of Safe Space training on competency levels of a sample of school counselors/school counselor trainees and to explore the relationship between LGBTQ competency and awareness of sexism and heterosexism.

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This article reviews information related to school counseling and trainings aimed at increasing professional school counselors’ awareness, knowledge, and skill related to Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning (LGBTQ) students. Educational concerns related to LGBTQ trainings affecting counselor training programs and counselor educators are discussed. Considerations for school counselor trainings are offered with regard to LGBTQ knowledge, awareness, and skill. Lastly, limitations regarding the extent of research on LGBTQ trainings for school counselor trainees are presented.

Play therapy is a growing area of interest and is a specific type of intervention that requires training and supervision to be implemented effectively. Play therapy continues to grow out of a need to provide effective, age appropriate, and multicultural interventions to children. In response to the heightened interest, universities are offering courses and supervision experience in play therapy. The goal of this program is to provide participants with specific ideas and materials for planning and implementing their own successful play therapy training intensive.