Announcing the 33rd National Conference on Men and Masculinity

Welcome to our new online home! NOMAS is celebrating its 33rd anniversary with the announcement of the 33rd National Conference on Men & Masculinity (M&M33), entitled "Addressing Violence in Our Homes and in Our Communities", and the 20th Annual Men's Studies Association Meeting.  The conference will be held August 21-23, 2008.

NOMAS Panel Discusses Causes, Preventions for Same-Sex Domestic Violence

Panel Discusses Causes, Preventions for Same-Sex Domestic Violence
Reprinted with permission from QsaltLake (qsaltlake.com)

Written by JoSelle Vanderhooft
Wednesday, 16 January 2008

A panel of experts in domestic violence – all members of the National Organization for Men Against Sexism – met Jan. 11 at the South Valley Unitarian Universalist Society to discuss the problem of domestic violence in the romantic relationships of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people.

NOMAS supports Reauthorization of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, HR 3887

NOMAS Joined Successful Amicus Brief to Protect Women's-only Shelters

NOMAS joined an amicus brief with California Women’s Law Center in a case, in which a man who claimed to be a domestic violence victim brought an unsuccessful equal protection challenge to state funding for Los Angeles area women-only domestic violence shelters.

Serving as a tester for the National Coalition of Free Men, Blumhorst called ten agencies to request shelter because, he said, he was experiencing domestic violence.