Results for: lip service
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Also. Also. Also: JoJo Siwa Is “Very Very Happy” In New Relationship, Keeping the JoJo Happiness Brand Strong
Dove Cameron’s music video drop for the spring queer pop anthem “Boyfriend” and let’s celebrate Black trans people in love this Trans Day of Visibility.
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This Trans Day of Remembrance, Show Up With Material Support (And Every Other Day, Too)
In the face of dehumanizing rhetoric and violence that turns our community members into statistics, it is our responsibility to care for one another and change the conditions that impact trans people’s quality of life right now.
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Nex Benedict Loved Cats and Video Games and Reading
I hope we remember this little Minecraft loving nerd for more than how he died. I hope we remember that he loved friendship bracelets first.
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Extra! Extra!: What Do We Make of the US’s Latest CDC Masking Guidance?
This week we look at the latest horrifying anti-trans legislation passed in Tennessee, the ongoing failures of America’s criminal justice system one year after George Floyd’s murder, the latest round of violence in Gaza, disparities in vaccine access and more.
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How the War on Porn Distracts Us From the Realities of Child Sexual Abuse
A former sex worker explains why new anti-porn legislation won’t stop images of child sexual abuse from proliferating on the internet.
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Not Just Murder Victims: A Plea on Trans Day of Visibility
“If we are going to mourn our lost trans siblings, family and community members publicly, we need to do right by our community and contextualize their deaths with accuracy and intention.”
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10 More Disabled Women Who Are Making Political Noise
In honor of all the other crips I saw in the streets on the Women’s March on Washington, of every disabled woman who’s had it with lip service and wants to make sure this movement belongs to all of us, here are ten more who are already preparing the way.
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Be The Change: Love Without Power Will Never Bring Justice
Let’s let love win, but not let love be our only strategy. Why we need to understand love and power together to win intersectional justice for all.
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Shooting at Orlando Gay Nightclub Leaves 50 Dead
One thing is clear — this was a homophobic attack.
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We Won A Thing: Nebraska Judge Strikes Down Same-Sex Marriage Ban, Gay Cornhuskers Could Begin Marrying Next Week
U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon called the ban an “unabashedly gender-specific infringement of the equal rights of its citizens.”
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Queer Histories Matter: How Ancient History Played a Starring Role in the Marriage Equality Case
“Queer histories matter not only for our own sense of identity and pride, but because they impact our legal realities, too.”
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Barneys New York Pays $525,000 in an Attempt To Be Less Racist
Barneys New York has been fined $525,000 by New York State Attorney General’s office in response to several incidences in which brown and black customers of Barneys were pursued, cuffed and detained under grounds of suspicion of credit card fraud and/or shoplifting.
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Stonewall Begins Work On Trans Inclusion, Asks for Your Feedback
#TransStonewall, a closed door conference attended by 50 trans activists and community members, hopefully signals a positive future for Britain’s largest LGB charity and its relationship with the trans community.
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The New Yorker’s Skewed History of Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism Ignores Actual Trans Women
Michelle Goldberg’s coverage of radical feminists’ attack on trans woman is disturbingly one-sided.
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It’s Time for White Feminists to Stop Talking About Solidarity and Start Acting
“When will white feminists take collective responsibility for educating themselves? When will they understand the power at play that sings in their skins? We don’t exist in a vacuum and women of colour don’t exist to hold their hands and explain in painful detail why their behaviour continues to hurt us. Intersectional feminist politics are not for white women to co-opt as their own.”
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DNC Gives Lesbians Their Very Own Leadership Council
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee chair, announced the creation of a Lesbian Leadership Council that would focus on cultivating lesbian participation in the Democratic party, which has had a broader LGBT leadership council since 2000.
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State of the Struggle: First Come LGBT Legal Protections, Then Comes Marriage
The new Momentum Report from the Movement Advancement Project proves that gay marriage is just the tip of the iceberg. How is the LGBT community doing when it comes to everything else?
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Queer Catholic News Recap: Five and a Half Things To Know
Pope declares commission on sex abuse scandal, ACLU sues American Bishops, Cardinal Dolan declares he was “outmarketed” on gay marriage, and more.
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Also.Also.Also. A Lesbian Princess Confirmed Gay Federal Judges and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Exciting things are happening for LGBT people in the US, activists are critical of Pride, and there are tons of awesome events you should go to!