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		<title>South Carolina Intersex Lawsuit A Major Step In Ending Nonconsensual Surgery to &quot;Fix&quot; Intersex Kids</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 22:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Adoptive parents of 8 year-old, intersex child M.C. Crawford are suing the state of SC because cosmetic genital surgery was performed on M.C. without his consent.]]></description>
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		<title>Also.Also.Also: &quot;Bill de Blasio’s &#039;Formerly Lesbian&#039; Wife Patiently Explains Human Sexuality&quot; and Other Stories We Missed This Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 18:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Zines, lesbian MPs, international news, gay TV, bad news, sexual spectrums and lesbian poetry about manicures. ]]></description>
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		<title>More Than Words: Dyke Pt. 2 — Dyke Dynasty</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In which some Dykes on Bikes take on the United States Patent and Trademark Office.  Start your engines.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pro-Gay AND Pro-Immigration? You&#039;re Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 May 2013 21:06:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sane people want the new immigration bill to help binational gay couples. People in power insist that will ruin everything for everyone else. What's a politically savvy queer to do?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Also.Also.Also: Queer Leadership Lives On and Other Stories We Missed This Week</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/also-also-also-queer-leadership-lives-on-and-other-stories-we-missed-this-week-176021/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/also-also-also-queer-leadership-lives-on-and-other-stories-we-missed-this-week-176021/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 16:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Queer leadership, Mother's day, marriage, Brittney Griner, and dumb homophobes.]]></description>
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		<title>Delaware Legalizes Gay Marriage, We Won A Thing!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 22:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>riese</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Delaware became the 11th state to legalize same-sex marriage today! ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>Idol Worship: Zelda Fitzgerald, The First American Flapper</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/idol-worship-zelda-fitzgerald-the-first-american-flapper-175653/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/idol-worship-zelda-fitzgerald-the-first-american-flapper-175653/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On flappers, Zelda Fitzgerald, and sleeping around.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Making Community Out of Isolation by Learning Furious Self-Creation</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/making-community-out-of-isolation-by-learning-furious-self-creation-174755/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/making-community-out-of-isolation-by-learning-furious-self-creation-174755/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Penelope</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics + Activism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[feature]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the south]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["There are no lesbian/queer woman-centric spaces in our city or on LSU’s campus. This mixed workshop helped the queer women at the workshop think about the role of discomfort in their lives. "]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Also.Also.Also: Exploring Women(&#039;s Lives) and Other Stories We Missed This Week</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/also-also-also-exploring-womens-lives-and-other-stories-we-missed-this-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/also-also-also-exploring-womens-lives-and-other-stories-we-missed-this-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[News + Politics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[hate crime]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everything's coming out gay!]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>More Than Words: Dyke Pt. 1 — Baby Dykes</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/more-than-words-dyke-pt-1-baby-dykes-174871/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/more-than-words-dyke-pt-1-baby-dykes-174871/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 20:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Herstory]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Was the world's first dyke a snappy dresser, a 1st-century warrior queen, or a tiny antelope?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>37</slash:comments>
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		<title>Support Girls&#039; Activism and Sustain Our Feminist Future: Help SPARK Raise 10K!</title>
		<link>http://www.autostraddle.com/support-girls-activism-and-sustain-our-feminist-future-help-spark-raise-10k-174302/</link>
		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/support-girls-activism-and-sustain-our-feminist-future-help-spark-raise-10k-174302/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Carmen's Team Pick: I need your help to sustain girls' activism and the future of feminism. Need I say more? Fine. Two words: Kate Nash.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ontario&#039;s New High School Gender Studies Class Will Probs Change The World</title>
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		<comments>http://www.autostraddle.com/ontarios-new-high-school-gender-studies-class-will-probs-change-the-world174837/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Carmen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ontario's high schools will offer a gender studies class next semester.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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