Comments on: Queer Texas Rep. Mary Gonzalez Is Hope and Action and The Coolest Politician Ever http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/ The World's Most Popular Independently-Owned Website for Lesbian, Bisexual and Queer Women Thu, 23 May 2013 05:54:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: amo http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-229624 amo Sun, 12 Aug 2012 17:44:27 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-229624 dinorawr & Paper0Flowers corrections stand whether or not Gonzalez intended harm.

The fact is “saying bisexual [promotes] a binary model of sexuality” is a widespread biphobic myth that we all have a responsibility to shut down, especially in queer spaces. Gonzalez has caused harm and you have dismissed that.

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]]> By: carrie http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-229538 carrie Sun, 12 Aug 2012 02:54:15 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-229538 Whoa, good catch! We should all probably comment on it and link to the AS article, eh?

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]]> By: kd15 http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-229512 kd15 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 23:50:08 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-229512 Seriously, I kept seeing everyone cite back to that article and I was confused why no one was mentioning that Autostraddle had the news first

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]]> By: Paper0Flowers http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-229493 Paper0Flowers Sat, 11 Aug 2012 21:56:16 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-229493 Oh look who thinks they got the news first…on August 10th:

http://www.dallasvoice.com/mary-gonzalez-pansexual-10123439.html

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]]> By: Emily http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-227498 Emily Sun, 05 Aug 2012 09:00:03 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-227498 So there’s the national House of Representatives, and then each state has its own House of Representatives (or similar parliament-type deal) that do most of the governing for the state. The representatives are voted in based in districts, which vary in size but generally are like a couple smallish cities or so. According to wikipedia, the Texas House has 150 representatives, one for each district. Hopefully that should give you some idea!

And yes, she is so impressive and kind of exactly who I want to be in the future.

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]]> By: Dani http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-227460 Dani Sun, 05 Aug 2012 03:24:39 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-227460 Amazing woman and awesome interview!

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]]> By: angie http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-227223 angie Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:31:24 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-227223 whoa, this is awesome. i’m curious–how did she get out the vote to get elected? i have a hard time understanding how she would present herself in a non-threatening enough way to obtain votes. i lovelovelove her honesty and transparency, and i would so hope that our politics can go the way she is approaching things. but it doesn’t seem to. so what did she do that worked??

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]]> By: A Born Nyan Cat http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-226997 A Born Nyan Cat Fri, 03 Aug 2012 06:05:18 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-226997 That quote at the end <3

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]]> By: Paige http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-226887 Paige Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:11:18 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-226887 This is so amazing, I’m sharing it with whoever I can. The topics you brought up with her are some that I think are not talked about enough, especially regarding sororities. This one hits home for me, and I’m always hoping there are strong sorority women engaging their fellow members and bringing up (sometimes tough) topics like LGBT issues and race. There is a lot of discussion to be had here and a lot of work to be done. Go Mary go!

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]]> By: Lisa W http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-226884 Lisa W Thu, 02 Aug 2012 22:57:36 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-226884 This is such an inspiring article. Love it!!

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]]> By: Paper0Flowers http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-226665 Paper0Flowers Thu, 02 Aug 2012 04:47:06 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-226665 <3

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]]> By: gabrielle http://www.autostraddle.com/texas-rep-mary-gonzalez-is-the-new-face-of-good-queer-politics-the-autostraddle-interview-142202/#comment-226422 gabrielle Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:25:32 +0000 http://www.autostraddle.com/?p=142202#comment-226422 GIRL all of the hearts for you

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