Results for: be the change
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I’m a Queer Bride on a Budget — And I Went to a Bridal Expo
Have you ever heard of a Bridal Expo? I sure hadn’t! And did you know there are wedding-themed porta potties?!
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Some Things I Didn’t Expect When Planning My Lesbian Wedding
2. I’m in not infrequent contact with a woman named Daphne who is renting me a Fancy Portable Toilet Trailer with air conditioning.
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Edith Windsor, Lesbian Trailblazer Who Changed Your Life, Has Died
Gay rights pioneer Edith Windsor died today in Manhattan. She was 88 years old.
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How Does It Feel to Be Young and Gay Divorced?
When we legally and symbolically bind ourselves together, we’re exchanging some of that fluidity for commitment. Once we marry, breaking up is hard — I mean, really hard — to do.
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Northern Ireland Makes History, Decriminalizes Both Abortion and Same-Gender Marriage
In a historic first both abortion and same gender marriage were decriminalised on midnight October 21st
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Another Day in May
My grandparents and mother were crowded around my grandfather’s laptop; they had lit candles on a cake and sang happy birthday. I was about to make excuses to go back to studying when my grandmother mentioned the referendum. “You know, we’ll see your sister in a few weeks. She’s coming back for the vote.”
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SCOTUS Rules in Favor of Anti-Gay Baker ‘Cause Colorado’s Civil Rights Commission Was Too Mean to Him
The actual scope of SCOTUS’ ruling is small, but the symbolic loss for LGBTQ people is pretty big.
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Love That Looks Like Me: Finding My Queer, Non-Binary Place in the Wedding Industry
“And there was Susan and Rachel at the heart of it all, dancing to the band Susan had sworn would play her wedding if she ever got married. As they laughed and moved to the music and worked up such a sweat that their jackets had to come off, I saw a glimpse of the future wedding I hope for, marrying someone I love, the two of us not fitting so strictly into the feminine.”
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Also.Also.Also: Bermuda Has Officially Repealed Same-Sex Marriage and Other Stories You Need
Bermuda replaces same-sex marriage with domestic partnerships, heavy flows still freak men out, Babadook + Ikea, natural hair in Black Panther, queer parenting journeys on Youtube, a 70 year-old lesbian is not taking this shit, and so much more!
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Lesbian Married Couple Battle South Africa’s Homophobic Dept. of Home Affairs Over Spousal Visa
South Africa’s Department of Home Affairs has come under fire from LGBTQ activists and community members for discriminating against LGBTQ people in their processes.
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Australia Says YES to Marriage Equality
“Marriage is one thing – it’s just the tip of the iceberg of true equality,” says Cake Tin, bringing up trans people, intersex people, Indigenous people, and people of color. “It isn’t over yet.”
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Today’s Supreme Court Hearing Reveals Free Speech Debacle Inside a Gay Wedding Cake Trojan Horse
Does baking a cake for a gay person amount to being forced by the state to artistically express your personal support for gay weddings? Bizarrely, that’s kind of what the Supreme Court is being asked to decide.
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Australia’s Anti-Same Sex Marriage Ads Ranked by Queerness
“Is this how straights think we have sex? We’re all just rainbow buckles and buckle ends, fruitlessly clacking against each other in sin.”
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Refund Equality Act Aims to Recover Same-Sex Couples’ Tax Benefits Denied by DOMA
This legislation would ensure that legally-married same-sex couples – who, until the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2013 Windsor decision, were barred from filing federal taxes jointly – are permitted to file amended tax returns back to the date of their marriage.
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In Their Own Words: LGBTQ Asia Responds to Taiwan’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Taiwan’s ruling made me curious about how the news was being received by LGBTQ people across Asia. Did they too face cultural and institutional oppression against their gender and sexuality, or were their countries more accepting? Would the ruling have any impact on their livelihoods? Is Taiwan an inspiration for their leaders to consider marriage equality or LGBTQ rights overall, or will it not matter as much? I set out to find out by reaching out to LGBTQ activists in 42 Asian countries.
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Sunday Funday is Popping the Question to Her Girlfriend By Way of Revolutionary Rap Verse
A rap duo from Cuba fighting homophobia with rhymes, an arctic fox that just can’t stop laughing, a laundry list of times anti-gay legislators tried to pull some bullshit and failed in the past week, updates about SF Pride and the St. Patrick’s Day parades that will melt your queer heart, adorable photographs of a femme proposing, and a changing tide of acceptance for those of y’all hoping to adopt some kiddies.
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What Marriage Equality Had Going for It That Other Movements Don’t (Maybe)
Looking at how marriage equality came to be in comparison to other social movements, Massachusetts’ state Senate passes a bill with trans protections in public accommodations, girlfriends who are prom king and queen in Florida and more!
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The Battle Between Religious Freedom and LGBT Rights is Happening Right Now
What the battle over ‘religious freedom’ looks like in magistrate offices and universities; Rahm Emanuel backpedals on police violence in Chicago; the Supreme Court hears arguments on affirmative action and more.
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Utah’s Same-Sex Marriage Battle Could Change Legislation Across The Nation
This halt on same-sex marriages may throw a wrench into a lot of LGBT folks’ hopes about marriage equality in the United States, but the Utah case actually offers the Supreme Court an opportunity to take a firm stance on the legality of same-sex marriage.
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After the Supreme Court Ruling, The Fight For Marriage Equality Continues in the South
“It was like we were living in this alternate reality, where the north was celebrating and down here in the south we were wondering what the fuck was going on,” said Hali Felt.