Results for: be the change
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These Are the Five Victims of the Club Q Shooting in Colorado Springs
Four victims of the shooting at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs have been named, including two Club Q bartenders, Derrick Rump and Daniel Davis Aston, as well as Kelly Loving, Raymond Green and Ashley Paugh, who had an 11-year-old daughter.
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Four Black Queer Writers in Conversation About Jussie Smollett and Holding Up Space for Each Other
This piece was co-written by Natalie, Reneice, Alexis, and Carmen. We’re four of the black members of The Speakeasy, Autostraddle’s collective for its writers of color.
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Anti-LGBTQ Hate Crime Soars in the UK
One in five lesbians and one in six bisexual women have experienced a hate crime in the last twelve months.
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Kourtney Yochum Becomes the 7th Trans Person Murdered This Year, We Find Ourselves Asking the Same Old Questions
Seven trans people have been killed this year, six trans people of color. That’s two every month, and we’re not even done with March yet.
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These Are The Seven Women Who Were Killed In Orlando
Seven women of color were killed this weekend at Pulse in Orlando and these are their stories.
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Black High School Student Assaulted by School Cop, Bystander Who Filmed It Gets Arrested
Texas health investigators raided Planned Parenthoods across the state and obtained patient record information, a school district outside Chicago could lose up to $6 million in federal funding for not allowing a teen trans girl to use the correct locker room, Hillary Clinton will stop accepting money from private prison companies and more news stories.
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Daily Fix: House Passes Two Anti-Choice Bills, Really Really Wants to Defund Planned Parenthood and More News
Planned Parenthood created a new video series about consent, an infographic on the issues bisexuals face, a mother and daughter were assaulted in an anti-gay attack, Shadi Petosky, a trans woman, was detained by TSA at an Orlando airport and more news stories.
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This Needs to End Now: Penny Proud, Another Black Trans Woman, Murdered
Proud was only 21 when she was murdered.
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No Excuses: California Bans Gay and Trans Panic Defenses for Anti-LGBT Violence
Those who commit violence against members of the LGBT community will no longer be able to hide behind “gay panic” and “trans panic,” at least in California.
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After Yet Another Trans* Woman’s Murder, Change Is Coming for Hate Crime Sentencing in DC
Last year Deoni Jones was stabbed to death at a bus stop. This year, at her vigil, her family asked some tough questions about why the murder was not prosecuted as a hate crime. Mayor Vincent Gray responded to those questions.
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Ending Violence Against Queer Black Women Is Everybody’s Responsibility
Moore’s article challenges Black men, but it also challenges us all — especially queer folk — to examine the way we enact violence upon each other.
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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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Also.Also.Also: Exploring Women(‘s Lives) and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Everything’s coming out gay!
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This Is A Homophobia Post: Sometimes the World Is Terrible For Gays, Lesbians
There was a lot of homophobia this week. This is 20 to 44% of it.
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Shocking Assault of Gay Student Captured on Video: How Do We Stop This?
“I covered myself, I shielded my body, and he just kept hitting me and nobody did anything.”
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Lawrence King Murder Trial: Defense Blames 15-Year Old Victim and His Deviant Mascara
Yesterday Brandon McInerney’s defense team rested their case in the murder trial of 15-year-old Larry King and according to them, it was King that was the bully, not McInerney.
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Trial Begins for Teenager Who Killed his 15-Year-Old Gay Classmate
Brandon McInerney faces life in prison after shooting Larry King in 2008. The defense argues that he was provoked by ‘advances’ and too young to deal with it properly.
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Hate Crime Killing On Video: This Still Happens
Two white teenagers in Mississippi beat a black man, then drove over him in a pickup truck.
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South Africa Starts Anti-Hate Crime Task Force
South Africa’s Ministry of Justice has established a national task team to address homophobia-based hate crimes. After 170,000 people accused them of maybe not doing enough.
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State of Nevada, Courts Give Trans People Some Justice
Today some people were finally held accountable for violence against trans people, and also employment protections in Nevada!