Results for: be the change
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Oh For F*ck’s Sake: Kansas Legislator Dick Jones Claims Gay People are a “Third Sex”
This jerk Dick Jones in Kansas, last night’s GOP town hall, a lesbian high schooler wins the right to wear a gay t-shirt to school, women making moves in state and federal government, and more!
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News Fix: Baltimore Police Vans To Be Equipped With Cameras and More News Stories
The South Carolina state Senate voted to remove the Confederate flag off capitol grounds, trans people in California can be identified with the correct gender on their death certificates, ICANN’s new proposal might make doxxing easier and more news stories!
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Daily Fix: Insurance Companies Really Have to Cover Your Birth Control Now and More News Stories
Governor Cuomo issues emergency measures for nail salons, the Obama administration clarifies what birth control is covered under the Affordable Care Act, a trans woman is suing Barnes & Noble and more news stories!
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Daily Fix: Ted Cruz For Not President and More News Stories
A look at Ted Cruz’s horrible policy proposals, a bunch of college dudebros get punished for their misogynistic actions, Los Tigres del Norte win an award for singing about lesbian love, conservative lawmakers propose more dangerous legislation and more news stories.
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Gay, Interrupted: On Navigating Gaybourhoods As A Queer Brown Woman
Gay districts are safer, more open and more profitable than ever before, but for whom?
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Social Skills or Stereotypes? What My Autism Classes Didn’t Teach Me
“Social skills classes are particularly bad places to learn gender and sexuality lessons because they combine direct instruction with the neurotypical authority of telling us how to act. Socialization groups seem safer, but sometimes, gender and sexuality discrimination still subtly invade them. Where do we go from here? I believe the solution is multi-tiered.”
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Idaho Campaigns Look to Protect LGBTQ People From Discrimination, Bigots Look to Stop Them
In Idaho several campaigns have started up to make sure that the few protections LGBTQ people have remain and that more are added. They are currently facing strong opposition, but haven’t given up the fight yet.
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UK LGBT Politics Crash Course: What Austerity and the Far Right Mean For Queers
With austerity here to stay and far-right parties on the rise, it is time now more than ever to recognise that queer liberation cannot be disentangled from economic justice.
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Justin Vivian Bond’s Letter to Heterosexual Americans
Sebastian’s Team Pick: An important response to Jamey Rodemeyer’s suicide and the culture of anti-gay bullying.
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Being A Gay “Good Example” in Australia
All sorts of things are being done and said about gay and trans people in Australia; here are some of them.
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Katy Perry Still Bad For Gays And Trans People, Always Will Be
Surprise, Katy Perry said something really transphobic!
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Gay Students in Canada Get Bullied, Too. A Lot, Actually.
Even in Canada, where everyone is suposed to be nice, two-thirds of gay students feel unsafe in school. Oh, kids. No matter where you look, they’re finding a way to be assholes.
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Professionally Queer: Good News/Bad News About Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace
Times are hard, but no one knows better than the gays that if you work for it, things can get immeasurably better. Here’s a snapshot of what the job market looks like for us right now, and why we feel better about it than straight people do.
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SMACKDOWN: Lies In “The Truth About GLSEN’s School Climate Report” from Anti-Gays
It’s tempting to look for people to blame in the wake of the terrible tragedies this past week has brought, but it’s best to resist that urge. Oh wait, no. You can blame these people.