Results for: be the change
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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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On Being Gay at One of America’s Most Anti-Gay Schools
A former student’s tale of coming-out as gay at Liberty University raises interesting questions about the place of LGBT people in conservative, evangelical Christianity.
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The Biola Queer Underground Isn’t Afraid
The BQU wants to “change hearts,” and it’s hard to read their story without feeling something in yours.
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Schooled: Remember That Gay Teacher You Had?
Ever wonder what that teacher was thinking? How they handled being out at work? Or did you wish they were more out and outspoken? Here are three real-life queer teachers to give you a peek inside their teacher-brains!
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Britain To Change Gay Male Blood Donation Policy To Slightly Different Version Of The Same Policy
“It’s supremely bloody homophobic, extremely discriminatory and potentially dangerous for thousands of patients in need of transfusions. The inequality has just got worse, not better.”
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Bad Education: Why Some Gay People Can’t Be University Professors
“I think that anybody that adheres to a lifestyle outside of what the biblical mandate is would not be allowed to continue here.”
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Listling With Minimal Commentary: Selections From Anti-Lesbian Bridal Salon’s 868 Yelp Reviews
“Tried to find the place on a map, but apparently they’re stuck somewhere in 1956.”
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OneWheaton: Christian College Alums Unite to Keep Gay Students Sane
“If you are a student and this is part of your story, your sexual identity is not a tragic sign of the sinful nature of the world. You are not tragic. “
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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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Lesbian Says She Was Fired For Being a Lesbian, is Suing The State of Indiana, DEA, Others
What’s worse than (possibly) getting fired for being gay? Having it maybe not be illegal?
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Why Did Someone Spill Urine on 40 LGBTQ Books in the Harvard Library?
Someone poured urine over nearly 40 LGBT books in a library in Harvard. First it was classified as a hate crime, then it was classified as an accident, and either way, it’s weird.
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Holiday Hangover: Shopping Deals, Half-Men, Anti-Gay Ads & 12 Muppets Singing!
D.C. Buses plastered with anti-gay marriage ads, post-holiday shopping deals, Charlie Sheen gives us an even more serious reason to hate “Two and a Half Men,” ABC Nightline asks why there are so many single black women, Haviland Stillwell interview, best TV moments of 2009, drag queen on the X-mas tree, and some funny Christmas Carol videos!