GetYrRights: New Site for LGBTQ Youth Organizing Against Policing and Criminalization
“The site will be a source for news from all Network members on the front lines of the struggle to end the criminalization of LGBTQ youth!”
An Incomplete Guide To the 2014 Midterm Elections: Seriously, You Need To Know This Shit
We’ve talked before about how important local elections are, so put your ballot where your mouth is and get to the polls! Here, we’ve even compiled some information to help you decide how to vote.
New Orleans LGBT Youth Of Color with BreakOUT! Declare “We Deserve Better”
“We are surviving. We are resilient. We are creative and resourceful. We have each other’s backs. We don’t want your pity.”
Help Support Survivors of Sexual Assault with the Carry That Weight National Day of Action
Campuses across the country are hosting events to “tangibly express their commitment to lift the burden of sexual violence from the shoulders of survivors;” you can find an event local to you on the Carry That Weight website. Participants can carry mattresses or pillows to demonstrate solidarity with survivors.
Injustice in the Justice System: Two Lawsuits Expose Struggle for Incarcerated LGBTs
These cases could create radical shifts for the experience of incarcerated LGBT people and they raise important questions about what a justice system better equipped to incarcerate LGBT people might mean for our communities.
Sunday Funday’s Meeting Up with Laverne Cox and Demi Lovato at Dachsund’s Creek
This week, your good gay news comes with a heaping side of dogs in wigs and a round of interviews and video series, on the house.
Lambda Legal Takes Up Fight For Lesbian Widow’s Same-Sex Social Security Benefits
Susan Summer, the director of constitutional litigation at Lambda Legal, put it simply: “SSA should not be telling widowed lesbians and gay men already grieving the loss of a spouse—‘you live in the wrong state so you don’t get Social Security spousal benefits.'”
Brittani’s Video Party: Marcel the Shell is Seriously Distracted by Faking It
Rita Volk is having some feelings about bisexuality while Kimiko Glenn from OITNB parties with Marcel the Shell and Mary Lambert.
The State of Trans Women and the Seven Sisters: Mount Holyoke Opens Its Doors, Smith and The Rest Drag Heels
Most of the elite Seven Sisters colleges still use convoluted language to exclude trans women from their campuses. Mt Holyoke has bucked the trend, but the rest are still only studying the issue.
GLSEN Report Shows It’s Finally Getting Better in Schools For LGBT Youth
“High school and middle school are hard enough as it is. To think about the additional barriers facing these students is pretty heartbreaking, and we all need to stand up and do what we can to move them out of the way.”
Gloria Casarez, Organizer, Activist and Total Badass, Dies at 42
“The work she did at City Hall enabled us to position Philadelphia as the greatest LGBT city in the country.”
Kristen Stewart’s Marrying the Feminist Movement in a Pile of Leaves this Sunday Funday
It’s the start of a new week, so rise and shine and head on in here for some good gay news!
National LGBTQ Task Force Has A New Name — Will It Have More Inclusive Programs to Match?
It would have been powerful to see the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, now the National LGBTQ Task Force, get ahead of the political curve with its naming and mission. But what it does next matters more than its acronym.
5 Trans Legal Protections Mapped Across The US, Plus Bonus 6th Map
Not all barriers can be resolved through state-by-state legal protections.
What The Heck is Going On Everywhere? A Marriage Equality Explainer
Half the nation now lets same-sex couples marry, thanks to some Supreme Court shenanigans.
All Systems Are Go for Marriage Equality This Sunday Funday
Are you married yet? Either way, I bet I’ve got a thing or two in this here roundup of good gay news to cheer you right up.
Brittani’s Video Party: It’s Finally Time to Talk About “Carmilla”
A new “Broad City” webseries, the ever popular “Carmilla,” a “Key and Peele” sketch and a music video from a NY-based queer duo are keeping this video party diverse.
7 Vital Stats About Our LGBT Elders
A new report from SAGE lays out what you need to know the lives and experiences of aging LGBT people.
Facebook’s Half-Hearted Apology for “Real Name Policy” Doesn’t Mean Much for LGBT Users
Getting an apology feels like winning, but did Facebook really say the magic words or just massage the truth in the same way that lousy ex of yours did?
My2024 Wants You to Help Shape the Future of the LGBTQ Movement
Does the LGBTQ movement have a future? Hells yes it does! Lots of futures!