Thanks But No Thanks, Joss Whedon; You Can Keep “Genderist” While We Tackle Sexism
Here’s why.
Also.Also.Also: Brittney Griner’s Makeup Class and Other Stories We Missed This Week
From the OUT 100 to the first lady of Zambia to Michelle Tea’s marriage, it turns out there was a lot of queer shit going down while I was working late nights in the office.
WaPo’s Racist Misogynist Columnist Richard Cohen Still Not Fired Despite Racism, Misogyny
This week, Cohen asserts “people with conventional views must repress a gag reflex when considering the mayor-elect of New York — a white man married to a black woman…” who “used to be a lesbian.” WOW!
Colorlines’ Applied Research Center Races Forward By Becoming “Race Forward”
Why can’t every social justice organization be more like these guys?
Domestic Violence Is Even Worse Than You Thought, And Isn’t Being Asked About Enough
Women in the U.S. who have experienced domestic violence are more likely to have chronic health conditions. Healthcare professionals are still failing to adequately recognise and treat harm caused by domestic abuse.
Sunday Funday’s Gonna Dance Like Nobody’s Watching On This Very Gay Day
Everything’s coming up Retta, Ines Rau takes my breath away, and I’m getting gay married in paradise. (Someday.)
VIDEO: bell hooks and Melissa Harris-Perry Talk About Dismantling The Imperialist White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy
You really need to watch bell hooks and Melissa Harris-Perry have this conversation.
Pope Francis Wants To Know What You Think About Gays (If You’re A Bishop)
The Vatican is soliciting opinions on a number of groundbreaking issues, including same-sex marriage, birth control, polygamy and forms of feminism “hostile to the Church.”
ENDA Passes the Senate: How Did We Get Here, Where Are We Going?
What just happened with ENDA, and what do you need to know to make sense of it? Everything you’ve ever needed to know about ENDA right up to the minute is right here!
Brittani’s Video Party: Orange is the New Cat
The author of “Hyperbole and a Half” gives a talk at Google, the most moving football play of all time, a webseries about a cat lady, and an “Orange is the New Black” parody.
HRC’s International Expansion Funded By The Worst Humans
HRC has announced that it will begin working for equality abroad as well as in the US — but is that a good thing? Let’s ask Daniel Loeb and Paul Singer.
Also.Also.Also: I’m Very Bi-Serious About This, and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Inside: more event invites than you can handle, a lot of worthy causes, a historical case of The Unicorn, and the delicious taste of Republicanism slowly, slowly dying.
We Win A Thing In Illinois! House Passes Marriage Equality
Illinois becomes the fifteenth state to approve marriage equality after a surprise vote in the state legislature.
Kids Reacting To Same-Sex Marriage Will Brighten Your Day
A message for anyone who thinks gay people shouldn’t be allowed to marry whom they want? “Cry me a river, build me a bridge, and get over it.”
Queers Are The Champions This Sunday Funday Because Obama Said So
When you give a mouse a cookie, a lesbian begins practicing a new sport.
Texas Abortion Restrictions: They’re Back!
Earlier this week, Judge Lee Yeakel ruled one part of Texas’ abortion bill unconstitutional. Now, just a few days later the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has reversed his ruling, meaning that one third of Texas’ remaining abortion clinics must stop providing their services immediately.
Paris Lees Debuts On BBC’s “Question Time” In A Skeleton Top, Is Awesome
Ever wanted to see someone who’s been in the state penitentiary system call bullshit on the politicians messing with said system? Yeah. That happened.
Brittani’s Video Party: The Evolution of Geri Halliwell’s Spell Block Tango
A video party for internet troll appreciators, Spice Girls fans, Disney lovers, and Beyoncé stans.
Judge Declares Parts of Texas’ Abortion Bill Unconstitutional, Don’t Rejoice Just Yet
A federal judge ruled parts of Texas’ abortion law unconstitutional. But don’t rejoice just yet, access to abortion across the nation is still on the line.
Also.Also.Also: Sally Kohn Gets The Heck Out of FOX and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Counting women in engineering, raising the next Steve Jobs in Mexico, and coming together to say: “f*ck the man.”