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This Sunday Funday, President Obama is Destroying Patriarchy While Assata Shakur Stays Put
Meanwhile, Dej Loaf’s decked out in all white everything like Lydia advised, a baby rhino is being fed somewhere right now with this big bottle, Australia’s making schools safer for queermos, Taiwan recognizes trans folks, and a tennis star married her girlfriend (finally). Also, dog on a rumba.
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It’s Sunday Funday! Just Ask LeAnn Rimes, Ava DuVernay, and the Christmas Sheep
Same-sex couples are statistically proven to be bonded for life, an otter finds home for the first time, and a bunch of UK queers upgrade their love in this week’s good news roundup.
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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.
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The Myth of Plausible Deniability for Anti-Black Violence & How Ferguson Birthed a Movement
What do you do when you’ve done everything “right” and you are still mistreated? You take it to the streets. You take your rage and pain and power you make people listen. You burn and you scream and you keep screaming until someone else shows up and offers you a hand.
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Asylum Seekers and “Dishonest” Sexualities: Bisexuality at the Border
The UK Home Office has a questionable track record when it comes to LGB asylum seekers, and for bisexual asylum seekers, narratives of “proving” sexuality or being “gay enough” can be deadly.
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Also.Also.Also: Mary Lambert is Writing Children’s Books About Women in STEM and Other Stories We Missed This Week
LGBT people are leaving some of America’s famously gay neighborhoods but cool projects are highlighting feminism, queer families in children’s books, and masculine of center fashion.
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Also.Also.Also. Rachel Maddow Should be the First Gay President and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Famous people are saying smart things about Hobby Lobby, anti-discrimination legislation isn’t as effective as it should be, and the kids of LGBT parents are all right.
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Also.Also.Also. The Notorious RBG Wants Women and Queer People to Win Elections and Other Stories We Missed This Week
We’re still mad about Hobby Lobby, but this is still an important political moment for LGBT elected officials, students, and more.
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There May Be Two Sides to Every Story; That Doesn’t Mean They’re Both Important
Wisconsin’s Janesville School District issued an apology for showing a pro-marriage-equality video without also showing an anti-equality rebuttal. When it comes to educating kids, though, that kind of “fairness” doesn’t help anyone.
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Kids Detained in AZ Provides Window Into Totally F*cked US Immigration System
The issue of immigrant children being detained in immigrant detention centers is not exactly a new story. But this past week, an influx of children from Central America who were detained while trying to cross into the U.S. has drawn new attention to the extreme and inhuman treatment undocumented immigrants face from U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Also.Also.Also. Migrant Women Celebrate LGBT History and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Here’s the news we missed while I was freaking out about a potential technological disaster.
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Southern Baptist Minister Declares Himself Gay Affirming in Sermon, Gay Angels Sing
Even if New Heart Community Church loses its membership in the Southern Baptist Convention, this pastor’s personal shift and his congregation’s openness demonstrate a ripple of change that has reached even very conservative corners of society.
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When It Comes to Campus Sexual Assault, Administrators Are Failing Their Communities
A New York Times cover story graphically depicts the sexual assault a student named Anna experienced when she was freshman at Hobart and William Smith colleges. It also details the pathetic excuse for a judiciary hearing she and countless survivors across the United States have encountered when reporting rape and sexual assault to their universities.
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Turkey’s Plan to Segregate LGBT Prisoners is Bad, But So Is the USA’s
Prisons in both Turkey and the United States separate LGBT individuals from the general population, but this form of segregation hardly solves the issue of violence in prison facilities. In fact, it may further endanger LGBT prisoners.
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Also.Also.Also: Uh Huh Her is Googling Stand Your Ground Laws and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Marissa Alexander needs to be free, Google needs to stop blocking the word ‘bisexual,’ and you need to see this cute pic of Shane.
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Also.Also.Also: Melissa Harris-Perry and Beyoncé Could Kick Every Stupid Republican’s Butt and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Did you know that this week is the week where I ate multiple meals via finger foods? Here’s the stories we missed while I was opening another box of crackers.
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Also.Also.Also: Angel Haze and the Girl Scouts Are Taking On Texas and Other Stories We Missed This Week
It took a village to ruin Russia’s stance on gay people, and it’ll take one to save feminism.
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GLAAD Awards Nominees Include OITNB, Tegan & Sara, That Long French Movie About Lesbian Sex, Batwoman
Let’s take a long hard look at who else got nominated for GLAAD Awards this year besides us, with a not-to-be-missed section from Mey about the Comic Book nominees.
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Lady Gaga Dishes On Loving Lesbians, Defends Miley Cyrus, Let The Flamewars Begin
“I find lesbians to be way more daring than straight men when it comes to coming on to you, and I really like that. And it wasn’t until I found a guy who could come on to me as strong as a lesbian that I fell in love.”
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Trail Life USA Tries to Blaze A New Trail For Anti-Gay Scouting
Luckily there are other scouting alternatives for your kids!