Results for: dead to me
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Marissa Alexander To Be Released from Jail; Struggle for Justice Continues
On January 27th, activists from around the country will converge on Jacksonville and in their home cities to stand in solidarity with Alexander on the day of her release and bring visibility to women who have been targeted for their resilience and survival.
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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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Remembering Us When We’re Gone, Ignoring Us While We’re Here: Trans Women Deserve More
As we honor the memory of those girls who have been murdered, ask how you’re helping the living.
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Also.Also.Also: Saudi Women Are Over Paula Deen, Perez Hilton, and the Patriarchy and Other Stories We Missed This Week
This week, I learned that Kanye had written a proverb when he instructed folks to “shut the fuck up ‘fore I embarrass you.”
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Why Lyft and Uber Endanger Both Passengers and Drivers: A Former Lyft Driver Speaks Out
Ridesharing apps like Uber and Lyft are a great idea in theory, but in actuality they’re quite dangerous — for the passenger and the driver. I should know; I’ve been both.
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Two Years Later, Shooter of Texas Teenage Lesbian Couple Arrested For Murder and Sexual Assault
19-year-old Mollie Olgin and18-year-old Mary Chapa were sexually assaulted and shot in July 2012, resulting in Mollie’s death. At last, the depraved man who did it is in custody.
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The New Yorker’s Skewed History of Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminism Ignores Actual Trans Women
Michelle Goldberg’s coverage of radical feminists’ attack on trans woman is disturbingly one-sided.
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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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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!
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Turning the Tide: How Activism to Protect Queer Students and Communities Works
How activists in Louisiana use everything from direct action to meetings with senators to try to pass laws that would protect queer and trans* students from bullying, queer and trans* employees from discrimination, and more. This is how your legal progress sausage is made.
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Daily Fix: Naomily & Effy Return to “Skins,” Kalinda Gets Kinky, Etc.
This Arts & Entertainment Fix contains news about Skins Series 7, The Good Wife’s Kalinda’s kinky side, America’s Next Top Model, Kelly Lynch and lesbian fashion!
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Charlie Made The Whole Thing Up: How Do You Solve A Problem Like A Lesbian Faking a Hate Crime?
Police have determined that the 33-year-old lesbian who claimed she was attacked in an anti-gay hate crime made the whole thing up.
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Have We Seen the Last of Michele Bachmann?
With several members of her own party calling out Bachmann’s comments about a Clinton aide’s supposed connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, it seems that Bachmann’s political star is finally falling. But is it really?
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Anti-Gay and Gay Rights Leaders Will Soon Break Bread
What happens when a lesbian couple invites a homophobe to dinner? We’ll find out soon.
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Romney Hires Openly Gay Spokesman, Conservative Groups Clutch Pearls in Horror
Mitt Romney’s spokesman is openly gay, and the AFA’s Bryan Fischer is very upset about it.
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Romney’s Bigot Base Bullies Gay Foreign Policy Spokesman Into Quitting
The gay foreign policy spokesman Romney hired tolerated about two weeks of B.S. before jumping ship — yep, it’s gotten that bad over there.
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Are Male Role Models Necessary?
A new study shows that boys raised by lesbians are properly gender socialized. Um, yay?
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Dharun Ravi Is ‘Sorry’
In a 2-hour interview, Dharun Ravi insists his actions don’t reflect bias intimidation, and I wonder to what degree his actions towards Tyler are a reflection of a college culture that invades women’s sexual privacy on the reg.
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Jamey Rodemeyer’s Bullies Won’t Be Charged Criminally — What’s Our Best Next Step?
14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer’s bullies won’t be charged criminally. So what can be done to prevent this from happening again?
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Bullied Gay Teen Jamey Rodemeyer, 14, Kills Himself in Buffalo
Jamey Rodemeyer loved Lady Gaga, made an It Gets Better video, had a cute tumblr, and now he is dead.