Results for: love is a lie
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15 Activists to Follow Right Now for Some Much-Needed Hope and Empowerment
I don’t scroll mindlessly through Twitter and Facebook anymore. What I do instead is engage with the women activists who are leading our way in the battle through the darkness.
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A Hard Land of Hope: Gay Russian Asylum Seekers in the U.S.
“I think, ‘I will never be like them. Never.’ Though I can live here, I can work here, have a house here, but my mind is not like theirs. Because we all come here with a little war inside and it never stops.” Elvira Brodskaya and her wife fled persecution in Russia and settled in New York. But even in the U.S., they can’t escape all the fears of their past.
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2018 Midterm Voting Guide: LGBTQ Candidates, Ballot Measures and More
It’s a scary time to be a minority in this country, but the 2018 Midterms offer a little bit of light in the darkness. According to the Victory Fund, this is the first election in the history of the U.S. where LGBTQ people are running for office in all 50 states. They join the record number of women running for office.
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36-Year-Old Black Lesbian and 11-Year-Old Daughter Murdered in West Palm Beach
11-year-old Kyra Inglett and 36-year-old Kaladaa Crowell were murdered by the son of Kaladaa’s girlfriend, Robin Denson.
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Monday Roundtable: Our First Protests
What did we first take to the streets about?
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“President” Trump Bans Trans People From Military Service via F*cking Twitter
Donald Trump decided to switch up his morning Twitter time today, putting the breaks on his relentless 140-character lies that he and his campaign didn’t work with Russia to steal the White House, and moving ahead with a “plan” to ban all transgender people from serving in the U.S. military.
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Five Trans Service Members on the Glory and Agony of the US Military
These are stories of trans people who have served or are serving in the US military; their experiences range from the positive to the deeply traumatic and everywhere in between.
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“I’m Not Done Living My Damn Life Yet”: Disabled Queer People Speak Out on the American Health Care Act
“It’s a harsh reality that I will be priced out of my own life at this point if the AHCA gets passed and, quite frankly, I’m not done living my damn life yet.”
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Every Lesbian, Bisexual, Queer And/Or Trans Woman Running for US Office in 2018
There’s rainbow wave of LGBQ candidates running for office. All of them are dissatisfied with Trump’s status quo, have strong convictions, and to make the world a better place. Here are their stories.
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15 Dubious Fictional Presidents Who Are Still Better Presidents Than Donald Trump
Yes I would prefer a duck or a cannibal, thank you
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How I Escaped Christofascism and Other FAQs From You, Answered
After I wrote “I Was Trained for the Culture Wars in Home School, Awaiting Someone Like Mike Pence as a Messiah,” readers had a lot of questions for me. While I’m working on follow up pieces, I wanted to answer some of the most common questions and provide some explanation.
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17 Science Gifs To Give You Peace, Give You Strength
We will take down white supremacy like sulphuric acid on toilet paper.
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Lessons For Our Future From the Disability Intersectionality Summit
Listen as you build your movements, clarify your priorities, and fight for that future so many of us thought was already here.
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An Introvert Goes Canvassing For Hillary Clinton
Maybe I’m not the best candidate to talk politics with strangers. But I couldn’t shake the feeling — the knowledge, really — that I’d copped out. Bailing on our first female President, of all people, because you’re scared? Nah, girl. I called the guy back, told him I could make it after all, held myself accountable on social media, and freaked out for ten minutes. But it was on. I was going.
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“Revival: Women and the Word” Provides A Balm For The Devastation Of This Country
“If you are devastated by the state of this country and you aren’t sure what to do about it, you will watch this film and feel differently. I mean that.”
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2016 Election Day Liveblog and Open Thread: Oh God It’s Really Happening
Let’s be with each other on this most harrowing of days to follow updates as they come in and support each other as we drag ourselves across the finish line of this election cycle.
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I Need Justice, I Need Peace: A QTPOC Roundtable
It felt important for us to have a voice somewhere, so we’ve gathered a few of the Black queer voices and put them together here. We want to offer this as a place of healing for QTPOC in this time of tragedy.
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Queer Latinxs Share Love, Rage, Sadness and Strength For Our Family Lost in Orlando
Here are just a few of the many, many LGBTQ Latinxs in our community who are speaking up and speaking out to make sure that queer Latinxs are not erased.
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Someone You Love Is Voting For Donald Trump — Now What?
Here are five ways you can cope with the knowledge that a person you love is making a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad decision.