Results for: be the change
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Most Americans Like Gay Marriage, Most Politicians Really Don’t Care
The majority of Americans support equality on a variety of gay equality issues — the government just needs to catch up. A look at 2011’s gay marriage initiatives around the country and hope for the future.
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Gay History In The Making: Museum Opens In The Castro, Will Be Great
The first-ever GLBT History Museum in the US is opening in San Francisco, and it is every kind of perfect. Also, gay divorce allowed in Texas, two lesbian priests married in Massachusetts, Lady Gaga has invented something insane and awesome, Jezebel helps you get drunk-dressed, and MARIO BATALI HORROR MOVIE.
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International Transgender Day of Remembrance: We Will Win the Coming Revolutions
Yesterday was the Transgender Day of Remembrance. So today we remember, but also look forward. Also: Queer As Folk/Glee, Harry Potter!, Anne Hathaway, Pretty Little Liars, queer youth, and zombies!
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26-Year Old Gay Youth Activist Joseph Jefferson Kills Himself in Brooklyn
26-year-old Joseph Jefferson was a gay youth activist and an inspiring human being. Now he’s dead.
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Gay Teens Continue Fighting for Their Right to Party at Prom: Meet Hannah Williams.
Hannah Williams tried to bring her girlfriend to a formal and her school principle said it would ruin her ability to meet boys. Also Obama had a gay cross-dressing nanny, and Senator Tom Duane was arrested standing up for the rights of people with HIV/AIDS.
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26-Year-Old Joseph Jefferson Didn’t Kill Himself Because of Gay Bullying. Neither Did Raymond Chase.
I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by everything or anything: the family & friends of 26-year old Joseph Jefferson and 19-year-old Raymond Chase remember “out and proud” community leaders. Also; an update on the Terrel Williams suicide hoax some sick f*ck played on the internet.
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Gay Pastor Comes Out and Other Evidence of It Actually Getting Better
We’re doing things one day at a time now and this was a pretty good day as far as they go. A megachurch pastor has come out so that his story can save lives, educators in Britain are educating on queer heroes to end anti-queer bullying, and librarians are honoring the authors of queer books for kids.
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Gay Government Takeover vs. Republicans vs. Shark vs. Bear Vs. Ninjas vs. Glee
This Sunday is extra Funday because we have VIDEOS of EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD. By which we mean Kurt and his maybe future boyfriend, sexy ninja mental asylum ladies, superawesome trans athletes, and a special surprise marine mammal. Oh also did we mention that we managed to elect 106 queers to public office? Pat yourself on the back and have a cupcake. Also Keith Olbermann is on twitter, saying things.
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Are You Ready (For the World to Change)? I Don’t Think You’re Ready : Sunday Funday Daily Fix
We promise this will be our last non-SEO-friendly headline. Tomorrow the redesign launches. Today; we will ‘laugh’ & feast – kids can’t handle the transgendered truth, MIT studies facebook gays, The Office & Gay Panic TV, Three Rivers sneak peak, and NSFW Sunday.
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AFTAH President Argues Airport Security Too Sexy for Gay TSA Agents
The AFTAH is concerned about gay people and airport security, namely, that Ellen DeGeneres will be assigned to pat down female travelers. Also: the first transgender judge in the US was just elected, and the age for coming out in Britain is getting younger.
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Doctor Finds Homosexuality Cure, Involves A Better Diet, Less Alcohol, Exercise
A dude in Serbia thinks homosexuality can be “cured” if you drink enough water and think good thoughts! Also: put your purple on people, Hillary Clinton says it gets better.
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Facebook’s Gay-Targeted Ads Are Confusing, Patriarchal, Pointless
Sometimes you stalk people on Facebook, sometimes Facebook stalks you with targeted ads based on outdated stereotypes and doesn’t tell you.
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Gay Teens Continue Getting Bullied, Committing Suicide: Seth Walsh, 13 and Tyler Clementi, 18, September’s Latest Victims
Two more gay teens commit suicide this week: an 18-year-old college freshman jumps off a bridge after finding his roommate secretly recording and transmitting his sexual encounters over the internet and 13-year-old gay-bullying victim Seth Walsh is taken off life support 9 days after he hanged himself.
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Takin’ it Back Day: Anti-Gay Politicians ‘Apologize’ For ‘Queers Should Commit Suicide/Get AIDS’, ‘Can We Marry Dogs?’, etc.
An Arkansas school board member responded to a call to fight homophobic bullying with, surprise, homophobic bullying. Good thing he resigned last night? Sort of. And while we’re on topic; apologies for comparing gay marriage to marrying tables/dogs and predicting homo-apocalypse.
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California Decriminalizes Marijuana, Glee’s Got Lady-Queer Icons, Happiness Still Exists
KITTENS WEED LADY GAGA DADT REPEAL WONDER WOMAN SUPERHERO COMIC BOOK TV SHOW BRITTANA GLEE MAGIC LOVE SEX VISIBILITY UNICORNS WEED
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Gone Too Soon: 13-Year Old Gay Texas Boy Driven to Suicide by Bullying
13-year-old Asher Brown was bullied for being gay. Last week he decided he just couldn’t take it anymore.
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Is Facebook Helping the Gay Rights Movement by Outing You?
Newsweek has a new article about gay people! This time, a new writer wonders if facebook might change the ACTUAL FACE of gay America? Also, Margaret Cho on Rue McClanahan, lesbian newlyweds are the first in the New York Times Vows video series, Dutch airline denies gay flight attendants request to not stay in Iran and South Africa’s only lesbian soccer team.
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Tel Aviv LGBT Center Shooting, One Year Later: March to Equality, Tell Someone You Love Them
The image of Tel Aviv as a liberal gay haven was shattered last year when a gunman injured 15 and killed two youths at an LGBT community center a few months before I was headed there for a study abroad program. On the one-year anniversary of the shooting, LGBTQ Israelis are marching from Jerusalem to Knesset in The March for Equality. Although I was not there today, I also have feelings on this.
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Counseling Student Sues For Right to Disregard Science, Enforce Homophobia
A student at Augusta State University has sued the school because it has allegedly asked her to alter her Christian beliefs (i.e., not advocate gay conversion therapy) before allowing her to graduate from its counseling program.
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SMACKDOWN: Lies In “The Truth About GLSEN’s School Climate Report” from Anti-Gays
It’s tempting to look for people to blame in the wake of the terrible tragedies this past week has brought, but it’s best to resist that urge. Oh wait, no. You can blame these people.