Results for: Feel good
-
Brown University Student Seeks Justice For Sexual Assault Survivors On Campus
Sclove’s courageous push to bring her attack to the spotlight in order to call attention to the way her university mishandles sexual assault cases is indicative of a greater crisis. Universities and colleges across the United States have a long history of brushing sexual violence under the rug or punishing rapists with a slap on the wrist.
-
We Have Corporations To Thank For the Veto of Arizona’s Anti-Gay SB 1062
And it’s hard to know how to feel about it.
-
Hobby Lobby Continues To Make Crafting Look Bad With Birth Control Lawsuit
The Supreme Court’s ruling in the Hobby Lobby case could drastically broaden the scope of religious liberty for employers or mean, at long last, free birth control for everyone.
-
Mozilla CEO Brenden Eich Resigns Over Prop 8 Controversy, Mozilla Remains Pretty Cool
Earlier this week, OKCupid joined the outrage at Mozilla’s new choice of CEO Brenden Eich by asking their users to uninstall Firefox. Yesterday, Brenden Eich resigned.
-
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.
-
Pope Francis Extends Message of Tolerance for LGBT People, Women and Abortion
Although no change in policy has been proposed, the Pope’s remarks further signal a significant departure in tone and style from predecessors.
-
Anti-Trans Radical Feminists Team Up With Conservatives to Harass Colorado Trans Teen
The Pacific Justice Institute issued a press release titled “Nightmare: Teen Boy Harasses Girls in Their Bathroom, Colo. School Tells Girls They Have No Rights.” The problem with all this is that the story is largely fabricated.
-
At Last, NYC’s “Stop And Frisk” Policy Ruled Unconstitutional
“Many police practices may be useful for fighting crime — preventive detention or coerced confessions, for example — but because they are unconstitutional they cannot be used, no matter how effective.”
-
This Week In Abstinence: Ohio and West Virginia Really Seem To Hate Sex Education
This week Ohio and West Virginia attempt to take us back to 1050 A.D., retro style. Ohio is trying to restrict sex education to abstinence-only and a West Virginia high school tries to punish a student for protesting a slut-shaming assembly.
-
NJ’s Gay Conversion Therapy Ban Is Great, Not Indicative of Christie’s Conversion to Decency
Perhaps Christie’s evolution could help push Republicans into being less bigoted and terrible to queers. But that, of course, might be pie in the sky.
-
At Last, Obama Gives America Some Real Talk On Racism
On what Obama said (and didn’t say) this morning when he surprised everybody with a speech expanding on his thoughts about the Trayvon Martin ruling.
-
South Carolina Intersex Lawsuit A Major Step In Ending Nonconsensual Surgery to “Fix” Intersex Kids
Adoptive parents of 8 year-old, intersex child M.C. Crawford are suing the state of SC because cosmetic genital surgery was performed on M.C. without his consent.
-
Montana Joins the 21st Century, Decriminalizes Gay Sex
Wait, so this hadn’t happened yet?
-
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Prop 8, Is Skeptical About Legal Standing
Today, the court heard oral arguments related to Prop 8, and everyone has thoughts on how they might rule in response. Now we just have to wait about three more months to actually find out!
-
Actual Experts Tell Supreme Court Gays Are Great Parents, Bigots Are Wrong
The American Academy of Pediatrics has released a lengthy report based on 30 years of researching explaining why banning same-sex marriage “for the children” doesn’t make any sense.
-
Christine Quinn: Because Just Being Gay Isn’t Enough To Deserve The Gay Vote
NYC’s potential first female and gay mayor is a talented politician with a progressive background. But some question whether her policies and positions are really what the LGBT community needs.
-
Keeping Up With The Republicans: How the GOP Feels About Gays This Week
Those crazy kids are always up to something. Here’s this week’s roundup.
-
Utah School District Sued Over Limiting Access to Family Book, I Say Huzzah
Last Spring, a school district in Utah removed a book after 25 parents signed a petition for its removal. But decisions about access to age appropriate reading material shouldn’t be left up to 25 parents, so the ACLU is suing.
-
New Gallup Poll Answers the Question “How Gay Is Your State?”
Gallup found out for you! Hint: not very.