Results for: art attack
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North Carolina Governor Pretends He Cares About Equality With New Executive Order
North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory saves face with an executive order to clarify HB2, but it doesn’t actually do anything; a New Jersey school district approves a pro-trans bathroom policy change; married lesbian couples in Indiana are suing the state for not allowing both parents to be on birth certificates, and more news!
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So Who the Heck is this Merrick Garland Guy
We find out a little bit more about Obama’s pick for the next Supreme Court justice, anti-LGBT discrimination laws in several states, Tuesday’s primaries, laws about protests, and MAGIC.
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Oklahoma Sets New Record Number of Anti-LGBT Bills, Can’t Wait to Discriminate
Oklahoma introduces a bunch of anti-gay bills which can potentially be really dangerous, Hillary Clinton officially wins the Iowa Caucus, 16-year-old Gynnya McMillen wasn’t given CPR until 11 minutes after she was found “cold” in her cell, a father in Tennessee was arrested for chasing his daughter with a knife after she came out to him, Germany opens its first LGBT refugee shelter and more news stories!
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Trans Texas Prisoners (Technically, Kind Of) Have Access to Hormone Therapy Now
Texas prisoners who didn’t have access to hormone therapy before a new policy change, can now access it, a full debrief on the Republican and Democratic debates, some good and bad bills for LGBT people, Kayden Clarke, a young trans man, was killed by police and more news!
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Daily Fix: This Straight Couple Will Divorce If That’s What it Takes to Save Marriage and More News Stories
Eric Casebolt of McKinney is resigning, Apple’s new period-inclusive HealthKit, India has its first lesbian couple in a commercial, abortion access restrictions being upheld in Texas, and more!
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Daily Fix: So Many Made-Up Studies on LGBT People and More News
Emma Sulkowicz carried her mattress at graduation, Michael Brown should have been 19 this week, a young trans girl who’s banned from the correct bathroom, support for same-sex marriage at an all-time high, and more!
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Leslie Feinberg, Transgender Lesbian, Activist, Author, and Revolutionary Dies at 65
Leslie Feinberg died at home in Syracuse, NY, with hir partner and spouse of 22 years, Minnie Bruce Pratt, at hir side. Hir last words were: “Remember me as a revolutionary communist.”
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25 Women Who Shook Things Up in 2014
From mounting revolutions to redefining realness, these are 25 women who made waves in the world this year.
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White Gay Man Publishes Epically Stupid Response To “Stop Stealing Black Female Culture”
“Friess reacted to Mannie’s request that white gay men stop referring to themselves as ‘strong black women’ by threatening to withdraw hypothetical support of black women’s political and social issues (none of which he actually names)! That’s not allyship, that’s just another example of a person in power offering abstract and highly conditional support to an oppressed group of people with whom he claims a false and unrequited kinship.”
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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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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.
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White House Announces LGBT Pride Video Contest, Clearly Likes Your Face
The announcement of the first-ever LGBT Pride Month White House Champions of Change Contest is one of many recent events suggesting Obama is on our side for real now.
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Occupy Oakland’s Awesomeness Triumphs Over Fringe Craziness
Occupy Oakland’s achievements were overshadowed in the media by the violence of a splinter group and that’s really not fair because Wednesday was actually really awesome.
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Glenn Beck, Other Republicans Obviously Love Gay People Duh, Stop Being Paranoid
It turns out that the Republicans have no issues with gay people or homophobia at all! Glenn Beck said so. So it’s cool.
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Asst AG Fights U-Mich Student President’s “Gay Extremism” With Homophobic Extremism
If there’s any more bad news today, we’re just going to shut down for the day and start over again tomorrow, because this is fucking ridiculous. The Assistant Attorney General of Michigan is stalking and harassing a college student, because he’s insane and the student is gay. We hate everything.
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Local Cops Out Lesbian Soldier: Is Bigotry to Blame? Or Spite?
Gay people, especially lesbians of color like Jene Newsome, continue not asking or telling and being discharged anyways — and sidenote, Rapid City has a significant history of racial discrimination. J. Crew has discriminatory hiring practices, Elton got a death threat, gay men may or may not be able to give blood eventually, New Hampshire is standing for marriage equality, and the Paycheck Fairness may be able to make a difference for working women and their families. Also, Jon Stewart explains it all for you.
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Day Five of the Prop 8 Gay Marriage Trial: Everybody’s Hiding Except Me & My Monkey
A day of many feelings. We laughed, we cried, we asked “is this really happening?” incredulously, and the world spun madly on. Welcome to Day Five of the Prop 8 Same-Sex Marriage Trial Recap: Judgment DAZE.
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New Jersey Committee Votes on Same-Sex Marriage Today Live-Blog! Maybe This Time, Gays’ll Be Lucky …
The New Jersey Judicial Committee is gonna vote on same-sex marriage today! Maybe this time, for the first time, equality won’t hurry away!