Results for: queer parenting
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Queer Latina Tiffany Cabán Shocks New York City, Makes History in Queens District Attorney Primary Victory
Queens, which has more residents than 17 U.S. states and is one of the most diverse population centers in the country, was inspired by Cabán’s vision of becoming a hub of restorative justice.
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Georgia’s Abortion Ban Can’t Be Defeated Without Queer and Trans Black Women and Femmes
Queer and trans Black women and femmes have the blueprint to defeat Georgia’s abortion ban. Alyssa Milano… does not.
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Be The Change: The Art of the Ultimate Letter to the Editor
A letter to the editor can be an effective tactic to get the word out about an issue, show support for a bill, speak up about something in your community, or to get free publicity for your activist work!
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Be The Change: 5 Ways to Create Safer Activist Spaces For Everyone
We have to commit to always learning and growing and doing more all the time to make our spaces better and better.
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On This Tragic Shabbat: 11 Murdered by Anti-Semitic Terrorist at Pittsburgh Synagogue
In Jewish philosophy, the “Tree of Life” is emblematic of the wisdom of the Torah: “its ways are ways of pleasantness, and all its paths are peace.”
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We Would Like to Endorse Cynthia Nixon, a Very Qualified Queer
We like Cynthia Nixon for the job of New York governor and we think you will too.
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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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Monday Roundtable: Our First Protests
What did we first take to the streets about?
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“Let’s Go, Let’s Go, Let’s Occupy Everything Together”: Remembering Brazilian Bisexual Activist and Politician Marielle Franco
Rio de Janeiro Councillor Marielle Franco, who was assassinated on 14 March 2018 after speaking at an event for the empowerment of Black girls, was a firebrand of a politician, feminist, and human rights activist whose work was deeply informed by her experiences as an Afro-Brazilian Catholic lesbian woman born and raised in the favelas.
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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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GLAAD Survey Finds Straight People Fine with “Equal Rights” in 2018, Not So Much Actual LGBT People
The statistics on acceptance of LGBT people were generally staying the same or improving, until last year — when, as GLAAD CEO Sarah Kate Ellis puts it, “the acceptance pendulum abruptly stopped and swung in the opposite direction.”
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Black History Month Roundtable: What Does Queering Black History Mean To You?
“For me, queering Black History Month is about making sure that future generations don’t feel the same pressure to choose between their blackness and their sexuality that I once did. It’s about leaving space to be all of yourself, at once.”
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VIDEO: Did Love Win? Not for Everyone
Marriage penalties keep equality out of reach for lots of disabled folks.
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Australia Says YES to Marriage Equality
“Marriage is one thing – it’s just the tip of the iceberg of true equality,” says Cake Tin, bringing up trans people, intersex people, Indigenous people, and people of color. “It isn’t over yet.”
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How Queer and Trans Women Are Healing Each Other After Hurricane Harvey
“Her first step into her first floor apartment was into a puddle of water. Everything was wet: furniture, photos, poems, journals, her shoes. The water lines on her walls marked the flood waters at a foot and a half.”
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In Their Own Words: LGBTQ Asia Responds to Taiwan’s Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
Taiwan’s ruling made me curious about how the news was being received by LGBTQ people across Asia. Did they too face cultural and institutional oppression against their gender and sexuality, or were their countries more accepting? Would the ruling have any impact on their livelihoods? Is Taiwan an inspiration for their leaders to consider marriage equality or LGBTQ rights overall, or will it not matter as much? I set out to find out by reaching out to LGBTQ activists in 42 Asian countries.
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Trumpcare Is an Attack on Trans People of Color. Let’s Fight Like Hell Against It.
Defeating this bill is a matter of life and death to the transgender, gender non-conforming and intersex people of color who depend on Medicaid to survive.
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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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Here Are The Strategies That Actually Work Against Christofascism, From a Former Believer
Fighting the Christofascist uprising on our doorstep will take getting out of our complacency and belief that people can’t possibly be as bad as they seem.