Results for: queer parenting
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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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A Few Anti-Gay Apples Ruin the Bunch in Manitoba, Help Make the Case for Bill 18
In Winnipeg it proves difficult for restauranteurs and citizens to thrive when homophobia is the only thing being dished out. But hopefully Bill 18 can change that.
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“Marrying Well” Might Be Important For British Men, Is Not Necessarily Evidence of Feminism
“When asked whether their daughters thought their financial future was dependent on having a husband, only 31.9 per cent agreed. By contrast 37.7 per cent of those with sons thought having a wife would make them financially secure.”
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France Wins A Thing: Gay Marriage for All for Real!
France gets gay married! And French Autostraddlers were there through it all!
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EU Wants To Fix Gender Inequality… By Banning Porn?
The European Parliament is set to vote March 12th on a proposal that seeks to ban all forms of “pornography” from “the media” without really specifying to which pornography or media they’re referring.
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WaPo Columnist Welcomes Rep. Kyrsten Sinema to Congress with Biphobia and Misogyny
Can you be a bisexual Congresswoman, and not have your sexuality define you or your politics? Apparently not, if WaPo’s Manuel Roig-Franzia has anything to say about it.
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Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin District Misses the Point, Appoints Anti-Gay Bigot to Anti-Bullying Committee
Bryan Lindquist, head of anti-gay Parents Action League, is an ex-gay “therapist” who calls AIDS “Gay-Related Immune Deficiency.”
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Straight Man Has A Queer Year, Goes Back To Real Life With A Book Deal
Does it really take a straight man to tell the world about prejudice against queers? Apparently, yes.
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Mormons’ “Softened Stance” On Homosexuality Still Feels Pretty Hard
The Church acknowledges that “same-sex attraction is a complex reality for many people,” and goes on to conclude that “even though individuals do not choose to have such attractions, they do choose how to respond to them.”
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Gay Marriage Wins: In Which We Celebrate and Also Push Forward
“For even one vote to come out in favor of gay marriage only three years later would have been historic; the fact that all four states did so is nothing short of incredible.”
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It’s Getting Better for Gays in Latin America Thanks to Todo Mejora
“There is someone looking out for them …and it will get better.”
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Your Local VAG: “Voting, an Autostraddle Guide” On Why Local Elections Matter
With the upcoming U.S. Presidential election getting All The Press And Attention, here’s a few reasons why you shouldn’t let your local election go unnoticed.
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In God We Trust: Gay Kids, Religion, and Group Homes
A gay man in Florida reports being abused at the hands of his Christian group home. However, this is only the start of Florida’s problems with religion and the foster care system.
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Log Cabin Republicans Endorse Mitt Romney Because Who Needs Love When You’ve Got Money
A gay person said this: “as [Romney’s] record as Governor of Massachusetts suggests, will not waste his precious time in office with legislative attacks on LGBT Americans.”
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Canadian Government Figured Out You’re Gay, and All It Had To Do Was Secretly Track Your Internet Use
“As a regular recipient of Gmail and Facebook ads for dog food and gay cruises, I’m well aware that companies are trying to make money off my personal information. While it’s a little creepy but expected that Target will try to use my private information to market to me, I hold the Canadian government to much higher standards.”
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Michelle Obama Gives The Speech To End All Speeches, Is More Impressive Than Ever
Seriously, why are we not voting for this woman yet?
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New Poll Shows Latino/a Voters Largely Support Gay Marriage, Unfortunately for GOP
But is this really all that big of a shift?
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Australia’s Anti-Homophobia Ads Are Awesome, A Long Way Off For America
A new anti-homophobia ad has come out in Australia and it made me tear up a little bit. Luckily, I won’t have to see anything like them in America.
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New GOProud Video Explaining Gay Conservatism Is GOPathetic
Our least favorite conservative gay group should have made a dance video instead.
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Gay Reporter Infiltrates NOM’s Youth Conference, Finds It Even More Awful Than Expected
“I’d heard this kind of anti-gay rhetoric hundreds of times before… So why was I getting so upset?”