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Politics + Activism

Be the Change: The Nuts and Bolts of a Campaign Plan

How to build a winnable campaign from scratch, what hummus has to do with bisexual liberation, and what it means to build collective power. Come learn something new or share your campaign organizing tips!

KaeLyn December 5, 2016 18 Comments
Politics + Activism

Finally Actual Good News: Standing Rock Sioux Win, Army Corps of Engineers Denies DAPL Easement

Regardless of the challenges that still lie ahead, from the DAPL project to Native safety and sovereignty in general, this news is a major victory for the Standing Rock Sioux and their allies.

Rachel December 4, 2016 8 Comments
Politics + Activism

Black Lesbian Shanique Sanders Killed in Pittsburgh

Shanique Sanders, a 23-year-old black lesbian, is the latest QTPOC victim of gun violence in Pittsburgh.

Yvonne December 2, 2016 5 Comments
Politics + Activism

Northern Ireland Is Proof of How F*cked Abortion Access in the UK Really Is

“In the United Kingdom abortion is free on the NHS and available up to twenty four weeks — which is around when people stop listening and fail to notice the small print.”

Siobhan December 1, 2016 18 Comments
Politics + Activism

5 Newsletters to Help You Take Action Against Trump Today and Every Day

Get digestible action items against Trump and for your fellow citizens in your inbox each day to make it a little easier to work for justice.

Rachel December 1, 2016 8 Comments
Money + Work Politics + Activism

Follow Your Arrow: How LGBTQ Youth Activist Tabby Besley Built a Sustainable Non-Profit

“Why do I do this? Because it needs to be done. Our schools and communities need to be safer for our young people, we are losing too many of them. I’m not going to sit and wait with naivety that our government or schools are going to lead that.”

Beth December 1, 2016 4 Comments
Politics + Activism

Be the Change: Petitions, Postcards, Phonebanks, and You

Learn all about petition campaigns and how to make your voice heard. Then, take action on some campaigns to oppose Trump!

KaeLyn November 29, 2016 13 Comments
Politics + Activism

Jill Stein Raises Over $6 Million Toward Effort to Recount Votes, Unbreak Our Hearts

Green party presidential candidate Jill Stein isn’t interested in helping Hillary Clinton, but wants fair elections — and a recount in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan.

Yvonne November 28, 2016 10 Comments
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49 Tremendously Vulgarious Ways “Spy Magazine” Described Casino Operator Donald Trump, 1986-1994

“The world’s top judge of architecture”

Riese November 28, 2016 14 Comments
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Protect Our Community By Supporting The Trans Relief Project Today

The Trans Relief Project is an organization working to help as many trans and gender nonconforming people as possible get updated U.S. identification – passports specifically – before the regulations surrounding those rules potentially change.

Laura Mandanas November 28, 2016 5 Comments
Politics + Activism

Avoiding Inspiration Porn in This Time of Constant Vigilance

Mark my words: Donald Trump will talk a great game about our “amazing bravery” as he gets to work stealing our healthcare. The man knows how to throw out a red herring, and we all need to be ready for this one.

Carrie November 28, 2016 20 Comments
Politics + Activism

Sunday Funday Spent Thanksgiving Riding a Motorcycle with Her Queer Girl Gang and Madonna, So

Madonna spent Thanksgiving at the Ali Forney center, a historic Anglican bishop is overseeing a historically gay occasion, rainbow laces are the new thing in rugby, the Swedes are doing it right again, and more good gay news!

Carmen November 27, 2016 4 Comments
Politics + Activism

Texas Introduces Two Anti-LGBT Bills, Ushering In New Era of Legislative Hell on Earth

Looking at SB92 and SB242, two bills introduced in Texas that would be a huge blow to the LGBT community there, and what we can expect in terms of legislation like this at the state and federal level going forward.

Rachel November 23, 2016 10 Comments
Politics + Activism

Finally Free! Four Wrongfully Convicted Latina Lesbians Cleared on All Charges by Texas Court

More than twenty years since they were convicted of a horrific crime, a Texas criminal appeals court declared four Latina lesbians innocent and exonerated. The San Antonio Four’s exoneration serves as a ray of hope in these dark times and reminds us to continue to fight like hell for justice.

Yvonne November 23, 2016 10 Comments
Book Lists Politics + Activism

Rebel Girls: A Reading List for the Revolution

This election shook me to my core. That’s undeniable. I am still grieving and I don’t know that I ever won’t be. I am so fucking angry and I don’t know that I ever won’t be. But I refuse to be scared, or cowed, or defeated.

Carmen November 23, 2016 7 Comments
Politics + Activism

Steve Bannon is the Racist Far-Right Internet Personified — and He Hates Women and Gay People, Too

There’s no way to overstate how dangerous it is to have Bannon whispering directly into Donald Trump’s ear every day like a Disney movie villain.

Heather Hogan November 18, 2016 34 Comments
Politics + Activism

Here Are Some Title Suggestions For Kellyanne Conway’s Inevitable Memoir

Are You There, White American Jesus? It’s Me, Kellyanne

Erin November 17, 2016 29 Comments
Politics + Activism

#DemocrEC: Queers Launch Grassroots Campaign To Stop Trump Presidency, It Could Work

Our friends have launched an initiative to convince the electoral college to do their jobs and save us from total catastrophe.

Riese November 17, 2016 41 Comments
Politics + Activism

Oakland Lesbian Couple and Their Son Murdered By Former LGBT Activist

Lesbian wives Patricia Wright and Charlotte Reed and their 19-year-old son Benny Diambu-Wright suffered fatal knife and gunshot wounds at the hands of 61-year-old Dana Rivers, a former schoolteacher and well-known transgender activist.

Riese November 16, 2016 64 Comments
Politics + Activism

Trump’s Potential Appointees Are Truly Deplorables in Search of a Basket

A look at what’s happening with the process of choosing people for the president-elect’s cabinet, and how dangerous they are (very).

Rachel November 16, 2016 24 Comments
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