Results for: meet up
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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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Holigay Gift Guide: For Queer Radicals, Trans Revolutionaries, and Menacing Lesbians
The age-old challenge: what to get for your rad, free-thinking, take-no-BS, burn down the cisheteropatriarchy, revolutionary friend or loved one? Capitalism sucks. These gifts don’t!
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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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Photoessay: Electric Dirt and Radical Community with Queer Appalachia
Queer Appalachia celebrated the release of Electric Dirt: A Celebration of Queer Voices and Identities from Appalachia and the South while raising funds for Southerners on New Ground and oh, having a Queer Granny Witch party!
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“We Have Babies, Run!”: A Lesbian Couple on Escaping the Las Vegas Shooting
“I was in the military for four years, military police, and I never once experienced something like that.”
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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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Offline Shadows: How Sex Workers Become Marginalized Victims of Morality-Based Legislation
Sex workers are resilient and face near constant opposition via social stigma or legal obstacles. Regardless of the conditions, for some people, it is the only way to feed their family. The FOSTA-SESTA package-bill is not going to save sex trafficking victims; it’s just going to turn consensual sex workers into victims themselves. Decriminalization is the only solution to preventing sex trafficking and separating sex workers from that label.
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Monday Roundtable: Our First Protests
What did we first take to the streets about?
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Rebecca Alexander Is the Queer Fat Woman Behind AllGo, an App That Will Change the World for People of Size
AllGo is a review platform created by a queer fat woman where people of size can give and receive information about the comfort and accessibility of public spaces.
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2 Men Arrested in Horrific Murder of Black Lesbian Couple and Two Children
Two men with criminal records, Justin C. Mann and James W. White, have been arrested in the murder of Brandi Mells and Shanta, Shanise and Jeremiah Myers. Other details about the victims and the crime have also been released by police as friends and family struggle to process this devastating event.
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Brandi Seals Is the 28th Trans Person Murdered in 2017
Seals’ family called the 28-year-old Houston native a beautiful and loving person.
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Managing the Groundlessness of Climate Change
Is climate change freaking you out? There’s a way to experience this anxiety as motivation for to collective response. But first we have to face it.
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Fuel For Your Fire: LGBTIQ Activists From Around the World Share Their Stories
LGBTIQ+ activists from around the world gathered to discuss the challenges and the solutions from the front lines around the world at OutSummit.
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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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We Won So Many Things: LGBTQ+ People and POC Kicked Ass In the 2017 Elections
Oh, right. This is what good news feels like.
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Be The Change: How to Make a Mind Map for Activism
This mind map exercise will help activists create achievable goals to avoid burnout.
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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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Art Therapy Special: Protest Signs for a Protest World
The revolution will need signage.
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Talking the Lesbian Philanthropist Agenda with Program Officer Kristen Plumberg of the Tegan and Sara Foundation
An insider interview with the Tegan and Sara Foundation lead, working a CON X Show and generally loving everything these twins do.
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Be The Change: 5 Tips to Plan a Damn Good Activist Meeting
How to organize a meeting that won’t result in headaches, boredom, or existential dread.