Results for: meet up
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HRC’s New Campaign in the South Wants to Change “Hearts and Minds,” Not Much Else
In a region known for being socially conservative and heavily influenced by faith communities, HRC’s Project One America seems like a much-needed advancement for LGBT rights in the region. But is the HRC prepared to help the South, an area with a long history of struggles fueled by racism from colonization to slavery to the Civil Rights Movement?
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Going Beyond Going Down: Why Diverse Queer Sex On TV Matters
“And every time she has sex with a man, she is ass naked. Literally. I have seen her ass now twice. My problem isn’t her being ass naked. She has straight sex and is naked, but this other character has gay sex and both of them — bras on, underwear on.”
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Brown University Student Seeks Justice For Sexual Assault Survivors On Campus
Sclove’s courageous push to bring her attack to the spotlight in order to call attention to the way her university mishandles sexual assault cases is indicative of a greater crisis. Universities and colleges across the United States have a long history of brushing sexual violence under the rug or punishing rapists with a slap on the wrist.
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DNC Gives Lesbians Their Very Own Leadership Council
Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Democratic National Committee chair, announced the creation of a Lesbian Leadership Council that would focus on cultivating lesbian participation in the Democratic party, which has had a broader LGBT leadership council since 2000.
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Also.Also.Also. Rosie the Riveter is Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Queer porn is the best, abstinence only sex ed is the worst, and two new book projects are changing the way kids talk about gender, sexuality and technology!
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Monica Jones Found Guilty of “Manifesting Prostitution,” Will Be “Rescued” from Sex Work by Incarceration
“In May of 2013, Monica Jones became one of the people arrested by Project ROSE; the charge was “manifesting prostitution” for accepting a ride home to her neighborhood from men who turned out to be undercover cops. This week, Jones was found guilty, and faces the possibility of serving time in a men’s prison as a trans woman.”
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Ugandan President Signs Anti-Gay Bill Into Law and the U.S. Might Be Making Things Worse
President Museveni of Uganda signs into law a bill that sentences LGBTQ people convicted of sodomy, gay marriage, or promotion of homosexual activities to life imprisonment.
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Here’s The Real Story of How Oscar Nominee Jared Leto Got Called Out for Transmisogyny At The Virtuosos Awards
It’s been reported that Jared Leto was heckled by a trans woman at the recent Virtuosos Awards for his performance in Dallas Buyers Club. This version of events fails once again to take into account the experiences of actual trans and gendernonconforming people, who were there at the event and have spoken to Autostraddle about what transpired.
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Black Canary is a Totally Bisexual Superhero on “Arrow,” Kissed A Hot Lady On TV Last Night
On last night’s episode of the CW show “Arrow,” super hero Black Canary was revealed to be queer.
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We Have Lots of Noise, We Need Lots of Solutions: Preventing Sexual Assault at (Every) American University
The recent scandal surrounding the disturbing messages leaked from American University’s Epsilon Iota is a national story, and sheds light on a national problem. The response of AU students shows us something, too — how students can organize as a community to force their administrations to take action against campus sexual assault.
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Pope Francis Wants To Know What You Think About Gays (If You’re A Bishop)
The Vatican is soliciting opinions on a number of groundbreaking issues, including same-sex marriage, birth control, polygamy and forms of feminism “hostile to the Church.”
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New Comic Series You’ll Love: Autostraddle’s Own Intern Grace Co-Creates “Lumberjanes”
Our very own Forever Intern Grace Ellis, along with Noelle Stevenson, Shannon Watters and Brooke Allen, have combined forces for the comic book “Lumberjanes,” about five girls at camp having fun and fighting monsters.
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New York Can Pass Same-Sex Marriage But Not Trans* Protections: How GENDA Died
“After DOMA, one would think this would be the best time for activists to shine a light on other issues, such as hate crimes against LGBT people. But that hasn’t proven to be the case, at least in New York.”
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Here’s Your Chance To Give Queer History (and Herstory) The National Recognition It Deserves
The National Registry of Historic Places is really low on a certain aspect of history. The National Park Service is ready to fix it — but they need our help!
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The Completely Ultimate Best Moments (So Far) of Walking Dead’s New Queer Couple
For the second week in a row, The Walking Dead has delivered us some queer lady goodness. Let’s relive those moments now.
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More Than A Minimum Wage: What Recent Protests Tell Us About Women’s Economic Justice
“This is the beginning of a war on an economy that makes certain people vulnerable so a select few can survive.”
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It’s A Brave New World of Obamacare, Here’s How To Live In It
Should you get Obamacare or insurance through your employer? Are you eligible for Medicaid? What does the ACA mean for trans* people? Find out all this and more!
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Queer Catholic News Recap: Five and a Half Things To Know
Pope declares commission on sex abuse scandal, ACLU sues American Bishops, Cardinal Dolan declares he was “outmarketed” on gay marriage, and more.
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Ellen Degeneres Developing New Lesbian Sitcom With Liz Feldman, There Is Hope For Us
Ellen DeGeneres and Liz Feldman are creating a sitcom about two blonde lesbians who are funny and non-threatening! JK, it’s not gonna be about them. It’s gonna be about a pregnant lesbian, obvs!
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When Bar Is Exceptionally Low, Lots of Companies Are Gay-Friendly, Reports Corporate Equality Index
Last I checked, Wal-Mart wasn’t exactly a praise-worthy work environment for any human being, let alone LGBTs.