Results for: be the change
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What Happened in the Canadian Election? or, “Do You Still Want to Move Here?”
Stephen Harper has managed to form a majority government in Canada, which is making a bunch of really nice people feel not very nice.
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Burnaby Parents Will Fight for Their Kids’ Right to Discriminate Against LGBT Students
A group of parents in British Columbia are planning to hold a protest later this evening over the Burnaby school district’s proposed anti-sexual-orientation-based-discrimination policy.
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Canada Will Have Election on May 2, Bad News For Bill C-389
For the fourth time in seven years, Canada is going to have a federal election. This one is slated for May 2, mark it on your calendars, Canadians!
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South Africa Government Hears Out LGBT Activists On Corrective Rape
A common practice in South Africa, corrective rape is an act of violence where lesbians are raped in order to “fix” them… as charming as that sounds, it is time to wave goodbye to that policy, for real this time.
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What’s In a Word? Gay Rights in Canada, Apparently
New Canadian citizenship guidelines were released Monday and the total length of the new gay/lesbian section is about as long as this sentence. Period.
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House of Commons Passes Bill C-389, One Step Closer to Trans* Equality
Yeah, that’s right, if passed through the Senate, trans and genderqueer people would be able to see themselves in the law as equal to every other Canadian citizen, and crimes motivated by transphobia would be potential hate crimes.
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Nepal Will Count its Transpeople, Court Gay Travelers (Especially Buddhists)
Nepal is open for gay tourists and just announced it will add a transgender category to its Census. Nepal is deeply conservative. Other countries should feel embarrassed.
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Haters Gonna Hate (Gays) Forever, Apparently
Bad and not-that-bad stuff happening with homophobes in the UK, Toronto, Ohio, Michigan and New Zealand. Also some good news, silver lining, heartwarming things and a Daily Show clip!
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Why is No One Talking About Daniel Garcia’s Gay Sister
Daniel Garcia, an 18-year-old Toronto student, was deported to Mexico on Saturday, despite fears that he’ll face violence because his sister’s a lesbian. So why is no one talking about her?
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Argentina Legalizes Same-Sex Marriage! Felicidades!
Argentina’s legislature approved marriage rights for all citizens last night, after a hard-fought battle between the country’s president and the Catholic Church. It’s the first country in Latin America to do so.
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Pardoned Malawi Trans Bride Gone Missing, Queer Pakistani Couple Facing Similar Fate. WTF.
One half of the queer couple pardoned in Malawi has gone missing. Another couple — a trans woman and gay man — were arrested in Pakistan for trying to get married (allegedly). Gay haters use the Bible as an excuse, not a legit argument. There’s a lot of the top 10 cute animals harmed by the oil spill. Arizona’s immigration law targets women. And thank god for Jon Stewart for bringing the lulz and the awesome social commentary & Barack Obama for tweeting his love for gays this month.
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Rwanda Votes on its Kill the Gays Bill, Zimbabwe Kicks the Gays Out of School
Rwanda is voting on a “kill the gays” bill too, just like Uganda, which slipped under the radar ’til now. Zimbabwe kicks two girls out of school for lesbian activities, most New Yorkers are upset same-sex marriage didn’t pass, unearthed video footage of Matthew Shepard in a documentary, and what to do when your UK girlfriend’s American Visa expires.
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Uganda is Takin’ it Back: Anti-Gay Bill Will Kill the Gays After All
Uganda calls takebacks — killing gays will remain a piece of the anti-gay legislation after all. We look at other countries with similar laws and recent interviews with anti-gay leaders in Uganda. Also; GLSEN is counting the number of times you say “dyke” on twitter and we don’t understand why and an annoying columnist talks smack about the hot teacher makeout.
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Uganda’s Bill to Punish Gays with Death Supported by Actual Human Americans
Under Uganda’s anti-homosexuality bill, gays face life imprisonment at a minimum and often execution and the public is required to report gays or go to jail. Who are the Americans supporting Uganda’s Museveni legislation of evil? We break it all down for you. Also; should we settle for civil unions, the implications of Perry v. Schwarzenegger, another teacher-student lesbian sex scandal and “Who Do We Have to Blow to Get Gay Marriage in New York”?