Team Pick: Fedoras For Fairness Raises Immigration Reform Awareness, Looks Great Doing It
Cara’s Team Pick: Put on a hat and save the world.
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.
Kaitlyn Hunt’s Case May Already Be Bringing Change for Laws About Gay Teen Relationships
Kaitlyn Hunt’s case is motivating Florida state senator Thad Altman to revisit Florida’s laws regarding teens’ consensual sexual relationships; he argues that they should “provide more forgiveness” for teens like Hunt.
South Carolina Intersex Lawsuit A Major Step In Ending Nonconsensual Surgery to “Fix” Intersex Kids
Adoptive parents of 8 year-old, intersex child M.C. Crawford are suing the state of SC because cosmetic genital surgery was performed on M.C. without his consent.
We Won A Thing! Marriage Equality Comes To Minnesota
“As we held onto each other in that sea of people, he just kept looking at me and saying, “You’re going to get married, mama. You’re going to get married.””
Pro-Gay AND Pro-Immigration? You’re Stuck Between A Rock And A Hard Place
Sane people want the new immigration bill to help binational gay couples. People in power insist that will ruin everything for everyone else. What’s a politically savvy queer to do?
Delaware Legalizes Gay Marriage, We Won A Thing!
Delaware became the 11th state to legalize same-sex marriage today!
Making Community Out of Isolation by Learning Furious Self-Creation
“There are no lesbian/queer woman-centric spaces in our city or on LSU’s campus. This mixed workshop helped the queer women at the workshop think about the role of discomfort in their lives. “
Support Girls’ Activism and Sustain Our Feminist Future: Help SPARK Raise 10K!
Carmen’s Team Pick: I need your help to sustain girls’ activism and the future of feminism. Need I say more? Fine. Two words: Kate Nash.
Ontario’s New High School Gender Studies Class Will Probs Change The World
Ontario’s high schools will offer a gender studies class next semester.
George W. Bush Has Nothing to Say About Gay Marriage
There’s a reason that former President George W. Bush doesn’t want to “take a stance” on the issue of same-sex marriage — because opposing it just isn’t that popular anymore.
A Prairie Homo Companion: First Nations on the Prairies
These are three of the amazing Indigenous female writers, activists, and artists I’ve been reading this week. I may not be the best person to write about Indigenous issues, but I can certainly read what I think are some of the best, educate myself, and encourage you to do the same.
Montana Joins the 21st Century, Decriminalizes Gay Sex
Wait, so this hadn’t happened yet?
Community and Country Owe Change to LGBT Elders of Color
A new report on the well-being of LGBT people of color reveals the disparities they face and recommends solutions that we can be a part of.
This Week In Abstinence: Ohio and West Virginia Really Seem To Hate Sex Education
This week Ohio and West Virginia attempt to take us back to 1050 A.D., retro style. Ohio is trying to restrict sex education to abstinence-only and a West Virginia high school tries to punish a student for protesting a slut-shaming assembly.
We Won Another Thing! New Zealand Passes Same-Sex Marriage!
Who knew that April 2013 would be such a game changer for marriage equality? Louisa Wall, that’s who!
‘Day of Dialogue’ Brings Back A Conversation We’re Tired of Having
This time, stick to silence.
Explosions at Boston Marathon
So far three people have been reported dead and more than 140 injured; very little else is known right now. We are updating as more information becomes available.
We Win Another Thing: Uruguay Legalizes Gay Marriage
Yesterday, Uruguay became the latest country to eliminate laws against same-sex marriages, with 71 of the 92 members of its Chamber of Deputies supporting it.
What Ag-Gag Bills Are and Why They Want To Outlaw The Truth About Animal Abuse
Old McDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O! And on this farm he had a *CENSORED*