July 2012
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Huffington Post Canada: The Dubious Logic Behind... →
queermuslims:
Junaid Jahangir
PhD, Economics Lecturer MacEwan University
Dr. Bilal Philips, an influential Islamic scholar, will be speaking at the Canada Day long weekend conference hosted by the Muslim Council of Calgary. He is wellnoted for his literalist approach in prescribing thedeath penalty for “homosexuals” under Sharia law. However, he is neither God’s spokesperson, nor does he...
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Y'ALL: Volunteer for a Research Study!... →
atriptothemorg:
Volunteer for a Research Study!
Violence/Harm and Transgender, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer Latina & Latino Experiences
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The purpose of this research project is to better understand the experiences of Latin@ transgender, lesbian, gay,…
June 2012
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Bisexual, Pansexual & Queer Community: Designing a... →
bisexual-community:
Since 1973, Congregation Beit Simchat Torah has tried to reconcile traditions transmitted across the millenniums with traditions that its members — gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews — have often had to make up on the fly, battling hostility, indifference and the AIDS epidemic at…
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Mormons plan mass resignation →
gaywrites:
A group of Mormons are planning to resign from the church en masse this weekend, and they say the church’s anti-gay stance plays a role in their reasoning.
The individuals taking part - anywhere from several dozen to upwards of 100 people - will gather in Salt Lake City and sign a “Declaration of Independence from Mormonism.” The organizers, John and Zilpha Larsen, say that many of...
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One Million Moms Condemns Oreo Cookies For Gay... →
zarggg:
In what can only be described as the week’s least surprising news, the conservative anti-gay group behind this spring’s scrapped JCPenney boycott is now targeting Oreos for the cookie brand’s controversial endorsement of Pride month.
In a post titled “Oreo — No Longer Favorite Cookie,” members of One Million Moms are condemning a now-iconic image which showed the cookie filled with...
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Say no to stop & frisk policies targeting qpoc &... →
crashntumble:
do you live in the united states of america? do you want to walk the streets peacefully without being frisked or interrogated? are you black, queer, latin@, or otherwise suspicious to white men with quotas to meet and power trips to nurse?
if you answered yes to 1 or more of these questions please sign
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Military report uncovers LGBT hazing incidents →
gaywrites:
A top Navy officer has been reassigned after failing to take action when sailors engaged in anti-gay hazing, according to a report uncovered by the Associated Press.
Master Chief Machinist’s Mate Charles Berry was serving as “chief of the boat” on the USS Florida and was allegedly aware of hazing in which a sailor faced attempted rape at knifepoint. For eight months, the sailor was...
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Untitled: Liberation is the beginning, not the end →
dunzor:
End gender binary, patriarchy, all forms of oppression.
Please read the articles that I’ve linked to for further context of the language I have used. TRIGGER: I discuss and quote sources discussing sex, violence, rape, and BDSM/kink.
This thread is a continuation of a conversation I’ve been having with @chrisamaphone (link)
Okay; time to delineate between “no choice under patriarchy...
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“Economics and sexual identity are not unconnected. The Center for American...”
– - Queer Issues Are Class Issues: Where Next for the LGBTQ Movement? (via queerandpresentdanger)
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Trans* Community Call: What the U.S. Supreme... →
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Gay Activists Flipping Bird at White House Flips... →
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
Yesterday Philadelphia magazine published photos of three Pennsylvania gay activists making hand gestures in front of presidential portraits after being invited by President Barack Obama to the White House’s recent LGBT pride reception. While Philadelphia Gay News publisher Mark Segal did a sarcastic thumbs-up pose in front of the portrait of George W. Bush and...
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Trans Workplace Rights Still Murky →
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
Nine out of 10 Americans mistakenly believe that there is a federal law that prohibits employers from firing someone because the individual is gay or transgender, according to The Atlantic. But no such law exists, and this type of discrimination is legal in the majority of states.
A new report in The Atlantic looks at the case of Vandy Beth Glenn, fired five...
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Bloomberg Makes Cameo on Gay X-Men Comic →
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
After Marvel Comics released its much ballyhooed Astonishing X-Men #51 featuring the wedding of gay X-Man Northstar and his longtime boyfriend Kyle, LGBT fans held events at comic book stores (including same-sex weddings) around the country. What went unannounced until the issue came out on Wednesday, according to Comic Book Resources, was the guest star in the...
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Largest Latino Group Backs Marriage Equality →
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
Just days after LGBT groups joined activist groups of color to protest laws that penalize immigrants and people of color, the country’s largest Latino civil rights organization unanimously passed a resolution in support of marriage equality. Eric Rodriguez, vice president of public policy for the National Council of La Raza, told the Washington Blade that there was...
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WATCH: Trans Kid Seeks Help With School →
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
Public schools can be a drag for LGBT kids, but one enterprising teen is doing something about it. Asher, a 14-year-old transgender teen, has taken matters into his own hands with an Indieagogo campaign to send himself to Arthur Morgan School, a trans-friendly Quaker boarding school in North Carolina.
(TW: ableist language) Click the link above to read the full...
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Y'ALL: Statistics for LGBT people that are also... →
soooexotic:
Is this because there are no queer/trans* East/South Asian people?
Wrong. It is because the way Asians are normally stereotyped (quiet, polite, strict, dull, submissive) is at odds with how queer people are normally stereotyped (weird, out of control, attention-seeking,…
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Gay WWII Hero Death Not Suicide →
BY Diane Anderson-Minshall
The 100th birthday of the late Alan Turing, the gay British mathematician and computer theorist whose work decoding the infamous German Enigma machine is often credited with winning WWII, may have been overshadowed by Pride celebrations in the U.S. today but both Google and researchers in his native country didn’t forget.
Today Google honored Turing, who...
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BREAKING: LGBT People Should Be Put to Death,... →
Explosive news out of Australia: in an interview with LGBT journalists Serena Ryan and Pete Dillon, a senior Salvation Army official said that non-celibate LGBT people should be put to death.
The official, Major Andrew Craibe, is the Salvation Army’s Territorial Media Relations Director for the Southern Territory in Victoria. Australian pop star Darren Hayes, the openly gay former lead singer...
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Costa Ricans march against new Human Rights...
qbits:
Thousands of Costa Rican LGBTs and their supporters have taken to the streets to protest the appointment of a Human Rights Commission president who actively opposes gay rights
17 June 2012
Thousands of LGBT Costa Ricans and their supporters took to the streets of San Jose on Saturday morning in what they called a March of the Invisibles to protest for the rights of marginalised...
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Senators Hold Hearing on Gender Discrimination... →
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N.C. Democrats choose first transgender (person*)... →
By Carmen Cusido
Democrats on Saturday selected the remainder of the party’s 158-member delegation to September’s Democratic National Convention in Charlotte.
Read more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2012/06/17/3323232/nc-democrats-choose-first-transgender.html#storylink=cpy
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FAQ: How to change name and gender marker in the... →
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Mitt Romney objects to the words "bisexual" and... →
bisexual-community:
Biphobia and Transphobia are very frequently found together. People interested in the topic might want to read this article about some of the roots of this disturbing phenomena.
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30+ Examples of Cisgender Privilege →
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Smarter Than a Fifth-Grader? School Nixes Pro-Gay... →
BY Trudy Ring
Kameron Slade
A New York City fifth-grader who won a class competition with a speech endorsing marriage equality won’t be able to deliver it in the school-wide contest.
The principal of P.S. 195 in Queens said Kameron Slade’s topic is inappropriate and this week told him to choose another one, according to Kameron’s mother, who declined to be identified further, online news...
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EARLY TO BED presents - Hot Queer Porn: A Festival... →
rileyxxx:
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"No Queer Girls Are Queerer Than Others"
wertheyouth:
Check out this article on The Link about femme invisibility, being queer enough, facets of the femme, other general interesting topics!! Written by Jeannette Young.
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Maginnis remarks on gay people 'not UUP policy' →
GERRY MORIARTY, Northern Editor
THE ULSTER Unionist Party has stated remarks by party member Lord (Ken) Maginnis about the “deviant” practice of homosexuality do not reflect party policy. UUP leader Mike Nesbitt also issued an instruction to party members yesterday that anyone wishing to make comments or statements to the press must first get permission from the party press office.
Lord...
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Rocco Katastrophe Releases New Album With A Queer... →
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Female Lawmaker Banned ‘Indefinitely’ From... →
by David Badash
Michigan Democratic State Representative Lisa Brown has been banned “indefinitely” from speaking on the House floor because she used the word “vagina” while registering her opposition to an anti-abortion bill her Republican colleagues were debating yesterday. Brown is a woman and Jewish, and held a press conference today wondering is she was banned from speaking because of...
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Fabulous Whoopi Goldberg hosts LGBT Pride...
wertheyouth:
She’s so fabulous I can’t even handle it.
gay-news:
Whoopi Goldberg lends support to gay rights by hosting ceremony
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Life as a Mermaid: Being Transgender in West... →
Cindy Clarissa finds surprising beauty in unexpected places in her travels as a photojournalist. This photo series and essay about Aulia in West Borneo is a perfect example.
[Editor’s note — We asked why Clarissa refered to Aulia as a ‘he” if he is transgender. Here is her reply: “With regards to your question on why I refer to Aulia as a ‘he’, instead of a...
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Study: Gayborhoods for Many Budgets →
San Francisco’s Castro still claims a huge concentration of gay residents, but there are LGBT-friendly areas with lower housing prices, according to a real estate analysis.
BY Trudy Ring
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ACTION ALERT! Do not be silent! Hold Ira Gray...
genderbendingriotqueer:
Ira Gray is a rapist [account here] and abusive [account here] towards his partners. I’m pretty sure there are other accounts of abuse out there from his ex partners that I’m missing. Please reblog and link them.
Ira has been well respected and looked up to in many trans* spaces. Let him know this will no longer be. Please contact all organizations he is affiliated with...
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Beyond the Binary: A Tool Kit for Gender Identity... →
neutrois:
An incredible resource, from the Transgender Law Center.
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A Backlash in Georgia →
By HALEY SWEETLAND EDWARDS
Vano Shlamov/Agence France-Presse — Getty ImagesGay rights activists demonstrating in Tbilisi, Georgia, on May 17.
TBILISI, Georgia — At the unofficial headquarters of the Tbilisi gay rights movement this week — a small, dimly lit second-story office redolent with cigarette smoke and populated by a litter of newborn kittens — the mood was both hopeful and grim.
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