……not a corporation-sponsored street closing where people buy Absolut and impose Doryphoros-like standards of muscularity on everyone.
and the riot was started by gender-transgressing poor folks of color (many were sex workers too).. not rich white boys appropriating the language/bodies of femmes of color while spending half their day on their smartphones (checking Grindr)
(Source: swallowtheother, via socialistexan)
Anita Berber and her lover/manager Susi Wanowski
Danke schön, bloomsburyist, for reigniting my Weimar obsession today
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Montana officially decriminalizes sodomy -
More than fifteen years after the state Supreme Court struck it down, Montana’s anti-sodomy law has finally been taken off the books.
The Supreme Court in 2003 ruled all anti-gay-sex laws unconstitutional in Lawrence v. Texas and the state’s Supreme Court had made a similar decision in 1997, but Montana’s law banning sodomy was still on the books. On Thursday, Gov. Steve Bullock finally signed the official repeal.
“I am not going to speak too long,” Bullock told those gathered at the state capitol for the signing ceremony, Reuters reports. “Because frankly, the longer I talk, the longer this unconstitutional and embarrassing law continues to stay on our books.” The law had classified gay sex as a felony punishable with 10 years in prison and a $50,000 fine.
Supporters cheered as Bullock signed the repeal bill, which the state House of Representatives approved last week, following an earlier vote by the state Senate.
Among the celebrants was activist Linda Gryczan, who had filed the lawsuit that led to the 1997 court ruling. “All through this struggle, we’ve said, ‘Not tonight, dear, it’s a felony,’” she said. “Well, now we’re gonna say, ‘Tonight, dear — it’s not a felony!’”
2013, everyone. It’s 2013.
TransGriot: Shut Up Fool Awards-Cece McDonald's 25th Birthday Weekend Edition
Peace Corps Begins Accepting Joint Applications From Same-Sex Couples -
For the first time since it was founded in 1961, the Peace Corps has announced that the organization will begin accepting applications for same-sex couples to serve together overseas.
Bryan Fischer says forced drowning ‘would be better’ than inclusion in the Boy Scouts -
Anti-gay Christian radio host Bryan Fischer has tweeted his distaste at the decision to allow gay members into the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), tweeting a bible reference suggesting drowning would be better than inclusion.
ARI EZRA WALDMAN: The Boy Scouts Made it Worse.
BOY SCOUTS: Organization votes to allow gay scouts, ban scout leaders.
VIDEO: Boy Scout camp counselor fired on camera after coming out.
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SistersTalk » Part 1: Monica Roberts Addresses Michfest’s Trans Policy
Family Research Council Won’t Publicly Repudiate Anti-gay Violence | Pam's House Blend -
tw: murder, anti-gay rhetoric
A spokesperson for the White House said that the President welcomes the Boy Scouts of America’s decision to end the ban on gay members, but believes it should also welcome gay parents and leaders. We agree. Help us keep the pressure on: http://glaad.org/scouts
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“I had one question during an interview that was, How would you feel about having a lesbian Miss South Carolina? I said, “I don’t think her sexuality has anything to do with it. It doesn’t define her as a person, because she’s still going to be a good human being.” Miss South Carolina should be a great role model, but her sexual orientation shouldn’t define her as a person. And it shouldn’t define her getting a crown.”
— Meet Analouisa Valencia, an openly lesbian and African-American/Latina woman hoping to be the first gay Miss South Carolina and maybe even Miss America. She’s already won the crown in Lyman, S.C; best of luck to her as she advances from here! (Full interview.)
(Source: gaywrites, via loversintransition)
Gay-Rights Issue to Immigration Reform Bill Is At a Standstill -
May Become a Senate Showdown An amendment sponsored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) would allow U.S. citizens in long-term relationships to sponsor foreign partners for green cards (as opposite sex married couples are allowed by law).