On May 12, 2012, the New York Times reported on Lorena Escalera’s death in the midst of a fire in Brooklyn apartment. It was a highly problematic and glaringly dehumanizing article that focused on her body, her alleged sex work profession, her sexuality and much more. GLAAD…
Should the Middle Tennessee Council of Boy Scouts allow openly gay members?Can we tumblr bomb this poll?
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SAN FRANCISCO, CA, 5/10-5/11/2013: Queer Rebels presents SPIRIT: A Century of Queer Asian Activism. Two-day extravaganza. Innovative. Risky. Expansive.
DESCRIPTION: From the Asian avant-garde to 1960’s activists, Angel Island poets to Slam champions, Queer Asian histories come alive in art. SPIRIT: A Century of Queer Asian Activism features performance, panel, and films, with the following movers and shakers! Included in the 16th Annual United States of Asian America Festival, and sponsored by Queer Cultural Center.
EVENT LINK:
https://www.facebook.com/events/187766414706008/FOR MORE INFO: FACEBOOK.COM/QRPRODUCTIONS AND QUEERREBELS.COM
FEATURING 23+ QUEER ASIAN ARTISTS AND CULTURAL ACTIVISTS! SEE WEBSITE FOR UPDATES!PHOTO: Ryka AokiI’m performing for this event! If you’re in the Bay 5/10-5/11, you should definitely check it out!!
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A harsh new ad from the group says social shares aren’t enough, in a new turn in the online-activism debate.
Fuck UNICEF. This is disgusting and reeks of privilege and entitlement. Not everyone can afford to donate to a cause; therefore, spreading the word about a group’s work is sometimes the best that folks can do. After all, most people find out about social issues and groups that help folks out largely via social media sites and their followers. Shaming folks who are only trying to help the best way that they can is despicable and should not be praised in any way.
Furthermore, social media sites are how many folks find out if a group is reputable and otherwise a good cause to donate their time and/or money to. It is also a good way to spread the word about bigoted asshats and their ridiculous ad campaigns - so SIGNAL BOOST.
KINGS, QUEENS, & IN-BETWEENS is a documentary on drag queens, kings, transgender performers, and the issue of gender expression.Only 50 hours to go!! Please share widely and help us get this great project going!!
submission from elijahfromthesource:
Attention all LGBTQ+ writers: submissions are now being accepted for an upcoming anthology of poems, short stories, and essays written about the queer/trans experience. The anthology will be published in e-book form and will be an exhaustive collection of modern creative writing representing the lives of LGBTQ people. Each submission should be less than 3,000 words, and each individual may submit up to 5 pieces of original writing.
Questions and submissions can be emailed to:
LGBTQwriting@gmail.com
Submissions will be accepted on a rolling basis. Tentative publish date is early 2014. All proceeds from the published e-book will benefit gender confirming surgeries for transgender individuals.
The backlash from San Francisco Pride’s denial statement yesterday continues tomorrow on the streets.
Hey.
So this is a movie about transgender people, that has (from the images) at least 4/5 of the main people as TPoC (and 3/5 are Black).
Let’s boost the fuck out of this and see if we can’t get them the money for this doc.
trigger warning for needles in the videos
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WEZESHA in Partnership with Ilala Municipality is Establishing a Gay Clinic at Tabata Health Center to help provide free quality health services, including HIV testing, TB screening, treatment care, and support to more than 500 LGBT people in Dar es Salaam region,this will be the first and only Clinic in Tanzania where LGBT people can access free Quality health services.
More than 2 Million LGBT people in Tanzania do not have access to quality health services including HIV prevention, treatment care,and support due to rejection,neglect, and Criminalization that is based on gender identity and sexual orientation. LGBT people continually face stigma and discrimination, harassment and arbitrary arrests, and even alienation from family therefore. Things are so difficult for some LGBT people living with HIV that they medicate themselves with battery acid.
We will provide free quality treatment, HIV testing, and counseling, along with free condoms and skills training to more than 500 LGBT people in the Dar es Salaam region.
The project will increase access to quality health services to approximately 500 LGBT people in the Dar es Salaam region, thus hopefully reducing the HIV / STI infection rate
As a gay man who has been denied access to quality health services in public health facilities several times due to my sex orientation, I was looking for a way to help end this problem in Tanzania.
- James Wandera Ouma, Executive Director
Total Funding Received to Date: $6,375
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $29,625
Total Funding Goal: $36,000
Should hard working people in Louisiana have to pay a fine for standing up for themselves after being unfairly discriminated against?
Hardworking lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in Louisiana need your help!
Our opponents in the legislature are…
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Source: equalitylouisiana
The Ali Forney Center is the largest nationwide organization dedicated to LGBTQ homeless youth.
There are currently 39 items on their Amazon wish list, most being undergarments like tank tops, plain tees, undies and chest binders for the youth they shelter. A majority of the items are less than $20 and the most expensive item is only $35.
Let’s try to help them by Tumblr bombing the shit out the Ali Forney Center with direct donations and purchasing everything on their wish list!
40% of homeless youth in America are LGBTQ, so if you support the queer struggle, reblog this, purchase something from their wish list and get involved!
PLEASE donate or reblog or something. Unless you want to keep pretending that marriage is the biggest queer rights issue so that you can say you’re an ally without actually doing anything to help.
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We can hardly believe that Legalize Trans* launched in 2010. We started with one shirt on a website that was only a single page.
Today, we relaunched our site to show off the community that Legalize Trans* has become. Check it out, there are tons of smiling faces waiting for you.
And then add yourself.I seriously need to get me one of these shirts!
next time I have money…
Just noticed that there is only one girl out of like 10 people, in the ‘shop’ section. Wonder what that tells us.
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Source: legalizetrans
Hello. I am writing to you today about an issue my boyfriend is having with his senior class. He attends Red Lion Area Senior High School in York,…If you haven’t heard about this yet, read up, and sign sign sign!!!
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