Sara Quin Gives a F*ck About Tyler the Creator’s ‘Sickening Rhetoric’
“Why should I care about this music or its “brilliance” when the message is so repulsive and irresponsible?”
Lots of Signatures, Rainbows, Celebrities Working to Achieve Marriage Equality
This week in gay marriage, you can add one more state to your list of “possible reception locations” and a few hundred thousand more people – including celebrities! – to your list of “potential guests.”
Riese’s Team Pick: Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender & Sexual Orientation
“microaggressions are constant and continuing experiences of marginalized groups in our society; they assail the self-esteem of recipients, produce anger and frustration, deplete psychic energy…”
Gay Students in Canada Get Bullied, Too. A Lot, Actually.
Even in Canada, where everyone is suposed to be nice, two-thirds of gay students feel unsafe in school. Oh, kids. No matter where you look, they’re finding a way to be assholes.
Playlist: Eurovision Finals Party
For all your kitschy dancefest needs!
Crystal’s Team Pick: Soundwave Revolution with Hole and The Pretty Reckless
Horns up, Australia. Courtney Love is coming to a city near you.
Marni’s Team Pick: Rock to Walk
PARTY IN BROOKLYN (for a good cause)!
Rachel’s Team Pick: BUST Magazine Craftacular
This is an event involving handmade crafts and DIY goods, free issues of BUST Magazine, as well as local/organic/vegan/gluten-free food and a food truck. There is no defensible reason to not attend this event.
Yesterday Was Thursday. Today Is Friday. That Means Comment Awards. Fun Fun Fun.
we, we so excited.
Glee 220 Recap: Prom, Queen of the Desert
PROM IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING THAT WILL EVER HAPPEN TO YOU IN ALL OF LIFE. This week, we join the Glee students as they experience their junior prom and hit each other in the face.
DeAnne Smith and That Airy Fairy Stuff
“Psychic Sarah asked me to meditate with her. I did.”
Crystal’s Team Pick: Behind The Scenes With The Kills
“she’s my sister, I’d do anything for her.”
Lesbians in Tuxedos: #1 Threat to Our Nation’s Schools
Jade Goodwin-Carter wanted to wear a tuxedo to prom. As you can imagine, all hell broke lose (literally) at St. Francis High, and now she’s allowed to wear the tuxedo because we won a thing.
Ottawa’s Mayor Signs Anti-Abortion Proclamation, May or May Not be a Tool
Jim Watson, the Mayor of Ottawa, has signed an anti-abortion proclamation that uses phrases like “sanctity of human life” and which declared that today is “Respect for Life Day.” In other news, 10,000 people are going to protest abortion in front of Parliament this afternoon. Apparently both of these things happen every year but no one noticed before Twitter.
100 Michigan Law Students Walk Out Of Graduation: LGBTs Winning Hearts and Minds
This weekend, one third of Michigan Law’s 2011 class walked out of their own graduation ceremony to protest an anti-gay graduation speaker. Lucky for us, Sarah was there for the whole thing.
“Becoming Chaz” Review: About a Boy or About a Body?
“There are few things I hate more than highly public discussions of how testosterone changes your personality.”
Jess’s Team Pick: Shiny Happy Gay People on So You’re EnGAYged.com
Wanna look at cute and happy in love gay people who just got engaged?
Uganda Drops “Kill The Gays” Bill – Something That We Did Worked [UPDATE: JK NOT REALLY]
Online petitions had over 1.4 million signatures as of yesterday afternoon, and the impending vote on Uganda’s “Kill The Gays” bill is temporarily called off.
Lizz’s Latest Thing: F*ck Yeah Leather Jackets
“ZOMG I wear dresses, and they don’t look gay. Make me look gay please???” The answer is a leather jacket. That’s it.
NOM Debuts Deceptive Crazy TV Ad To Stop Gay Marriage in New York
It’s called “Consequences” except all the consequences are made up. Also, if you’re a Republican senator, NOM will pay you $1 million to vote their way!