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7 Vital Stats About Our LGBT Elders
A new report from SAGE lays out what you need to know the lives and experiences of aging LGBT people.
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Obama Signs Executive Order On Federal LGBT Workplace Discrimination; No Religious Exemptions in Sight
Obama also signed an executive order that prohibits federal employers from discriminating based on gender identity. That order applies as of today. Obama did not include exemptions for religious groups in either order, despite heavy pressure to do so from evangelical leaders.
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Glee Episode 606 Recap: What The World Needs Now Is Lesbian Love
This week on Glee, Brittany and Santana start planning their BIG FAT LESBIAN WEDDING, and everybody sings for their supper.
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New Report Demonstrates How Anti-LGBT Laws Make It Hard For Lots of LGBTs To Make Ends Meet
“Anti-LGBT laws make people economically insecure and they disproportionately affect those who are most vulnerable within the LGBT community. They hurt you and kick you when you’re down.”
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Post Hobby Lobby, Religious Leaders Ask For Right To Discriminate Against Queers
Religious leaders have their eye on broad exemptions from a pending executive order to block employment discrimination by federal contractors against LGBT people.
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Want to Support the Women of the Trans 100? Here’s How.
I spoke with Janet Mock, Imogen Binnie, Fallon Fox, Bailey Jay, Geena Rocero, Angelica Ross, Sarah McBride and more women from the Trans 100 to find out how to best support the women on this list and trans women in general.
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Introducing Gayworld: Disney’s Newest Park Offers Dynamic and Educational Fun For The Whole Family!
Autostraddle has the inside scoop on Disney’s boldest show of supporting equality since Timon and Pumbaa sang “Are you achin’ for some bacon” in hula skirts! Gayworld is finally here!
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Because I’m Black, Too
“That risks making a wound of my blackness. My blackness is not a wound; it is a gift I’m trying, consciously and earnestly, to understand and protect and witness.”
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Rhymes With Witches: Original Degrassi Mean Girl, Tabi
“Her uniform consists of a Degrassi varsity jacket, though I think she’s too cool to actually be a part of any organized sport, and, of course, an opened peanut butter jar that she is always snacking on. THIS IS THE PERSON I WANT TO BE.”
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You Need Help: I Came Out To My Mom (Again) And You Can, Too
“I cried on the plane. I realized, stark as night, clear as day, that the silence was killing me. Instead of moving through a moment, I was trapped inside of purgatory.”
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Sober in the City: An Atheist Walks into AA
“The fellowship said I was thinking too hard about it, that I was stubborn, and that I was not willing to admit that there were forces bigger than me. What they didn’t get was that I did believe there were forces beyond my control, powers bigger than me. Let’s just take gravity as one of many examples. I just don’t believe that praying to gravity or the radiator or the ocean would cure me of my alcoholism.”
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Queer Girl City Guide: Salt Lake City
“Gayest City”… not so much. But we’re cooler than you think!
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Katy Perry Continues Scaling New Heights of Cultural Appropriation
Katy Perry has once again offended a whole mess of people, to the surprise of absolutely nobody.
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Lez Liberty Lit #53: A To-Read Pile To The Moon
Highbrow and lowbrow literature, visualizing characters, an excerpt from “bad Feminist” and more!
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Legendary Boxing Manager and Promoter Kellie Maloney Comes Out as a Trans Woman
Boxing Promoter and Manager Kellie Maloney has come out as a transgender woman, making her one of the highest profile trans people in the world of sports.
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Also.Also.Also: Inclusive Feminism, Girl Power Advertising and Other Stories We Missed This Week
We’re talking sports, feminism, kids today, and Spice World!
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Michfest Could Change Its Trans Female Exclusionary Intention Only If It Tried, Only If It Wanted To
LGBTQ rights groups are joining activists, allies and former performers in opposing Michfest’s trans-female-exclusionary intention, and if Michfest wants to attract new fans, it needs to listen up.
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Burger King’s “Proud Whopper” Isn’t Anything For Gays To Be Proud Of
Burger King wrapped a cheeseburger in a rainbow and somehow this did not make the world a better place.
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IFP’s “Fresh Faces” Highlights So Many Rad Female Indie Filmmakers
Despite a continued male dominance of the media industry, a number of talented women are working hard to make their mark in the arena of indie film.
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Unfortunately, This Magical Anti-Rape Nail Polish Won’t Save Us
On their Facebook page, the creators of Undercover Colors say they “hope to make potential perpetrators afraid to spike a woman’s drink because there’s now a risk that they can get caught.” But what about creating cultural shifts so that people don’t become violent assailants at all?