May 2012
QBits: Costa Ricans protest bar for lesbian kiss... →
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Chants of ‘being indifferent is not indecent’ disrupted business at the 102-year old establishment
30 April 2012| By Jean Paul Zapata
Chelles restaurant in Costa Rica was told to ‘kiss customers goodbye’ yesterday (29 April) for discriminating against gays.
Over…
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ambercoracle:
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April 2012
Turning Boys Into Men: 4 Ways to Expand Your Son's...
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Dr. Peggy Drexler
Author, ‘Our Fathers, Ourselves. Daughters, Fathers, and the Changing American Family’
Posted: 04/30/2012 11:06 am
More than just about anything, Fiona’s boys hated having their nails trimmed. They were rough-and-tumble types, with a penchant for superheroes and playing with sticks. So Fiona came up with a diversionary tactic: nail polish. “At one point, both...
What's in a name? Trans students want their chosen...
qbits:
As someone whose given name is my second name, I was always called by my first name when the class list was read out at the start of a school year but my teachers were always good to note the name I went by and use it thereafter. What I found more frustrating was trying to deal with the bureaucracy to have documents reflect my ‘real’ name rather than what the institution presumed my name...
Prejudice Is Magic: Just A Realization... →
prejudiceismagic:
This might have been said before, but I would just like to say something that I realized about prejudice toward non-white headcanons/humanized versions of ponies.
At the end of every episode in My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, some type of lesson is taught about friendship (“Dear Princess…
Reblog if you were ever bullied. I want to see how...
“They put two guys on the ‘Kiss Cam’ tonight. What hilarity!! (by hilarity I mean...”
– A’s tweet dawns age of enlightenment
Good for Brandon McCarthy, the bit is really bad schtick.
(via fritfilter)
Jack Reese, Gay Utah Teen, Commits Suicide After... →
shadowsighsilverlights:
Friends and family are mourning the death of Jack Reese, a gay Utah teen who took his own life last week after allegedly being subjected to anti-gay bullying at school.
Though details of the 17-year-old Reese’s suicide are scarce, his boyfriend Alex Smith spoke frankly about the repeated bullying the teen had experienced at school. Smith, 18, reportedly recalled the...
I keep seeing anons on social justice blogs going...
sapientred:
AHAHAHAHAHAHA.
No.
Fuck you.
LGBT, PoC, and other minority groups are always told we are supposed to be polite. “Wahh, you’re so mean! You’re just as bad!” Really, jackass? I don’t see your privileged ass being beaten and killed based on your sexuality/skin color. Why are WE not allowed to be angry? Because it hurts your feelings?
Oh boo-fucking-hoo. Go find a bucket for your...
Dumb Things Straight People Say: Trigger warning:... →
keepingitconceptual:
extremely-clever:
stfuconfederates:
licoriceplease:
joydivsion:
gay people don’t care if we use the term faggot why do straight people do
Wrong.
*gueer people are sometimes too afraid of being murdered by straight people for objecting to the…
The world's most homophobic DJ (TW: rape, sexual... →
gaywrites:
A morning show DJ in Cleveland made a comment about a caller that has GLAAD up in arms, and rightfully so.
When a man wrote in to the radio station to talk about how his daughter was gay, Dominic Dieter, a DJ for WMMS, reportedly said: “You should get one of your friends to screw your daughter straight.”
Here’s GLAAD’s response:
Aaron McQuade, GLAAD’s director of news and field...
So I think we should probably get this person off...
nevermoreroses:
http://bisexualsshoulddie.tumblr.com/
Let's spread this Transgender Couchsurfing...
moobar4lyfe:
TransCouchNetwork is “a couchsurfing network intended to connect trans people in need with safe and supportive places to crash. if you have or are in need of a couch, floor, or spare room, send an ask or submit with any relevant information you’re willing to share and we’ll try and connect you with other couch lenders or surfers near you.” This is great! Let’s spread the word!!!...
“Anyone can claim to be an ally, but saying you are an ally does not make you...”
– This is from a column (**TW on the link for homophobic slurs**) written by one of my sister’s close friends in their college newspaper after the writer was personally targeted with anti-queer vandalism. It’s beautifully written and really powerful. (via coffeewithants)
The Transgender Wage Gap →
The truth is that I just want to feel safe with my...
chasingdevon:
I want to not be judged for my sometimes femme tendencies and be looked at like a subhuman.
I want to talk about race and not hear one ounce of “race card”.
I want my “weird” friends to feel safe around you and not be talked about when they walk off.
I want to paint my nails sometimes and you not ask me “Why?”
I want to not hear you talk about being a man because it’s...
QBits: Transgender woman stands for election in... →
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A transgender woman is standing for election at provincial level for the first time in northern Thailand
27 April 2012| By Anna Leach
A transgender woman is standing for election for the first time in provincial elections in Thailand.
Yonlada Suanyos,…
“I find it sort of hilarious how even the LEAST attractive men swear that every...”
– SonofBaldwin (via zorascreation)
QBits: Study: Bullying Will Make You Age Faster →
qbits:
By Guest Blogger on Apr 27, 2012 at 2:05 pm
The issue of school bullying has garnered a lot of attention over the past few weeks, with a ratings controversy over the film “Bully” sparking renewed focus and support for victims. Bullying’s effects on mental health are well-known to…
there's no such thing as "transphobia"
portlandwhore:
because there is no such thing as “transsexuals”
there are just confused kids looking for an identity
this generation has helped 2 create lost kids with no identity
its all b/c of technology it makes kids lose sync with their identity & instead they start 2 believe they are the opposite sex in order to cope
Y’know, maybe YOU’RE the confused one. Trans* people...
alexandraerinr: Not All Like That →
alexandraerin:
Imagine a minefield… a strip of land seeded with traps that will maim or kill you if you put one foot in the wrong place. What’s the wrong place? You’ll know when you step there. There’s no rhyme or reason to it. The pattern that gets you safely through one part might get you killed in another…
Exclusive: Catholic school ‘urged pupils as young... →
dumbthingsstraightpeoplesay:
roisinblah:
THIS IS MY MOTHERFUCKING SCHOOL.
I HATE THEM! SO UNBELIEVABLY MUCH. !”£$%^&^%$£”£$%$
I HATE CATHOLIC SCHOOLS!! They shouldn’t exist!!!!!
I just hate the whole Catholic Regime. They make me ashamed to be Roman Catholic.
Inside One Mind: An article in National Geographic... →
insideonemind:
I’ll leave the finer details of the experiment for anyone who wants to read the article but in summary: Gay and straight men were exposed to male and female pheromones, and the response of a part of the brain which is related to sexual attraction, the hypothalamus, was measured. The study found…
I am a Teenage Feminist: A High School Near Me is... →
iamateenagefeminist:
Sacred Heart Academy of Mount Pleasant Michigan recently asked Dominic Sheahan-Strahl, an alumni, to be the keynote speak at their graduation ceremony.When the school found out her was gay, they told him that he could no longer speak.
That’s it.
That’s the whole story.
A school is not letting…
Am I right, Ladies?: PSA: sometimes it’s okay to... →
televisionismygirlfriend:
PSA: sometimes it’s okay to just hate straight people
like sometimes i just want to sit in a corner with lesbians (or whoever it is) only and ignore everyone else for five seconds
and that doesn’t mean i’m “just as bad” as the bigots or that i literally will never be nice to another straight…
You're Not Stuck In Traffic; You Are Traffic:... →
bleu-belle:
Yestereve I was indulging in a stroll through the park avec a certain female companion, when I turned to her and spoke thusly:
“Anna, might you bestow the upon me the honour of allowing me to place my lips upon yours and move them in a mutually pleasing manner?”
She considered for some seconds…
QBits: Teaching Respect Finds Having an... →
qbits:
MEDIA CONTACT Andy Marra Public Relations Manager 646-388-6575 amarra@glsen.org Apr 24, 2012
NEW YORK - April 24, 2012 - Attending a school with an LGBT-inclusive curriculum is related to a less-hostile school experience for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth as well as…
Oh, hey, also!
goshdarnbisexuals:
I am trying to come up with reasons for you people not submitting, and all I can think of is that you can’t find screenshots of biphobic comments?
Well, take it from me it is unfortunately not that hard. Basically google any biphobic comment you can think of, and you will come across an individual freely making such claims! Ta-raaa!
BUT if it is still an issue, please do...
And Now, A Rant
dreamsofamadgirl:
I’ve been having a bit of a situation for the past week or so. As readers of my blog and my friends know, I’m a big fan of Starcraft II. I suck, but I’m a big fan. I recently decided that enough is enough, I want to change the name linked to my account (my boy name, which I’d rather not share here) to my girl name, Alyssa. Shouldn’t be a big deal, right? I already did it...
