The weekend’s just around the corner… here are a few links to make the hours fly by a bit more quickly.
Queer as in F*ck You
Inside the Miami Wedding of Soccer Stars Ali Krieger and Ashlyn Harris
@russian.queer.revolution is the LGBTQI+ art platform you need to know
States Weigh Measures to Stop Transgender Athletes From Competing in Women’s Sports
Michigan LGBTQ bills have failed for decades — but this year could be different
Tracy Young, Madonna’s Fave DJ, Is Breaking the Grammy Glass Ceiling
First LGBTQ-focused charter school could open in Birmingham
Saw This, Thought of You
I love this story so, so much. Let “fuck convention, separate yourself from the toxic people in your life” be your mood for 2020:
And from our own Riese Bernard – Elizabeth Wurtzel: Her Life Was One Long Longing
Also Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Unfinished Work and ‘I Believe in Love’: Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Final Year, In Her Own Words
The first national US observatory to be named after a woman!
Judge orders Google to turn over a full year of Jussie Smollett’s data
🇵🇷 🇦🇺 Saw This, Thought of You: Climate Change is Real 🇦🇺 🇵🇷
After Homes Collapse in Earthquake, Puerto Ricans Ask: Are We Safe?
Why Are So Many Earthquakes Happening in Puerto Rico?
How to Help Puerto Rico Following Its Most Devastating Earthquake in a Century
Over 1 billion animals feared dead in Australian wildfires, experts say
7 things everyone should know about Australia’s wildfire disaster
Lizzo Volunteered At A Food Bank To Help Brushfire Victims While Touring Australia (Relatedly: Fuck Jillian Michaels.)
Political Snacks
Thank God: Ruth Bader Ginsburg declares she’s ‘cancer free’
Women donate to multiple candidates. But men tend to stick to people who look like them.
Inside the secretive Silicon Valley group that has funneled over $20 million to Democrats
Mayor Pete’s Invisible Black Police
Democratic Unity Will Determine Trump’s Fate
NYPD Targets Blacks and Latinos for ‘Jaywalking’ Tickets
Your Body Being Used’: Where Prisoners Who Can’t Vote Fill Voting Districts
I’m a British person who is usually completely disinterested in the Royals, but I am delighted by this news.
Good lord the comments on that royal Instagram post are bananas
So terrible. I’m so deeply ashamed of how she has been treated here and the awful racism and equally delighted that they’ve both just said fuck this!
After Harry’s ”colonials and natives” party I was surprised he married her tbh.
That Jussie Smollett situation is just getting weirder and weirder. For his sake (and sanity), I hope it gets resolved soon.