As the party winds down in Ojai, so too does my time here, hosting Also.Also.Also. Many thanks to Laneia for giving me the keys to the kingdom for a few days and to all of you for generously tolerating my exuberance over the Women’s World Cup (#SorryNotSorry). One more for the road, shall we?
Queer as in F*ck You
The Prom’s Delightful Tony Awards Performance Ends With a Heartfelt Lesbian Kiss
50 years after Stonewall, the NYPD finally apologizes to the LGBTQ community
Why are Trans Women Dying in ICE Detention
Layleen Cubilette-Polanco Found Dead at Rikers, Family Demands Answers
Stonewall 50: Don’t Forget the Black & Brown LGBTQ Struggle
Google’s LGBTQ employees are furious about YouTube’s policy disasters
LGBT creators wonder whether YouTube really supports them, or just pretends to, during Pride Month
Trans activist Munroe Bergdorf says NSPCC bowed to hate campaign in dropping her
More from Bergdorf herself:
This is not what pride is about… @NSPCC 💔 pic.twitter.com/hpbwzmvsND
— ＭＵＮＲＯＥ (@MunroeBergdorf) June 8, 2019
Saw This, Thought of You
MSU Wants To Pay Nassar Survivors A Fraction Of What It Paid Those Who Sued Earlier
When abortion was illegal: A 1966 Post series revealed how women got them anyway
ICE deported veterans while ‘unaware’ it was required to carefully screen them, report says
The Campaign Volunteer Whose Brilliance Haunted Robert F. Kennedy
‘Hadestown’ Leads Broadway Winners at 2019 Tony Awards
Ali Stroker, the first wheelchair-using Tony winner, says theater owners and producers need to look into how they can make backstages more accessible for performers with disabilities #TonyAwards https://t.co/tksqOt85uq pic.twitter.com/1uIQVX9YvA
— Variety (@Variety) June 10, 2019
⚽🏆 Saw This, Thought of You: Women’s World Cup Edition 🏆⚽
The 2019 Women’s World Cup prize money is $30 million—7.5% of the Men’s World Cup prize
How the U.S. Government Is Failing Women’s Soccer
Despite the Women’s World Cup, Many Are Still Brutally Excluded From the Game
Ada Hegerberg doesn’t owe you an explanation
France defender Wendie Renard’s improbable journey to the World Cup, in her own words
This is Sara Gama’s long-awaited shot on the World Cup stage
The Brazil women’s national soccer team’s fiercest opponent is sexism
Christine Sinclair is the World Cup’s quietest megastar
Political Snacks
LGBT Senate pioneer warns against complacency in era of Trump
3 New Policies From the 2020 Democrats: Policing, L.G.B.T. Rights and Voting Rights
2020 Iowa poll: Biden is ahead, but Warren and Buttigieg are rising
Trump admin tells U.S. embassies no rainbow pride flag on flagpoles
Some U.S. embassies still hoisting rainbow flags, despite advisory from Washington
Tiffany Cabán Wants to Reimagine Criminal Justice in Queens
I’m a queer Latina from a working-class family. People like us are exactly who the system is trying to keep down.
That’s why I became a public defender—and that’s why I’m running for Queens DA.
Watch our new ad and help us bring real justice to Queens: https://t.co/Av3yWryvUt pic.twitter.com/Xa8CZbgkQZ
— Tiffany Cabán (@tiffany_caban) June 7, 2019
Natalie, thank you for your fine stewardship of A.A.A!
Also I am loving all the World Cup links so if you can find a way to just keep slipping those in please do so! Do you think we’ll be getting some more coverage on the site as the tournament progresses?
I know is too early, but you American Democrats will not make the same mistake once again, no?
What I mean with mistake is that, and I’m also thinking about my country too because this year is our Presidential election, you’re, and this been happening for a bunch of years, constantly swinging between the right/center-right, and yeah the extreme right of that fucker (and yes, I do considered Obama to be in the center-right, the man, even though he was progressive in social issues, it was too conservative in economy matters).
Ok, then, you already gave them a chance and clearly that didn’t work out, don’t you think is time to try something new, maybe really new? You have some candidates in the center-left and left, and no matter what the GoPers say, you don’t have an extreme left (I have some idea about this, my country has like 5 Trotskyist political parties, and that’s extreme-left). Worst thing that can happened is that they could fucked it up, nothing really different to any other politician/government.
Speaking of policing did anyone hear that over the weekend at Detroit pride, that cops(acab seriously) wearing pride pins were protecting armed KKK members outside of festivities? A perfect example of how the cops help are protecting the wrong group and truly are useless. Like it’s great that Julian Castro wants to see the police demilitarised, but what good will that do when they are still protecting the wrong people. A group of LGBTQ people, some of whom are probably not sober vs the armed KKK who really acts like the military is not a fair fight. Plus, some of these cops would be with their friends in the KKK if they didn’t have to be at work.
Yes to more Women’s World Cup coverage! Thanks for the links!
Yes please! English World Cup fan over here, loving the football content !