Rose

Daily Fix

gay marriage

society + culture

Allies in Unlikely Places: Gay Marriage and the NFL

As the battle on marriage equality in Maryland and Minnesota heats up, Ravens and Vikings players find themselves lining up both for and against the cause.

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Oct 29, 2012

Daily Fix

gay bullying

politics + activism

Minnesota’s Anoka-Hennepin District Misses the Point, Appoints Anti-Gay Bigot to Anti-Bullying Committee

Bryan Lindquist, head of anti-gay Parents Action League, is an ex-gay “therapist” who calls AIDS “Gay-Related Immune Deficiency.”

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Oct 20, 2012

Daily Fix

gay marriage

politics + activism

New Poll Shows Latino/a Voters Largely Support Gay Marriage, Unfortunately for GOP

But is this really all that big of a shift?

Rose —

Oct 5, 2012

Daily Fix

transgender

gender

Michelle Kosilek’s Surgery Raises Questions About Trans* Prisoners’ Rights

Michelle Kosilek is a trans woman who needs gender reassignment surgery. She’s also an inmate serving a life sentence since 1990 for the murder of her wife, Cheryl.

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Sep 30, 2012

Queer Girl City Guide

travel guide

travel

Queer Girl City Guide: Baltimore, MD

If all you know about Baltimore is from The Wire, here’s a lesson in why they call this place Charm City.

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Sep 14, 2012

bisexuality

Daily Fix

geekery

From Sailor Moon to Yaoi Fangirls: Gender and Sexuality at Otakon 2012

How is sexism perpetuated in anime and manga? What is the role of women in geek culture? Just some of the interesting topics covered by my visit to the East…

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Aug 17, 2012

Daily Fix

michele bachmann

politics + activism

Have We Seen the Last of Michele Bachmann?

With several members of her own party calling out Bachmann’s comments about a Clinton aide’s supposed connections to the Muslim Brotherhood, it seems that Bachmann’s political star is finally falling.…

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Jul 26, 2012

jimi hendrix

Lists/Top 10s

playlists

Playlist: Heatpocalypse 2012

It’s hotter than hell outside, so here’s a playlist that sympathizes.

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Jul 26, 2012

LGBT history

Queer History

lgbt history

Ladies of Note: A Brief History of Women Composers, Queer and Otherwise

You know about Bach, Mozart and Beethoven, but what about the women who wrote classical music?

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Jul 23, 2012

anti-gays

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Homophobic Michigan Mayor Up For Recall Proves Why She Should Be Recalled

As the citizens of Troy, MI prepare to vote out their infamous mayor, she digs herself deeper by comparing homosexuality to smoking, among other things.

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Jun 20, 2012

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Kyrsten Sinema Wants To Be Arizona’s First Out Bisexual Congresswoman

Kyrsten Sinema is proof not everything in Arizona politics is bad. Now if we can just get the 9th District to make her the first out bisexual on Capitol Hill.

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Jun 7, 2012

Daily Fix

feminism

geekery

My Little Pony: Lesbianism is Magic

The “brony” fandom is a lot more Sapphic than you’d think, at least as far as their fanfiction goes.

Rose —

May 30, 2012