Results for: be the change
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Like Aimee Stephens, We Await the Justice We Deserve
It’s not just her death that is a tragedy; it’s that she had been waiting for justice that trans people almost never receive.
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That Time I Binged “Freaks and Geeks” While My Stalker Ex Held Me Captive
Kim and Lindsay’s friendship is the real love story of this series. I want them to end up as friends like everyone wants the leads to end up together in a romantic comedy. I shake with it.
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Extra! Extra!: Essential (and All) Workers’ Rights on May Day and More
In this week’s Extra! Extra! we honour International Workers’ Day, take a hard look at the federal judiciary and the social safety net, examine the political and personal aftermath of gun violence, and more.
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You Need Help: How Do I Come Out as Trans at Work?
Here are some tips to come out at work as safely as possible, and it requires a little bit of preparation in and out of the office.
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Also.Also.Also: Oh F*Ck, the Coronavirus Really Might Be Lesbian Bars’ Final Blow
By the time we’re finally allowed outside, all the lesbian bars might be dead, for good this time. Also, giving love to modern day butch icons, imagining Met Gala fashion that could have been, and the USWNT lost their equal pay case because… patriarchy.
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From “Calamity Jane” to “The Prom”: A History of Queer Women in Movie Musicals
To celebrate the release of The Prom here is an exhaustive look at the representation of queer women in movie musicals.
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“To L and Back” Generation Q Podcast Episode 209: Last Dance
“Imagine if all of our days were as productive as the people in The L Word. We would be cruising through life.”
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S L I C K: Lesson Learned
“Ms. DeLovely, will you please stop by during my office hours?” Your voice stern, but laced with sweet concern. I’m already dripping. Clearly this is a role you were born to play. “Yes, Professor Luna.”
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The Public Universal Friend: A Deep Dive on a Story of Nonbinary Identity, Quakerism and Near-Death Experiences
The Public Universal Friend is just one example of how, even in the binarist West, non-binary people have always existed.
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Queer Tarotscopes: Pisces Season Gives Us Room to Breathe
Where does your mind go when you give it space to wander? What emotions bubble to the surface when you stop trying to hold back? Pisces isn’t afraid of the power of their feelings or the strength of their connections, instead urging us to embrace all that we are and dive as deep as possible into the unknown.
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The Quiet Lesbian Biography of Lorraine Hansberry
There is sufficient evidence, both from Lorraine Hansberry’s own hand and from those with whom she interacted socially, that she was a lesbian. But the how of it all — that we have to piece together in fragments.
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Honor Trans Elders: Cecilia Chung Is the Mother We All Wanted
Cecilia Chung described three ways: hilarious, survivor, and one of the mothers of the modern trans movement.
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Extra! Extra!: What Do We Actually Know About a COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout?
This week’s Extra! Extra! returns with some LGBTQ+ news from both sides of the Atlantic; an update on the COVID-19 pandemic, the havoc it’s wreaking in so many areas of life and the vaccine arms race; and rapidly deteriorating situations the world over.
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Happy Hour at Home: Let’s Get Spritzy
The best thing about spritz mixology is that you can pretty much just top off anything you have in a glass with ice and then top it with seltzer and you’ve got a spritz. And that means it’s always spritz o’clock.
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Also.Also.Also: Is Anything Gayer Than a Mullet?
Ranking the best queer mullets in pop culture, a little Lizzo and Whitney Houston, happy anniversary “Love & Basketball,” and here’s what to know about the how far-right media is weaponizing the Coronavirus.
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“Wynonna Earp” Episode 407 Recap: Glitter In The Air
Everybody loves Waverly! Wynonna Earp is back for a love drunk mid-season premiere.
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This Is on Us: 7 Things for White People to Commit to Right Now to Protect Black Lives from the Police
The pandemic has many of us feeling, in some ways accurately, that we’re helpless, or that there’s nothing we can do. The good news is, there is; there always has been. To that end, I’d like to ask you, a white person reading this, to make a public and material commitment to what you’ll do to end state violence and the endless targeting of Black people by the police apparatus.
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“Good Trouble” Episode 213 Recap: Daylight
Alice levels up her lesbian drama and her boundaries!
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Black, Queer, and Here Without Apology: The History of BLK and Black Lace Magazines
When BLK first published, it was a 16 page black-and-white newsletter with a circulation of roughly 5,000. By the time it ended its publication it had grown into a 40 page magazine with full color covers, a paid subscriber base and global distribution reaching 37,000 people. It told our stories. Today, we say thanks.
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Be The Change: Totally Rocking Small Group Breakouts
Facilitating a small group requires skills that aren’t always intuitive. I’ve got some tips and tricks and types of small group breakout sessions to help ya’ out!