Results for: be the change
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Queer Crip Love Fest: Love Sounds Like Purrs
Recovering from trauma through feline friendship.
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Step Up Your Infosec In The Era of Trump and Throw Yourself a Password Party
Now I recognize that the following things I’m going to suggest that you do are, in fact, a pain in the ass. That’s why I recommend getting a group of friends together at a dining room table and doing this all together. Don’t share your passwords or passphrases, but do share snacks and beverages and a sense of accomplishment.
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Queer Crip Love Fest: Talking with Queer Disabled Latinx Activist Annie Segarra about Family and Connection
Introducing a new series on disability and love! Disabled people’s lives are bursting with affirmation, affection, and meaning well beyond half-baked romance narratives. So I’m talking to disabled queer folks about the love all around them — for partners, family, friends, pets, fictional characters, whatever — and sharing it with you right here.
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The 2016 Electoral College Vote Destroyed The Illusion Of U.S. Democracy
When Donald Trump is sworn into office in January, two of the last three men to occupy the West Wing and control the largest military and nuclear arsenal on earth will have lost the popular vote.
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We Grieve, and Then We Get to Work
It’s heartbreaking to know that this is the country we live in — that this is the country we’ve lived in all along. But the fact that this is the country we’ve lived in all along and that we’re here to read this means that we’ve survived it so far, and that the tools to keep surviving in it are at our hands.
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The Struggle is Still Raging in North Carolina: “Bathroom Bill” HB2’s Status Under Trump
Here’s the latest updates in the struggle against HB2, an analysis of what a Trump administration means for Trans rights, and advice on what the rest of the country needs to learn from the fight in North Carolina.
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2016 By The Numbers: An A+ Member Exclusive
Just some numbers and charts and graphs about this year we all experienced together!
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Follow Your Arrow: Natural Builder Barbara Jones on 35 Years in Construction
“I’m doing something I really believe in, that can change people’s lives for ever, that’s good for the planet. I never get tired of talking about how to use natural materials, why they work, and looking at how they were used in the past.”
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Holigay Gift Guide: What to Buy for Your Work-from-Home Pal
Even the most organized freelancers could probably stand to be a little more organized.
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Why I’m Saying No To Playing (and Attending) NYC Pride™ This Year
I was waiting for the other shoe to drop, and it did: “I am hoping to fill the stage with artists who are willing to donate 20 minute sets.”
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15 Silver and Gold Dessert Recipes to Make Your New Year Bright
There’s nothing like a bunch of dazzling desserts to distract you from the hellscape that is our collective future!
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Republicans Are Gutting Regulations and the Only Winners Will Be the Super Rich
Republicans in Congress, emboldened by Trump’s promise to support them carte blanche, are moving swiftly to destroy the federal regulations the Obama administration put in place to protect the environment, the economy, and public education.
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Witch Hunt: We’re Back, Witches!
We’re back like a witch who was being burned at the stake and promised she’d come back one day.
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Here’s What Autostraddle Is Doing For the Women’s Strike: A Roundtable and Stuff
“We support a strike that calls for recognition of women’s value and the necessity of the many forms of their labor; we also support all those who are already struggling economically and otherwise, who are deeply impacted by the administration and the systems we’re protesting, and who because of that can’t afford to risk financial instability or job loss for themselves and their families.”
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Sunday Funday Is Marching Into Your Heart With Another LGBT Dance Party
Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Over 100 mayors and two lesbian co-pastors walk into another LGBT dance party.
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Feelings Rookie: Letting Anger Light My Fuse
I like to think I can control my anger, but I usually end up burning my own life down instead.
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A Balance In Subspace
Sometimes, being in kinky subspace opens old wounds from an abusive relationship — but sometimes, it can give you the power to close them.
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FRIDAY OPEN THREAD: The Bachelors’ Edition
I graduated! I’m going camping! Summer is here! Get in here and tell me about what big changes you’re seeing!
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Poly Pocket: Dreaming of a World With Less Fear, More Vulnerability As A Black Trans Queer Person
“I view polyamory as a structure that’s helpful in me decolonizing my love life and the way I view relationships. Having complete ownership of everything within the borders of my skin, and doing what I desire with it and with whom, is an incredible “fuck you” to the systems of oppression I seek to dismantle (and a fun one!).”
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Trump Says He Won’t Overturn LGBT Protections, But His Administration Will Still Discriminate Against Us
Trump and his administration are still just as dangerous and threatening to LGBT rights as they always have been.