Results for: be the change
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Slowly but Surely, Gay Conversion Therapy Is Coming Out of Mental Health Practices
Lawmakers across the United States are working to eliminate therapies from mental health practices that seek to “cure” homosexuality.
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A Queer Girl’s Epic Roundup of New York Comic Con 2014
With lots of amazing cosplay photos. Because, seriously, wow.
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Sunday Funday’s Meeting Up with Laverne Cox and Demi Lovato at Dachsund’s Creek
This week, your good gay news comes with a heaping side of dogs in wigs and a round of interviews and video series, on the house.
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A Thank You Letter From One Trans Woman To The Others in My Life
Dear trans sisters and mothers and abuelas and aunties and daughters and nieces and cousins,
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So You Want To Choose a Website Builder
Platform is the same thing as saying “website builder” or “tool to help us put some shit on the internet.” Some of the platforms I’m going to include on here are on the cusp between social media and website builder—the line is so much blurrier now, what with Tumblr.
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45 Festive Cookie Recipes to Kickstart Your Holiday Cheer
Because it would be a shame to have to drink hot cocoa all by itself.
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40 Ways to Say Yes Please to Mac n’ Cheese
Mac and cheese from scratch: because you’re worth it.
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Here’s 35 LGBTQ Female TV Characters of Color Who Made 2014 A Very Queer Year
There were more queer female characters of color on TV in 2014 than the total number of queer female characters on TV, period, five years ago.
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7 Ways To Incorporate Cute Critters Into Your Professional Wear
When I’m shopping for things that might be professional attire, I think it’s less soul-crushing when said items have cute animals on them, OR when I can sneak in accessories with cute animals on them.
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The Best Cyber Monday 2014 Deals Ever
Top 10 Cool Deals We Think You’d Like (e.g., galaxy shoes, moleskines, dog boxes, hot sauce, vacuums) and a total rundown of ALL the best cyber monday sales online.
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Me, Piper Chapman, the Psych Ward, and the Incarcerated 2.2 Million
“Real human change requires space to be honest with yourself, honest with others; a space that doesn’t exist when you’re trapped by necessity behind a fortress of self-protection. As the inmate Poussey in Orange replies when a correctional officer pressures her to speak openly during a group therapy session: “Does it ever occur to you that actually feeling our feelings might make it impossible to survive in here?”
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The ABC’s of Coping With SAD and The Bitter Reality of Winter
It’s getting colder and colder by the day, and I cannot help but remember how helplessly sad I was last time around. This time, I’m gonna try to nip it in the bud. Here are some ways to stave off your cold weather blues.
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Knows How You Get The Girl
Drone Boning, explaining scissoring to straight people, not being a jerk in bed and more.
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The QTPOC Speakeasy Reports Back from Ferguson Protests Around the World
When a grand jury failed to indict Michael Brown’s killer, protests broke out across the globe. Members of the Speakeasy, with heavy hearts and revolutionary intentions, were on the front lines.
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Nerd Couture: Dress Like Mr. Rogers, Be Like Mr. Rogers
No one but no one can ever truly be Mr. Rogers except Mr. Rogers. That doesn’t mean we can’t all try to dress like Mr. Rogers. That doesn’t mean we can’t all strive to be like Mr. Rogers.
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Drawn to Comics: We Need to Talk About the Rape in Batwoman
A lot of Batwoman fans (and to be honest, a lot of comic fans overall) were worried when the creative team of W. Haden Blackman and J.H. Williams III left the book after DC refused to allow them to have Kate Kane (Batwoman) marry her longtime girlfriend, police detective Maggie Sawyer. Now, it looks like those fears were completely justified.
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How We Survived Lesbian Bed Death
This is not as rewarding as that “spice up your marriage” advice columnist promised it would be.
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Holigay Gift Guide 2014: Support These Queer and Feminist Causes In The Name of Someone Rad
Making donations in people’s names can connect your family or other important people in your life with issues that you care about.
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Obama Rolls Out Plan For Executive Action On Immigration; The Struggle Continues
Is the President’s plan enough? As long as there are people whose lives and families are in the US remain vulnerable to deportation, is not enough, but it is something, and it is the result of the hard work of thousands of activists who have put everything on the line to make their presence known as undocumented and immigrant Americans who deserve rights and dignity.