Results for: be the change
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Queered Science: Eradicating Misogyny in the Scientific Community
Dr. Ben Barres, an openly trans scientist, is on a mission to end gender discrimination in the sciences.
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The Poet and the Scientist: The End of Road (For Now)
“We’ve traveled the great wide countryside, but there’s nothing like coming home.”
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PinkNews Gives Award to Anti-Trans Politician, Only One Trans Judge on Award Panel
PinkNews, an LGBT news outlet in the UK, honoured Baroness Stowell, an anti-trans defender of the “spousal veto,” as Politician of the Year. They now face criticism for how the judging panel was put together.
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Straddler On The Street: Jill/Gilles
Jill/Gilles is a Professional Queer if I ever met one and strives “to bring trans*, female-bodies, queer representation to a community that needs it.”
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Only 10 People Show Up to National Ex-Gay Pride Events, “Ex-Gay Pride Month” Officially A Flop
In the most recent sign that the ex-gay movement is dying, an attempted “Ex-Gay Pride Month” was a massive flop after only 10 people showed up in Washington, DC.
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Pansexual Rapper Angel Haze Rewrites “Same Love” Lyrics, Wins Queer Hearts
“What really sets Angel Haze apart from the crowd of other up-and-comers is the level of brutal, unflinching honesty in her lyrics.”
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Fox News, CNN Show Their Transphobic Colors In Response To California’s Transgender Student Bill
Once again, 24-hour news networks let us down by giving a stage to bigots and showing that the only things they know about trans* people are outdated transphobic stereotypes.
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Also.Also.Also: Brittney Griner’s Makeup Class and Other Stories We Missed This Week
From the OUT 100 to the first lady of Zambia to Michelle Tea’s marriage, it turns out there was a lot of queer shit going down while I was working late nights in the office.
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Straddler On The Street: Charli
Charli is a “fat, body positive, queer/pansexual Native American girl from North Dakota” and she has a lot of things to say, especially about addiction, depression, music, and being a good person.
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Queer Outfit of the Week: Boy Scout Chic
Featuring Taylor and Cee dressed up like boy scouts! Yes, really.
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NSFW Lesbosexy Sunday Is Thinking About You In Bed
This week on NSFW Sunday: interpreting human sexuality, modernist pickup lines, the lesbian sex scene in “Blue is the Warmest Color” and more.
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5 Fisting Tips For A Happy (Belated) International Fisting Day!
Because every day should be International Fisting Day.
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A Few Anti-Gay Apples Ruin the Bunch in Manitoba, Help Make the Case for Bill 18
In Winnipeg it proves difficult for restauranteurs and citizens to thrive when homophobia is the only thing being dished out. But hopefully Bill 18 can change that.
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More Than Words: Queer Internet Linguistics
Why should the rest of the internet have all the fun?
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Read A F*cking Book: Laurie Penny’s “Cybersexism”
Two years after writing that “a woman’s opinion is the miniskirt of the internet,” Laurie Penny is in no shortage of them in her latest mini-book.
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California Becomes First To Pass Law Requiring Trans* Students Treated Equally, Because Humanity
In a major victory for transgender youth, California passes law giving trans* students equal protection, opportunities and access in public schools.
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Domestic Work Is Real Work: Nicaraguan Co-Ops Stop Being Polite and Start Paying Women
Two Nicaraguan co-ops are doing the unthinkable: considering women’s domestic work on par with men’s work in the fields.
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Queered Science: Sexism Is For Everybody!
“Discrimination in the sciences is an issue that direly needs more publicity and honest discussion, so I don’t want to discount Eileen Pollack’s well-researched and articulate piece. But in many ways, from a queer-feminist perspective, it was a total disappointment.”
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Lez Liberty Lit #28: Reviewing Reviews of Reviews
Vintage comics, the Scholastic Reading Club, forgotten words, international bookstore porn, intersectionality and more.
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Lady Gaga Dishes On Loving Lesbians, Defends Miley Cyrus, Let The Flamewars Begin
“I find lesbians to be way more daring than straight men when it comes to coming on to you, and I really like that. And it wasn’t until I found a guy who could come on to me as strong as a lesbian that I fell in love.”