Results for: be the change
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Was This Michigan Teacher Fired For Promoting Gay Rights?
Brook Johnson, an openly gay teacher claims her suburban Lansing school fired her for a diversity club that promoted LGBT equality.
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You Should Go: Soapbox’s Feminist Summer Programs for Badass Chicks of All Ages
Registration is open for three Feminist Camp programs! Each provides participants with the opportunity to explore NYC, make connections, and play a part in a movement that will, by the end, completely humble them.
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Idol Worship: We’re Lucky Quvenzhané Wallis Has A High Tolerance for Bullshit ‘Cause We Need Her Around
Quvenzhané Wallis has the most popular name in the 24/7 news cycle as of late, which is funny considering just two days ago journalists couldn’t even be bothered to learn how to pronounce it.
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Glee Episode #414: I Do Wish Santana and Quinn Had Kissed For Real
This week on Glee, Quinn discovered how nice it is to slow-dance with Santana.
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Astraea, A Lesbian Foundation for Justice: The Autostraddle Interview
“I know that there are many groups who we fund that if we didn’t they simply wouldn’t exist, they would close. There is dire need for the resources we provide.”
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You Should Go: Writeous! Celebrates the Lesbian Writer’s Fund at NYC’s Greene Space
Stick to your plan to get more involved in your community this year and join your fellow queers for an evening of readings, performances, and music celebrating Astraea’s Lesbian Writer’s Fund.
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You Should Go: Queer & Utter Bedlam Werks Those Pecs
There will be art. And go-go dancing. And queer literature. And a pamphlet about the common misconceptions about being genderqueer. It’s going to be magical.
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David Bowie Has A New Single And Also A Birthday
David Bowie has a new single and it’s really good.
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Homeward Bound: Searching for the Secret Island of Black Queer Mixed Femmes
“I have always been a traveler, particularly as an immigrant and as a person with family hailing from Venezuela to Dominica to South India, ‘home’, ‘family’ and ‘belonging’ have always been complicated concepts.”
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Most Underrated Posts of 2012: The Best In Non-Required Reading
Perhaps you have overlooked some of the many beautiful amazing posts we churned out this year.
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Mormons’ “Softened Stance” On Homosexuality Still Feels Pretty Hard
The Church acknowledges that “same-sex attraction is a complex reality for many people,” and goes on to conclude that “even though individuals do not choose to have such attractions, they do choose how to respond to them.”
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Queering the F*ck Out of Musical Theater: The Personal Is Political Is Art
“Theatre taught me that it was fine to be different; I wish it had shown me it was fine to be a queer woman, as well.”
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Straddler On The Street: Caro, The Lingerie Lesbian
In honor of Underwear Week 2013, Caro, The Lingerie Lesbian, tells us why she started her blog, which brands of lingerie are her favorites and offers some advice to girls who have to buy bras in sizes larger than a DD.
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Bridal Magazine Rejects, Then Accepts, Ad Featuring Lesbian Couple After Internet Feelingsfest
“We are so sorry that we acted out of fear and uncertainty. We had never been faced with such a decision and we should have acted with our hearts.”
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Ban Lifted On Women Getting Credit For Combat Work They Already Do
“Not everyone is going to be able to be a combat soldier. But everyone is entitled to a chance.”
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Mexican Supreme Court Invokes U.S. Civil Rights Legislation In Marriage Equality Ruling
Marriage equality is slowly but steadily making its way throughout Mexico, this time thanks to a little help from our own Loving v. Virginia and Brown v. Board of Education.
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Brittani’s Video Party: Naya Rivera is a Sexy Scorpion and Kendrick Lamar Likes Cereal
A choreographer dances away from labels, an 11-year-old wants to play football in peace, Naya Rivera sings and Kendrick Lamar talks cartoons.
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Westward Homo! The Road to Columbus and St Louis (and Intern Grace!)
“We kidnapped Intern Grace on our first snowy evening and took her to the Red Roof Inn where we forced her to eat pizza and watch the 30 Rock finale with us.”
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Sunday Funday Loves Its Two Gay Moms
This week, the WBC loses two of the clan and puppies go to New York Fashion Week. Also, Obama is awesome or something, and Madonna has an Instagram.
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Real L Word To “Repackage” Itself As Doc About Lesbians In “Not So Easy” Areas, oh god
Jesus Christ on a cracker