Results for: be the change
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Professionally Queer: Good News/Bad News About Gays and Lesbians in the Workplace
Times are hard, but no one knows better than the gays that if you work for it, things can get immeasurably better. Here’s a snapshot of what the job market looks like for us right now, and why we feel better about it than straight people do.
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Lady Gaga Endorses This Message: When Celebrities Get Political
“Lady Gaga has made it very clear in the past that she is more than willing to join the legions of pop stars with strong political opinions. But usually, it doesn’t work out as nicely.”
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No One Wants Teenage Lesbians To Go To Prom Ever
Oh look there’s another high school administration that’s discriminating against an out lesbian couple at a formal school dance. It’s like they’ve never seen Mean Girls, don’t they know school dances are about accepting difference and being cute?
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You Should Be More Aware of LGBT Health, Just Like the Government Is
Are you gay? If so, chances are significantly higher that you’re unhealthy in a number of ways. We had a whole week about it!
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Hercules & Love Affair Go All Picasso On Everybody’s Asses
Hercules & Love Affair’s new album, Blue Songs, is more Chicago house than Studio 54.
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West Hollywood is Too Gay to Function, or “Shane Don’t Live Here No More”
We hit the pavement in West Hollywood to discover if The New York Times is right about the controversial gentrification of the gayest city in the universe.
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Does Maryland’s HB-235 Actually Protect Homeless Trans People?
Maryland is turning out to be a bad place to try to get married or to be at risk for homelessness – which, surprise, many trans people are!
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Riese’s Team Pick: Waiting for Superman & The Lottery
These documentaries will teach you more about the American Public Education System than the American Public Education System will teach you about calculus, or something.
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Alabama Lesbian Arrested for Getting Attacked Outside a Straight Bar
Thankfully, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act means that when someone is attacked by a dozen people and the police are called to the scene, justice can finally be served. Or maybe that’s just wishful thinking.
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Pure Poetry #19: Rock WILK is a F*cking Experience
“Rock’s voice was more powerful than my desire for a fresh beer.”
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NPR Appreciation Post: Top 10 Gayest This American Life Episodes
“NPR is like a blanket; my parents didn’t believe in listening to music in the car and I did not really know there were other radio stations until my older sister drove me home from ice skating one day and my 6 year old brain exploded.”
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If You Like Sunday Funday So Much Why Don’t You Gay Marry It
Some people got married and some could get married and some people apologized and others hugged a lot! Sometimes women can make sushi and also we love Neko Case! Happy (kind of belated) Sunday Funday!
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In Defense of Senator Penny Wong, “Australia’s Worst Lesbian”
“Senator Penny Wong has been a driving force in creating reform for gay and lesbian Australians, and part of her ability to be the instigator of reform stems from the fact that she has chosen to refrain from advocating for gay marriage.”
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Does the iPad 2 matter? Yes, No and Kind Of
What really counts about the iPad 2 isn’t the iPad 2 at all.
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House of Commons Passes Bill C-389, One Step Closer to Trans* Equality
Yeah, that’s right, if passed through the Senate, trans and genderqueer people would be able to see themselves in the law as equal to every other Canadian citizen, and crimes motivated by transphobia would be potential hate crimes.
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Happy Presidents Day! Here’s the Women Who Did All The Work.
The Top Ten bestest first ladies of all time, including the semi-lezzer and a Michelle Obama appreciation collage.
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Seriously, Who Does A Gay Teen Have To Petition To Get A GSA Around Here
This isn’t the first time a high school has threatened to cut all extracurricular clubs because they didn’t want to have a Gay Straight Alliance. But this week marks the first time someone actually has! Way to go, Flour Bluff High School in Texas!
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Gay Marriage: Today, Hawaii And Maryland; Tomorrow, The World
Your options for being married and/or civilly united have increased significantly this week! Here’s the rundown on Maryland and Hawaii, and what it means for you.
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GLAAD Says SNL’s Estro-Maxx Skit is Transphobic and Even Less Funny Than SNL Usually Is These Days
Oh look, Saturday Night Live managed to do something both offensive and not funny!
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Oprah Celebrates 25 Years of Telling Your Mom About Homogays: Our Favorite Episodes
The Oprah show was even gayer than normal yesterday as she brought back her fave LGBT guests. Let’s celebrate with our favorite interviews! Ellen+Anne, Ellen+Portia, Glambert and more!