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gay marriage

Voting Yes: A Guide to the Irish Marriage Equality Referendum

Ireland could be the first country in the world to have voted, as a population, for marriage equality. Though she be small, she is mighty.

Kate —

May 18, 2015

Daily Fix

international news

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Everyone’s Talking About #TalkPay and More News Stories

Bernie Sanders, long-serving independent, is running for President as a Democrat, what the #talkpay hashtag is all about, May Day protests around the world and more news!

Yvonne —

May 5, 2015

2016 presidential race

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Daily Fix: No New Friends for Scott Walker This Week and More News Stories

Bill O’Reilly’s dumb thoughts, the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, some really alarming high school educators, violence against a trans woman in Brazil, an anti-abortion lawsuit in Virginia, and…

Rachel —

Apr 23, 2015

Daily Fix

education

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Republicans Didn’t Rise to the Occasion for Equal Pay Day and More News Stories

The state of conversion therapy, campus sexual assault protests at Columbia, Marylin Zuniga and get-well cards for Mumia, an anti-trans bathroom bill in Nevada, abortion laws in Oklahoma, and more!

Rachel —

Apr 16, 2015

Daily Fix

homophobia

politics + activism

Daily Fix: The Tale of the Indiana Wedding Pizza and Other News Stories

Rihanna speaks out against Indiana’s anti-gay bill, a revenge porn website operator is off to jail, a lesbian couple is suing a Georgia sperm bank and more news!

Yvonne —

Apr 7, 2015

Daily Fix

international news

politics + activism

Daily Fix: Religious Freedom Restoration Acts Suddenly Less Popular and Other News Stories

A hunger strike at an immigration detention center in Texas, a veritable cornucopia of RFRA news, water in California, Purvi Patel’s sentence in Indiana, a good day for a cat,…

Rachel —

Apr 2, 2015

Daily Fix

immigration

politics + activism

UK Home Office Says Aderonke Apata Can’t Be Gay Because She Has Children, Duh

“By ignoring the complexities of coming out both those who identify as bisexuals and lesbians with mixed dating histories like Ms. Apata are seen as demonstrating the idea that people…

Rushaa —

Mar 5, 2015

eric garner

immigration

politics + activism

Burials in the Mist of Dawn

“But unlike the missing 43 from Ayotzinapa, I was going home. And it’s what I store in my memory each time I read an article or update about the disappeared.…

Mónica Teresa Ortiz —

Jan 5, 2015

Daily Fix

international news

politics + activism

Can Japan Deny Entry To a “Pickup Artist” with a History of Racialized Sexual Violence?

When we discuss this man’s history here in Japan, it becomes difficult to overstate what a truly disgusting individual Julien Blanc is.

Savannah —

Nov 9, 2014

hate crime

international news

gender

There May Be Justice For Jennifer Laude, Trans Filipina Murdered by US Marine

Jennifer Laude, a trans Filipina, was murdered in a hate crime, but this time it looks like justice might actually be found.

Mey —

Oct 17, 2014

Daily Fix

India

politics + activism

South Asian Queers Occupy Heteronormative Space at NYC India Day Parade

“Despite the bleak prospects for queer rights in India, the support that we received last Sunday from the spectators at the NYC India Day Parade touched a chord in our…

Jay —

Sep 5, 2014

Daily Fix

europe

politics + activism

Denmark’s New Law Makes Legal Gender Recognition A Lot Easier

The law, which allows trans folks to legally change their gender without any medical or surgical requirements, is the first of its kind in Europe and could hopefully set new…

Fikri —

Sep 4, 2014