international news

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gay marriage

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Also.Also.Also: Sally Kohn Gets The Heck Out of FOX and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Counting women in engineering, raising the next Steve Jobs in Mexico, and coming together to say: “f*ck the man.”

Carmen —

Oct 30, 2013

Daily Fix

international news

politics + activism

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…

Fikri —

Oct 25, 2013

alsoalsoalso

gay marriage

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Ramming Lesbian Girl Scout Cookies Down Your Throat and Other Stories We Missed This Week

The weed fairy’s coming, Colorado’s in the doghouse, and there’s a straight chick making a living as a male model. Or something like that. I was too busy licking the…

Carmen —

Oct 23, 2013

Daily Fix

gay statistics

society + culture

Survey Says: Gay is Okay in the UK, Will Probably Continue to Be

The annual British Social Attitudes survey indicates increasing acceptance of homosexuality, though same-sex adoption and parenting remain controversial.

Fikri —

Sep 16, 2013

Daily Fix

international news

politics + activism

Times A-Changing: Even the Church of England Thinks This Ridiculous Homophobic Vicar Is Wrong

Aimi and Victoria Leggett wanted to have their son baptized into the Church of England but were rejected by the local vicar. Thankfully, the rest of the Church of England…

Mey —

Sep 6, 2013

Daily Fix

international news

politics + activism

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.

Araguaney R. Da Silva —

Sep 3, 2013

greatest hits

homophobia

first person

Fear and Loathing (as a 21-Year Old Queer) in Singapore

“I am afraid help will come too late to someone in my life. I am afraid that closets become coffins.”

Fikri —

Aug 30, 2013

alsoalsoalso

homophobia

society + culture

Also.Also.Also: Sheer Dykeadence and Other Stories We Missed This Week

Time to Werk Those Pecs!

Carmen —

Aug 28, 2013

Daily Fix

gay statistics

politics + activism

Survey Says: Gay is Still Not Okay in Singapore, Won’t Be Any Time Soon

A national survey using homophobic language yields homophobic results: 47% of Singaporeans “reject gay lifestyles.” What does this mean and why is it important?

Fikri —

Aug 27, 2013

anti-gays

Daily Fix

politics + activism

Anti-Gay Violence in Cameroon Rises: “We Are Calling on Our Government to Stop Waiting”

Over 100 people gathered in Cameroon’s capital city to demonstrate for harsher punishment of LGBT citizens, distribute anti-gay pamphlets and hang signs with homophobic messages

Jamie —

Aug 23, 2013

Daily Fix

education

politics + activism

Back to the 80’s and Section 28: Anti-Gay School Policy Resurfaces in the UK

A decade after its repeal, sex ed policies which are alarmingly similar to Section 28 have cropped up again, raising questions as to how much autonomy schools should have over…

Fikri —

Aug 20, 2013

Daily Fix

europe

politics + activism

Binary or Blank: Germany Allows Parents to Refrain From Gender Assignment at Birth

Germany becomes the first country in Europe to give parents the option of male, female or neither in birth certificates, sparking what could be “comprehensive reform” in how gender is…

Fikri —

Aug 19, 2013