January 2010
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I’ve often heard people say when engaging with someone sceptical of LGBT Activist “Well do you believe straights and queers are/should be equal?” and if the answer is yes they are proudly proclaimed an LGBT activist.
Increasingly I feel this sells queer activism short. I am not about equality, because -well what does it really mean? I have no disire to see queers as equal oppressors, or equally...
“l those polled view Obama’s election as a mark of progress for all African...”
– Fewer Americans think Obama has advanced race relations, poll shows - washingtonpost.com
Reel Pride Richmond Film Festival
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sounds pretty cool for richmond to get this now
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technology & haiti →
Gay Muslim Scholar challenging how Islam should... →
pinkpanthers:
ohmygay:
Hats go off to Junaid Bin Jahangir.
What advice would you give someone who's unsure of...
fuckyeahlgbt:
I’ll post your answers here —
coleiolie - don’t sweat it. go with the flow and don’t worry so much about society’s labels.
thedmoshow - eat a vag.
sincerementprecious - Don’t stifle yourself and don’t let others do so. If you’re curious, explore it.
eilisefraser - There is no need to be afraid of the outcome, follow what your heart feels. Don’t go into the search with an idea...
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WOW! I didnt know this about AIDS/HIV →
Im glad they removed this! Go Obama…should have been last month for better timing.
“Known by the term “hijra” in conservative Muslim Pakistan, transvestites,...”
– Pakistan’s transvestites to get distinct gender | Reuters
The article goes on to quote a hijra-rights organization that this is a positive development and that “now people recognize that we are also human beings.” If it does help secure rights for people who are systematically shunned by private...
Today, I read about Obama protestors marching down...
fuckyeahlgbt:
(via shaanmichael)
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Dancing the Equality Tango
Dancing the Equality Tango
Posted 12.25.09 at 2:51PM by Robin Gorsline in News & Views
Just in time for Christmas, here is good news. Latin America is becoming a hotbed of progress for LGBT equality.
Mexico City is the latest, voting to allow same-gender unions and adoptions by same-gender couples. Argentina and Colombia have made recent moves towards liberalization–and Uruguay already...
Passage from "Everything You Wanted to Know About...
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leftbrainright:
This is an excerpt from a very funny blog. Thanks to Will for sending this to me. You can read the full post here.
DISCLAIMER: kind of a long post but totally worth the read. The writer’s commentary is in itallics.
(PS - this needs to be on tumblr so I can reblog it)
We’ll start with the section on Male Homosexuality because it’s my favorite. Sorry lesbians, there...
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GOD HATES "LADY" GAGA
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fuckyeahladygaga:
WBC to picket this sleazy God-hater at the Fox Theatre (527 N. Grand Blvd., St. Louis, MO) on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010, from 6:30 – 7:30 PM “Thou hadst a whore’s forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed…Will He reserve His anger for ever? Will He keep it to the end? Behold, thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest.” Jer. 3:3,5. “Art” and “fashion” are the...
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“No one has written adequately of what happens when enough of the body’s...”
– Kenji Yoshino
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thanks crazyclau for following
thanks antoinetheegreat & khriswarhol for the...
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Queer Monologue...
simplytheprince:
Monologue 22:
I know I was supposed to write something original…but I thought instead I would just share a poem I found powerful. It helped me a lot in my coming out and then finidng my recent partner, who I love dearly:
I hope that whoever you are, you escape this place. I hope that the worlds turns, and that things get better. But what I hope most of all is that you...
i can tell ive been on vac cuz my tumblarity...
Articles on Kadeem
simplytheprince:
http://www.thecollegianur.com/2009/10/19/glbt-student-panel-discusses-issues-answers-questions/
http://www.thecollegianur.com/2009/11/18/panelists-share-experiences-at-second-qa-forum/
http://www.thecollegianur.com/2009/09/17/letter-from-way-outside-the-closet/
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the origin of the word lesbian
myholigay:
obscure-perception:
The word lesbian comes from the Greek Island of Lesbos, where the poet Sappho lived in 600 B.C. Sappho was an intellectual and poet who wrote many love poems to other women. Although much of her poetry has been destroyed by religious fundamentalists, the few poems of Sappho that remain speak clearly to her love and infatuation with women.
It is unclear when the...
Social Sculpture Class →
I thought this was an interesting topic for the social sculpture class. Now that LG has its new projector phone, I would assume others will get them too. That will really make things interesting.
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Re:The sky…weird rt?
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K: Have u hooked up yet on break?
J: No, this snow storm in cramping my style. How about you?
K. NO!!! Mother nature is such a fucking cock blocker!
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