December 2011
9 tags
girlvirus & transphobia →
sexistappeal:
Those rumours you’ve been hearing about girlvirus being transphobic? Those rumours are true. The reasons you’re having trouble finding evidence is because a) it sucks to have to repeat our negative experiences over & over again, especially when folks seem not to really care, not to wanna support us, anyway, b) a lot of discussions that have taken place over the internet have...
Anonymous asked: Congratulations!
Xtra Xtra: Read All About It!
odofemi:
Check out my latest article on PrettyQueer.com!
“Babe can you call me the editor of Xtra is using my boy name on his FaceBook in referring to the story I did.” I saw this in my FaceBook messages. It had been a particularly frustrating day – a hard day at work on top of having just been dumped by the girl I was seeing, and then again by the boy I had my eyes on – and I just couldn’t...
I have good news!
Today, my girlfriend asked me to tie the knot, as soon as she woke me up. When I was groggy and cranky. Nevertheless, I said the obvious answer and now I’m sporting a gorgeous engagement ring.
“People are always gonna criticize you no matter what, so just do you.”
– Najee Ford (via auroraleilani)
I really needed to read this.
(via iragray)
IRS Admits It Shouldn't Have Disqualified Gay... →
bencrowther:
Parents who adopt normally qualify for a one-time credit of more than $13,000. But TheNew York Times reports that the IRS sometimes refuses applications from same-sex couples when one partner is adopting the other’s biological child. The Government Accountability Office criticized the IRS for failing to train its staffers on how to handle the situation. And an IRS spokesman...
“When you gender the name of a group, that group becomes automatically...”
– maranda elizabeth, ‘girlvirus & transphobia: since you’ve been asking’ (via youarenotyou)
“Queer people do not need to offer excuses or defend their own existence. If one...”
– » Fauxgress Watch: “Born This Way” Social Justice League (via sexisnottheenemy)
word.
(via tranquality)
this. except for gender as well
(via will-oh-whisper)
A list of evidence of @BuckAngel putting down...
iragray:
Here he put someone down for being poor and insinuated it was some form of punishment since the OP doesn’t like that Buck is transmisogynistic or classist.
Here he posted a video of queer people of color as a token of his anti-racism?
[TW: CISSEXISM AND BODY SHAMING] Here is a screencap of a tweet he posted in response to someone who pointed out that his using someone’s personal...
GLAAD and HRC take out full page ad condemning new... →
cassket:
ABC is set to premiere a not at all funny sitcom called Work It about two men who dress as women to get jobs. If you are not sure how this has any comedic value and think it only serves to hurt the trans community then you are not alone. Ridiculing people for who they are is in no way funny.
And fortunately the folks at GLAAD and the Human Rights Campaign have taken out a full page...
Trans Canadians fight for recognition on legal... →
cassket:
Talia Johnson is nervous about travelling. One look at her passport tells border guards everything they need to know about her gender status. Johnson, who has had her name legally changed, now wants to change the sex designation on her passport – a simple correction from “m” to “f” – to ensure all her documents accurately reflect her gender. The federal government says trans people must...
Lesbian Couple Tackles Homophobic Heckler →
cassket:
Last weekend 22-year-old William Adam Lane spotted a lesbian couple embracing in a bar in Bellingham, Washington. He decided the only appropriate course of action was to drunkenly shout homophobic comments at them and smash the rear window of their car. Unfortunately for him, the women were total badasses. One tackled Lane and pinned him to the ground while they waited for help from a...
Woman denied partner visitation in hospital,... →
gaywrites:
A woman from Tennessee was denied the right to visit her partner in a local hospital because the two are not legally family or spouses, Out and About reports.
Val Burke tried several times to visit her partner in Rolling Hills Hospital’s residential facility and was denied every time. She had been previously allowed in the room only if her partner’s mother was present.
Recent...
Starting a mental health support group in the Bay...
So, this isn’t specifically a pansexual-related submission, but I need some help spreading the word on what I’m trying to do (I would be super thankful if this gets posted! :D). I’m working on creating a local support group for folks struggling with psychiatric disabilities. I want it to specifically be open for gender & sexual minorities, since there’s a whole lot of...
theydontgoforboozeanddope asked: hey! that post about the couple that got a congratulatory card from the white house, it's not really the same, but my mom met bill and hillary clinton when they were in the white house, while she was pregnant with me. we got a card from the white house welcoming my birth or something haha. it's weird but cool i guess haha.
“I do not want to be tolerated, or misnamed. I want to be recognized.”
– Audre Lorde
(via inbetweenlove)
Thousands of T.O. students take anti-bullying... →
projectqueer:
(TRIGGER WARNING: suicide, anti-gay bullying)
Toronto students cheered, chanted and pledged to end school bullying at a raucous rally held at the Ricoh Coliseum on Thursday.
The day-long event featured 9,000 students from the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and a series of motivational speakers, athletes and entertainers.
The rally was designed to spotlight bullying,...
Anti-Gay Marriage Group Bankrolled By Two Very... →
cassket:
Remember the National Organization for Marriage, the anti-gay marriage group that brought us that hilarious “Gathering Storm” ad? Turns out, it’s not nearly as “grassroots” as it purports to be. It’s actually funded almost exclusively by two donors.
The Washington Independent found that NOM recently reported their highest earning year ever. While some might assume that their...
One teachers approach to preventing gender...
togetherforjacksoncountykids:
“It’s Okay to be Neither,” By Melissa Bollow Tempel
Alie arrived at our 1st-grade classroom wearing a sweatshirt with a hood. I asked her to take off her hood, and she refused. I thought she was just being difficult and ignored it. After breakfast we got in line for art, and I noticed that she still had not removed her hood. When we arrived at the art room, I said:...
What the Hell was ABC Thinking When it Greenlit... →
Quick: Name the most LGBT-friendly TV network.
ABC, right? Easy question, easy answer. ABC has given us loving lesbian and gay families in Callie and Arizona on Grey’s Anatomy and Cam and Mitchell on Modern Family. It has given us hilarious, well-rounded gay men on Happy Endings and Desperate Housewives. It has given us complicated recurring lesbian characters on Private Practice. And it has...
“Diversity is sexy and awesome.”
– genderfork
“You go to work; you do an excellent job; you mow your lawn; you pay your...”
– Kurt Jacobowitz-Cain, a former ex-gay leader, now happily partnered with another man. (via gaywrites)
14-Year-Old Bisexual Girl Confronts Rick Perry On... →
Ambushing Republican candidates and asking them to explain their crappy positions on gay rights is becoming quite the trend in this election, and Rick Perry is the latest target. After a town hall meeting in Iowa, 14-year-old Rebecka Green approached Perry and said, “I just want to know why you’re so opposed to gays serving openly in the military, why you want to deny them that freedom...
Anonymous asked
Hi, I am having a conversation with someone about homosexuality and they are telling me about how that homosexuals are A LOT more promiscuous than heterosexuals which results in more transmitted disease. And also sex between homosexual couple has more health risks. Also, the presence of homosexual long-term relationships are almost non-existent. I know as a fact that the latter isn’t true....
Former AIDS official pleads guilty to stealing... →
gaywrites:
The former executive director of the Boston Living Center, a nonprofit for people with HIV/AIDS, pleaded guilty last week to stealing more than $100,000 from the organization.
Valerie Tebbetts pleaded guilty in Suffolk Superior Court to three counts of larceny, and one count of making false entries in corporate books during the time she worked at the Boston Living Center.
She...
Blue Eye, Brown Eye →
genderfork:
Photographer: Luis Pedro de Castro. Originally posted on the Behance Network.
Lesbian couple turn down enrolment offer →
A same-sex couple whose daughter was originally rejected by a Broken Hill Catholic school have turned down an offer of enrolment.
The couple, who do not want to be identified, say they were shocked and hurt when told their relationship was the reason their daughter’s kindergarten application had been turned down by Sacred Heart Primary.
Acting head of the Wilcannia-Forbes diocese, Bishop...
The Intersex Roadshow: Five Myths that Hurt... →
materialworld:
Five Myths that Hurt Intersex People
I’ve had conversations with some intersex acquaintances recently about painful situations in which (nonintersex) people have accused my friends of not “really” being intersex. Besides revealing how rude people in our society can be about policing sex and gender, what these conversations have illustrated are some central myths about...