January 2012
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A History of Gay Gaming →
By IGN’s Keza MacDonald
We love you.
- PinkPanthers
BREAKING: Washington has the votes to legalize... →
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The Washington Post has reported that Democratic Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen announced her support for a measure legalizing marriage equality in the state of Washington.
She’s the 25th vote needed to pass the bill out of the Senate. The bill already has enough support in the House and the governor has very much endorsed the measure, making it extremely likely that Washington will soon...
Lesbian & Gay Parenting – Let’s Be Rational →
There’s been a “buzz” around gay and lesbian parenting recently. You may have heard that Rick Santorum made some comments in New Hampshire that gay parents are “robbing children of something they need, they deserve, they have a right to. You may rationalize that that isn’t true, but in your own life and in your own heart, you know it’s true.”) Shall we rationalize? Yes, let’s.
Couple Finally Reveals Child's Gender, Five Years... →
One of the most common biphobic narratives is that the penis is what counts. A...
– Bisexual Men, Like, Exist And Stuff | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz?
Getting married was a political act because so many people fought so hard for...
– Denis O’Hare on marrying his husband, Hugo Redwood, in OUT Magazine.
The word “transgender” is an adjective, and a descriptive word; not a noun or a...
– How to Respect a Transgender Person
Why Gay Parents May Be the Best Parents →
I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear
– Martin Luther King
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When you watch Torchwood there is a warning at the very beginning that some...
– John Barrowman (via saminal)
TW (Transphobic Language): Girl Scout Cookies... →
On the 100th anniversary of the Girl Scouts, a California teenager is calling for a boycott of the organization’s famous cookies. Her complaint: the Girl Scouts admitted a 7-year-old transgender child to a Colorado troop in November.
“Taylor” urges a national boycott of Girl Scout cookies. (YouTube)
It is not the first time the issue has garnered complaints. Three Girl Scout troops at a...
There are things in everyone’s lives that they wish never happened. Maybe an...
– BubblesColoreddYellow: Life
The 'real' woman, the transgender woman and the... →
Sanitary product company Libra started 2012 off with a spot of controversy over a commercial aired in New Zealand last week.
The ad, which shows a ‘real’ woman and transvestite Sandee Crack side by side in a public bathroom mirror competing for womanliness has now been canned.
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If anyone is looking for how to change your...
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fierce-n-pierced:
I was getting really frustrated with it constantly saying “her” even though I didn’t have my gender shown in my profile, and this video showed me how to change it. :]
https://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=549384115767
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Same Sex Parents Win Right to be Included on Their... →
cassket:
A judge in Iowa has ordered new birth documents be issued to the child of a lesbian couple who were initially told they couldn’t list both of their names on their baby’s birth certificate. The Iowa Department of Public Health contended that God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve, but was roundly rebuked for trying to pass redneck bumper stickers off as sound public policy.
The...
Chile to Cover Gender Affirming Health Services →
youjolgbtq:
Yesterday, the trans arm of the Movement for the Intergration and Liberation of Gay people (MOVILH), in conjunction with the Chilean National Health Fund (FONASA) and the Chilean Ministry of Health (MINSAL), submitted the final paper work necessary for the implementation of the National Body to Gender Identity Congruency Protocol.
In addition to requiring all health...
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the morning will come.: seebehinditall: gaywrites:... →
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gaywrites:
FBI changes its definition of rape, includes males
The FBI announced recently that it has changed its long-standing definition of rape so that women are no longer the only people affected.
Men can now be included as rape victims in FBI crime reports, and the new definition of rape is “any kind of forced penetration.” This will also help organizations and the...
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Notes From Inside The Closet: General Tips →
notesfrominsidethecloset:
24 Coming Out Tips by Clyde Berry
1. Never come out in an argument or to hurt someone
2. Never come out in a moving vehicle.
3. A person is more intelligent than a group of people, come out to people one at a time and somewhere private.
4. People who are ignorant may say things…
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