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[evysplace]

Jet Power!!

[evysplace]

St. Paddy's Day! Rainbow-style! Yea!

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Zero Discrimination Day this Sunday is a chance to celebrate diversity and to reject discrimination.

Join the call for compassion, tolerance and peace and stand up for ‪#‎ZeroDiscrimination‬ by submitting your photo or video here: http://ow.ly/I8Zm3

[weareadvocates]

Out lesbian pop singer Lesley Gore dies at age 68

The singer is survived by her partner of 33 years.

[autostraddle]

Lesley Gore was a great pop singer, a powerful feminist, a devoted partner and an inspiration to many. She will be greatly missed.

Lesley Gore is dead at 68. (via autostraddle)

[eriegaynews]

From Philadelphia Gay News: Last Sunday on one of those morning news talk shows, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was asked about Hillary Clinton’s possible candidacy for president. He responded: “People want to look to the future, we don’t want to go back in time.”

[evysplace]

Happy Solstice!

[sexedplus]

I think there are some really important discussions to have about why disclosing aspects of personal identity can be challenging but important for all kinds of people, why the concept of “coming out” has appealed at times to a wide variety of groups (including people who are poly or kinky, sex workers, people with HIV, atheists, and people with mental illness), and why other groups using that language can be harmful to people in the LGBT and queer communities. But it’s going to take me some time to really be able to address all that.

In the meantime, I also think it’s worthwhile to focus specifically on the coming out experiences of people who are LGBTQIA. Of course, these experiences can vary a lot too. There are some differences between coming out about sexual orientation and coming out about gender identity, for example. And even two people who identify the same way may face pretty different challenges in their individual lives. I do believe, however, that there is a certain commonality shared specifically by these groups.

[worldsingers]

this one doesn’t have kinky reblog it

[monica-geller]

Researchers at Indiana University have confirmed what any queer person who’s been on a date in hetero spaces already knew — that a lot of straight people are still rather uncomfortable with public displays of queer love (or lust or like or drunken-poor-decision-making-with-strangers). The study, which appears in the December edition of the American Sociological Review, was a survey of over 1000 individuals designed to gauge the larger public’s perceptions of queer relationships compared to straight relationships. The takeaway of the study? Straight folks are totally okay with our relationships, as long as we don’t try to get married or touch each other in public.

[autostraddle]

Ridiculous research finding of the day: Straight people are inexplicably grossed out by gay PDA on Autostraddle

[evysplace]

Check out @evyben2013's Tweet:

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Historian and Feminist Scholar Gerda Lerner

[glaad]

Take a stand against bullying! Go over to Facebook and share one of these graphics to show that you’ve got the backs of LGBT youth for #spiritday and every day! 

[evysplace]

Happy Canadian Thanksgiving!

[madlibz211-deactivated20181207]

Today my hometown was struck by a disgusting hardship.

A woman this afternoon was found by a neighbor, bleeding and naked. She was attacked in her home because she was gay. Two or more men broke into her home through the basement and proceeded to tag her basement. They found the homeowner, who is an open lesbian, and stabbed, assaulted, and carved “dyke” into her chest. They attempted to burn her house to the ground, but the gas only sparked. Somehow, this woman (who remains anonymous until she decides to come out on her own time) was able to escape. She was found naked, bound with zip ties, and bloody. She is still alive and in the hospital. A candle light vigil was held in her name tonight, where more than 500 people from Lincoln and surrounding cities and states joined to talk about the hate and to pay homage to the victim.

A recovery fund has been set up to help her cover medical bills and anything she may need. That link can be found here, along with a link from the original news story.

http://starcitypride.org/victim-recovery-fund/

http://journalstar.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/hundreds-attend-vigil-after-reported-hate-crime/article_d0892b58-9ec9-566c-8b66-bb0a032b8e03.html

Notes: Article taken directly from the Lincoln Journal Star website

Pictures are courtesy of Lincoln Journal Star and Steve Andel Photography. I do not own any rights to anything posted.

[lesbianesque-deactivated2013060]

Crying.

[lloudmouth-blog]

Why doesn’t this get a full day of news coverage and nationwide outrage?

[cognitivedissonance]

I know someone who lives just blocks away with her partner. They are terrified. It’s sickening.

To the anon who claimed mocking a T-shirt in support of Joe Paterno is a hate crime: No. THIS is a hate crime.

[stfuconservatives]

Absolutely, utterly horrifying.

[miss-love]

Why the FUCK isn’t this on the news. I just watched the news for like two hours, no mention of this. What the fuck.

[peterquillsdickmessage]

We all know why this isn’t on the news. The news don’t want to admit homophobia is still one of many serious issues around.

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[toplesbian]

World Health Organization Calls For Scrapping Homophobic Mental Diagnoses

The World Health Organization is calling for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) to remove a number of “homosexuality-related psychological disorders” that implicitly consider homosexuality to be a mental disease. Currently, the WHO does not technically consider being gay, lesbian,… - READ MORE

[toplesbian]

Equaldex is a database of LGBT rights, showcasing LGBT laws, statistics, and more in each country, as well as timelines and historical data about the movement.

Equaldex includes charts, timelines, maps, LGBT organizations, and LGBT news about the LGBT rights movement and data is contributed (and verified by) users. Feel free to contribute any missing data and help paint a full picture of the global move towards equality!

It’s an informative educational resource to make people think globally!