#identitites

[jongbae]

Some (Not All) Sexualities/Identities Explained in the Form of Onions (because some people don't seem to understand fellow human beings):

Straight Onion: i'd fuck a celery

Gay Onion: i'd fuck an onion

Bisexual Onion: i'd fuck an onion or a celery but i might have preferences leaning to either side

Pansexual Onion: i'd fuck an onion or a celery REGARDLESS OF ITS STATUS AS A VEGETABLE

Asexual Onion: i do not want to fuck an onion or a celery or a cabbage. i do not want to fuck anything.

Demisexual Onion: i'd fuck this one onion/celery that i have formed an emotional bond with

Transgender Onion: i was born a biological celery but my gender identity is an onion and i deserve to be treated as such and called the correct pronouns

Genderfluid Onion: sometimes i feel like an onion sometimes i feel like a celery

[micdotcom]

Susan Sommer told Mic her interest in LGBT civil rights law can be traced back to a child's party in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood in the late '90s, where she spotted a pair of identical twin boys. "One was running around, wearing plastic armor with a sword and a cape, and the other was playing with Barbie dolls, and I remember complimenting the parents on the fact their children were so unique," she said. "The parents confided in me that they were very worried about the boy who was playing with the dolls ... and they were taking him to a specialist who could help track," (she put finger-quotes around "track,") "him more towards behaving like a hetero he-boy. They said that they were fine with gay people — the reason they were doing this was because they knew how hard life is for gay people in our country, and they wanted to protect their child from that if they could." Sommer choked up recalling the story. "I remember that moment, having this epiphany. The problem is the world around this child — there's nothing wrong with your child," she said. "It put this movement into a much starker relief, being a young parent and realizing that those of us who have the wherewithal to be activists owed it to generations to come to fix the world in which they were going to live."

Meet Susan Sommer, the LGBT rights lawyer who will bring marriage equality across the finish line 

[anglocatalans]

Barcelona's Immigration by Neighbourhood

One of the things that the World Cup has made me realise is that Barcelona immigration varies quite a lot by neighbourhood.

The Catalan capital is full of little patrias, corners of the city where people from the same country, region, village or even family have settled often because of work. One of the good things about the distribution of immigrants in Barcelona, though, is that you never get…

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[yoongiah]

Split Personalities: Superheroes + Their Alternate Identities

Since the birth of the superhero, one thing they have all had in common is a secret identity. Sometimes their alter egos are exposed and sometimes they are given up, but just about every major superhero has opted to hide behind a “regular Joe” persona at some point. Artist Danny Haas shows us just what the two halves of the superheroes look like when they are put side-by-side.

In his excellent series of superheroes and their alter egos, Haas illustrates the similarities and differences between the “regular” guys and their “super” sides. Think of these illustrations as a sort of X-ray vision for us non-super folks.

Millions of hours have been spent in geeky debates over the merits and drawbacks of secret identities, but these gorgeous pieces set those arguments aside for the sheer visual pleasure of seeing superheroes right next to their carefully-protected alter egos. We dig not only the idea behind the series, but the lovely minimalist faux-vintage feel of each mashup.