The Real Queer Agenda

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Tell us about yourself! We want to understand what it's like to be a lesbian, gay, bisexual, pansexual, asexual, transgender, genderqueer, or genderfluid student in the St. Vrain Valley and Boulder Valley School Districts. This is a place to tell your story, whatever your story is!

A lot of people have been sharing stories lately about their experience in St. Vrain Valley School District.  If you would like a space to do that, check out the St. Vrain Valley Safe Schools Coalition's LGBTQ+ Story Telling Project.  #TheRealQueerAgenda Please share!

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Such a great and productive day at Creating Change in Denver Colorado today. We did a presentation at 9 this morning and we have been going to workshops all day

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Love is what makes a family

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Colorado same-sex marriage ban ruled unconstitutional, couples can start getting married now

Yesterday in Colorado, a judge ruled that the state ban on marriage equality is unconstitutional. This marks the 24th consecutive ruling in favor of marriage equality.

While the judge’s ruling included a stay, meaning couples couldn’t get married right away, District Court Judge Andrew Hartman decided that some county clerks can ignore the stay and continue issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. 

The judge said gay marriage is still technically illegal in Colorado but that Hall’s behavior was not harming anyone. However, he warned that the licenses could still be invalid if a court later finds that Hall lacked the authority to issue them. …

Gay couples began arriving at her office later in the day. Samantha Getman, 33, and Victoria Quintana, 23, were first, getting their license shortly after 2 p.m.

"We wanted to come down and get it before someone started taking it away from us again."

I am confused but thrilled!! Colorado!! 

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it makes me so happy seeing selfies that say ‘i felt cute today’ or ‘hair game strong’ it’s so good to love yourself and it’s also so hard to love yourself don’t let anyone tell you differently you’re allowed to admit you’re fucking adorable

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"You were my strength when I was weak You were my voice when I couldn’t speak You were my eyes when I couldn’t see You saw the best there was in me Lifted me up when I couldn’t reach You gave me faith ‘cause you believed I’m everything I am Because you loved me”

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Hardly found asian couples on here but this is great!

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Gay marriage will never have merely any effect on society.

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Maybe it’s a stage. And maybe it’s not. But either way, I don’t want him to ever feel like he wasn’t able to express himself because his parents didn’t support him.

It used to embarrass me slightly when he wore a dress in public. And it wasn’t because I cared about people who thought it was weird that my son was wearing a dress. It was because I cared that they thought I had chosen to put him in a dress. As if there was an agenda on my part to use my son as a way to break societal norms, or as my friend’s mom said to me — a religious Sephardic Jew — “You wanted another daughter?”  

This was at a birthday party for my friend’s daughter and before I left my house I had tried to convince Asher to change into “boy clothes.” I knew that if he showed up in a dress, it would be an endless series of questions and judgments, and I just didn’t feel like dealing with it. 

But Asher was stronger than ever that morning. He had a huge tantrum as I tried to force his legs into a pair of shorts. His nose was running into his mouth as he cried and protested and I suddenly realized I was fighting for something I didn’t even believe in. I was making my kid feel badly for something he shouldn’t be ashamed of. And I stopped. And I gave him a hug and I apologized. And then I put back on the purple princess dress with his sister’s sparkly Tom’s shoes. 

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My Son Wears Dresses and That’s OK with Me | Seth Menachem for XO JANE.

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Be proud of who you are

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Couldn’t it be real

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Rock Band Panic! At The Disco Challenge The Westboro Baptist Church With LGBT Charity Donation

Rock band Panic! At The Disco have stood up to the Westboro Baptist Church and donated $1000+ to a gay rights charity in the process.

The band were playing in Kansas City, Missouri, where members of the hateful church had decided to picket their concert. We’re not quite sure why. We’re even sure they’re sure why. But they were there, nevertheless, blasting out a cover of Panic!’s hit I Write Sins Not Tragedies, cunningly renamed You Love Sin! What A Tragedy (clever).

As has become a tradition with WBC protests, the counter-protest follows suit and it was members of the band who came up with the idea to donate $20 to LGBT rights charity the Human Rights Campaign for every Westboro picketer that showed up… Read more.

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Good job  Panic! at the Disco! 

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The couple had been dating for nearly two years before they were engaged. And a fairytale proposal deserves a storybook event, so the Kunal Ghose, 29, and Jason Aronne, 32, had two spectacular celebrations in San Diego.

They invited friends and family and had a large wedding party. “Jason’s family is like a true Italian family,” Ghose explained. “It’s huge and full of fun people, and they are all coming to wedding and Sangeet. From my side, only my younger sister supports me; my father has distanced himself from me and my lifestyle here. Hopefully one day he comes around.”

Aronne wore a khaki-colored suit with a red shirt and Ghose wore traditional red-and-gold Indian sherwani. The grooms exchanged custom rings—Aronne’s 18K white gold with black and white diamonds from Charles Koll; Ghose’s platinum with 1.5 carat diamonds—and included their pooches in their walk down the aisle.

Watch Kunal proposes to Jason at Broadway’s Cinderella on here.

Source: OUT

Photo Credit: Daniel Bini at Studio19 Photography

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Proud this way

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Laverne Cox talks about the trans community with Katie Couric

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You’ll never walk alone.