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"Oh, so because I’m straight I’m not allowed to have an opinion on [insert LGBT issue here]"

Listen. 

I’m an english major. I know next to nothing about science, engineering, and astronomy. Sure, I think space is cool. I’m very supportive of NASA’s efforts. I might even have an opinion on where we should send the next shuttle or how much money we should spend on space travel. 

But at the end of the day, my opinion on the matter is not valuable. I’m not going to enter into a discussion about the next shuttle launch with a bunch of trained scientists and expect them to take me seriously. 

Sometimes, your opinion is not valuable. Sometimes, you aren’t qualified to enter a discussion.

And, lets be honest, straight people’s opinions are valued in literally every other situation. Hell, straight people get more awards for lgbt “activism" than queer people themselves.

If you really can’t accept that sometimes your voice isn’t the most important in the room, you might need to get over yourself. 

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Senator Wendy Davis is a fucking badass.

There’s this bill that they are trying to pass in Texas that would make it illegal to get any abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy, and would make it very difficult for abortion centers to continue doing what they do. Governor Rick Perry has already said that if the bill makes it to his desk, he will sign it. And Wendy Davis said fuck no that is not happening.

So she’s filibustering it. That means she asked to talk on the subject at 11:18 this morning, and if she can continue talking about abortion until 11:59 tonight, the bill won’t reach Governor Perry, and they would have to start all over with the bill next time they meet- 2 years from now.

But Wendy has to keep talking. She can’t pause for even a minute, not for food or a sip of water or to go to the bathroom or sit down. She can’t even lean up against anything, or she’s out. So she’s wearing motherfucking PINK NIKE TENNIS SHOES in the middle of the state senate.

She also has to continue talking about the topic. She sent out tweets an other messages last night asking for anyone and everyone’s abortion story, and received a shit load of answers. Her staff is still collecting them, and she’s reading them aloud to the senate. Not only is she making this bill impossible to pass, she may just change some minds while she’s at it.

This is history, guys. Wendy Davis is a motherfucking badass, and we are watching it happen.

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i could cry

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livestream here 

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REAL Lesbians React to Lesbian Porn!

I’m laughing so hard oh my god

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since in the USA there is NO foreign news, we’ll never hear about it

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okay, this is the cutest shit ever. dammit i cant stand it

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OMG SHE’S ADORABLE!!!!!

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OMG MY OVARIES 

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“To JK Rowling, from Cho Chang” by Rachel Rostad

Regardless of your opinion on the Harry Potter books (I’ve been madly in love with them since way back in elementary), you should watch this video. Be sure to actually listen to the poet and not immediately jump to the defense of the books that you love. It’s okay to love something and acknowledge that it has flaws. 

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Watch it, it’s absolutely brilliant.

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Same-sex marriage shouldn’t be banned, but at the same time it shouldn’t be celebrated as if it was some profound step toward a change in the material conditions that impact queer people’s lives. Trans, queer, and gender non-conforming people are dying, losing their jobs and being locked up at dramatically higher rates than straight, cisgender populations. Celebrating the ability to get more documented monogamous couples into an exclusionary institution at best obscures and at worst condones the punishment industrial complex, police brutality, employment and housing discrimination, and immigration persecutions that queers of color are subjected to.

My professor’s explanation of the unimportance/violence of the marriage equality debate. (via tenderqweer)

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rosecoloredlove:

always.