10 days ago by bikinginla

After the excitement of election day, I spent most of the past week trying to figure out just what it all meant. The election of the nation’s first African-American president, followed shortly thereafter by the heart-breaking results on Prop 8. And at the same time, the meaning of bikeism, after a s ...

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11 days ago by Schizo America

Oh my god. This is Olberman’s most moving video ever. No anger, no screaming, just from the heart, in defense of the true sanctity of marriage, the marriage of two people in love and committed to a future together, be they boy/girl, boy/boy or girl/girl. This video should be showed in schools, homes ...

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11 days ago by Jill Miller Zimon

Whether or not a news outlet mentions a person’s political party isn’t something I watch that closely, though I’m pretty sure I have at least once or twice. But here’s a case flagged by Pam’s House Blend: This Midland Daily News article, which is really pretty lengthy and full of many other small de ...

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11 days ago by Isabelle Saint-Pierre

In the city of Iquitos, in the Peruvian Amazon, attitudes towards gender roles and sexual orientation are comparatively relaxed. But despite the thriving gay and transvestite scene, members of the cross-dressing community, known as chivas, still face prejudice and violence. Sixteen-year-old Rober ha ...

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11 days ago by Isabelle Saint-Pierre

November 23rd marks Manchester’s third annual Transgender Remembrance Day. This November marks the 10th year that the Transgender Day of Remembrance has been set aside to remember those who have died as a result of anti transgender hatred or prejudice. November 23rd will be the third time that Manch ...

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11 days ago by TICKLEBEAR

as much as we could congratulate the americans for voting for barak obama as their next president, it seems like the black vote, which largely contributed to obama's victory, is also partly responsible for the demise of gay rights as numbers show the black vote largely supported the ban against same ...

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11 days ago by rintrah

Remembrance Day is for remembering those who killed for their ideals. Everyone who has ever fought or killed has done so for their ideals. So, today, we should should remember everyone who fought and died for their beliefs, whether right or wrong. Those who fought against the Nazis in WWII are calle ...

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11 days ago by Spicy Cauldron

Homophobia among the under-16s is alive and well in Skipton, North Yorkshire. My partner is often abused on his way to the train station to go to work. The children who call him ‘dirty queer’, ‘fucking poof’ and other verbal slurry are not always, as conventional wider-ranging prejudices would have ...

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12 days ago by kuffir

With ’soft aggression’ says Mayank Austen Soofi: The popular perception of Bihar is hardly flattering. “They have nothing in Bihar,” says actor Mr Roshan Seth. “They come to other places for work where they are exploited by others.” According to a 2007 report by the Center for Advanced Study of Indi ...

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12 days ago by Laurie Kendrick

History was made November 6th 2008 when the United States broke the ultimate color barrier–the likes we’ve not seen since Hattie McDaniel won an Oscar for her role as Mammie in “Gone With The Wind” and since Jackie Robinson first went to bat in the Majors. Barack Hussein Obama will become the 44th P ...

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