January 2013
9 posts
Discharged gay soldiers will receive pay they lost →
gaywrites:
Some military personnel who were discharged for being gay had their separation pay cut in half — even though it was an honorable discharge. But now, after a class action suit brought on by the ACLU, those service members who were honorably discharged for being gay will receive their full pay.
As a result of the settlement, all service members covered by the suit will be contacted...
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Art of Transliness: Trans Guys of the Year →
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2012 TransGuys Community Awards!
You can view the final voting results, check out all the amazing nominees, and see my big fat apology for the lateness of publishing the results, here.
All of this year’s nominees have…
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December 2012
4 posts
Five Ways Cis Feminists Can Help Build Trans... →
1) Be willing to confront instances of transphobia, cissexism, cisnormativity, cis-centrism, cis privilege and other forms of destructive bias where you find them (especially when you find them within feminist, activist or queer spaces), not through “call outs” or other toxic, self-defeating or abusive strategies, but by taking the opportunity for genuine discourse.
2) Don’t take a purely...
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November 2012
5 posts
Fiction: Falling In To Place →
November 15, 2012
by: Timothy Elliot
Again, she steps onto the steel platform to cross over the highway. Today, she may be one of only a handful to have walked this path, interesting enough, when the murmur of the large city was still heavy in her ears.
She loved to come here; to see all of the tall buildings, full of people. It gave her the ability to find calm without ever stepping foot out...
October 2012
11 posts
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Political campaigner calls lesbian candidate "ugly... →
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Michael F. Muller, a Republican political operative, took to Twitter this week to call Susan Wilson, a lesbian contender for the N.C. State House, “an old ugly dyke.”
Muller used to manage a political campaign for Nathan Ramsey, Wilson’s opponent in this race. Wilson’s campaign has been endorsed by the Victory Fund.
“Susan Wilson has only ever wanted to serve her community and help...
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Falling Into Place by: Timothy Elliot - Short...
Again, she steps onto the steel platform to cross over the highway. Today, she may be one of only a handful to have walked this path, interesting enough, when the murmur of the large city was still heavy in her ears.
She loved to come here; to see all of the tall buildings, full of people. It gave her the ability to find calm without ever stepping foot out of the city she...
September 2012
11 posts
Disability and Sexuality Resources →
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Disability and Sexuality Resources
Posted by incurable hippie
I have been doing some research on sex and disability, and thought I would share some of the links I have found. This will be useful for me in the future as a resource, and hopefully to others too.
Disability and Sex General Links
Disability Dharma: What Including & Learning From Disability...
Anonymous asked: I think I'm trans-gendered, I've always wanted to be a boy. I don't feel like a girl and when someone tells me I can't do something because I'm a girl I get really weird like what? I have to actually think about it before realising, yeah, I'm really a girl. I don't want to be me, but I don't know what to do. I want to be able to dress like a guy and just be...
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Naheed’s Story Animation Director: Matthew Heckart USA | 2011 | 4 min Consensual same-sex acts between adults in Iran are illegal, and the maximum sentence for a conviction is death. Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) Iranians flee to Turkey for safety, even though they face violence there and little protection or support.
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August 2012
21 posts
I Just Want To Be Myself. Is That Too Much To Ask?
Notes From Inside The Closet: Dear Mom, When I... →
notesfrominsidethecloset:
Dear Mom,
When I came out in college, you nearly had a breakdown. You wandered around with a broken heart, always in tears, thinking yourself a failure.
When I came out in college, I was comfortable with myself. I was ready, in myself. I was not ready for you. I was not ready to ruin a marriage…
