red-hidinghood: Is there at least one single trans person in this film about a trans person? Good question to ask, not only because The Danish Girl and Eddie Redmayne are getting a lot of Oscar hype.
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wutheringheightsbygeorgebush: alan turing is a gay autistic man played by a straight actor who compared being autistic to Frankenstein monster who is now up for an academy award in a film that downplayed the sexuality he was persecuted and driven to his death forcould we disrespect the memory of this man even more Yes, it actually is …
She warned us against becoming a movement only for white middle class people, this was 41 years ago, and today, so much of the ways in which LGBT equality has played out has been about white middle class people. Laverne Cox talking about Sylvia Rivera
What Does Cis Privilege Even Mean?
I want to be careful with this post. I’m a cis-man and have quite a bit of privilege, so I’m an outsider in this discussion. I don’t want to mansplain, but I thought I’d weigh in with my 2 cents. Please call me out if this is bullshit. This is not supposed to be authoritative …
“10 seriously easy things cis people can do”
Cnlester compiled a list of things cis people (like myself) can do “to make the world a better place for trans people” – and everyone else by extension. Most of the things really require only a minimum effort from us, besides basic re_consideration and acceptance. Do read the list.(via highoncliches)”10 seriously easy things cis people …
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Beer Brand Samuel Adams Pulls Out Of St. Patrick’s Day Parade Due to Lack of LGBT Inclusivness
Samuel Adams Lager is the first beer I can remember – it was a beer my parents enjoyed when I was young and we lived in New Jersey. Though I didn’t have one until almost exactly 2 decades later, it still was a positive memory: The American beer that wasn’t terrible for Germans. Now there’s …
If this issue [surrounding Arizona’s SB 1062] sounds familiar, it should, because it’s the exact same issue behind two of the most high profile Supreme Court cases being hear this term — Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores and Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Sebelius. In both of those cases, for-profit businesses object, on religious liberty grounds, …
N.F.L. Prospect Proudly Says What Teammates Knew: He’s Gay – NYTimes.com
Michael Sam, a defensive lineman who played college football for the University of Missouri, came out as gay yesterday. As a senior (6"2’/188 cm; 260 lbs/117 kg) Sam had a stellar season as Missouri finished 12-2 and won the Cotton Bowl. He was named first-team all-American, Associated Press defensive player of the year in the Southeastern …
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Tumblr genuinely is younger than most other social platforms, and more diverse. A greater proportion of its users are people of colour than on any other major platform. Women users make up a higher percentage than anywhere else bar Pinterest. Teenagers over-index dramatically. And while Pew and other research agencies don’t tend to ask about …
Trans* Day of Remembrance
Today is Trans* (gender*_sexual*) Day of Remembrance, a day to remember trans* people have been killed by trans*phobic, hateful violence. Feministing published a good link round-up. My friends at Mädchenmannschaft published a short text on the topic in German. I also want to recommend this list of thoughts for/on this day published at Trouble-X (via) I’ll …
CLARITY AND CHAOS 