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Quickies 01/02/2012

Yessenia January 2, 2012
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Quickies 01/02/2012

14 Reasons that made 2011 Great for Trans People: From anti-discrimination laws to openly trans individuals succeeding at the highest levels, 2011 heralded a host of progressive changes.

The tampon company Libra has drawn some backlash for an advertisement featuring two women, one cisgendered, putting on make-up competitively. The competition is a draw until the cisgendered woman pulls the femininity trump card: menstruation!

Pariah Personals: From Salon, a list of coming out stories from immigrant and minority LGBT youth.

Pic of Mara Keisling Harmony Santana by Larry Busacca

By Yessenia
In Real Life (tm) I'm a graduate student studying communication disorders. Someday, I may even have a job. Until then, I spend my days trolling as an official member of the Sanctimonious Women's Studies Set and as one of those Internet Atheists your mother warned you about. Oh, and I'm transmasculine, which is a short way of saying health issues preclude transitioning but I would if I could. I spend far too much time correcting the wrong people on the internet.

7 Comments

  1. juicykarkass  /  January 2, 2012, 12:35 pm

    Did the link use to lead to the Libra ad? It’s the ol’ 404 Not Found now.

  2. exceedinglime  /  January 2, 2012, 12:47 pm

    Yeah, that link isn’t working. Which is a shame, because I want to be even more righteously angry than the description already leaves me. XD

  3. Christianne  /  January 2, 2012, 1:06 pm

    Er, the photo isn’t Mara Keisling. It’s actress Harmony Santana, star of Gun Hill Road.

  4. exceedinglime  /  January 2, 2012, 1:12 pm

    Confirming that the link is good now.

  5. BeardofPants  /  January 2, 2012, 4:34 pm

    Ugh, that Libra ad is awful.

  6. BeardofPants  /  January 3, 2012, 12:53 pm

    The Libra ad has been pulled:

    http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10776580

  7. Natalie  /  January 3, 2012, 1:52 pm

    I shall never forgive you for not knowing Harmony Santana when you see her! ;)

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