New Zealand gets ever closer towards passing a bill for marriage equality. A friend of mine is organising the 2013 Trans and Womyn’s Action Camp in Florida in the first week of April and would greatly welcome your attendance and support. Wish I could be there, it sounds really amazing! If you or anyone you know is ever confused about what you can and cannot call ‘gay’, watch this... »
Yesterday was National Abortion Provider Appreciation Day. Click here to show your support. (Via) The New Yorker has a profile of Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Sociological Images revisits a 2010 post: The Truth about Gender and Math. Everyone is talking about women and no one is getting it right. Why should women change their name upon marriage? The terrible power of the covered face. Featured image is of... »
U.S. House of Reps finally passes the Violence Against Women Act. Next stop, Obama! The first openly gay mayoral candidate in Mississippi was found dead this Wednesday, and is being investigated as a homicide. In a completely unpredictable but refreshing move, a Boston frat house bands together to raise money for surgery for a trans* brother. Sometimes I like my prejudices questioned. Why is it so... »
Bay Area Pharyngula fans, <a href=”http://freethoughtblogs.com/pharyngula/2013/02/23/berkeley-meetup-et-cetera/”>Chris Clarke will be at Jupiter’s at 5:30 on Wednesday the 27th.</a> <a href=”http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/6790/are_atheists_the_new_campus_crusaders/”>Are atheists the new campus crusaders?</a> A look at the... »
The US Department of Homeland security’s new law which prevents families of undocumented immigrants from being separated does not extend to same-sex couples. The US Marine Corps advises spouse clubs operating on its installations that my hey must accept all spouses, regardless of sexual orientation. Anti-gay pastor steps down from performing the benediction at President Obama’s 2nd i... »
Check out The December Project, which promises to support trans people this holiday season: ” Here’s our pledge to you: If you feel low this December, and need someone to talk to, contact us, and we’ll call you on the phone. Period.” Awesome. Surviving the Holidays as a Queer Person of Color: give the gift of media. Blogger Says Women Should be Forced to Cross State Lines for Abortions... »
By now, everyone has seen the opportunistic god-botherers climbing over the still-warm bodies of six year-olds to plant their “We told you so!” flag of self-righteous triumph. Apparently, God is a spiteful Zeus, permitting if not actively facilitating (though I fail to see how an all-powerful being could be an innocent bystander) the senseless deaths of children. Here’s a round-u... »
That time of year when our thoughts turn to time spent with family and/or loved ones. May we all be among those lucky enough to say “and” more than “or”, but fact remains, being queer often means we have “coercively assigned relatives at birth”! Let’s do a two-fer this go round and take a look at the fabulous folks and events that defined November and Dece... »
