Category: Quickies

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Quickies: 02/15/2012

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On February 15, 2012
Things that make you go “awwww”: this gay couple in Thailand setting a world record for longest kiss. [Two days? Holy crap, I’ve got some catching up to do.] Raise your hands if you believe that this idiotic proposed legislation in Arizona wouldn’t be used to police gender and enforce heteronormativity. *crickets chirping* In case […]

QUICKIES 02/13/2012

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On February 13, 2012

The White House announced a planned compromise that will mean that women will still get free contraception, but that religious organizations will not have to pay for it. Instead, the insurance company

Quickies: 2/08/2012

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On February 8, 2012

Our dear Rachel is out sick, and she asked someone to post some quickies for her. Ask and you shall receive, friend (though it may be, like 6 hours late). Hope you get well soon, Rachel. Marriage Equa

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QUICKIES 02/06/2012

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On February 6, 2012
There’s an extensive, sad article in Rolling Stone about anti-gay bigotry, school bullying, and culture war politics in Anoka, Minnesota, called One Town’s War on Gay Teens. Here is a satirical video called Women for Santorum that mocks Santorum’s recent comments that becoming pregnant after a rape means God is trying to give you a gift. […]

Quickies: 02/03/2012

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On February 3, 2012

The Chief Justice of Kenya now explains that  “gay rights are human rights” in a video on YouTube. Originally recorded in September, it predates a similar statement by Hilary Clinton by

Quickies: 02/01/2012

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On February 1, 2012

Happy February, all! A very tasty infographic from It’s Pronounced Metrosexual: LOOK AT THE WEE GENDERBREAD PERSON IT IS SO CUTE. Look for a post next week from our very own Will about the const

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Quickies 01/30/12

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On January 30, 2012
Russian flight attendants are organizing protestsagainst the airline company Aeroflot because the company forced a gay employee, Maxim Kupreev, to enter into a sham marriage. His high school girlfriend divorced her current husband to marry Kupreev. “‘Aeroflot effectively broke a real marriage and created a sham one,’ Alekseev said.” Newt Gingrich’s half-sister, LGBT activist Candace […]

Quickies: 1/27/2012

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On January 27, 2012

Mother Jones reports that, since 1972, Sweden has requrired trans people to get sterilized in order to change their gender on their official documents. Although liberal politicians have been trying

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