May 2012
LAPD Rolls out New Transgender Policy →
artoftransliness:
“Transgender advocates continue to applaud the Los Angeles Police Department’s new set of policies for interactions with trans people that it announced last week, making it the latest and one of the largest police departments in the country to do so.”
April 2012
“you don’t need to know what’s in my pants unless i’m letting you in.”
– adhamh roland (from bathrooms, boxes, binary.)
I'm A PFLAG Mom: April 27, 1953: For LGBT... →
On the morning of April 27, 1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower declared war on homosexuals.
In one of his first official acts after taking office, Eisenhower issued Executive Order 10450, which banned gay men and lesbians from working for any agency of the federal government.
But that wasn’t…
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QBits: 2,500 march for gay pride in Tokyo →
qbits:
Organisers of Tokyo Rainbow Pride say an April march will now be a firm fixture in the LGBT calendar
30 April 2012| By Anna Leach
Sunday’s Tokyo Rainbow Pride parade attracted 2,500 participants and 2,000 spectators.
After a difficult few years, and no Pride…
TRANS COUCHSURFING NETWORK - PLEASE SIGNAL BOOST... →
transcouchnetwork:
Hi! I just started a tumblr, the Transgender Couchsurfing Network. After seeing dozens of posts come across my dash about displaced or homeless trans people needing places to crash, I decided that there had to be a way to organize these posts somehow, and to put those in need in contact with those willing to lend a hand. If you’re trans and need a place to stay, or if you...
Planned Parenthood is on Tumblr!
plannedparenthood:
Planned Parenthood is excited to be launching our new Tumblr that’s all about sexual and reproductive health – bodies, birth control, relationship issues, “is it normal for this to do this?” type things. In the coming weeks and months we’ll be sharing what we know, answering questions, and just… tumblring.
We hope you like it! And we hope it helps.
Life In Perspective: I actually sent this as an... →
stitchmedown:
“Queer” as a slur is not fully reclaimed. I’ve heard it used as a slur quite a few times IRL, and I live in Canada, where out and out homophobia isn’t (generally) as bad as it is in some places it is in the states. And by “not as bad” I mean “a gay man got killed a week or two…
Anonymous asked: what should i do if a trans woman...
thesavagesalad:
open that door wide open, give her a comfy ass chair and feed her candy.
Life In Perspective: Actions Vs. Identity, or Why... →
smashedwordbrokenopen:
sorrowsongs:
I would like to address something i’ve noticed that exists within every community, but seems especially rife within alternative communities such as the kink community, the polyamory community, the queer community, etc. There is this whole strain of…
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“Fat people who love themselves scare the shit out of people who don’t love...”
– Tigress Osborn (via boybitch)
FACT: When lesbians type on Skype, kittens appear...
“One of the best guides to how to be self-loving is to give ourselves the love we are often dreaming about receiving from others.”
- bell hooks
Writing Contest: Black Trans*-Identified... →
fuckyeahftms:
“This anthology is being compiled by Michael David Battle to pay tribute to Black trans-identified experience, as the Black trans-identified experience has significant differences from the White trans-identified experience. Michael is looking for original, well-written personal essays, memoirs, or stories that are based on autobiographical experiences. The narrative must be in...
How To Have Sex With an Asexual Person →
slinkyofpansexuality:
This isn’t my article, I didn’t write and I don’t know the person that did, I simply find it an incredibly informative read, and I highly suggest anyone in a romantic relationship (or otherwise) with an asexual person read it. Trigger warning for mentions of non consensual situaltions.
Latino Sexuality: CFP --> PYT: Pleasure, Youth &... →
tbgptumbles:
Sisterhood Summit 2012
Call for Submissions
The Black Girl Project (BGP) is holding its second annual Sisterhood Summit, a symposium designed to provide a platform for young women and girls to develop the tools to advocate, express, create and inspire, while also…
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I'm From Lincoln, NE →
by Amanda Bergeron-Bauer
When I told my partner Crystal that I wanted to have a baby, she had a lot of concerns. I did too, but for me, the reasons to have a baby finally outweighed the reasons not to. One of her worries was that our child would be treated differently because we’re lesbians. That worried me too, but kids get teased for a lot of things and I do believe that whatever teasing comes...
Brown Grrlz Project: SAGE OPPORTUNITIES: WRITES,... →
thebrownggrrlzproject:
SAGE. is looking for staff.
As you may already know, SAGE. is a community development and empowerment organization with a focus on creating a safe and non-conforming space for queers or colour, femmes, feminist, LGBT youth and all of our allies to express them self in an artistic way through:…
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Life In Perspective: 14 Reasons Why It’s Not Okay... →
transqueery:
Recently, a well-meaning friend of mine disclosed my trans status to a friend of his, someone I hadn’t known previously. I don’t know that I ever would have found out that he had done so if his friend hadn’t slipped up and referred to me as “she” in front of a group of people.
He quickly corrected himself and moved on with whatever he had been saying, but for me, the damage had...
