May 2012
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Gayest Cities in America 2012 | Advocate.com →
Road Trip?
oh-voldey-voldemort asked: I just wanted to say thank you. I think more people like you need to exist. Educated and supportive. Thank you.
Anonymous asked: I'd like to explain to my parents that my boyfriend is trans*. They don't know. They also don't know I have dated women before. I know there are going to be a lot of questions and I am ready for them. My biggest concern is how to explain to my parents that he is the guy they have always thought he was and not the man he is with an anatomy of someone they have never seen me with. How...
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Welcome End of a Pseudotheory →
The claims that homosexuality is a choice have been discredited now that a giant in psychiatry has renounced his own study that said gay people could be cured.
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Obama’s LGBT Outreach program →
MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts speaks with Joe Solmonese, President of the Human Rights Campaign and Obama campaign co-chair, about President Barack Obama’s new outreach to the LGBT community.
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BAZINGA! →
Emmy-winning Big Bang Theory actor Jim Parsons has revealed he’s gay in a profile in the New York Times. Full story here: http://www.queerty.com/big-bang-theorys-jim-parsons-comes-out-in-ny-times-profile-20120523/#ixzz1viwPW3lv
Today is Harvey Milk Day. →
gaywrites:
Today we honor the birthday of Harvey Milk, one of our community’s most influential activists and most passionate leaders.
Milk stood up for equality for LGBT people when few had given it a passing thought. He organized thousands of people, many of whom had nowhere else to turn, around a common cause. He was one of many invaluable founders of the gay rights movement as we know it,...
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Careful not to judge others
So easy to judge Catholics as a group. But it is important to look at individuals. My very supportive husband, my son’s loving father, is Catholic. They have that Pope and all but Catholics don’t speak with one voice. Also see Dignity USA.
German Catholic Cardinal Calls for Equal Treatment of Same-Sex Relationships
Posted May 21st, 2012 by John M. Becker
There seem to be cracks...
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Haters- can we shut SOME of them up????
Want to spread the word…and then phone numbers. Get busy people. (From Tom’s Facebook post)
Tom GetEqual Morgan
Telephone#: 828-428-2518 Fax#: 828-428-3358 Pastor Charles L. Worley email: pastor@prbcnc.com THERE, Now YOU have the tools to help you express YOUR freedom of speech, too !!!
North Carolina Pastor: Pen In ‘All The Lesbians And Queers’ With An Electrified Fence,...
Anonymous asked: I just wanna say that you're amazing! I consider myself heterosexual, but living in a rural area I see a lot of intolerance and stupidity surrounding homosexuality(or ANYTHING for that matter). Is there any way I can help locally? We don't really have any groups, parades, support groups etc., sadly. If I can be of use though, I'd like to know.
Anonymous asked: you give me hope my parents will someday be like you.
fyeahtoasters asked: Have you ever thought of using Google Adsense on your blog?
lesbeau-madhatter asked: Are you really from Missouri? That's true? MO, the show-me state? Seriously amazed that there might actually be accepting adults here...
Anonymous asked: I hate you.
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SOFFA - sig. others, family, friends, allies
There is a need for info and support for partners of people who are trans*. Another one to check out is; soffasupport. Good luck
Hey there! My name is Roxie, and I’m a cis-female currently in a relationship with a sexy, funny, sweet, intelligent, well-dressed, eloquent, amazing guy who happens to be trans-masculine.
I’ve also recently started a blog about dating trans*masculine individuals,...
Anonymous asked: I have a simple question, but one complicated in my head. How do I come out to my parents as Pansexual? I'm a 19 year old guy who feels really stupid asking this. My best friend is gay and we are on our school's GSA board; my girlfriend & roommate are both bisexual etc. My parents have yet to understand what bisexuality even is... who knows if they will understand this. They are...
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TheSpec - Transgender community faces unique set... →
For most people, choosing which bathroom to use while out in public is a no-brainer.
But for people who identify as transgender, the decision is far from simple.
“Some of the stuff non-trans people take for granted are a huge issue for trans folk when they’re out and trying to access public spaces,” said Will Rowe. “It’s not easy in this gender-binary world where you’re either male or...
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Early is better for transgender surgeries →
Southern California teen Mason Pierce, whose birth name is Meghan, is part of a growing group of teens undergoing transgender surgery. With parental support and the help of the transgender clinic at Children’s Hospital LA, Mason is finding out the teen years may actually be the best time to do this, both physically and emotionally. Dr. Bruce Hensel reports for the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on...
tmkristen asked: I need some advice about my parents. I've grown up in a conservative city in the South, and I'm 22. My Christian parents are of the belief that being LGBT is a sin. It's been 2 years since I started coming out. How do I go about getting my parents to come to a PFLAG meeting with me?
timeywimey27 asked: Hello. I am a young (13 and a half) transgendered (female to male) person. I was wondering how to tell my parents? I am incredibly nervous. I was wondering if you had any advice? Thank you.
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Family Acceptance Project
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
With media reports of suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) youth becoming increasingly common, communities are grappling with the urgent need to identify interventions to prevent suicide and suicidal behavior among LGBT youth. However, until today, no “Best Practices” have been identified or designated to help reduce vulnerability and...
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LGBT Youth: We Need You
LGBT Youth: We Need You
Posted: 05/15/2012 12:44 pm
I was very pleased last week when President Obama announced his support of marriage equality for gays and lesbians. The president’s words — though historic — came after North Carolina (following many other states) passed laws to restrict marriage rights and legislate inequality. The fight for our...
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Reasons to Have Pride in 2012 Part 2 |... →
The more the haters see this as the new age of acceptance, the better.
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Dee Coram is the Gay Son of the Colorado... →
can’t even count on DAD!
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a-conversationalist asked: What advice would you give to your 14 year old self?
Anonymous asked: Will you be my mom so I can tell you I'm gay instead of my bible thumping "gay and transsexual people don't go to hell" real mom?
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personal message from PFLAGmom
I, PLAGmom, would like to just openly brag all over tumblr about my son, Zak from Art of Transliness. Today he graduated from college, with honors, magna cum laude, and the outstanding undergraduate in sociology. His amazingly wonderful girlfriend also graduated today with her masters in english.
SO- if you are trans* and people tell you you won’t amount to anything, you’ll be a...
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New Book The Letter Q Sends the Younger You a... →
The Letter Q is the most recent book addressing the issue of teen suicide and sheds the formalities of speaking to a broad audience you’ve never met. It is instead an anthology of letters from LGBT writers to their younger selves.
April 2012
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April 27, 1953: For LGBT Americans, a Day That...
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 all. The president ordered all private contractors doing business with the government to...
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Anonymous asked: I'm a teenage girl (almost 17) who likes girls .I have been dating another girl at my catholic school for 2 months now, and outside of my home my life is amazing. My problem/question regards my parents. I have come out to them, expecting their acceptance as they are politically liberal, but in the past year and a half they have become incredibly homophobic. I've been called evil, sinful,...
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Calling out Boy Scouts of America for homophobia! →
James Beard Foundation to Boy Scouts: You Can Keep Your Award, And Your Bigotry Too!
Posted April 23rd, 2012 by Evan Hurst
This, people, is what integrity looks like. The James Beard Foundation received an award from the Boy Scouts of America, which troubled Michelangelo Signorile, due to their anti-gay record. Mike was especially troubled for this reason:
It was especially troubling...
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Bishop Compares Opposition To Marriage Equality To... →
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Obama Administration Endorses Student...
Earlier this afternoon, following a screening of the documentary Bully at the White House, the Obama administration officially endorsed the Student Non-Discrimination Act.
The Student Non-Discrimination Act would provide students with explicit federal protections by establishing a comprehensive prohibition against discrimination and harassment in all public elementary and secondary schools...
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New book of one man's journey/Ryan Sallans
Book Description
Publication Date: April 2, 2012
Second Sonis a story that intimately explores the transition experience of Ryan Sallans, born Kimberly Ann Sallans. The reader is pulled through Ryan’s transition from infant to child, child to body-obsessed teenage girl, teenage girl to eating-disordered young woman, female to male, daughter to son, and finally a beloved partner to a...
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An influential US rabbi ‘comes out’ as an LGBT... →
Rabbi Shmuli Yanklowitz, who was chosen by Newsweek as one of the most influential rabbis in the United States, has declared that he is “coming out of the closet,” not as a gay man, but as a “proud ally with those of LGBT orientation.”
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Jim Collins Foundation Grants For Trans... →
suiiciidebabyy asked: so many people come after me because i like women i have been jumped more then once i really dont know what to do i just want to hide how i am because its only causing me way to much harm. my parents dont care and they really dont do anything i feel lie im a freak... i dont know what to do
Ask America’s Highest Profile Cardinal to Support... →
Two weeks ago, Joseph Amodeo resigned from the Executive Committee of the Junior Board of Catholic Charities as a result of Cardinal Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York’s decision to avoid a request to help young people. At a time when a 30% to 40% of homeless youth are LGBT, it is clear that this is an important issue facing all those concerned with supporting people who are most in...
transpride778899 asked: would you do me and the trans community a huge favor and promote my blog? im new and im in the process of trying to get enough followers so that i can start selling bracelets and tshirts to fund raise to help trans men and women obtain what they need to transition. it would help so much! thanks!
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