February 2011
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Not gay enough? Can't stay here →
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Imagine being persecuted in your country for being gay. Imagine attempting to emigrate from that country to the United States, where tolerance is higher and you can start over.
Imagine being dismissed from an immigration case for not being “gay enough.”
In the piece above from The New York Times, Dan Bilefsky looks into an immigration policy whereby applicants for gay asylum cases...
January 2011
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i have to leave in like 3 hours.
it took me 2 hours to get to bed.
now i’ve been up for another 2.
you do the math.
i’m not cut out for this
with-an-open-heart-i-conquer-de asked: How long have you had a tumblr?
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life is fine
DP is arriving in 30 mins
camera rolls at noon
just finished prod designing
getting coffee
running on the high from last night
so far, this has all the makings of a great weekend
life is fine! life is fine! fine as wine!
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“I wish I still had the body I had when I was attached to that giant slug wearing...”
– Carrie Fisher (via wedgeantilles)
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“Gender is such a weird concept, it’s a made up story that someone tells you when...”
– genderfork (via pansexualpride)
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Victory! Belmont University Adds Sexual... →
pansexualpride:
Belmont University has faced a storm of controversy over the past few months, after a lesbian soccer coach was terminated from the school, a gay group on campus was told it couldn’t be an official club, and donors and former scholars blasted the University for creating a climate inhospitable to LGBT students and employees. Now, it looks like the tide may be turning on campus.
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Don’t Be a Drag Just Be a Queen No matter gay,...
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LIFE IS FINE by Langston Hughes
I went down to the river, I set down on the bank. I tried to think but couldn’t, So I jumped in and sank. I came up once and hollered! I came up twice and cried! If that water hadn’t a-been so cold I might’ve sunk and died. But it was Cold in that water! It was cold! I took the elevator Sixteen floors above the ground. I thought about my baby And thought I would jump...
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a wise man named newton
A wise man named Newton once told me (and just about everyone else)
“You will get into 2 schools. And one of them will be the school of your dreams. And as you are making that decision, the love of your life is making the same decision. When you decide to go to the school of your dreams, the one your parents have to sell their souls to get you into, the one you wrote a killer essay...
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Looking at old pictures is weird. The person in those pictures didn’t know the people they know today. And they used to think everything was perfect then, but now they would never go back to that picture. It makes me wonder what the future has in store and what pictures I will see…
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“When any society says that I cannot marry a certain person, that society has cut...”
– Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, 1958 (via gaywrites)
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smeared, sticky red nail polish covering a chipped...
there is a metaphor in that.
but analyzing symbolism makes me queasy.
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Maryland to introduce marriage equality bill on... →
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autostraddle.com tumblr presence: just wondering. ... →
autostraddle:
i refer to myself as lesbian, bisexual, “a bisexual”, queer, gay, homosexual, homogay, trashwhore, homo, gaymo… i know this sounds like a cop-out, but honestly i like the way certain words fit into sentences, i pick the best noun for the quality of the sentence or the best punchline, not b/c…
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sex ≠ gender: Queertionary 2.0 →
pansexualparty:
Ace: (orientation) shortened version of and slang term for Asexual, and slang term for Aromantic.
Agender: (gender) see Genderqueer, a- meaning non; being of no gender.
Ally: a person who is not queer/LGBTQ but supports and promotes rights and equality for queer/LGBTQ people.
Androgynous: (gender) the presentation of ambiguous gender, one who presents in such a way.
Aromantic:...
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“Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in...”
– Jon Bon Jovi (via misswallflower)
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“Girl leaves drab farm, becomes a fag hag, meets gay lions and men that don’t try...”
– John Waters on how he would describe The Wizard of Oz to someone who’d never seen it before. (via unicornology)
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Allysha discovers that college boys are not the...
Allysha: So I'm not sure I'm ready for the whole college boy thing.
Me: What do you mean?
Allysha: Like, they wear khaki shorts and polo's and they're into football and drink cheap beer. Every day.
Me: That sounds pretty stereotypical college boy-esc.
Allysha: I'm not digging it.
Me: What were you expecting the Winkelvoss twins?
Allysha: Look. I'm just saying.
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the queue is broken, ain't it?
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what if will & grace did get married? →
thought-provoking article about a straight woman and gay man getting married. even further questions what “defines” marriage.
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how are you going to make it better?
so i just got back from visiting these kids (3 boys) i used to babysit. ALL they talk about is sports. like playing sports and sports games they went to and sports teams. they know more about NFL, MLB, and NHL than grown men do. it’s edging on creepy and kind of disgusting. but their parents think it’s adorable. their house is covered in memorabilia, that’s all the clothes they...
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