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I have to do a research paper in american history. The theme is marginalized voices, and I’m in the LGBTQ group. I need a topic… person / place / event / movement / movie / anything except Stonewall, pride (parades/movement), and DOMA. What should I do?

1. JAMES BALDWIN JAMES BALDWIN JAMES BALDWIN
2. ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER ALICE WALKER
3. PARIS IS BURNING IS AVAILABLE ON YOUTUBE IN INSTALLMENTS

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i’m 100% out but i’m dating a girl who isn’t. i didn’t mind at first because it was just casual but it turns out i really like her. i know it takes time, i’m not going to force her out of the closet but i’m also NOT going back in. what would you do?

probably cry about it a lot. i think you have to talk to her. i know that’s like the most boring/annoying advice. i don’t know, i’ve honestly never been in this situation. what if you did this a little at a time. what if she didn’t have to tell her mom but once in a while when you ate in a bertucci’s outside your hometown where you knew no one you held her hand and told the waiter “can you make sure there are no olives on that? my girlfriend really hates olives.” sometimes when things seem terrible and impossible, the olives really help.

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How did you personally like the real l word? i kinda liked it :)

I thought the first half of the season were unwatchable but the last 3 eps were pretty entertaining. The cast probably gave the producers decent material to work with but the editor (and producers) fucked it up royally in the end. Some of the casting choices still confuse me. Overall, I did enjoy it but I did find it embarrassing and wouldn’t recommend it to my straight friends the way I recommended The L Word (OG).

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It used to be okay to be gay and unfashionable. It was accepted. It was celebrated. Some of you young’uns won’t believe this, but there was a time when, as a proud lesbian woman, you could leave your house in white tennis shoes, a fleece sweater vest, and an oversized fanny pack and STILL PICK UP WOMEN. No one faulted you for your lack of fashion; no one cared. When I came out lo’ those many years ago, the only accessory a girl needed to have was a Swiss Army knife. If you felt like getting fancy, you might upgrade to a Leatherman and one of those belt holder things. They were simpler times. Wrist cuffs? Artistic plastic rings? Handbags? We didn’t even know how to pronounce those words!
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Im halfway through an MA in marketing. My undergrad is in theatre studies and now Im reading annual reports and maximising shareholder return. Can a soul actually die/is is worth it? I have bills and a wife and a shit-ton of student debt…

you know, i was in your position, and much like you i wrote a desperate panicked message to my friends, and the best advice i got was “take the money and run.” emphasis on the running. there will come a point when you are done with student debt (or have less of it) and then it is time to make a graceful exit to the bills and wife.

unless you already feel like you’re going to vomit your entire insides out and lock yourself in the bathroom indefinitely, then maybe it’s not worth it.

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