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Someone has to wear it because flannel and skinny jeans and boots and a snapback are the way I can pay homage to those who came before me and couldn’t dress the way they wanted, and because one day, when I’m wearing that outfit with my undercut and tattoos, maybe a lonely queer kid will look at me and feel less isolated and more like a part of a constellation where the stars may be few and far between but they make something beautiful.
Molly Priddy via I’m Just A Small-Town Lesbian Wearing Flannel, Building Community
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I don’t take birth control anymore since transitioning from bisexuality to lesbianism in my mid-20s, but I still go to Planned Parenthood for my exams because I trust them not to stigmatize my sexual history and to be sensitive to the needs of a queer patient. But mostly, I don’t know what I would’ve done without them as a teenager, and I’m petrified to live in a world where girls like me won’t have those options.
Riese via What Planned Parenthood Means to LGBT Women: The Roundtable
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The debate opened with a pre-recorded message from President Obama, acknowledging how hard many citizen Dem voters worked to get him into office — truly impressive voter drives, community initiatives, door-to-door campaigns and grassroots organizing. He called back to this, and then asked viewers to work even harder than that this election cycle. The thing is, though, that people put in all the work because regardless of how you think his terms have worked out, Obama was a candidate that many people supported without reservation. Many people saw something in his candidacy — at the risk of cliche, they saw a chance for real change — and were willing to put everything they had into making it happen. Their endorsement of Obama was wholehearted and uncomplicated; the choice seemed clear, and the dangers if he wasn’t elected were obvious and alarming. This debate showed us that the situation today is radically different in a number of ways. Whereas in 2008 we may have felt like there was a clear-cut Republican Platform and Democratic Platform, and we knew which one sounded worse, there’s now several different potential platforms on both sides of the party line. Seeing firsthand how much President Obama hasn’t been able to accomplish in his eight years in office, largely due to Republican gridlocking, has perhaps dampened our enthusiasm or faith in any one candidate as an agent of change. The voter pool has changed since 2008, and it’s been a major few years for political awareness — we saw huge changes in the political discourse, from the heyday of wonk-blogging to social media, which may have made some voters more aware of the complexities and difficult nuances of many issues and candidates. Increased discourse around issues like drones, the Black Lives Matter movement, the epidemic of violence against trans women of color, attacks on reproductive rights showed us that sometimes the people we voted for, or even felt like we supported unconditionally, didn’t respond in a way that made us feel good about our vote. In short, many Democratic voters wish they could feel now the way they felt about Obama in 2008 — that they had found a candidate who truly embodied their values and had what it took to act on them — but most aren’t finding it in either Hillary or Bernie.
Rachel via Is It Underwhelming In Here or Is It Just Me: On Last Night’s Democratic Debate
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This month on the A+cast: the seasons are turning and we’re starting over with a new format and stories about people making big changes. It’s our first ever THEME episode: “Starting Over.” Riese talks to her mom about coming out as a lesbian later in...

This month on the A+cast: the seasons are turning and we’re starting over with a new format and stories about people making big changes. It’s our first ever THEME episode: “Starting Over.” Riese talks to her mom about coming out as a lesbian later in life. Crystal and Carolyn have a conversation about getting married and immigrating to the US. Brittanitalks to Orange Is The New Black writer (and Samira Wiley’s girlfriend) Lauren Morelli about becoming a screenwriter, moving to LA and coming out. Alex and Sarah Croce remember the road trip that brought them across the country to start new lives. Your producer-hosts, Samara and Julia, are along for the ride.

A Plus Podcast Episode Six: Starting Over