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Virginity “Tests” for Brazilian Exams Defy Human Rights and Sex Ed

Virginity “Tests” for Brazilian Exams Defy Human Rights and Sex Ed

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Within the last year, various states in Brazil have come under attack for discriminatory practices towards female candidates who are taking the public service exams. These public service exams are designed as a selective process to evaluate the capacity for candidates in the roles of government entities and professions; however, a stipulation in many of these…

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American Bar Association Unanimously Passes LGBT Nondiscrimination Resolution, Wants You to Have Rights

American Bar Association Unanimously Passes LGBT Nondiscrimination Resolution, Wants You to Have Rights

The American Bar Association voted unanimously to pass Resolution 114B, affirming their commitment to LGBT rights. The ABA is a 410,000 member-strong voluntary legal organization, one of the largest in the world. According to the ABA, the resolution “[recognizes] the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender people and [condemns] laws, regulations, rules and practices that discriminate…

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“Fake Gamer Girls” Make Up 48% of Gamers, Play More Video Games Than Teenage Boys

“Fake Gamer Girls” Make Up 48% of Gamers, Play More Video Games Than Teenage Boys

Enraged fanboys across America now have indisputable and unarguable evidence that all those “fake gamer girls” they’ve been complaining about aren’t as fake as they say. Well, more evidence than previous reports saying 45% of gamers are women and the personal accounts of all the women who play and love video games.  A new study showsthat not only do women make up a whopping 48% of American gamers…

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Please Go Watch “The L Word Mississippi: Hate The Sin”

Please Go Watch “The L Word Mississippi: Hate The Sin”

I expect Ilene Chaiken’s work to be a voyeuristic playdate that transports me from my poorly lit bedroom into a magical lesbian environ. Without question, The L Word was about fantasy. The Real L Wordwas also about fantasy, albeit a fantasy where severely eyebrowed orange toddlers cried and threw things at each other in the wilds of Los Angeles. I have to come to expect that kind of technicolor…

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Two Trans Women Shot in Detroit, Local Media Misgenders and Misrepresents Them

Two Trans Women Shot in Detroit, Local Media Misgenders and Misrepresents Them

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After a very bloody year for the United States transgender community following the still-unsolved murder of Islan Nettlesin New York, Detroit Police are advising the local LGBT community to be extra vigilant after recent two attacks on trans women. The incidents occurred near Woodward Ave between Six Mile Road and Seven Mile Road in Detroit’s Palmer Park…

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A Year Later, Still No Justice for Islan Nettles

A Year Later, Still No Justice for Islan Nettles

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Almost exactly a year ago, Islan Nettles, a trans woman of color, was murdered in Harlem. She was attacked by a group of men who found out that she and her friends were transgender, and four days later she died in the hospital.

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The investigation into her brutal murder has been egregiously mishandled, a sadly predictable script when it comes to…

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Lauryn Hill Breaks Down the Protests in Ferguson with “Black Rage”

Lauryn Hill Breaks Down the Protests in Ferguson with “Black Rage”

Lauryn Hill made waves on the Internet this week when she released “Black Rage (Sketch),” a track written in the style of “My Favorite Things” that recounts various acts of violence and injustice against the Black community in America. The track finally puts to rest the empty calls for “peace” amidst ongoing protests in Ferguson, Missouri since the killing of unarmed teenager Michael Brown.

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Shame Game: New Study Shows Stigma Sours Trans Relationships

Shame Game: New Study Shows Stigma Sours Trans Relationships

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To say that dating a trans woman is stigmatized is kind of like saying the Grand Canyon is a ditch in Arizona — an absurd understatement. That stigma can take a pretty serious toll on our emotional health and common sense says it takes a toll on our partners and our relationships, too. In a paper published this month in the Journal of Family Psychology,researcher…

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New Jersey School District Accommodates Trans Teen After Their Initial Awfulness

New Jersey School District Accommodates Trans Teen After Their Initial Awfulness

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A 13-year-old transgender girl in Middletown, New Jersey still isn’t sure where she’ll attend school this fall just days before the semester begins.

Rachel Pepe is transitioning after years of depression and panic attacks. She speaks eloquently on her own behalf and has the support of her mom and, if this video from the Asbury Park Press is any indication,…

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Inflexible Scheduling Just Another Way Women Are Discriminated Against At Work

Inflexible Scheduling Just Another Way Women Are Discriminated Against At Work

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I quit my first job after one of the managers locked me out of the work schedule for three weeks as punishment for going out of town at the last minute to visit my father, who had moved out of state for work while I was finishing high school. I wasn’t happy about it — I liked my job, coworkers and most of the management, and it was rewarding to step toward…

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No Justice, No Peace to be Found In Ferguson Over A Week After Michael Brown’s Death

No Justice, No Peace to be Found In Ferguson Over A Week After Michael Brown’s Death

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It’s now been over one week since Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, and the level of militarized police activity in Ferguson looks much the same.

On Thursday the 14th, Captain Ron Johnson of St. Louis (and graduate of a high school near Ferguson) was given command of the policein Ferguson. His promise to have…

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“Mother Blaming” Is Bad Journalism, Shaky Science

“Mother Blaming” Is Bad Journalism, Shaky Science

Last week, Nature published an excellent editorial calling for more responsible discussion of scientific findings relating to pregnancy. The article, authored by Harvard associate professor Sarah S. Richardsonand a panel of six academics, cites multiple examples of gross exaggeration, stunning oversimplification and flagrantly improper contextualization by the media. Over time, the cumulative…

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The Lesbians On “Masters Of Sex” Sure Are Good Friends

The Lesbians On “Masters Of Sex” Sure Are Good Friends

Hello and welcome to another rousing discussion of just the lesbian parts (more or less) of Masters of Sex!

First of all, can we all agree this season is really weird? Last season was all about how the study came to be and how all these sexually repressed people were learning things about themselves and how hard it was to conduct such racy experiments in conservative times and what a total…

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Vicky Beeching Is Gay, Hopes to Inspire Young LGBT Christians

Vicky Beeching Is Gay, Hopes to Inspire Young LGBT Christians

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Vicky Beeching, a British Christian rock singer, theologian and commentator, came out as a lesbian in an interview published in The Independent. In the article, Beeching talks about her experience managing her attraction to women while establishing herself in the contemporary Christian rock scene.

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Bubbline Is Canon, Commence Freakout, Ya’ll

Bubbline Is Canon, Commence Freakout, Ya’ll

That’s right, folks, it’s for serious. Olivia Olsen, the voice actress for the Marceline, the babely bass-bearing Vampire Queen of Adventure Time, openly confirmed what we all knew deep in our little queer fandom hearts to be true at a book-signing in LA recently, Princess Bubblegum and Marceline totally had like, a romantical thing-thing. Yeah girl, you know what I’m talkin’ about.

Ever since…

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