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In 2013, LeslieAnn Manning was raped by another inmate while incarcerated in a men’s prison. Now, she’s bringing a lawsuit against the Sullivan Correctional Facility for their “deliberate indifference” in failing to prevent her assault.

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While I’m strongly in favor not being shitty to trans people, not being a jerk does not an ally make. You can’t half-ass your way to allyhood. I don’t have the option to only be trans when it’s convenient and safe, so if you’re really interested in progress for our community, you have to jump in with both feet.

Mari lays down ten ways to take action as a trans ally - no matter how you identify.

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We must see our communities as having a greater stake in the safety of our queer siblings. I refuse to settle for statistics and sad news stories. Community response and action is the foundation of survival for marginalized communities, and it always has been.

Helen via Communities, Not Police, Are Our Best Bet for Ending LGBTQ Domestic Violence

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**This is the illustrated herstory of women’s studies.**

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I don’t really like generalizing about queer women — we’re all different, we’re like rainbow snowflakes, some of us have never even seen The L Word. But I will make an exception for this statement: get a bunch of us in a room for long enough and we will start talking about whether two cisgender women will ever be able to produce a biological child together.

We Went to the Moon; Why Can’t We Make A Baby from Two Eggs Yet?

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This day is a total blank space in my memory but I am 99% sure nothing sexy happened.

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Unfortunately, when you’re eleven and sick of being bullied and having only internet friends, you don’t really see the “caution, permanently internalizing white heteronormative ideals” signs posted ten years ahead in the future.

Intern Cecelia via Five Queers Of Color On What Connects Us To Our Complicated Or Mixed-Race Identities

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I don’t feel right ascribing to culturally normative ideals for my own gender, and once I was allowed to set fire to the rain that poured them down on me, I was finally able to live as myself.

Carmen talks the basics of gender theory in this week’s Rebel Girls.

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I’m proud of who I am and what I’ve accomplished. Being transsexual does not diminish my value as a person. Fuck you, and the things you say, for making me feel like it does.

Nicole via The Things You Say

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Take a snow day with Heather and bring your favorite movies, BECAUSE IT’S TIME FOR THE FRIDAY OPEN THREAD!

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