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December 25- December 31

Stats this week: 9 posts by 8 writers

Being An Activist- by abril_flowers

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An activist with the Texas Freedom Network at the University of Texas at Brownsville talks about her work educating her fellow students about the state’s current sex ed policies and what they can do to make sure their peers have the information they need to stay safe.

Mobilizing 4,000 for LGBT Rights- by AFY_Nikki

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Ernesto shares his experience organizing a solidarity event after an …

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807,615 voter signatures are required to repeal Proposition 8 (Prop 8) and there is so little time to collect them. Advocates and supporters of equal marriage rights for same gendered couples in California only have until May 14 to gather the required signatures for the initiative to appear on the November 2012 ballot.

Hopefully the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturns Prop 8 declaring that it impedes on the civil rights of Gay and Lesbian Californians. If the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals does not overturn Prop …

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Please come to the first ever LGBTQ Youth Game night hosted by Links North Shore Youth Health Service and Youth Resource! This will be on Wednesday, December 28th, 2011 at 4:30 @ 1779 Maple Street, Northfield, IL 60093

Facebook Event Page: http://www.facebook.com/events/258736344188369/

You must be an LGBT or Questioning youth in high school grades 9-12 to attend.

We will be playing all sorts of fun games that we grew up with. We will play games like apples to apples, pictionary, operation, etc. You will make new friends with other …

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This idea is often what the “GLBTQAAIP ect. queer community” has pondered over and believed in for years. But to my surprize, I didn’t know there was actual scientific proof for this phenomenon.


Kurt, a gay student, gets kissed by the homphobic football player.

The study cited in this article is about how men, homophobic and none homophobic, react to homosexual stimuli. The study found that the group of homophobic individuals had an increased penile circumference then the none homophobic group to these photos. Thus, the proof is in …

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The two major identities that stick out for me are my Jewish and Queer identities. Anytime I see or read something about the intersectionality between the two, I get extra emotional.
This week was the first ever orthodox ordained gay wedding.

In the Torah, we do have that line that says a man shall not lie with another man. In the reform, reconstructionalist, and conservative movements, these sorts of unions have become more popular. But, for a long time, the orthodox group would not hold these unions due to …