April 2012
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“And in 45 years of me being on this earth, that was the very first time that I...”
– - Kenneth Chamberlain Jr. speaking to Democracy Now on Thursday. His father, Kenneth Chamberlain, Sr., a 68-year-old African-American Marine veteran, was fatally shot in November by White Plains, NY police who responded to a false alarm from his medical alert pendant. The officers broke down...
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rosa—sparks:
I really did cry last night. I didn’t weep or come undone or wail like a widow, but I cried.
I posted a quick, from my guts post about my anger and sadness at hearing and seeing this. The response to my post is overwhelming. I can’t believe that many people have read ANYTHING I would write, in the middle of the night, in a moment of raw emotion.
I cried last night because of...
Things I can't believe we're still talking about
queerandpresentdanger:
why die cis scum isn’t offensive
why this picture sucks on like, 45 different levels
why homophobia is NOT “the fear of men being treated the way women are”
what is wrong with you Tumblr look at your life look at your choices
pretty much.
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Update: 11 year old trans girl lost appeal →
everythingbutharleyquinn:
liz-the-wiz:
thatfeministdyke:
transawareness:
The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please, if...
CA Republicans Sue Hispanic Dem Candidate For... →
sarahlee310:
A law firm with ties to the California GOP is deeply bothered to see Mexican-American Jose Hernandez’s name on the ballot for U.S. Congress (that is not the joke yet, but we could probably just stop there, ha ha) because he has listed himself as “astronaut” on the line for his occupation. Hernandez, the son of migrant Mexican laborers, is a recently retired astronaut, a fact the...
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if latrice doesn't win drag race, i'ma be PISSED.
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EXTRANJERO: [mild trigger warning: sexual... →
fromonesurvivortoanother:
Often when I see introductory conversations about feminism/women’s studies, it is prefaced over and over again with “we’re not about hating men!”
On a conceptual level, this is very true— feminism is about getting rid of socially constructed gender roles, period….
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brokendownoldqueen:
a boy like me - patrick...
