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On the first day of school, have students introduce themselves with the name they would like to be called instead of reading off a roster. This gives trans* youth (and anyone else who doesn’t like their legal name) a chance to share the name they are most comfortable with.My physics professor did this and I was very impressed with him c:
Loved teachers who did this.
My name is fine, I just hate when people decided to call me ‘Pat’ because I don’t go by that.
This would’ve saved so much frustration.
PSA of the Day: The Ultimate Anti-Gay Marriage Ad
Are you worried that gay marriage will destroy straight marriage and traditional family values? You’re not alone.
Intersectionality described in 4 minutes.
Utterly brilliant. Just…goosebumps…
Damn. I don’t even have the words.
LGBT and Black oppression y’all….
This will take 4 minutes of your life and make you a better person
Holy shit this made me cry and it’s 8am.
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This is a PSA I made for my broadcasting class at school. My project is the only one that was not aired or make it onto our youtube channel. Guess why.
Now, really, I didn’t make this thinking I was going to get it on air without any trouble, I’m not that naive. But I did believe my teacher when she said that she would fight for any controversial PSA if it was made well enough.
So I worked hard with my partner for this project. We our worked my asses off, getting whatever actors we could, tediously working with lighting and editing, going through the entire list of STA approved songs, color correction and all.
And I wrote this all out, making sure that I wouldn’t step on any toes. I didn’t talk about religion or choice or marriage rights, because I knew what they would say. So I made this to address something that I feel any educator should care about. Do not treat them differently, do not call them freaks, do not bully them. I thought we were pretty strong with this.
But I miscalculated. I underestimated the school that had suspended protestors and merely warned their bullies, the school that went out of their way to pick an anti-gay bashing song, only to change the lyrics for their pop show. The school that practically forces prayer at any major or minor ceremony, and sees no line between church and state.
They didn’t even go to me. They merely waited until I, a graduating senior, couldn’t do anything to stop them, till I didn’t have anytime.
I was careful, so very careful, and I worked through class periods and lunches. But all that means nothing when someone has literally told you they don’t support this “kind of thinking”.
I just want people to see and judge for themselves whether or not this is truly inappropriate for school.
HEY DUDES EVERYONE WATCH THIS MY SISTER IS A BAMF AND THIS IS A REALLY GOOD VIDEO
FOR THE NIGHT CROWD PLEASE SPREAD THIS IF YOU LOVE ME
This is adorable and a great message!
This is brilliant! Definitely worth the watch!
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Happy Black History Month!
Marsha P Johnson and why she rules
- She was an American transgender rights activist, Queen of Stonewall and Transgender Revolutionary.
- She was a co-founder, Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.) in the early 1970s and became the “mother” of S.T.A.R. House along with Sylvia Rivera, getting together food and clothing to help support the young trans women living in the house on the lower East Side of New York.
At this rate, Colbert might actually be held accountable in the near future for making transphobic jokes.
Go trigger warn some shit
Lol
Turtle
Maximum
VelocityThat’s not transphobic, though. He’s making a point that because the LGBT agenda is “barreling forward at full-speed” that the B and T of LGBT is being left behind. Everyone is focusing on the L and the G that there are people who have no idea what the B and T even stand for. He’s not being transphobic or making a slight meant to make fun of or harm the bi and trans* community. He’s making a point that no one is focusing on them because they’re focusing on the lesbian and gay community.
Mother. Fucking. This.
People really need to realize that EVERYTHING Colbert says while on camera is satire.
Satire: The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices, particularly in the cotext of a play, novel, fiilm or other works.
He is not making a transphobic joke. He is not honestly saying that bi and trans people do not count/matter/exist. He is making humor in order to shed light on the fact that they are forgotten.
He is doing this to raise fucking awareness that there is more to LGBT than LG. He is raising a big flag that says “Hey, don’t forget about these guys. They count. They matter. Why aren’t you doing anything about them? Why aren’t they discussed?” He is not trying to say “They don’t matter.”
So please stop with the self righteous, self pity, “social justice” comments unless you know what you are talking about.
I do appreciate that Bisexual is matched with bacon. I rather enjoy bacon.
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A Trans* Person’s Photo-a-Day Project
For the past three years, YouTuber iiGethii took a picture of herself everyday to document her transition from a man to a woman. This is the mind-blowing result.
Troops Discharged Under DADT Since 2004 To Receive Full Severance Pay
The ACLU has settled a suit with the federal government that will allow many of the military servicemembers discharged under the anti-gay “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) to receive full separation pay. Because of the way DADT penalized homosexuality, many discharged under the policy only received one-half separation pay. As result of the suit, any of those individuals discharged after November 10, 2004 — the farthest back the statute of limitations allows — will now be entitled to receive the full pay they were denied.
Adding this to the list of reasons I’m a proud supporter of the ACLU.
gabrielsaunteredvaguelydownwards:
in 8th grade i came out as bisexual by posting a facebook status saying that i had 83 protons
hell yeah bismuth
i mean look at it
does that thing look heterosexual to you
i thought notThis is my new favourite story on the internet.
(Source: trangst)
Translation:
LeParisien (French newspaper) “The First baby of the year, in Auvergne, has two mommies!”
AbbéGrosJean (Catholic Priest) “Dear Journalists, quick reminder of your biology classes, a baby can’t have two mothers, he has one mother and the mother has a partner”.
Eric Fallourd (From the “Ecologie” (left) party in France, works at the Assembly): “When you believe a story where a virgin woman gives birth to God’s child, you’re not allowed to talk about biology classes.”
BOOM.
