Originally posted by gabrielleabelle at Mississippi Personhood Amendment
Okay, so I don't usually do this, but this is an issue near and dear to me and this is getting very little no attention in the mainstream media ( Read more... )

AYES 33

NAYS 29

Justice has been done today.

I can't even begin to say how meaningful this is for Mith and me, and for couples like us all over the state of New York.

Really, I can't. I have no words. Just happiness.

Sometimes the good guys win.

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I don't usually do signal-boosting things anymore, but hell, this cause is important enough to me ( Read more... )

Today is National Coming Out Day.

...or it will be for another half an hour or so, at least. Hi, my name is Puel, I am late for everything, as most of y'all have probably noticed ( Read more... )

This post has been brewing for a while, I think. Or aspects of it have, anyway, but it crystallized with a trend that's been bugging me in fannish reactions to the World Cup matches. Specifically, the ones framing the matches in terms of "lol winner tops!" Or "loser's ass is going to be sore in the morning XD" as I've also heard it put. And, well, ( Read more... )

I use my journal as a soapbox often enough, but not always as a call to action?

This time, it's a call to action.

For those of you who haven't been following my Twitter, I came across a story last night that -- oh god, I can barely summarize it.

Sonoma County, CA officials separated an elderly gay couple and sold all of their worldly possessions ( Read more... )

Dear LJ, please do not completely die on my while I am making this post. aaaaaaaaaaaaugh ( Read more... )

I don't have much to add to what my girlfriend already said, but goddamn.

I have never, ever been so ashamed to be part of a fandom, and may every single dumbfuck who performed the Nazi salute in Germany cosplay at a convention photoshoot be visited by the face of Jewish vengeance, because words fail to express how deeply NOT OKAY that is ( Read more... )

Will get back to questions soon, I promise, but:

WE PASSED IT

HOLY FUCK YES

YES

HISTORY YOU GUYS. HISTORY.

Also, you guys? I am expecting a gif party in the comments. No really.
adesso, katmaxwell, LOOKING AT YOU.

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Quick reminder: Bidding for help_haiti ends at noon EST today -- that's about two hours.

I'm offering a hand-decorated collage cover Moleskine notebook and fic of at least 1500 words, so if you want to bid on either of those, now's your chance ( Read more... )