There was sparkling wine, and then I found LF's mascara, followed closely by my inner drag king, who apparently looks like a really fey Aaron Diaz:


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A kiss-in to protest homophobia in Paris:

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Stuff like this makes me believe--really, truly believe--that the world is a beautiful place, and has the potential to become even more so.

I kind of a little bit maybe missed National Coming Out Day this year. Damnit. I never miss National Coming Out Day.

So, I'm a little late, but maybe that's okay. Who says it only has to last a day?

Anyway, there's not really much more "out" for me to come. I'm pretty in-your-face queer and only marginally less in-your-face poly. But the reason I ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure the person this makes me think of most doesn't read livejournal, but I'm posting it for all the rest of you who grew up on the Jersey Trilogy (Warning for those of you unfamiliar with Chasing Amy: Audio is probably not work-safe):

I have a lot of love for Chasing Amy, both because I adore the characters--Banky, in particular, is ( Read more... )

Yesterday, British PM Gordon Brown officially apologized for the inhumane treatment of Alan Turing.

You can read the full statement here.

I'm really, really glad to see this happen, although I wish to god it had been sooner, and had taken less than thirty thousand signatures on a petition. However, kudos to Brown for framing this as a step rather ( Read more... )

( X-Factor spoiler below the cut. )

Ami articulates some really important and really damn true things that desperately need to be said about what Pride means.

"Turing believes machines think
Turing lies with men
Therefore machines do not think"
(Alan Turing; Letter to Dr Norman Routledge, 1952).

Today would have been Turing's 97th birthday.

A few links for you, connected under the general umbrellas of justice and feminism:

My dad emailed me a link to this graphic essay by Maria Kalman, on her visit to the Supreme Court and meeting with Ruth Bader Ginsberg. It's a beautiful, powerful, hopeful piece, and one well worth taking the time to read.

Yesterday, TransGriot posted Angie Zapata ( Read more... )

Megan Rose Gedris, for writing breathtakingly eloquent things about bi, poly, and transphobia in the queer community that make me go all sniffly (and for being a kickass comics creator and independent publisher, plus generally kicking stereotypes in the teeth).