I'd been ignoring the Whoniverse for my entire life -- too much existing canon to catch up on, and I hadn't heard anything that had made me think I was ultimately all that interested -- but I got into it this past year for Jack/Ianto. I had been randomly watching fan_eunice's and greensilver's Papa Don't Preach one day [1], under the assumption that all the implied ( Read more... )

Ah, this is what I had been hoping for. Not the passive words, "It gets better," but making it better. Because no one should be having to endure now, not even if the future is likely to be better.

Make it Better.

Suggestions for adults: parents, school personnel, and allies.

Suggestions for youth: queer and allies.

This entry was originally ( Read more... )

In other news, OKCupid is being biphobic.Shorter: they expect self-identified bi people to be actively looking for dates among both males and females, and suggest that if self-identified bi people are not doing so, they are only pretending to be bi. There are many bi people in the comments telling OKC that "sexual attraction to multiple genders" is ( Read more... )

Oh, fucking A. That one time someone tried to wield straight privilege on your behalf but didn't succeed? It doesn't make you gay. It makes you straight. It makes you someone with straight privilege. Straight privilege that other people try to wield on your behalf. Do you really believe they're all unsuccessful when they try to wield your straight ( Read more... )

PSA for the locals:
Saying 'I Do': Marrying Racial Justice and Marriage Equality

Part of Basic Rights’ ongoing series
of racial justice educational workshops

Co-sponsored by Portland State University’s Queer Resource Center

Wednesday July 14, 2010 ( Read more... )

A question via Geek Feminism Blog, about picking your battles:Are there boundaries that you don’t have the energy to push on, or feel that you can only make so many challenges to the kyriarchy and the status quo at one time without all the challenges together meaning each individual one won’t be taken seriously?
Oh, lord, yes ( Read more... )

On the fine line between witnessing and appropriation of others' pain: the drowned and the saved

(h/t for link and summary: Samia)

( x-posted to 50books_poc)

15. Jin Haritaworn, with Tamsila Tauqir and Esra Erdem, "Gay Imperialism: Gender and Sexuality Discourse in the ‘War on Terror’". (link is dead; see ETA below)

( Racism is the vehicle that transports white gays and feminists into the political mainstream. )

Approve 71 Campaign Seeks “Doorbellers” In Portland, Vancouver This Saturday

Referendum 71 is the ballot initiative that would confirm or reject domestic partnerships for same-sex and senior couples* in Washington State. Most campaign money to-date has been spent around the Puget Sound; the local branch needs people to go door-to-door this ( Read more... )

Ken and Dale got marrrrrried yesterday!

This was the second ceremony. They had a for-legals ceremony in B.C. a couple of weeks ago; yesterday was the blessing-not-a-wedding* ceremony in church ( Read more... )