http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/story/2012/11/15/toronto-haircut-mcgregor.htmlRead more... )

A judge in the US has denied two trans people the right to change their name to fit with their transitions, ruling that they were appealing to change for fraudulent purposes.

Oklahoma District Judge, Bill Graves, has denied the name change in two cases - one in August, and one last year, NewsOK reported.

( Article here. )

Former New York Giants wide receiver David Tyree believes gay marriage will lead to anarchy

Shockingly, he blames Obama, and ignores single parents everywhere.

Comments on the article are surprisingly mixed, but I still don't recommend reading them if you value your blood pressure.

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Anger over Quran burning spreads in Afghanistan
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Stamps on DeviantArt being...um...edgy.

Rape Apologism stamp ("I don't consider it rape if you were willfully wasted beyond remembering your own name." Sexism in author's note and comments. Also ableism; these people really seem to like the R-word.)

Racism Stamp (Warning: N-word is used, huge and spelled out in full; "Yeah, I just called you a ( Read more... )

Bryan Fischer: "Native Americans morally disqualified themselves from the land."

Link leads to blog post. tl;dr Version: Bryan Fischer believes that the Native Americans' "superstition, savagery and sexual immorality" played a part in them being morally unqualified to have sovereign control of American soil, compares them to the Amorites or ( Read more... )

I have mod permission to post these--they're from a (locked) post on my personal journal. I'm posting quotes mostly with little context, but if you'd like context, please let me know and I'll add it in. I think they speak for themselves.
( Cut somewhat for length and somewhat for content. Victim-blaming (implied), homophobia, sexism, racism, etc. )

Reposted from Lee_rowan over on Dreamwidth:

An assistant attorney general in Michigan is attacking a student at U of M -- ostensibly because Chris Armstrong is "promoting the radical homosexual agenda." Sigh. Yeah, it's radical to want to be treated the same as other taxpaying Americans.

[gehayi interrupting here, because you have to see this to ( Read more... )

Mel makes yet ANOTHER racist comment!

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For anyone who thinks I'm exaggerating when I talk about the backlash against Latin@s, here's a little something for ya:

Arizona Expands Its Discrimination: Teachers With Heavy Accents Can’t Teach English, Ethnic Studies Are Banned

Arizona’s supporters of the state’s draconian new immigration law insist that it has nothing to do with race and isn’t ( Read more... )