Holly Stuckey, a twelve year old girl living in Wales, died last week. The constant and sometimes homophobic bullying she was subjected to may have been a factor ( Read more... )

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Judge overturns California's ban on same-sex marriage.

Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in singling out gay men and lesbians for denial of a marriage license. Indeed the evidence shows Proposition 8 does nothing more than enshrine in the California constitution the notion that opposite sex couples are superior to same sex couples.
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Excellent news from Malawi: Steven Monjeza and Tiwonge Chimbalanga have been pardoned and released. Here's hoping they can return to their lives with the minimum of harassment and additional pain.

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The case of Tiwonge Chimbalanga and Steven Monjeza, the couple sentenced to fourteen years' hard labour under Malawi's anti-gay laws, has caused a good deal of outrage worldwide, and quite rightly. But why, when the world's media has been shocked by the Malawi government's sentence, has it followed it so meekly in regarding Tiwonge Chimbalanga as a ( Read more... )

Recommended reading for the day -
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Superbowl related:

AfterEllen: Superbowl ads have a problem with the ladies
Shakesville: Superbowl ads open thread
The Sexist: Why Superbowl ads are so racist, sexist and homophobic

also:

Shakesville: Brace Yourselves, Fatsronauts

FWD/Forward: Ask Me No Question And I'll Tell You No Lies

Iowa Republicans seek to exclude LGBT students from the ( Read more... )

Clearing out the tabs!

+ Moar chromatic casting: The West Wing, Discworld, Lord of the Rings, Friends and Chronicles of Narnia. \o/

+ Fic recs: Connected by 51stcenturyfox (Torchwood, CoE AU)
It took almost dying to make him realise what living really meant.

her body a bell (BtVS, Buffy/Faith, NC-17)
written for Porn Battle IX, prompt: bathtub

+ Vid recs: ( Read more... )

*facepalm* Okay, look. I am both queer and female, and you know what's not okay? Implying that one of those things is more important than the other and should more strongly dictate my reading and writing habits ( Read more... )

+ sheafrotherdon: "It's now time to tell." trigger warning for discussion of sexual violence.

+ on Angry Asian Man: ... and Harrison Ford as Dr. Chen, in which a real person's life is getting white-washed.

+ an AfterEllen interview with Jane Espenson, writer of Caprica: "It's Time for Sexuality To Be Incidental">. Given BSG's track record of evil (dead) ( Read more... )