fabulous rmhs!hello! personally, i think that would be absolutely adorable. i don’t see anything wrong with it, but it’s your decision - do whatever you want :D i’m sure your girlfriend would love it.
Not published in LIFE. Gay rights event, 1971.
In late 1971, two years after the Stonewall riots in New York sparked the modern gay rights movement in America, and twelve months before LIFE ceased publishing as a weekly, the magazine featured an article on “gay liberation” that, seen a full 40 years later, feels sensational, measured and somehow endearingly, deeply square all at the same time.
Read more here.
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A decade ago, voters in Buffalo approved a local law that provided full civil rights protections to transgender residents.
But New York State, despite its proud, progressive history, has fallen behind its second-largest city — and 16 states — in protecting the essential civil rights of hundreds of thousands of transgender and gender non-conforming residents.
For these New Yorkers, the simplest and most fundamental parts of their identity — their clothing, their appearance, their name—expose them to hostility, exclusion and sometimes even violence.
People who are transgender or whose appearance does not conform to gender stereotypes often suffer persistent discrimination and harassment. They face challenges earning a living, finding housing and enjoying life’s necessities and simple pleasures.
But there is no state law that explicitly prohibits discrimination against transgender or gender non-conforming people. The Gender Expression Non- Discrimination Act, or GENDA, will remedy this injustice. Passed on April 30 by the Assembly, GENDA has the broad support of legislators, law enforcement and advocacy groups that seek to guarantee civil-rights protections and safety — for everyone.
Like all New Yorkers, transgender and gender non-conforming people deserve freedom from harassment, mistreatment and exclusion. Everyone deserves equal access to housing, employment, education and public facilities, like restaurants, stores and doctor’s offices.
New Yorker Kym Dorsey lived the first half of her life as Kenny before transitioning to life as a woman. “We are all human,” Dorsey observed.
“We bleed the same. We are taxpayers — we have sisters, mothers, brothers, uncles. Who decides who’s better, who’s more deserving of humanity?”
We can’t afford to look the other way when the rights of any New Yorkers are violated. Ending institutionally approved discrimination is a matter of essential civil and human rights.
It is a nonpartisan issue that merits the support of every elected leader in the state — and members of the New York State Senate in particular.
Enacting GENDA is not a radical departure from long-held values. Many of New York’s towns, cities and counties have, like Buffalo, enacted laws that prohibit discrimination based on gender expression and gender identity.
But all New Yorkers deserve the same protection. The right to live free from discrimination should not depend on a person’s ZIP code.
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The Student Non-Discrimination Act, or SNDA (pronounced “Senda”), is a bill that that would prohibit public schools from discriminating against students on the bias of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identification.
It would, for example:
—Allow same-sex couples to go to prom
—Allow all LGBTs to take part in any/all extra curricular activities
—Allow students of the same sex to show public displays of affection without getting harassed or punished.It would also punish any teacher that does not do anything to stop the harassment/bullying of an LGBT student.
Note that all schools that violate this law would lose federal funding and would be allowed to be sued by the students against whom they discriminated.
As a result of this, schools would become a much more efficient place of learning (not to mention much, much safer) for all LGBT students.
To those of you who are wondering “So what? What can I do to help? It’s just a bill”, please know that there is a great deal of things you can do to help turn this bill into a law.
First and foremost, contact your senator and/or representative and tell them that you would like them to support the Student Non-Discrimination Act (H.R 998/S. 555), and that equal rights are not equal until they are given to everybody. Do whatever it takes—call, email, even visit they’re office if your’e in DC (if you don’t talk to the Representative directly, you will at least be able to talk to a staff member who will inform them of your concern).
Please note that it doesn’t take a myriad of phone calls/emails for Congress to take note of what the people want; a couple dozen phone calls or emails a day is all it takes for an issue to get noticed.
Secondly, I will be going, with a couple of other students, to Congress again to give speeches to Senators and Representatives about this bill sometime in early June. If you have anything you would like me to include in these speeches (a personal story, a question for your representative, a request, etc), please let me know via the submission box on my blog.
Finally, please inform everyone you know about this bill. Reblog, like, tell your friends… do everything you can to get this bill known and passed. LGBT students deserve just as much respect as any other student, and we must make this bill known.To find/contact your senator: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm
For more information on SNDA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student_Non-Discrimination_ActCome on guys, please spread the word. This is a very good post, and as someone who strongly supports equal rights for everyone, I’m all for this.
If anything, please reblog it to spread the word. It would really mean a lot to..well anyone of the LGBTQ community, really.REBLOG THIS!
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The above article is an update. Her mother went to appeal to keep her out of the psychiatric ward and lost. She will be institutionalized because of her expression of her gender. She will be held until she conforms to male gender and then released to foster care, not her mother who was supporting her.
Please, if you haven’t signed the petition, sign it, reblog it, ask your friends to sign it. We’ve managed to get 40K signatures for a pageant model, we’ve only gotten 11K for a little girl about to have her life ruined. Lets get on the ball and spread the word.
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Miss Universe Canada announced yesterday that 23-year-old finalist Jenna Talackova of Vancouver was disqualified from the Donald Trump-owned beauty pageant, but didn’t provide a reason.
“She did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form,” competition officials said in a statement. Talackova, however, says she knows exactly why she was disqualified: She was born with male genitalia.
The 6’1” bombshell underwent sexual reassignment surgery in 2010 after living most of her life as a woman.
She wouldn’t speak with the press concerning the unceremonious scrubbing of her profile from the Miss Universe Canada website, but did take to Twitter to bemoan being “disqualified for being born.”
Many have noted that Miss Universe Canada’s only expressed requirements are that the contestant be a Canadian citizen and between the ages of 18 and 27. Nary a mention of gender confirmation surgery as being grounds for dismissal.
On Twitter, Talackova implied that she’s down but not through. “I’m disqualified, however I’m not giving up,” she tweeted. “I’m not going to just let them disqualify me over discrimination.”
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This Is All Kinds Of Wrong of the Day: Miss Universe Canada announced yesterday that 23-year-old finalist Jenna Talackova of Vancouver was disqualified from the Donald Trump-owned beauty pageant, but didn’t provide a reason.
“She did not meet the requirements to compete despite having stated otherwise on her entry form,” competition officials said in a statement. Talackova, however, says she knows exactly why she was disqualified: She was born with male genitalia.
The 6’1” bombshell underwent sexual reassignment surgery in 2010 after living most of her life as a woman.
She wouldn’t speak with the press concerning the unceremonious scrubbing of her profile from the Miss Universe Canada website, but did take to Twitter to bemoan being “disqualified for being born.”
Many have noted that Miss Universe Canada’s only expressed requirements are that the contestant be a Canadian citizen and between the ages of 18 and 27. Nary a mention of gender confirmation surgery as being grounds for dismissal.
On Twitter, Talackova implied that she’s down but not through. “I’m disqualified, however I’m not giving up,” she tweeted. “I’m not going to just let them disqualify me over discrimination.”
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