May 2013
Federal Court Finds Fraud in Six Ridings in Last... →
fycanadianpolitics:
OTTAWA — Electoral fraud occurred during the last federal election, a federal court judge ruled on Thursday, but there is no proof that it affected the outcomes in six ridings at issue so the elections will not be overturned.
Federal Court Judge Richard Mosley ruled that the calls “struck at the integrity of the electoral process by attempting to dissuade voters from casting...
QPoC Summer Spotlight #1: Project Fierce Chicago!
marchoftigers:
Hello! My name is March of Tigers and to help get the word out on projects and initiatives done by Queer People of Color(QPoC), I’m doing a series of Summer Spotlights. Summer Spotlights are exactly that: Spotlights on several QPoC projects over the course of this summer! Hopefully my attempts at raising awareness will help these projects get along faster!
The first Project being...
Summer Spotlight #1: Project Fierce Chicago: How... →
marchoftigers:
EVERYONE IN THE #pocinneed TAG:
Please help signal boost the article in this link! It pertains vital information for Fierce Chicago’s Community Housing initiative, and I’d appreciate it if the word got out a bit.
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Holy Fucking ShitBalls: BREAKING: Boy Scouts of... →
holygoddamnshitballs:
Update: 5:05 p.m. CDT
BREAKING: The Boy Scouts of America has voted to rescind its policy banning openly gay scouts. The ban on openly gay and lesbian scout leaders remains.
GRAPEVINE, Texas (AP) – The Boy Scouts of America’s National Council has voted to ease a long-standing…
During the 1970s sterilization became the most rapidly growing form of birth...
– Dorothy Roberts in Killing the Black Body (via daniellemertina)
Be You: Finally: Forced sterilizations removed... →
transqueery:
Today, May 22nd, in the afternoon the Swedish Parliament voted to finally remove the mandatory legal requirement of sterilization for those who want to change their legal gender. The change enters into force on July 1 of this year.
- Although the legal requirement has not been applied since…
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(via All In : Florida teen charged in consensual relationship with another girl)
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In a press conference held in Moscow today (22 May) Thorbjorn Jagland,...
– Council of Europe demands that Russia protect gay rights | Gay Star News
Why not expel them from the EU if the don’t comply?
Religious beliefs are no different than other ideas and do not deserve special...
– Marlon Kehinde Bademosi (via sonofbaldwin)
Questions of gender rights and gender justice are not new to the Middle East,...
– -Maya Mikdashi, in her article How Not to Study Gender in the Middle East.
Read this.
(via hizbullahtwerkteam)
REQUIRED READING
(via actyourrage)
These are good points to keep in mind when doing any cross-cultural research.
Religious beliefs are no different than other ideas and do not deserve special...
– Marlon Kehinde Bademosi (via sonofbaldwin)
History does not disclose the name of the first black person dragged onto a...
– via naranzarian (via liberatormagazine)
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If a man has not had sex with another man within the last five years and meets...
– Blood donation ban lifted for some men who have sex with men - British Columbia - CBC News
What a bunch of bull.
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The best thing you'll read on Yahoo buying... →
soupsoup:
comes from employee #2, practically the co-founder: Marco Arment
From the article:
MySpace was where you went in the past, WordPress and Movable Type were where people went if they had the patience and writing output to maintain a traditional blog, Facebook was where you went to define yourself by schools and checkboxes, and Tumblr was where you went to make your own identity and...
Horrifying new trend: Posting rapes to Facebook →
mohandasgandhi:
It’s worse than you think it is.
The lesson in all of it still doesn’t seem to be about rape. Rather, it’s not to get caught bragging about it.
Ugh.
Holy Fucking ShitBalls: Lesbian Couple With 2 Kids... →
holygoddamnshitballs:
Let’s say you know a single mother with two children. She’s provided for them their entire lives, including through a rocky divorce in which she was given full custody. Her ex-husband was charged with stalking her, and he rarely chooses to see the children as it is. Now, this…
knowhomo:
LGBTQ* News We Are Following Right Now
Move On Petition for Damien
Let Damian Walk for Graduation in Male Cap and Gown
By Torrey Moorman (Contact)
To be delivered to: Barbara Rothweiler, Ph.D. Principal, Principal, https://www.saintpiusx.com/
PETITION STATEMENT
Let Damian Garcia walk in a boy’s black cap and gown for St. Pius’ graduation on Wednesday, May 22, 2013.
Petition...
Alabama city destroying ancient Indian mound for... →
climateadaptation:
llamastash:
City leaders in Oxford, Ala. have approved the destruction of a 1,500-year-old Native American ceremonial mound and are using the dirt as fill for a new Sam’s Club.
Oxford’s Mayor Leon Smith — whose campaign has financial connections to firms involved in the $2.6 million no-bid project — insists the mound is not man-made and was used only to “send smoke...
tumblr? Meet Yahoo. Yahoo? Meet tumblr.
– (via republicanidiots)