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The singer is survived by her partner of 33 years.

Lesley Gore is dead at 68. (via autostraddle)

From Philadelphia Gay News: Last Sunday on one of those morning news talk shows, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker was asked about Hillary Clinton’s possible candidacy for president. He responded: “People want to look to the future, we don’t want to go back in time.”

In the meantime, I also think it’s worthwhile to focus specifically on the coming out experiences of people who are LGBTQIA. Of course, these experiences can vary a lot too. There are some differences between coming out about sexual orientation and coming out about gender identity, for example. And even two people who identify the same way may face pretty different challenges in their individual lives. I do believe, however, that there is a certain commonality shared specifically by these groups.

Researchers at Indiana University have confirmed what any queer person who’s been on a date in hetero spaces already knew — that a lot of straight people are still rather uncomfortable with public displays of queer love (or lust or like or drunken-poor-decision-making-with-strangers). The study, which appears in the December edition of the American Sociological Review, was a survey of over 1000 individuals designed to gauge the larger public’s perceptions of queer relationships compared to straight relationships. The takeaway of the study? Straight folks are totally okay with our relationships, as long as we don’t try to get married or touch each other in public.

Historian and Feminist Scholar Gerda Lerner

Take a stand against bullying! Go over to Facebook and share one of these graphics to show that you’ve got the backs of LGBT youth for #spiritday and every day! 

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To the anon who claimed mocking a T-shirt in support of Joe Paterno is a hate crime: No. THIS is a hate crime.

The World Health Organization is calling for the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) to remove a number of “homosexuality-related psychological disorders” that implicitly consider homosexuality to be a mental disease. Currently, the WHO does not technically consider being gay, lesbian,… - READ MORE

It’s an informative educational resource to make people think globally!