(Source: lialoves)
Why I can’t stand Taylor Swift
Taylor, No! Bad Tay Swift, Bad!
People need to get it through their heads that saying “I’M NOT HOMOPHOBIC (or racist, sexist, etc.)” does not magically make you a good person and/or impervious to critique. You actually have to understand both what these things are and how they affect people … and then act like a good, respectful human being.
(Source: thetreesareenergy, via fauxmosexualtranstrender)
Gay, HIV patient denied medication, visitors ‘for going against God’s will’
Denying a sick person medicine: totally within God’s will.
This is disgusting and that doctor should be investigated by the health board int hat state and have their license revoked immediately.
Patients with HIV cannot afford to miss doses of their medication because it risks the virus becoming resistant to it if they do. It is imperative that HIV positive patients take their medications at specified times every day. This doctor was grossly negligent and discriminatory and their actions could have caused serious health problems with this patient.
And the nurses who allowed this to happen should also be investigated. Someone should have reported this doctor and I wouldn’t be surprised if this kind of behavior has happened before with that particular doctor.
Absolutely disgusting.
Love,
Rabble
As a doctor. You take an oath. To do no harm. This is BIG TIME harm.
That doctor needs to have her license revoked.
Best comment: “More importantly, you can’t expect patients to accept death simply because you find their medical condition incompatible with your narrow, bigoted viewpoint. Doctors should be no different than any other Public Utility…the electric company doesn’t get to decide who can have electricity based upon some institutional bigotry!”
IT’S TRUE. Why do we allow people to get away with this shit in the most dangerous fucking area possible where people’s LIVES are at stake when we don’t at any other fucking level!? Wtf, America? No one else does this. It’s abhorrent and fucking backward that this is the type of country we apparently want to be.
(Source: we-are-star-stuff)
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The first way is by not buying into masculinist presumptions about femininity. In feminism and in the queer community, there’s a strong anti-feminine attitude. If you look at the gay male community, masculinity is praised, femininity is suspect. If you look at the lesbian community, masculinity is praised, femininity is suspect. We have to get that out of our heads. Whenever I hear a feminist argue that women are subordinating themselves to men when they dress up, to me it sounds like a slightly toned-down version of “women who dress provocatively are asking for it.” It’s the same argument.
Julia Serano (in the article “Feminine Protection.” Totally worth the read.)
(Source: madrigogged)
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My fellow queers and assorted allies: we have got to stop using arguments like “We were born this way!” and “Being queer is not a choice!” as our first line of defense against heterosexists. It might sound like a neat little trick to pull on these people: if we can’t help being queer, then it’s not fair to punish us for something we didn’t do. But in reality, every time we use this argument we are actually weakening our own position. Shouting “Born this way” from the rooftops is the opposite of progress…. I think the most serious problem with this argument is that it reinforces the idea that we need an excuse to be queer. As a result, using this line subtly supports the idea that being queer requires excusing in some way. Don’t use it. Don’t allow straight people to generate an understanding of queer sexuality that sounds like: “Well, of course Bob wouldn’t wish to be queer, but he was born this way. I guess we better give him equal rights – poor Bob, he just can’t help it. We shouldn’t punish him for something he didn’t choose!”
My fellow queers and assorted allies: we have got to stop using arguments like “We were born this way!” and “Being queer is not a choice!” as our first line of defense against heterosexists. It might sound like a neat little trick to pull on these people: if we can’t help being queer, then it’s not fair to punish us for something we didn’t do. But in reality, every time we use this argument we are actually weakening our own position. Shouting “Born this way” from the rooftops is the opposite of progress…. I think the most serious problem with this argument is that it reinforces the idea that we need an excuse to be queer. As a result, using this line subtly supports the idea that being queer requires excusing in some way. Don’t use it. Don’t allow straight people to generate an understanding of queer sexuality that sounds like: “Well, of course Bob wouldn’t wish to be queer, but he was born this way. I guess we better give him equal rights – poor Bob, he just can’t help it. We shouldn’t punish him for something he didn’t choose!”
Meanwhile the real reason that you shouldn’t punish Bob for queerness is because there’s nothing wrong with it!
Social Justice League - Fauxgress Watch: Born This Way. (via virgin-eater)
I’ve always thought this was a good point—that it shouldn’t matter why we’re queer; we deserve equality regardless.
(via ftmfeminist)
(Source: anotherlgbttumblr, via fauxmosexualtranstrender)
The future is closer than you think.
I love how happy they are. Too cute.
(via womenaresociety)
Republican New York Senator Comes Out For Gay Marriage With Awesome Quote
Senator Roy McDonald.
“You get to the point where you evolve in your life where everything isn’t black and white, good and bad, and you try to do the right thing,” McDonald, 64, told reporters.
“You might not like that. You might be very cynical about that. Well, fuck it, I don’t care what you think. I’m trying to do the right thing.
“I’m tired of Republican-Democrat politics. They can take the job and shove it. I come from a blue-collar background. I’m trying to do the right thing, and that’s where I’m going with this.”
At the 7th annual Soweto Pride March, held in Meadowlands, Soweto, South Africa.
(via jessicavalenti)
ho·mo·phile
-noun 1. a homosexual.
–adjective 2. advocating or supportive of the interests, civil rights, and welfare of homosexuals; gay: a homophile activist organization.
(from dictionary.com)
onward state.
HI MOM GUESS WHAT!
I wonder why homophile died out? IMO, the -phile suffix sounds better than -sexual.
I also love that sign.
(via littleelk)
Leviticus also said “no hair cuts” but I guess we are skipping that one. Via gay .org.uk
(Source: stoplgbtqahate)
Drew Barrymore:
“We can’t take a step backwards when we’ve already made so many strides forward. I was raised by gay men and women…it’s who I am, you cannot define a family. There are children out there who need these loving homes. These are rights that are fundamental and must be had. And I will fight for however long it takes; I don’t want to live in a world where prop 8 exists!”
(Source: ronald-reagans-testicle, via gangstafeminists)
