January 2011
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Sady Doyle: Script for Calling the Democrats Who... →
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I’m working on the short list of Democrats who have co-sponsored HR3, calling their offices and leaving comments for them. I didn’t do a good job on the first call — I was nervous, I stuttered, and my message was scattered — so here’s the script I worked out, which you can also use if you like:
I’m sure I don’t need to explain this reblog but I shall in case...
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UK: Ugandan lesbian’s asylum appeal rejected... →
utternutter:
damekatharsis:
krona:
spectrumnaut:
queerwatch:
The full text of his judgement is repeated below:-
“I find that the Appellant was not and is not, on the evidence before me, a lesbian. l End that her credibility is affected by her conduct. l am not obliged to accept her say so of these issues. l find such peripheral information to describe what went on, either in Uganda...
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It is a tragedy, I feel, that people of a different sexual type are caught in a...
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Emma Goldman in correspondence to Magnus Hirschfeld (via thatswhatshesaidquotes)
Emma Goldman: PFLAG before PFLAG existed. Hipster joke in 3…2…
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Strange Sisters [lesbian pulp art archive] →
danikathelesbrarian:
feministlibrarian:
because who seriously doesn’t love lesbian pulp fiction cover art? [warning: nsfw]
(via the lesbrary)
It is definitely a great way to waste an afternoon.
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utternutter asked: Thanks for the reminder for the 1/19 TCM broadcast of the Thelma Todd/Patsy Kelly shorts. Patsy Kelly was such a revelation! Such a cutie! And such a heartbreaking story that her Hollywood career ground to a halt in the 40s (but thanks to Tallulah Bankhead for getting her back to work).
Thanks also for the work you do here. The importance of remembering those who came before us, and...
Thanks also for the work you do here. The importance of remembering those who came before us, and...
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The Rainbow Manifesto: Nation's First LGBT History... →
therainbowmanifesto:
The Advocate Reports:
The nation’s first museum dedicated solely to LGBT history opens Wednesday in San Francisco.
The San Francisco Chronicle reports on the new GLBT History Museum located in the historic Castro district.
“Now, objects from the kitchen table and pink-framed sunglasses…
WOOHOOO!
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This Time Of Day | Lesbianism (Broadcast in March... →
Reporter Wendy Jones talks to women who live ‘underground’ as lesbians and to those who cohabit openly with a female partner. Jones interviews a psychiatrist and a member of the Minorities Research Group, both of whom advocate rights for lesbians at a time when their sexuality was seen as a ‘problem’ to be ‘cured’.
Although infuriating at times,...
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