Category Archives: LGBTQ/Queer

Happy 40th Title IX!

No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.  — 20 U.s.C. … Continue reading

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Netroots Diary #3: So Long #NN12.

Netroots, I miss you already. I feel like I was at progressive camp. I completely missed out on news from the outside world. If it wasn’t on Twitter with the #nn12 hashtag, I probably didn’t see it.  My time in … Continue reading

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Netroots Diary #2: So Much Progressivism, So Little Time

It’s Day 2 of the conference and I am blissfully overwhelmed by all things progressive. I have attended panels on women and social media, social media for advocacy, comedy for social activism, sexual freedom, the Wisconsin recall, and Google Analytics. … Continue reading

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It Gets Better

Kudos to Bill Maher, and everyone else who has participated (President Obama, Stephen Colbert and countless others), for doing an It Gets Better video. If you are not familiar, the It Gets Better Project was started by Dan Savage, a … Continue reading

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