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Posts tagged lgbtq

Mar 24 '13

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Chrome just suggested I ‘correct’ the word heteronormative with the word determinative.

Jan 18 '13

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“Another avenue I have recently begun to explore is the potential that bisexuality, nonmonogamy
and SM have for challenging theories of self-identity. The traditional way of
viewing the self is as one, coherent whole but, as constructivist and constructionist
theorists have pointed out, this can be an unhelpful view leading to conflict over what the
‘real’ self is (Butt et al., 1997). It seems that bisexuality, non-monogamy and SM have
the capacity to help people become aware of different facets of themselves and perhaps
come to a different understanding of identity. Bisexual people can form deep
relationships with more than one gender, which may draw out different aspects of their
identity. Non-monogamous people might see themselves reflected differently in the eyes
of those they are closely involved with. SM enables the exploration of different kinds of
dominant and submissive states of mind.”

— Meg Barker, Why I Study Bisexuality and beyond, The Psychologist (2006)

(Source: oro.open.ac.uk)

16 notes Tags: Meg Barker bisexuality bi queer LGBT nonmonogamy non-monogamy LGBTQ SM identity self-identity relationships

Jun 13 '12

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EDIT II: It’s closed now so I’ve got rid of the stonewall pic and we can all go about our lives as normal.

EDIT: ”The consultation is live and open for responses until midnight 14 June 2012.”

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This is your last chance to fill in the Government Constultation on Equal Marriage in England and Wales.

You don’t have to register or give your name or anything like that and you can, if you give simple answers, do it in 5 minutes.

After the jump are the answers I gave. Feel free to cut and paste any/all of them if you agree.

54 notes Tags: bi bisexual queer lesbian gay LGBT LGBTQ stonewall stonewall UK LGB pansexual equal marriage marriage equality gay marriage trans intersex

Mar 19 '12

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Incident: LGBT blog Queerty use the slurs “LUG”, “hasbian” and “lezzie”

Because I’m a huge dork :D I’ve sent an incident report to @glaad about Queerty’s recent biohobia.

I’ve reproduced it below so that if you have two minutes spare :D you can copy it and file a report about it yourself HERE.

If you do, perhaps put in a line about how you read about it on a friend’s blog so they know we’re not spam? Idk.

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In reporting on an interview in which the actress Gillian Anderson disclosed that she’s had relationships with women, Queerty referred to her as a “lesbian until graduation” (in their headline), a “hasbian” and a “lezzie”.

“Lesbian until graduation” and “hasbian” are both slurs used to belittle women who are or have been in the past, attracted to women.

In Queerty’s Terms of Service, it requires that its users agree not to post, submit, or otherwise make available content which “degrades, intimidates or is hateful toward an individual or group of individuals on the basis of religion, gender [or] sexual orientation.” The post’s comment section contains a number of posts that don’t keep to this rule.

When faced with criticism over the article on twitter, Queerty responded with a series of unfriendly, unprofessional, and transphobic tweets. They refused to acknowledge what they had published was inappropriate and accused critics of being “haters” (https://twitter.com/#!/Queerty/status/180007144303771648).

While their official account asserted that they “cover bisexual issues very thoughtfully”, staffer D. Evan Mulvihill (@EMulvz) mocked critics of the blog in a series of tweets including: “Apparently if bi person tells me Lamp is a bi slur I don’t get to correct them. Who’s having their cake and eating it, too, in so many ways?” (https://twitter.com/#!/EMulvz/status/180034445783470080)

Please take a stand against the biphobic and lesbophobic language Queerty is using & defending.

Please note: Anderson has not, as far as I’m aware, disclosed how she identifies her orientation.

2 notes Tags: biphobia homophobia lesbian bisexual misogyny queerty glaad prejudice hate blogs gillian anderson bi queer lgbt lgbtq lgbtqqia