Can pushing back against #stereotypes reinforce harm? I think so! I believe I have perspective to share as a cisgender #gay man who has lived out more than a few limp-wristed stereotypes.
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#LGBTQ #Gender

It was the first time I went to the theatre alone. I was 17, old enough to see whatever I wanted. I was a sensitive young dreamer, lusting for poetry and beauty, & I finally knew where to find it — the local arthouse cinema.
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#LGBTQ #Film #Movies #Culture

I love to #travel and have been lucky enough to visit a number of countries already. I am also #gay . One shouldn’t have anything to do with the other, but it does.
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#LGBTQ #HumanRights #Violence

I loved my son Jonah more than anything. He was always such a happy boy. After his father died, it was just the two of us on the farm.
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#LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #ScienceFiction #Gay #ShortStory

Limp-wristed, effeminate #gay men? Isn't that an anti- #LGBTQ stereotype? Sure can be! But, danger Will Robinson! Debunking stereotypes can reinforce their harm. Just ask the effeminate little gay boy who lives inside me. This is my story👇

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I’ve been feeling intense pain since I read the #Catholic Church’s recent missive called “Infinite Dignity.” Here's my tear-filled reaction to a doctrinal statement that denies even the possibility of true dignity to #gay and #transgender people. 👇

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This week, Prism & Pen's #LGBTQ writers cry out our human right to the dignity religious leaders, journalists and other elements of society seem determined to deny us.

We are not depraved, #PopeFrancis , despite your Church’s dignity-destroying assertion!

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Did you know #Batman 's young #Jewish creator was denied credit for decades? Did you know the man who restored his legacy is being silenced for daring to say #gay to school children? This is one of the most fascinating #LGBTQ stories you've never heard!

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This is Oliver, 12. He lives in Wyoming and wants kids to stop bullying #LGBTQ youth. He was shocked when the principal canceled his school anti-bullying play, saying it 'does not conform to community values.” Wow, did he ever mess with the wrong kid! 👇

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Gay Men Aren’t Really Like That Harmful Stereotype! Mary. by James Finn link.medium.com/KtSqSHlyUIb

Limp-wristed, effeminate #gay men? Isn't that an anti- #LGBTQ stereotype? Sure can be! But, danger Will Robinson! Debunking stereotypes can reinforce their harm. Just ask the effeminate little gay boy who lives inside me. This is my story👇

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Pastor Skip (Martin Donovan) introduces himself by front-flipping to ‘Whoomp! (There It Is).’ He asks, “Who’s down with THE G-O-D?” before leading the assembly in a chant of — “Jesus Rules! Jesus Rules.”
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#LGBTQ #Film #Religion

Ever since starting HRT, I try to avoid looking at the bottom of my wrists, where blue veins now twist out like the branches of a tree under my skin, brought near the surface.
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#LGBTQ #Transgender #Gender #Health

The door flew open to the large mansion, and the maids went running. A strong force sent the door splitting in half, and standing in the doorway was a tall vampire by the name of Adam.
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#LGBTQ #Fiction #Fantasy #Horror #Vampires

Jevan’s heart raced as he saw the words again. We Know the truth. “So, what is the truth?” Jevan asked as his eyes scanned the rest of the translation.
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#LGBTQ #Fiction #QueerFiction #ScienceFiction #SerialFiction

#BREAKING Video just surfaced of my Republican opponent Dave Reichert telling a group of Pierce County Republicans in February that “marriage is between a man and a woman.”

Dave Reichert may pretend to be a moderate, but behind closed doors with his MAGA supporters he reveals…

“On Human Dignity” undermines its purpose by undermining the integrity and human rights of transgender and nonbinary people, along with those making decisions about whether and how to expand their families.

Our Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice Chief Activist Robt Martin Seda-Schreiber stands on the stoop in strength & solidarity with Sesame Workshop Writers Guild of America East members!

Come take a peek at the quality, the textures, the sound-systems, the cocktails, the curation of these superlative Sapphic spaces. Come bask in the permanence — we have arrived, & we are here to stay.
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#LGBTQ #Lesbian #Nightlife #Travel #Travel Writing

I have been #bisexual for as long as I can remember understanding emotions. I grew up in a culture that never taught me about this sort of thing. I didn’t know why I liked Laura the same way I liked Daniel.
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#LGBTQ #Stereotypes #Invisibility #Culture