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In a StoryCorps animation, Patrick Haggerty remembers the remarkable advice he got from his dairy farmer dad. Via Rob Duke, Gracie Passette 
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Fun fact: Though being gay in the 40s sucked, being gay in the military was easier, and pretty common. There were apparently, at one point in time time so many lesbians in the military that when they tried to crack down on it, the girls wrote back and said “Look I can give you the names, but you’ll lose some of your best officers, and half your nurses and secretaries.” And they pret... Via Deanna Dahlsad, Gracie Passette
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Research Finds Tolerance Of Homosexuality In China Dating Back Thousands ... Via Thabo Mophiring, Gracie Passette
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Bernard Valonnes. Le Dressage de la maid-esclave t.1 (Select-Bibliothèque n°63, 1930) Via Gracie Passette
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Wayne Maines was in a meeting when he got the call. His daughter, a transgender teenager who had been fighting the state of Maine for years over her right to use the girls' bathroom at school, had finally won. Via Community Village Sites, Deanna Dahlsad
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February 4, 2014 3:45 PM
Five states down, 45 more to go. "Some jurisdictions (e.g., Colorado, Iowa, San Francisco, New York City, and the District of Columbia), however, have indicated that denying transgender people the right to use a gender identity-appropriate restroom violates nondiscrimination laws. In addition, Washington's Human Rights Commission states that "transgender employees should be permitted to use the restroom that is consistent with the individual's gender identity." Some jurisdictions (e.g., Iowa, San Francisco, and D.C.) make clear that transgender people cannot be required to prove their gender to gain access to a public bathroom, unless everyone has to show ID to use that bathroom. Other jurisdictions (e.g., Chicago) continue to allow businesses to determine whether a transgender patron is given access to the male or female bathroom based on the gender on his or her ID." -source
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“You know,” observed a recent dinner guest, glancing around our living room between sips of his digestif, “there are a lot of strong women in this apartment.” I follow his gaze toward the massive tangerine-on-yellow She-Ra painting that anchors one end of the room—a tough lady if there ever was... Via Gracie Passette
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A British man flew home from Marrakech last week after being jailed for "homosexual acts". There was a time though when Morocco was renowned as a haven for gay Americans and Britons, who fled restrictions in their own countries to take advantage of its relaxed atmosphere. Via Gracie Passette
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Archival images — sometimes poignant, sometimes playful, invariably tender — of gay and lesbian couples privately celebrating their love in an era that denied it. Via Gracie Passette
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universitybookstore: Via Deanna Dahlsad, Gracie Passette
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March 21, 2014 2:29 AM
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March 21, 2014 2:32 AM
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