Coolest thing I’ve ever posted: I wrote an artist spotlight on B.Steady for Autostraddle.com! Endless thanks to Crystal for helping me with the whole thing!
Shameless self-promotion, but totally Lift Club relevant. Check out this artist spotlight on brilliant Queer artist, B.Steady! I promise you’ll love her.
“i have no problem with homosexuals my best friend is one” says the tumblr user, causing angels to descend from heaven playing gorgeous harps and drape them in garlands of flowers, proclaiming them the number one gay rights activist of all time, literally incapable of homophobia, infallible and the winner of all internet arguments until the end of time, filled with the light of pure social justice righteousness, and the next coming of jesus christ himself
| — | Dr. Robert Spitzer, the author of a 2003 study claiming gays could be “cured” through reparative therapy. Now nearly 80 years old, Dr. Spitzer has acknowledged that reparative therapy actually harms more than it helps. More. (via officielhomme) |
josé julio sarria, gay latino who ran for public office in 1961 - many many years before harvey milk
he ran for the san francisco board of supervisors and almost won by default, until people noticed there was a gay man running and immediately submitted everyone possible for the position. he didn’t win, but he still got 6000 votes, which shocked conservatives
he was also a drag queen popular at many of the balls at the time…and he still does it today (lookin good for a guy in his late 80s)!
It’s so funny how White “Queerstorians” conveniently never tell us about this beautiful querido right here. <3
Jose Julio Sarria, new addition to my list of Queer heros. Read this interview with him from OutHistory here!
We love this inclusive ad from JCPenny that depicts a two-mom family. Just in time for Mother’s Day!
Charges were filed Wednesday against 13 people allegedly involved in the hazing death of a gay clarinet player who’d just been chosen as a drum major at Florida A&M University.
Robert Champion died on Nov. 19, 2011, after a ritual called “crossing bus C,” in which band members are forced to walk between band members each kicking or punching him. He began vomiting, complained of breathing difficulty, and later died and initially his band mates claimed they had no idea, according to according to the Palm Beach Press. His parents later told reporters that witnesses had come forward and said that their son was hazed for being gay, or ironically, for being against hazing rituals himself.
According to Phelan M. Ebenhack of the Associated Press, the new charges have raised the stakes “for a subculture of violent and clandestine acceptance rituals that remains stubbornly entrenched in many collegial institutions.”
B.Steady - Starting Over
Starting Over is on my long list of favorite B.Steady songs. She’s been growing exceptionally as a filmmaker as of late, and I’m so glad she’s done a video for this song. Also, how hot is this? So hot.
