A Curious Eye

A Curious Eye

My name is Ben. I'm a 21 year-old senior at WWU in Bellingham, WA.
I post my favorite news from all around the web.
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I've been told my gayness is only matched by my enthusiasm.
le-kif-kif: sad-queer: Building an Abolitionist Trans & Queer Movement with Everything We’ve Got from Captive Genders (eds. Stanley and Smith) (2011) by Morgan Bassichis, Alex Lee, and Dean Spade.  Clearly I like all the ideas in category THREE but I think its too easy to say HERE IS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER. What does it even mean to do some of these things? What would this praxis look like? le-kif-kif: sad-queer: Building an Abolitionist Trans & Queer Movement with Everything We’ve Got from Captive Genders (eds. Stanley and Smith) (2011) by Morgan Bassichis, Alex Lee, and Dean Spade.  Clearly I like all the ideas in category THREE but I think its too easy to say HERE IS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER. What does it even mean to do some of these things? What would this praxis look like? le-kif-kif: sad-queer: Building an Abolitionist Trans & Queer Movement with Everything We’ve Got from Captive Genders (eds. Stanley and Smith) (2011) by Morgan Bassichis, Alex Lee, and Dean Spade.  Clearly I like all the ideas in category THREE but I think its too easy to say HERE IS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER. What does it even mean to do some of these things? What would this praxis look like?

le-kif-kif:

sad-queer:

Building an Abolitionist Trans & Queer Movement with Everything We’ve Got

from Captive Genders (eds. Stanley and Smith) (2011) by Morgan Bassichis, Alex Lee, and Dean Spade. 

Clearly I like all the ideas in category THREE but I think its too easy to say HERE IS THE OBVIOUS ANSWER. What does it even mean to do some of these things? What would this praxis look like?

(via aglitteryfool)

(Source: queerability, via queercandy)

lgbtgivesmehope: [The first person I came out to was Mickey Mouse. I was twelve. I quietly asked him if he would still love me if I liked girls. It took a moment but he nodded and held me very close for a photo. I still cry every time I look at it.]

lgbtgivesmehope:

[The first person I came out to was Mickey Mouse. I was twelve. I quietly asked him if he would still love me if I liked girls. It took a moment but he nodded and held me very close for a photo. I still cry every time I look at it.]

(Source: yvonnesvisions, via gayqueers)

New Poll Shows Virginia May Be Ready To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage Ban

A new poll shows Virginia voters may be ready to support legalizing same-sex marriage after a 2006 vote that ratified a constitutional amendment defining marriage as “between one man and one woman.”

Wash. florist who refused flowers for gay couple’s wedding files suit against state

RICHLAND, Wash. — A florist targeted by two lawsuits for refusing to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding has filed her own lawsuit against Washington state, claiming the state is violating her religious beliefs.

Former Justice John Paul Stevens, Professor Laurence Tribe give their Prop 8 and DOMA predictions

This is similar to most predictions we’ve seen lately: narrow results but still the end of these anti-gay laws. Either way, based at least on the oral arguments, it appears the votes could be closer than expected.

buzzfeedlgbt: PRIDE IS COMING! 

buzzfeedlgbt:

PRIDE IS COMING! 

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buzzfeedlgbt:

A Riddle From The UN

Brazil To Become 15th Country To Offer Same-Sex Marriage Nationwide

Pending the implementation of this ruling, Brazil will become the 15th country to offer nationwide marriage equality, joining Uruguay and France, who passed laws just last month.

did-you-kno: Source

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A comprehensive list of every Queer Studies program in North America

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How The Silence Of The Mormons Is Making Marriage Equality Possible

Why the about-face? Mencimer cites a number of reasons. For one thing, Mormon leaders were apparently caught off guard by the backlash to their involvement in Prop. 8, including from their own members.