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I Was a Gender Dysphoric Child. Here's My Story. Ask Me Anything. Puberty Blocker? I'd be Dead Today I was as gender dysphoric child. Here’s my story, ask me anything. If I had been “treated” with Puberty Blockers, I’d be dead today. Blogs seem to do best with Daily Kos when they speak from personal experience, so I’ll give a reveal I’ve very rarely...
by sufeitzy
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on Sun Apr 25, 2021 at 04:37 PM PDT
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One of the right’s mantras is how everybody on the left has gotten soft and needs “safe spaces,” and is just too sensitive about words and jokes. It’s the mantra that many go to when they don’t want to face up to their outdated and bigoted...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Fri Jan 10, 2020 at 07:06 AM PST
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Phillip Todd Wilson….former principal of a high school in Kentucky made news in his efforts to get books about/containing “Homosexual conduct” banned… has been arrested for...get this…. child porn. The principal was charged with 15 counts of...
by BFSkinner
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on Thu Aug 29, 2019 at 07:02 PM PDT
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2/3/19 @ 10 something a.m.
The phone rings and is Fred. Fred is one of my oldest gay friends, in age but not in time known. Hi Fred how’s life treating you? I answered. Oh, just swell Mary! (Mary is not my name but a reference to Mary Queen of...
by Epimetheos
85 comments
on Sun Feb 03, 2019 at 04:16 PM PST
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So much history. So many people. It’s the height of arrogance to think one could capture such a large part of humanity in one image. This doesn’t do that, but I tried to make it representative of how many amazing people make up the LGBTQ community. A...
by johnmav
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on Wed Jan 30, 2019 at 09:16 AM PST
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As society seems to becoming more accepting of gay folks, the NFL seems to be following the same path.
Of course not all NFL players feel the same way….just as in general society, but there is good news.
It is Playoff time in the National...
by BFSkinner
10 comments
on Fri Jan 04, 2019 at 11:34 AM PST
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So what if Mike Pence’s whole life is based on an editing mistake (as opposed to a genetic mistake, which has been my working theory up until now)?
A new hypothesis from Harvard biblical scholar Idan Dershowitz argues just that. (Well, not the part...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
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on Sun Jul 22, 2018 at 08:37 AM PDT
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I decided to do some research into the worst/best countries on their acceptance of LGBTQ people. The most recent study I could find was this one by Pew. The results are interesting.
The four worst countries are Ghana, Jordan, Egypt and the...
by Grey Poupon
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on Sun Jun 24, 2018 at 10:58 AM PDT
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There is potential good news coming from India, regarding gay rights.
According to the New York Times the Supreme Court of India has ordered a review on Monday of Section 377, a colonial-era law reinstated in 2013 that criminalizes consensual...
by BFSkinner
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on Tue Jan 09, 2018 at 11:21 AM PST
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My husband and I just watched “13 Reasons Why” on NETFLIX. I had to commit up front to watch the whole series or not watch it at all. Knowing this was a NETFLIX series based on teen suicide I knew it would be hard to watch having dealt with depression...
by Kevin1957
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on Sat Apr 08, 2017 at 09:25 PM PDT
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At 60 years old I never thought I’d live to see this day! Two Baptist Churches in Texas voting to accept and fully embrace all LGBTQ as FULL MEMBERS. This means they will baptize and marry members of Our LGBTQ Community.
I grew up in North...
by Kevin1957
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on Tue Nov 15, 2016 at 09:22 AM PST
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My husband and I have now been together 27 years. After fighting for Same Sex Marriage for 25 years we were thrilled when we could marry in July of 2015. We are 60 and 61 and will continue to fight for Equal Rights under our Constitution.
I never...
by Kevin1957
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on Wed Nov 09, 2016 at 11:29 PM PST
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Born the only girl in a family of five children, I was always the tomboy. No matter how hard my Mother tried, I refused to wear the frilly dresses and white patent leather shoes that she wanted me to. By the time I was in first grade I had already...
by SSheehan54
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on Thu Sep 08, 2016 at 09:52 AM PDT
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Sigh.
Don’t mind me.
Just me ranting on again about love.
I’ve written about it before.
About how I’ve given up on love…..the two times I have been in love… one time to a heterosexual male and one time a a person who later went on...
by BFSkinner
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on Sun Jun 05, 2016 at 11:35 PM PDT
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I have not seen this quiz in a bit and I just recently came across it again and I thought it might be fun for you to answer if interested.
The Heterosexual Questionnaire is attributed to Martin Rochlin, Ph.D. from 1972, a bit dated, sure, but...
by BFSkinner
111 comments
on Tue May 31, 2016 at 03:50 PM PDT
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I was going though some papers today to send and have shredded when I came across this letter written to my Parents from my Mother’s Psychiatrist in January 1990.
I had known I was gay since I was about 5 years old. Of course in 1962 that was not...
by Kevin1957
11 comments
on Thu May 12, 2016 at 11:08 PM PDT
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CNBC interviewed Target’s CEO Brian Cornell on Wednesday and discussed the company’s liberal stance against discriminatory laws like North Carolina’s HB2. Target now is experiencing a massive backlash and boycott by an anti LGBTQ conservative...
by Leslie Salzillo
281 comments
on Thu May 12, 2016 at 12:11 PM PDT
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Some days old farts just need a dose of the kid.
Last week the Phoenix area was rocked by the apparent murder-suicide of two 15-year-old girls at Independence High School in Glendale. According t
by Mother Mags
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on Thu Feb 18, 2016 at 01:07 PM PST
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I’ll start out by saying this is going to be a controversial article. I’ll be called irresponsible. The comments will be raging with vitriol on both sides of the argument, but it’s time that someone b
by Woofhound
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on Sun Dec 13, 2015 at 11:20 AM PST
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Like many people who enjoy the entertainment that is politics, and especially the circus of the 2016 Republican primary, I have pondered the Trump phenomenon. Now, I don't pretend to be an expert ...
by Woody25
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on Sat Sep 12, 2015 at 09:26 AM PDT
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