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Joyce Banda, who became Malawi’s first female president last month, is hitting the ground running. In her first state of the nation address, she announced that as “a matter of urgency” she’ll seek to repeal the country’s laws criminalizing homosexuality. Banda seems to have enough support in parliament to get the laws overturned, but Malawi is still a conservative country, so it’s a gutsy move.
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I have very mixed feelings about the need to come out if you aren’t heterosexual. On one hand, I’m happy for the people who do come out as gay or bisexual (I’ve yet to see anyone come out as anything else). With more out celebrities, it helps for visibility and perhaps is even comforting to some kid out there who doesn’t know any queer people.
On the other, I find it ridiculous that it’s necessary to do it at all or even that you have to categorize yourself. Hollywood does love to pigeonhole actors and the media certainly loves a story when something like this happens. I don’t think that anyone should ever be forced to come out (sit the fuck down, Perez Hilton and Dan Savage) because they don’t owe it to a single person to do so. As I said, Hollywood pigeonholes people into certain roles and there can be a lot of closed doors ahead of them because of their sexuality. Some actors, like Ian McKellan, have been very fortunate to have fantastic careers and be out, many do not.
I don’t know if I really have a point with this, I’m just word vomiting.
Also, no one has ever had to come out as straight in Hollywood.
these are good thinky thoughts
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I’m sending this to the 2012 Olympics
excellent
You beautiful, wonderful human being.
YES
This is a big fat WIN
Want a bigger win? They responded:
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In last week’s Game of Thrones, Arya told Tywin Lannister that “most girls are stupid.” When we heard that line, were we supposed to think, “This is why Arya is awesome”? After watching The Prince of Winterfell, I can’t help but think that the answer is “yes.” While the books series presents a huge range of dynamic and well-developed female characters, the show writers seem determined to edit the story so that all normal women seem weak and worthy of disdain. Girls, like Arya, who fight to throw off femininity and become “one of the boys,” are the only ones who are really strong or worthy of respect.
Although some of the show’s changes to the story have been positive and potentially even improve on the novel, many edits in the last few episodes have reduced the series’ selection of varied, challenging female characters into cliches and walking confirmation of the idea that “most women suck.”
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Quote of the Day: “I’m not transgender. I. Am. A. Boy,” says 5-year-old Tyler, who born a girl was designated female at birth. He first insisted he was a boy at the age of 2, and eventually was diagnosed with gender identity disorder.
Now, his parents allow him to present himself as a boy, and Tyler’s mom doesn’t think he’s going through a phase (though doctors say many children with gender identity disorder eventually switch back to their biological gender). “I just want my child to be happy,” she says.
Don’t miss the video and pic gallery that help tell Tyler’s story.
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Quote of the Day: “I’m not transgender. I. Am. A. Boy,” says 5-year-old Tyler, who
born a girlwas designated female at birth. He first insisted he was a boy at the age of 2, and eventually was diagnosed with gender identity disorder.Now, his parents allow him to present himself as a boy, and Tyler’s mom doesn’t think he’s going through a phase (though doctors say many children with gender identity disorder eventually switch back to their biological gender). “I just want my child to be happy,” she says.
Don’t miss the video and pic gallery that help tell Tyler’s story.
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He wasn’t born a girl, he was born a baby. Other people decided he was a girl. ghagonangrr get it right
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