What is a queer haircut? Does it exist?
Posture
March 6, 2014
In my effort to better understand hair in the realm of queer culture I surveyed a breadth of stylists and salons that specifically cater to a queer clientele
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Report: Armory Show Contemporary Sees Bursts of Sales at VIP Opening
BLOUIN ARTINFO
March 6, 2014
The Armory Show Contemporary saw bursts of sales at the VIP opening.
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Whitney Biennial 2014: Where Have All the Politics Gone?
hyperallergic
March 6, 2014
The 2014 Whitney Biennial has many things: oversized ceramics, big abstract and figurative paintings, experimental jazz, videos of people having sex, and bead curtains. What it doesn’t have all that much of is politics. For the most part, the art
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Cabbie Who Ejected Lesbian Couple on Highway Cited By Agency
ABC News
March 6, 2014
A cab driver violated a lesbian couple’s rights when he kicked them out of his vehicle and left them on the side of a highway last summer, an investigation by the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries found.
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Ugandan Lesbian Evicted, Landlord Cites 'Jail the Gays' Law
Advocate.com
March 6, 2014
A Ugandan lesbian says she was served with an eviction notice on Monday, and while the landlord acknowledged that she had been a "wonderful" tenant, he cited the country's recently enacted antigay law as the reason she could no longer rent her home.
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Arizona Sen. Gallardo discloses he’s gay
azcentral
March 6, 2014
State Sen. Steve Gallardo, D-Phoenix, disclosed he is gay at a news conference Wednesday, saying the furor over Senate Bill 1062 prompted his decision to go public.
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Poll: Record gay marriage support
POLITICO.com
March 6, 2014
Support for same-sex marriage is higher than ever before, according to a new poll.
Nearly six in 10 Americans — 59 percent — say they support gay marriage, a record-high for the Washington Post/ABC poll. About a third — 34 percent — oppose it.
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Pope Francis civil unions gay marriage interview
TIME
March 6, 2014
The deeper symbolic power of Francis’ latest tone-shifting statement lies in the day that his words broke
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After Uganda, Kenya Gears Up for Gay Rights Debate
voanews
March 6, 2014
NAIROBI — Kenya could become the next battleground for gay rights as lawmakers plan to introduce a motion in parliament to compel authorities to more strongly enforce the country's anti-homosexual laws. Gay rights activists say the pressure has already increased since neighboring Uganda
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Whitney Biennial 2014: Michelle Grabner on the Fourth Floor
hyperallergic.com
March 5, 2014
During the opening remarks for the 2014 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Chief Curator Donna de Salvo said that this year's exhibition was one biennial with three distinct points of view, so we've decided to explore that diversity in perspectives with three...
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Pope Francis Suggests Gay Civil Unions May Be Tolerable By Church In Interview With Italian Paper Corriere Della Sera
huffingtonpost.com
March 5, 2014
Pope Francis has signalled that he could see the Catholic church tolerating some forms of same-sex civil unions -- though not marriage -- when it comes to situations such as medical care and property for gay couples.
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Liza Minnelli Responds To Ellen DeGeneres' Female Impersonator Joke At The Oscars
huffingtonpost.com
March 4, 2014
As it turns out, Liza Minnelli wasn't laughing at Ellen DeGeneres' controversial Oscars joke at her expense. I think she thought it would be funny, but she never stopped after she said it and said, 'My friend Liza Minnelli,'...
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2014: Professor honored as one of Top 25 Significant Queer Women
conncoll.edu
March 4, 2014
A groundbreaking professor who is changing the way people think about gender, identity and culture has been recognized alongside some of today’s most prominent LGBTQ activists, artists and academics.
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This Is the 161-Year-Old New York Times Article About 12 Years a Slave
gawker.com
March 3, 2014
Solomon Northrup was kidnapped and sold into slavery over 150 years ago, and the Times was on it. Northrup, the subject of the Best Picture-crowned 12 Years a Slave, "excited so high a degree of interest" in his story that in 1853 the New York Times dedicated an entire page to his experiences
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Pride of Australia! Festival of colour as Gay Mardi Gras parade hits the streets of Sydney
Daily Mail UK
March 3, 2014
The 36th annual Mardis Gras Gay Pride parade kicked off in Sydney, and even rainy weather for the fourth year in a row couldn't dampen revellers spirits
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Lesbian couple challenges Michigan's gay-marriage ban in court
Reuters
March 3, 2014
DETROIT (Reuters) - Michigan's ban on gay marriage perpetuates discrimination and should be overturned, an attorney representing a lesbian couple argued on Tuesday at the start of the latest in a series
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Obama administration let anti-gay Muslim leader into U.S.
New York Post
March 3, 2014
Even as the Obama administration denounced what it called anti-gay legislation in Arizona and the president sat out the Sochi Olympics because of Russia’s crackdown on same-sex couples, the State Department allowed an Islamic preacher who called for the death penalty for homosexuals into
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In Surprisingly Bold Move, Scotland Offers Asylum to Gay Ugandans
PolicyMic
March 3, 2014
This week, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed into law a brutal anti-gay bill that includes life sentences for engaging gay sex and same-sex marriage. It puts many in the country in a dangerous situation with nowhere to go — until now. In a somewhat surprising move, Scotland has
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Disney to end donations to Boy Scouts over ban of gay leaders
latimes.com
March 3, 2014
According to the Boy Scouts of America, Disney will beginning next year halt its grants to the organization that bans gay leaders.
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Thanks for another great one. xxoo