Just a Bit Radical to Focus on LGBT, Questioning, Intersex and Asexual Youth
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- Category: LGBT Issues
- Published on Tuesday, 03 April 2012 19:33
- Written by Lara Landis
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New LGBT magazines seldom make news. Even magazines that cater to the under 30 LGBT crowed specifically are hard to find. Many of the Gay publications are not shy about using adult references that are inappropriate for teenagers.
Just a Bit Radical aims to correct this oversight. The magazine, unlike many other publications designed to target Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender consumers has included more fringe groups in its target market. Articles feature topics of interest to people who are Questioning, Intersex, and Asexual.
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Jenna Talackova -- Once Beauty Queen -- Garners Support
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- Published on Tuesday, 27 March 2012 19:10
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Jenna Talackova was disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada pageant. The woman was disqualified because of her transgender status, or as the original notice put it, for not being a woman. Even though the Talackova could not continue in the Miss Universe pageant, many Canadians have decided to show their support.
Tackalova did not expect the outpouring of support she received from many of her fellow citizens. Thousands of e-mails poured in saying how proud they would be to have her support Canada, according to People Magazine.
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Boulder Valley Womens' Health Clinic To Offer Services to Transgender Patients
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- Published on Thursday, 22 March 2012 19:05
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The Boulder Women's Valley Health Clinic will offer services, including Hormone Replacement Therapy, to Transgender Patients. Susan Levy, the director of the clinic, believes it is a natural extension to the current purpose of the site, according to NECN.com.
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NOM Wants to Boycott Starbucks
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- Category: LGBT Issues
- Published on Saturday, 24 March 2012 17:19
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The National Organization for Marriage has faced a year of legal setbacks, but that has not deterred it from its latest campaign. NOM leaders announced a plan to launch an international advertising campaign to get consumers to boycott Starbucks. The campaign features billboards denouncing the coffee chain for its support of gay marriage. The billboards will be taken out throughout America and through several nations in the Middle East, according to SFGN.com
"We will not tolerate an international company attempting to force its misguided values on citizens,” said NOM President Brian Brown. Brown made this comment in a statement that explains the reasons for the boycott.
Soulforce Equality Riders Tour Campuses With Anti-LGBT Policies
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- Published on Wednesday, 21 March 2012 14:36
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Soulforce's Equality Riders set out from Philadelphia on March 4 on a tour of colleges with anti-LGBt policies. The goal of the group is to target the oppression where it starts, according to director J. Mason. The tour will go through 15 colleges with anti-LGBT policies.
Although the term Equality Riders may suggest motorcycle riders, the term has also been applied to riders on bus tours. The universities targeted by the tour have policies that allow students in same-sex relationships to be expelled and engage in reparative therapy. Reparative therapy has been condemned by the American Psychiatric Association.
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