VIDEO: New Zealand MP’s Gay Marriage Speech Goes Viral.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Politics on April 19, 2013

 

An MP’s hilarious yet touching speech in New Zealand’s parliament about legislation that legalised same-sex marriage in the country has become an internet hit. MP Maurice Williamson poked fun at those who opposed the legislation – which was approved on Wednesday – leaving colleagues in fits of giggles.

 

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Hurray for Uruguay !

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Politics on April 3, 2013

 

Uruguay’s Senate has voted to legalise same-sex marriage by approving a single law governing matrimony for heterosexuals and homosexuals. Tuesday’s 23-8 vote comes after a lower-house approval in December. It will now return to the lower chamber of Congress for amendments. If the bill is approved, Uruguay will become the second nation in Latin America, after

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Facebook is going red in support of marriage equality.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes on March 27, 2013

 

As the Supreme Court convened to decide the fate of marriage equality — and more specifically, the fate of Proposition 8, which outlawed same-sex marriages in California — numerous Facebook users have changed their profile pictures to a red-hued version of the logo belonging to the Human Rights Campaign, an advocacy group for gay, lesbian, bisexual

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Week of the other f-word.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes on February 15, 2013

 

During International Women’s Day – from March 4 to 10 –  online news magazine DeWereldMorgen.be focusses on feminism, sexism and gender(in)equality. Everything you always wanted to know about the other f-word. They close this “week of the other f-word” with an evening of music, imagination and interaction on Friday, March 8 at De Vooruit

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Video: Ellen DeGeneres on Boy Scouts.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes on February 8, 2013

 

The Boy Scouts have delayed their vote on whether they will allow gay people to join their organization. Ellen discussed it in her monologue.

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Lagerfeld Supports Gay Marriage in Lesbian Couture.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Fashion on January 23, 2013

 

Chanel’s couturier Karl Lagerfeld has used fashion to support a controversial French gay marriage law — sending two brides together down the catwalk at the Paris’ Grand Palais fashion show. Asked if his use of lesbian couture at his show was designed to support gay marriage in France, Lagerfeld replied: “Of course it was.”

French President

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Nepal Adds Third Gender to Forms.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Politics on January 23, 2013

 

An official says Nepal’s government will begin issuing citizenship certificates with the category “third gender” for people who do not wish to be identified as male or female. India already has three genders on its passports (male, female, and eunuch), as does Australia (male, female, x), and Pakistan’s supreme court ruled in 2009 to issue distinct, third gender identity

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French Elle magazine declares its support for same-sex marriage with a “Marriage for all!” issue.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Mission Statement., Politics, Press on January 18, 2013

 

Legalizing gay marriage — “marriage for all” — was a campaign promise by French President François Hollande but it has proved tricky and divisive in France, which is a secular republic but remains an essentially Roman Catholic country where few go to church. He promised to enact it within a year of taking office last May,

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Frank Ocean nominated for GLAAD music award.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Icons, Music on January 17, 2013

 

Frank Ocean has been nominated for the outstanding music artist award by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD).

The American organisation monitors, how gay, lesbian, bi-sexual and transgender people are represented in the media. The musician has been recognised for his album Channel Orange. Frank Ocean made headlines last year when he became

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GLAAD announces nominees for its 2013 Media Award.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Icons on January 16, 2013

 

Today, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Agains Defamation announced nominees for its 2013 Media Awards. The GLAAD Media Awards celebrate outstanding representations of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community and our allies on TV, in film, and in the news.

Check out the nominees!

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Washington National Cathedral says ‘I do’ to same-sex marriage.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Mission Statement. on January 10, 2013

 

The Washington National Cathedral had been ready to embrace same-sex marriage for some time, though it took a series of recent events and a new leader for the prominent, 106-year-old church to announce Wednesday that it would begin hosting such nuptials.

Read the complete article in The Washington Post.

 

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The Pansy Project by Paul Harfleet.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Art, Causes, Et Alors? Magazine, Mission Statement., Photos on December 14, 2012

 

The Pansy Project is an on-going initiative and artwork devised by Paul Harfleet in 2005.

He revisits locations where homophobia was experienced and plants self seeding pansies to mark the spot. They act as a living memorial to the abuse and operate as an antidote to it. After they are individually planted, the pansy’s location is photographed

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One Thousand Mustaches: A Cultural History of the Mo.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Books, Causes on November 29, 2012

 

The ‘stache is back! After decades of being much maligned in Western culture, the mustache is enjoying a cultural renaissance, thanks to the annual phenomenon of Movember (the international campaign in which men grow facial hair during the month of November to raise funds for prostate cancer research; in 2011, 1.8 million men in

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Great Video! Gay Women Will Marry Your Boyfriends.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Great, Movies on November 28, 2012

 

We support gay marriage. Here’s why you should too.

The gay women version of the college humor (below).

 

 

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Ai Weiwei & Anish Kapoor: Gangnam for Freedom.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Icons, Mission Statement., Politics on November 23, 2012

 

Why is Anish Kapoor dancing with wrist flourishes towards the camera, wearing handcuffs and black tape over his mouth? It’s to make a statement in support of Chinese dissidents like fellow artist Ai Weiwei. All to the viral K-pop tune “Gangnam Style.”

The Indian-born British artist is shown doing Psy’s horse-riding dance with help from friends

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Obama on Gay Bullying.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes on November 5, 2012

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LGBT celebrities endorse Obama in Campaign Video.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes on October 17, 2012

 

In a new five-minute video for the Obama campaign,  “Glee” star Jane Lynch and 6 other mayor celebrities ask LGBT people to throw their support behind President Barack Obama’s reelection bid.

 

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Rapper Macklemore celebrates gay marriage in “Same Love”.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Mission Statement. on October 5, 2012

 

Rising rapper Macklemore (and his producer Ryan Lewis) delivered a video for “Same Love,” in which Macklemore muses about the danger and pervasiveness of gay stereotypes and points out how no one has freedom until everyone is free. In the video, we see the entire story of a gay man’s life: From birth to

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Sports: Orlando Cruz becomes first openly gay man in boxing.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes, Sports on October 4, 2012

 

Orlando Cruz from San Juan, Puerto Rico and ranked the No4 featherweight by the World Boxing Organisation (WBO) has openly admitted his is “a proud, gay man”.

He added: “I’ve been fighting for more than 24 years and as I continue my ascendant career I want to be true to myself. I want to try to be the

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Update: Free Pussy Riot.

Posted by Fleur & Julian in Causes on October 3, 2012

A Russian court has adjourned the appeal hearing of three activists from the LGBT-supporting punk band Pussy Riot. In August, Maria Alyokhina, 24, Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30, were jailed for two years for staging an anti-Vladimir Putin protest in a Moscow cathedral. Whilst appalled at their actions, Russia’s Prime Minister

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