LGBT Rights
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Frank Ocean’s Plea for Beauty after Orlando
Frank Ocean has released a message about the Orlando shooting that is mournfully beautiful in both its reflection on the hate that fueled the attacks and the hope for a counter-balancing beauty to emerge in its wake: I heard on the news…
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Do It Like They Do on The Discovery Channel
Even the animal kingdom is more progressive than the US. Penguins have been forming same-sex romantic relationships for as long as penguins have existed, and none of their compatriots ever batted a wing. The Dodo looks back at some of…
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Marriage Equality: A Rumpus Roundup
On June 26th, the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefell v. Hodges that states must allow same-sex couples to marry and that they must recognize marriages performed in other states. The ruling ends the bans against same-sex marriage that existed in…
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Love Wins
Today, the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-to-4 vote that the Constitution guarantees a right to same-sex marriage.
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A Chik-Fil-A Flap Roundup
Sorry. I couldn’t resist the chance to make a bad joke. I tried to work people having beef with the company into the title but it was too cumbersome. Anyway, if you haven’t heard (and I don’t know how you…
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Same-Sex Marriage Roundup
To almost no one’s surprise, last night North Carolina became the 31st state to ban same-sex marriage. This is the second time North Carolina has done this–the first time was just a state law; this one was a Constitutional amendment.…
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Sex With Ducks
Riki “Garfunkel” Lindhome and Kate “Oates” Micucci respond to Pat Robertson’s quote that legalizing gay marriage would lead to legalizing sex with ducks. It is a good response. [For more videos from the duo click here.]
