“The thought of a criminal justice system in which police will handcuff an 18 year-old girl and haul her away like a violent criminal, while so many actually violent criminals walk free, is frankly disturbing. Two girls, three years apart, in a consensual relationship warrants an arrest and potentially 15 years in prison? The Steubenville rapists were only given one year, just for being minors...”
—Florida Teen Arrested for Dating (via HelloGiggles)18 year old girl charged with 2 felonies for being in a same sex relationship.
xojane.comThe nightmare began in February when the cops came to arrest my daughter, who had just turned 18, and took her away without telling us what was happening.
Petition on change.org to stop this bullshit: SIGN HERE.
The USA Twitter Bigotry Map
users.humboldt.eduA team of researchers at California’s Humboldt State University have produced a visual representation to show where the most hateful, bigoted speech on twitter originates. The Geography of Hate shows which regions in the United States produce the most homophobic, racist, and anti-disability twitter traffic. You can search the country by specific slurs, none of which we want to print here. According to the MIT Technology Review, the researchers used an algorithm to develop the map but had actual people review 150,000 tweets to ensure that the slurs were truly being used in a derogatory context.
GUYS LISTEN UP
EUROVISION SONG CONTEST IS GOING TO CENSOR KRISTA’S PERFORMANCE JUST BECAUSE IT ENDS WITH THIS:
“pressure is building for Eurovision to censor Krista’s performance to appease homophobic broadcasters. Already, Turkey has refused to broadcast the show on air because of it!”
IF YOU’RE AGAINST OF THIS KIND OF HOMOPHOBIC BULLSHIT GO HERE AND SIGN THIS!
