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Known as one of the country’s most highly visible symbols of LGBTQ equality, the Equality House is bouncing back after becoming the target of homophobic vandals in October.
Here are some wise and empowering words offered by some of our favorite queer women in 2016 to give you hope for humanity in the new year. Based on what we’re already seeing, we’re going to need them.
Radcliffe certainly put the innocence of his “Harry Potter” years behind him when he played gay poet Allen Ginsberg in 2013’s “Kill Your Darlings,” set in the early days of the Beat Generation.
But just how much of the “Potter” star would be display once the movie hit the big screen was a matter of debate ― for one specific reason.
“There is so much love in people’s hearts; they are just unsure how to express it.”
A gay man who happens to look eerily similar to anti-LGBT extremist and Vice President-elect Mike Pence is putting his looks to good use ― by wandering the streets of NYC in short shorts and collecting money to benefit important organizations.
The reality is that anti-LGBTQ backlash is something that the queer community should prepare for and anticipate in President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.
He’s not even president yet, and Donald’s already appointing people who have spent their entire careers working to undermine the rights of LGBT people. It’s truly terrifying.
Meet The Lesbian Activist Group That’s Been Kicking Butt For 25 Years
Formed in 1992 in reaction to lesbian invisibility and in the shadow of Pat Buchanan’s Republican National Convention speech declaring that America was engaged in a culture war, the grassroots, hands-on coalition unapologetically promoted queerness by focusing on “high-impact street activism, not on talking.”
With all this talk of Donald Trump’s nominees, remember that non-political employees in the federal government vastly outnumber those with political appointments.
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