Lady Gaga Wants Everyone To Start Asking Each Other What Pronoun They Use
Are we making history or what? Lady Gaga asked the packed crowd at a special invitation-only concert at the Apollo Theater on Monday night. The pop star was in Harlem playing her very first show at the historic venue to celebrate SiriusXMs acquisition of the…
You can’t offer to murder cops on Reddit unless you’re on r/TheDonald
Reddit has a very specific policy prohibiting people from threatening bodily harm or attempting to incite violence. It uses this policy as the basis for banning individual accounts, discussion threads, and whole subreddits. Basically if you cross the line, yo…
bubmagJune 25, 2019
Why Stonewall Mattered
As any lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer (LGBTQ) person can tell you, we sexual minorities are among societys most traumatized women and men. From the time were kids we are abused, beaten up, insulted, rejected, and thrown out of our homes simply …
bubmagJune 24, 2019
LGBTQ Pride Month, explained
A month of celebration, protest, and political activism. Get ready for the rainbows. June is LGBTQ Pride Month, which means Americans around the country should expect some colorful marches throughout the month as people make a stand for equality. In recent ye…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
How the Stonewall riots changed health care
June 28 marks the 50-year anniversary of the Stonewall riotssparked when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay club in New York Citywhich are credited with launching the gay rights movement. “In many ways, the riots also brought attention to the unique heal…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
Watch Tupac Talk Trump & Inequality in a 1992 MTV Interview
An MTV News clip from 1992 shows the late Tupac Shakur explaining his views on generosity and responsibility in the wake of the Los Angeles riots. In the interview, Shakur uses the then TV personality and real estate mogul Donald Trump as an example of the co…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
Vietnam jails American for 12 years for attempting to overthrow state
HANOI (Reuters) - A court in Vietnam on Monday sentenced an U.S. citizen to 12 years in prison after finding him guilty of “attempting to overthrow the state” in a trial which lasted only half a day, his lawyer said. Michael Phuong Minh Nguyen, 55, pleaded …
bubmagJune 24, 2019
A supposedly fun thing I definitely won’t be repeating (A Pride post)
My friends and I dont wanna be here if this isnt an actively trans-affirming space. Im only coming if all my sisters can. I have no music for you today, sorry. But I do have an article about cruise ships (This is obviously not Andrew) A Sunday night quicki…
bubmagJune 24, 2019
GLAAD Chief: Hollywood Needs to Continue Playing a Role in LGBTQ Progress
This Pride Month is not only about celebrating— it’s also about reflecting how far LGBTQ acceptance has come since the Stonewall riots catalyzed the LGBTQ movement 50 years ago, and about honoring the trailblazers and leaders who propelled LGBTQ visibility an…
bubmagJune 21, 2019