9 Best Articles in 2021
Guardian Tech
This algorithm can tell whether you're gay or straight, from a photograph
Guardian Tech
6 min read · 164 saves · From 2017 · An artificial intelligence guessed the sexuality of people on a dating site with up to 91% accuracy, raising tricky ethical questions
Cloudflare
The Mistake that Caused 1.1.1.3 to Block LGBTQIA+ Sites Today
Cloudflare
3 min read · 11 saves · 2020-04-02 · Today we made a mistake. The mistake caused a number of LGBTQIA+ sites to inadvertently be blocked by the new 1.1.1.1 for Families service. I wanted to walk through what happened, why, and what we've…
Variety
How Hollywood Is (and Isn't) Getting Better at LGBTQ Inclusion
Variety
7 min read · 53 saves · 2019-06-19 · Brandon Flynn, one of the breakout actors from Netflix’s “13 Reasons Why,” has spent the last two years fielding questions about his personal life. In 2017, he wrote a passionate post on Instagram,…
edutopia
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Students During Distance Learning
edutopia
3 min read · 22 saves · 2020-05-11 · Being separated from trusted peers and teachers can be particularly challenging for these students, but educators can take steps to help them feel cared for and safe.
Guardian Books
Subversive, queer and terrifyingly relevant: six reasons why Moby-Dick is the novel for our times
Guardian Books
8 min read · 33 saves · 2019-07-30 · Philip Hoare · The book features gay marriage, hits out at slavery and imperialism and predicts the climate crisis – 200 years after the birth of its author, Herman Melville, it has never been more important
Vox
The rise of anti-trans “radical” feminists, explained
Vox
20+ min read · 24 saves · 2019-09-05 · Katelyn Burns · Known as TERFs, trans-exclusionary radical feminist groups are working with conservatives to push their anti-trans agenda.
The Washington Post
CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity
The Washington Post
4 min read · 141 saves · From 2017 · Agency analysts are told to avoid these 7 banned words and phrases in budget documents
Buffer
50+ Resources For LGBTQIA Allies
Buffer
3 min read · 10 saves · 2019-06-10 · Courtney Seiter · A resource list for learning more about LGBTQIA allyship: links, books, blogs, videos, and movies; plus thoughtful social media voices to learn from.
Longreads
Woodstock: My Queer Love Story
Longreads
7 min read · 11 saves · 2019-08-15 · Kate Walter · Kate Walter went to Woodstock in 1969 with her boyfriend. She went back in 1994 with her girlfriend. She’s not going back again.
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TechCrunch
Folx Health raises $25 million for virtual clinical offerings and care for the LGBTQIA+ community
TechCrunch
3 min read · 12 saves · Feb 2nd · Folx Health is leveraging the explosion of virtual care services to offer greater access to healthcare focused on the needs of the LGBTQIA+ community, and has raised $25 million in new funding to help…
Healthline
How Telehealth Is Making Healthcare More Inclusive
Healthline
~11 min read · Jan 19th · New telehealth services are emerging that are specifically tailored to provide accessible, more inclusive care to women, LGBTQIA+ people, as well as Black, brown, and other marginalized communities.
It's Nice That
The Pink Triangle: how a symbol moved from one of persecution to power
It's Nice That
Jan 20th · The Pink Triangle is a symbol of resistance and solidarity among the LGBTQIA+ community but its beginnings in Nazi Germany are dark. How has the meaning of such a simple icon changed so much? And why…
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VICE
Google’s Sentiment Analyzer Thinks Being Gay Is Bad
VICE
9 min read · 65 saves · From 2017 · This is the latest example of how bias creeps into artificial intelligence.
The New York Times
The Trans Actors Challenging Outmoded Ideas of Masculinity
The New York Times
10 min read · 15 saves · 2020-02-04 · David Ebershoff · Despite years of progress, trans male representation in film and television has remained all but nonexistent. Now, there’s a new group of rising stars.
The New York Times
The Power and Hurt of Growing Up Young, Black and Gay
The New York Times
5 min read · 11 saves · 2019-10-08 · In “How We Fight for Our Lives,” the poet Saeed Jones recalls a coming-of-age marked by sexual violence and bigotry as well as tenderness.
Guardian US
California pardoned a gay civil rights leader. Activists want clemency for more LGBTQ+ prisoners
Guardian US
4 min read · 12 saves · 2020-02-05 · Bayard Rustin, who worked alongside Martin Luther King Jr and died in 1987, was arrested in 1953 under a law used to prosecute LGBTQ+ people
The New York Times
Many Genes Influence Same-Sex Sexuality, Not a Single ‘Gay Gene’
The New York Times
9 min read · 53 saves · 2019-08-29 · Pam Belluck · The largest study of same-sex sexual behavior finds the genetics are complicated, and social and environmental factors are also key.
The New York Times
‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration
The New York Times
7 min read · 134 saves · From 2018 · The Trump administration is considering a legal definition of gender as immutable and fixed at birth, the most drastic in a series of moves against transgender people.
NBC News
LGBTQ advocates tracking over 200 'harmful' state bills
NBC News
5 min read · 11 saves · 2020-02-04 · Not since 2016 has the start of a legislative session seen such a quick introduction of state bills targeting gay and transgender people, advocates say.
Guardian Tech
TikTok's local moderation guidelines ban pro-LGBT content
Guardian Tech
4 min read · 40 saves · 2019-09-26 · Chinese-owned social media app bans such content even in countries where homosexuality has never been illegal
The Guardian
Ban Marvel's gay kiss? You might as well ban the Sistine Chapel
The Guardian
4 min read · 22 saves · 2019-09-09 · Jonathan Jones · The mayor of Rio de Janeiro’s attempts to censor an Avengers comic isn’t just bigoted. It ignores the fact that Christian artists pioneered same-sex snogging
