9 Best Articles in 2022
Guardian Tech
This algorithm can tell whether you're gay or straight, from a photograph
Guardian Tech
6 min read · From 2017 · An artificial intelligence guessed the sexuality of people on a dating site with up to 91% accuracy, raising tricky ethical questions
Reader View · Shared by 167, including jean marc manach, Florian Hanke 🍎, Manos Hatzimalonas, Simon Wüthrich, Rick Powell, Alexandra Wong, { Monah } 💡, Flavio Rump 💉💉💉, Merkstatt, Thomas Power, Chris Messina, Jakub Albert Ferenc, Markus Maurer, Kim Dik
Variety
Disney Censors Same-Sex Affection in Pixar Films, According to Letter From Employees
Variety
6 min read · Mar 10th · In a statement attributed to “the LGBTQIA+ employees of Pixar, and their allies” obtained by Variety, employees of the animation studio allege that Disney corporate executives have dema…
Reader View · Shared by 38, including Steve Silberman, Michelle Garrett (she/her), Alex B., Liliane Ferrari ™
Cloudflare
The Mistake that Caused 1.1.1.3 to Block LGBTQIA+ Sites Today
Cloudflare
3 min read · From 2020 · 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…
Reader View · Shared by 11, including Dan Gillmor, tenty
WIRED
Twitch Sues Users Over Alleged ‘Hate Raids’ Against Streamers
WIRED
3 min read · 2021-09-10 · The lawsuit accuses two anonymous users of “targeting black and LGBTQIA+ streamers with racist, homophobic, sexist and other harassing content” in violation of its terms of service.
Shared by 32, including CyberCodeTwins.eth 👾, Amber Mac, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA
edutopia
Supporting LGBTQIA+ Students During Distance Learning
edutopia
3 min read · From 2020 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 20, including Monica Burns, Ed.D. #EdTech
Variety
How Hollywood Is (and Isn't) Getting Better at LGBTQ Inclusion
Variety
7 min read · From 2020 · 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,…
Reader View · Shared by 55
Buffer
50+ Resources For LGBTQIA Allies
Buffer
3 min read · From 2019 · A resource list for learning more about LGBTQIA allyship: links, books, blogs, videos, and movies; plus thoughtful social media voices to learn from.
Reader View · Shared by 10, including Carolyn Kopprasch, Mathias Böhm
Vox
The rise of anti-trans “radical” feminists, explained
Vox
20+ min read · From 2019 · Known as TERFs, trans-exclusionary radical feminist groups are working with conservatives to push their anti-trans agenda.
Reader View · Shared by 36, including jender pope, Jonathan Ichikawa, Kat, Helen Lewis, Kate Manne, Riley Black 🦕🏳️⚧️
Guardian Books
Subversive, queer and terrifyingly relevant: six reasons why Moby-Dick is the novel for our times
Guardian Books
8 min read · From 2019 · 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
Reader View · Shared by 34, including Jane, Austin Kleon, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛
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Medical News Today
LGBTQIA+ mental health: The risks for AAPI individuals
Medical News Today
6 min read · Apr 29th · Why do Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who identify as LGBTQIA+ face more severe mental health risks than their peers? We examine some of the reasons.
Reader View · Shared by 6
Esquire
25 Best Books by LGBTQ, Queer Authors to Read
Esquire
~11 min read · Apr 4th · These outstanding books cover a range of literary forms, and their LGBTQIA+ authors a breadth of genders and identities.
Reader View · Shared by 8
autumnhouse.org
Queer Nature: A Poetry Anthology
autumnhouse.org
2 min read · Apr 20th · This anthology amplifies and centers LGBTQIA+ voices and perspectives in a collection of contemporary nature poetry. Showcasing over two hundred queer writers from the nineteenth to the twenty-first…
Reader View · Shared by 7, including Ellen Bass, Alice Wong 王美華
MIT Press
How the Internet Became Straight
MIT Press
10 min read · Apr 9th · Alexander Monea, author of "The Digital Closet," argues that the internet became straight by suppressing everything that is not, forcing LGBTQIA+ content into increasingly narrow channels.
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bonfire.com
Black Lives Matter CSS
bonfire.com
2020-07-13 · All profits directly benefit Black LGBTQIA+ folks. Designed and initially produced by James T. Green in support of several Black Lives Matter initiatives. This fundraiser...
Shared by 9, including Karl Groves (he/him), Scott Hanselman 🇺🇦, Aaron Gustafson
The New York Times
The Trans Actors Challenging Outmoded Ideas of Masculinity
The New York Times
10 min read · From 2020 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 17, including Rachel Perrone, Ayala Sherbow, Human Rights Campaign
MIT Press
How the Internet Became Straight
MIT Press
10 min read · Apr 9th · Alexander Monea, author of "The Digital Closet," argues that the internet became straight by suppressing everything that is not, forcing LGBTQIA+ content into increasingly narrow channels.
NBC News
LGBTQ advocates tracking over 200 'harmful' state bills
NBC News
5 min read · From 2020 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 13, including Amy Siskind 🏳️🌈, Human Rights Campaign, Rachel Perrone
Guardian US
California pardoned a gay civil rights leader. Activists want clemency for more LGBTQ+ prisoners
Guardian US
4 min read · From 2020 · 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
Reader View · Shared by 12
The Washington Post
CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity
The Washington Post
4 min read · From 2017 · Agency analysts are told to avoid these 7 banned words and phrases in budget documents
Shared by 143, including Charlie O'Keefe, Merkstatt, Mayhem, Just Mayhem., Brian D. Earp, Ph.D., Florian Hanke 🍎, 🟣 Antonio Vieira Santos #FutureOfWork, Bjorn Larsen, slumos, Marcus Raitner, Carly, John Battelle
The New York Times
‘Transgender’ Could Be Defined Out of Existence Under Trump Administration
The New York Times
7 min read · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 135, including Francine Hardaway (hardaway.eth), Joel Califa, Merkstatt, Draven, Carly, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Barbra Streisand, Charles Baldwin, 𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚎𝚛, swissmiss, Dominik Grolimund, Kiki, Stuart A. Thompson, Javi Cantón, Annik Burgdorfer-Grolimund
The New York Times
The Power and Hurt of Growing Up Young, Black and Gay
The New York Times
5 min read · From 2019 · 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.
Reader View · Shared by 11
Longreads
Woodstock: My Queer Love Story
Longreads
7 min read · From 2019 · 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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