The Awesome Queerness in Choice of Robots
Someone in a blind accessibility chat room suggested text-based games to me. Most of these aren’t written with the blind community in mind, but text-readers can be set up to narrate the choices to the player. I went on the hunt for great text-based games.
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Monthly Archives: January 2016
The students running 'white unions' on US campuses
The students running 'white unions' on US campuses
The BBC spoke to a number of them. While they asked to remain anonymous, they agreed to video chat and make contact using their university email addresses. One student, known only as Ajay, runs the Iowa State White Student Union Facebook page. He says he …
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The Family Law’s Ben Law Tells B&T About His Upcoming SBS Sitcom
The Family Law’s Ben Law Tells B&T About His Upcoming SBS Sitcom
Based on the memoir of the same name it follows the tribulations of growing up gay in an Asian-Australian family in Queensland. The book’s author Benjamin Law spoke to B&T on why he hopes the show ruffles a few TV feathers… Despite the TV show being …
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Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Orders End To All Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Orders End To All Same-Sex Marriage Licenses
Roy Moore isn’t convinced the U.S. Constitution applies to Alabama.
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AL Chief Justice Defies Supreme Court, Orders Probate Judges To Discriminate Against Same-Sex Couple
AL Chief Justice Defies Supreme Court, Orders Probate Judges To Discriminate Against Same-Sex Couple
Today, HRC strongly condemned a shameful order from Alabama’s Chief Justice Roy Moore saying the state’s probate judges “have a ministerial duty” not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision affirming a nationwide right to marriage equality.
“Yet again, Chief Justice Roy Moore is flagrantly defying the rule of law, and empowering those who wish to stand between same-sex couples and their constitutional right to marry the person they love,” said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. “Regardless of what Roy Moore says, marriage equality is the law of the land. His obstructionist tactics tarnish the reputation of the great state of Alabama, and we urge all of the state’s probate judges to issue licenses to same-sex couples, as is their duty under the law. Moore’s personal opinions are not at issue here. As a judge, he has an obligation to follow the law. If he refuses to do so, he should be removed from office.”
Claiming the Supreme Court did not specifically address Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage in the historic Obergefell v. Hodges case, Moore justified his unconscionable position by quoting a state law that says he can “take affirmative and appropriate action to correct or alleviate any condition or situation adversely affecting the administration of justice within the state.”
Today, HRC strongly condemned a shameful order from Alabama’s Chief Justice Roy Moore saying the state’s probate judges “have a ministerial duty” not to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples regardless of the Supreme Court’s decision affirming a nationwide right to marriage equality.
“Yet again, Chief Justice Roy Moore is flagrantly defying the rule of law, and empowering those who wish to stand between same-sex couples and their constitutional right to marry the person they love,” said HRC Legal Director Sarah Warbelow. “Regardless of what Roy Moore says, marriage equality is the law of the land. His obstructionist tactics tarnish the reputation of the great state of Alabama, and we urge all of the state’s probate judges to issue licenses to same-sex couples, as is their duty under the law. Moore’s personal opinions are not at issue here. As a judge, he has an obligation to follow the law. If he refuses to do so, he should be removed from office.”
Claiming the Supreme Court did not specifically address Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage in the historic Obergefell v. Hodges case, Moore justified his unconscionable position by quoting a state law that says he can “take affirmative and appropriate action to correct or alleviate any condition or situation adversely affecting the administration of justice within the state.”
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Trans passenger forced to remove prosthetic genitalia in search
Trans passenger forced to remove prosthetic genitalia in search
At an ongoing Australian Senate inquiry into airline security … (Editor’s note: This post was originally published on our media partner HuffPost Gay Voices.)
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A New School In Georgia Offers LGBT Students A Safe Haven From Bullying
A New School In Georgia Offers LGBT Students A Safe Haven From Bullying
It could be a “lifeline” for students plagued by harassment and bullying.
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Carson Says Bringing Back ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Might Be a Good Idea
Carson Says Bringing Back ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Might Be a Good Idea
Today, HRC called on all presidential candidates to repudiate the suggestion from Ben Carson that he would be open to returning to a policy in the military where gay, lesbian, and bisexual troops are prevented from serving openly, and continuing to bar transgender troops from openly serving.
The idea came during an interview with CNN where Carson’s new campaign chair said he wants to restrict the role of women in the military and bring back the days of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT). CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Carson if he “would consider revoking the Obama administration’s moves to open the military and combat roles to LGBT troops and women.” Carson affirmed that he would consider the ridiculous and offensive idea, putting thousands of currently serving troops at risk.
“Ben Carson showed us once again how unfit he is to be commander in chief by entertaining the idea of firing thousands of currently serving military personnel who happen to be LGBT, even while we battle threats like ISIS,” said HRC spokesperson Stephen Peters, a Marine veteran discharged under DADT. “Such archaic and offensive ideas are dangerously foolish, and all candidates should immediately make clear that Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell should remain a relic of the past.”
Carson also has previously opposed the Pentagon’s current review underway updating the outdated regulations which prevent transgender service members from serving authentically.
For 17 years, DADT prohibited qualified gay, lesbian, and bisexual Americans from serving openly in the Armed Forces and sent a message that discrimination was acceptable. A 2010 study also found that women and minorities were disproportionately discharged under DADT. From World War II until the end of DADT, an estimated 114,000 service members were discharged from the military because of their sexual orientation.
Why Top Entrepreneurs Will Be Teaching Online in 2016
Why Top Entrepreneurs Will Be Teaching Online in 2016
This solved the biggest problem for me when thinking about the monetization strategy, which was scale. You can only fit so many people in a chat room before it becomes a zoo. It’s also harder to monetize a chat room. If you have 500 members at 100 dollars …
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