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Congratulations to Nathan and Tegan from Australia!
To get the full value of joy, you must have someone to divide it with. Nathan has never been more joyous. He writes: “Tegan and I chatted on Zoosk and quickly exchanged numbers. We spent almost 7 hours on the phone that night. The very next day, I drove to meet her. We sat on the
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about.zoosk.com/en/blog/success-stories/congratulations-nathan-tegan-australia/
Finally! A Cost Effective Way to Plan a Bachelor(ette) Party for Your Bestie!
It’s officially wedding season which means Bachelor/Bachelorette parties are happening every other weekend, and you’re wondering how you’re ever going to budget and plan all these parties. Dry your eyes, because today I have the secret formula to hosting the perfect party celebrating your soon-to-be-wed bestie! First things first, build out a plan with the […]
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blog.pof.com/2019/06/how-to-plan-a-cost-effective-bachelorette-party-for-your-bestie/
Introducing Mini Browser, letting you chat and browse at the same time!
LINE Labs periodically offers a range of beta features, allowing you to try out some of our latest ideas before they become an official part of the LINE app (but only for iOS).
Here’s the newest addition from LINE Labs, a type of picture-in-picture feature called Mini Browser.
Simply swipe down the opened web browser to make it shrink so that you can see the web browser and your chat at the same time.
Now, there’s no need to click a link and close the web browser and go back and forth. You can keep the web browser open and chat at the same time, on the same screen.
Note: To enable this feature, make sure LINE Labs is turned on. Here’s how to do so.
The Ultimate Dating Dictionary: Terms You’ve Pretended to Know But Had No Idea What They Meant Until Now!
New dating terms seems to pop up on the daily, and it can be quite confusing to keep up with the latest rising trends. How many times have you politely nodded your head pretending to understand your friend when they’ve said something like this: “He was totalling flexting and sexting me over the weekend, pretty […]
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Screen sharing goes mobile—and more
Skype has always been the easiest way to share your screen with others, and now we’re taking one of our most popular features on the go. Starting today, we’re launching screen sharing on Android and iOS—along with multiple improvements to our mobile calling experience.
Whether you have a last-minute meeting on the go, or your dad doesn’t know how to use his phone—screen sharing on Android and iOS lets you get it done from anywhere. Maybe you want to shop online with your best friends, or you need to collaborate with someone on the other side of the world from the comfort of your couch—no need to drag out the laptop! Simply start a Skype call, tap the brand new “…” menu, and start sharing your screen.
Speaking of brand new, Skype’s mobile calling redesign streamlines and simplifies the video call. A single tap will dismiss the call controls and let you fully experience the most essential Skype feature—a video call without any obstructions. Want to make it even cleaner? Try a double tap to remove it all. A single tap brings all the controls back, with everything you need the most at the front and center.
We added everything else into the newly redesigned “…” menu. This new menu allows you to access all our useful features, like screen sharing, call recording, and subtitles—all while keeping your video call simple and clutter free.
We’re proud to release these updates to our mobile calling experience, enabling everyone to get more done, from anywhere. Screen sharing on mobile is available on the latest version of Skype on Android and iOS devices running iOS 12 and up.
To learn more about screen sharing, and our new mobile redesign, read our support article. We also love to hear from you on the Skype Community, where millions of Skype users have registered to share their expertise, feedback, and Skype stories.
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blogs.skype.com/news/2019/06/04/screen-sharing-goes-mobile-and-more/
47 Photos of Street Stuff at Puerto Vallarta Pride
www.advocate.com/pride/2019/6/04/47-photos-street-stuff-puerto-vallarta-pride
Introducing Orientation on Tinder
Sometimes you need a makeover to glow up and friends to help you do it.
That’s why we partnered up with GLAAD to introduce a new feature that will help members of our community truly shine and be their most authentic selves on Tinder. Please allow us to reorient ourselves.
To edit or add more information about your sexual orientation on Tinder, simply edit your profile. When you tap “Orientation” you’ll be able to select up to three terms that you feel best describe your sexual orientation. From there, it’s totally up to you whether these are displayed on your profile or not.
If you’re new here — welcome! We’ve updated the onboarding experience to include sexual orientation from the start. It’s a pleasure to meet you.
For the first time, you’ll also have more say in how your potential matches are ordered on Tinder. By visiting your Discovery Preferences, you can choose to see people of your same orientation first — the choice is yours.
We worked closely with GLAAD to introduce Orientation on Tinder. And we know that it will continue to evolve and change, just like sexuality. If you have feedback about the update or would like to see more sexual orientation terms added to Tinder, simply send us a note to [email protected]. We want to hear from you.
We remain committed to making Tinder the best platform for meeting new people – for everyone.
Orientation on Tinder will be rolling out in the U.S., U.K., Canada, Ireland, India, Australia and New Zealand throughout June.
Winners of the 31st Annual ‘Lambda Literary Awards’ for Best LGBTQ Books Announced: FULL LIST
The winners of the 31st Annual Lambda Literary Awards (aka The Lammys) were announced on Monday night at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts in New York City.
According to organizers, “60 literary professionals served as judges this year, spending countless hours considering this year’s record number of submissions. This year’s finalists were chosen from over 1,000 books submitted by over 300 publishers.”
The awards were handed out at a ceremony hosted by Mx Justin Vivian Bond. The Lambda Literary Foundation is the nation’s leading nonprofit organization advancing LGBTQ literature.
Lambda reports: “Along with the 25 book award winners, three special honors were also given to Alexander Chee, Masha Gessen, and Barbara Smith. Alexander Chee received Lambda’s Trustee Award for his immeasurable contributions to culture as a novelist, essayist, activist, and teacher, which was presented on stage by award-winning actor Anthony Rapp. Masha Gessen received the Visionary Award for their work advancing public awareness around the global threat of totalitarianism, which was presented by HuffPost Editor-in-Chief Lydia Polgreen. Barbara Smith received the Publishing Professional Award for a lifetime of work that has profoundly shaped our collective understanding of the interconnections between race, class, and gender. Smith’s award was presented by the poet, educator, and activist Cheryl Clarke.”
And here are the nominees and winners.
Lesbian Fiction
Gay Fiction
Bisexual Fiction
Transgender Fiction
Bisexual Nonfiction
Transgender Nonfiction
LGBTQ Nonfiction
Lesbian Poetry
Gay Poetry
Bisexual Poetry (*new category for the 31st Annual Lammys)
Transgender Poetry
Lesbian Mystery
Gay Mystery
Lesbian Memoir/Biography
Gay Memoir/Biography
Lesbian Romance
Gay Romance
LGBTQ Anthology
LGBTQ Children’s/Young Adult
LGBTQ Drama
LGBTQ Erotica
LGBTQ Graphic Novels
LGBTQ Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror
LGBTQ Studies
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How the LGBTQ community can find themselves in fanfiction
My first encounter with fanfiction was spurred by Commander Lexa’s death by bullet wound on The 100. I was an upset high schooler in search of an outlet that could and would tell the stories that Clexa (Clarke and Lexa) deserved. I wanted to find a place that would explore further into their possible stories that could have happened if Lexa had not met her end. I did not know much, if anything, about fanfiction as a medium. I was unaware of the sheer effort and hours of time that go into each work. Yet, when I had nowhere left to turn for the representation I was wanting to see so badly, I was thrown into the platform Archive of Our Own. Archive of Our Own hosts works from over 30,000 fandoms with tagging systems within each individual fandom so users can filter what they want to see, a response to the media overload on the internet that we as a society face each day. I quickly learned I was amongst a passionate community of creators who were interested in telling stories about characters they loved; characters they wanted to see grow in different ways than they were portrayed on screen and in more depth than a weekly show could ever accommodate.
Even today, GLAAD’s most recent Where We Are on TV report shows that queer women remain underrepresented in television as a whole. Representation of queer women of color is even further behind. These characters are rarely the lead of their series or even heavily focused on in the larger picture of the show’s storytelling, save for some anomalies like Starz’ Vida, Hulu’s The Bisexual and a vast collection of web series like Carmilla and How to Not. It’s for this reason that fanfiction still continues to reel in audiences who are looking for better or more representation of themselves. Fanfiction gives characters and couples we love the space to grow, and empowers fans to believe that they can lead happy and fulfilling lives even when the characters on screen are not living those lives. Fans have even led movements to so that what holistic representation we do have on screen continues.
#carmillamovie #carmilla #elisebauman #natashanegovanlis
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Networks and studios used to issue takedown notices for fanfiction fairly often, but I believe they are now recognizing the power of passionate fans. It is fans’ passion that can actually save television nowadays. For example, Netflix’s Sense8 may not have been fully renewed for a final season, but it did receive a finale special, in large part due to the outcries from fans on losing such an inclusive and relatable cast of characters who organized with petitions, a social media plan, and direct contact. Brooklyn Nine-Nine found success with its own fan outcries on social media, as it was picked up by NBC after FOX canceled the show. And currently, the fans of the cancelled sitcom One Day at a Time are pushing for a new service to pick up the show,and have spurred interest by other platforms in continuing the show. Fans perhaps have more power now than ever to influence the shows they love, and yet, people continue to turn to fanfiction.
Death doesn’t let you say goodbye. 2 hour finale episode in the works. Tell your cluster. pic.twitter.com/GHZgGuHwS0
— Sense8 (@sense8) June 29, 2017
When representation has not met the standards of imagination on screen, fanfiction writers can dig deeper into the worlds and character relationships and pull out what television writers refuse to or cannot explore with time, budget or other constraints. These brand new worlds inspire many people in underrepresented communities, and they absolutely inspired me as a high schooler coming into college. At that point in time, I did not know what my life would look like, being a part of the LGBTQ community in this new space I would call home.
It was fanfiction that allowed me to see that happy beginnings, middles, and endings did exist for young queer couples. It allowed me to see myself having a group of friends who loved me for all of me. This was not the reality of the screens in front of me. It was words written by fans that made me feel like I could thrive in whatever environment I entered, whether that was an alternate universe or the world we live in today.
www.glaad.org/blog/how-lgbtq-community-can-find-themselves-fanfiction
Is State Department’s ‘Natural Law’ Effort Code for Homophobia?
The department’s plan to establish a commission to look at human rights through a “natural law” lens has activists concerned.
www.advocate.com/politics/2019/6/01/state-departments-natural-law-effort-code-homophobia
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