The Type A To My Type B: 5 Reasons Why You Should Try Dating Your Opposite

We’ve seen the trope a million times. Danny and Sandy from Grease, Noah and Allie from The Notebook, and more recently, Jake and Amy from Brooklyn Nine-Nine show us the classic story of two people who are incredibly different but end up falling madly in love. So what’s the deal? Do opposites really attract, or […]

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Advice for Transgender and Non-Binary Students Heading Back to School

For many children, the first few days back to school can make or break their year — and for trans and non-binary students, it can be doubly difficult to know where to turn to seek support for their unique needs.

HRC and the University of Connecticut’s recent 2018 LGBTQ Youth Report revealed that a majority of transgender youth don’t feel safe using the bathroom at school and are often not called by their chosen names or correct pronouns.

That’s why it’s not only critical that educators continue working to create safe and supportive schools for transgender and non-binary students, but that these young people — who might not feel safe speaking up — have their own strategies as well as they return to school.  

We asked our colleagues here at HRC to help out and provide some advice to trans and non-binary students as they get ready to head back to their classrooms:

“When you look around at the other students on your first day back, remember you’re never alone. At least one person gets you — and needs you to get them. Go find them.”
— Jay Brown
Pronouns: He, Him, His

“Not everyone is always going to understand you and some might even be mean, but there are always people who adore you and will happily run to help. If you are an open trans kid (or even if you’re not), understand you don’t have to pretend to be something else just to fit in. Be brave and always be yourself!”
— Laya Monarez
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers

“There’s no such thing as being feminine or masculine ‘enough.’ You’re enough right now, exactly as you are, and you’re amazing. No class can teach us how to be ourselves. It’s on us to do the homework and ask the tough questions. Understanding and accepting your identity isn’t easy, but I promise it’ll be worth it.”
— Collen Kutney
Pronouns: They, Them, Theirs

“Be proud, be visible, be strong and surround yourself with those like you. Be the beacon they seek and together you will shine as bright as diamonds. Muestra tu orgullo, se visible, se firme y rodéate de aquellxs como tu. Se el farol que ellxs buscan y juntxs brillaran tales como los diamantes que son.”
— Lisbeth Meléndez Rivera
Pronouns: Ella, She, Her, Hers

“Sometimes going back to school can be scary, particularly if you are worried about bullies. One thing I always try to remember when I face bullies is that as LGBTQ people we show so much power in just being ourselves, and the bullies see that power and are jealous of it. You are powerful just by being, and never forget that.”
— Sarah McBride
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers

“There are so many ways to be trans or non-binary, and don’t worry if you feel different. Keep being yourself and try to find others who love you for who you are.”
— Charles Girard
Pronouns: He, Him, His

“It can be hard to get people at school to understand how important it is to use your pronouns, especially if you use neutral ones like they/them/theirs. Find one friend who is willing to be your advocate. They can go with you to the bathroom, use your correct pronouns in front of other people, or just give your hand a squeeze if you’re not okay. Sometimes it’s just nice to know that one person has your back!”
— Sula Malina
Pronouns: They, Them, Theirs

“There is no such thing as ‘not queer enough.’ If you’re queer, you make what it means to you, and that should be good enough for everyone else. You’re part of the family.”
— Charlotte Clymer
Pronouns: She, Her, Hers

Housed by the HRC Foundation, Welcoming Schools and Time to THRIVE are national programs designed to help LGBTQ youth succeed. Welcoming Schools is the nation’s premier professional development program providing LGBTQ and gender inclusive resources to schools to reduce bullying behavior and establish a positive school climate. Time to THRIVE is an annual national conference that brings together K-12 educators, counselors and other youth-serving professionals to build awareness and cultural competency to better support LGBTQ youth.

www.hrc.org/blog/advice-for-transgender-and-non-binary-students-heading-back-to-school?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

Josh Sparx: Im New…

Hey guys… I am new to this and I often wonder if it shows. Actually, I know it shows. I am not sure why I even stumbled upon the idea of getting naked or having sex on webcam but I have to say – It’s fun and I enjoy the people I am meeting along the way. It’s nice to meet real people and by real I mean down to earth… experienced life… kind of real. You don’t find that too much these days and I think that could be what is wrong with today’s society. Anyway, I am not going to get on that soap box. I am not sure to talk about my personal life on here, or in detail as I would or just keep it simple and vague. Ha. I dont have an exciting life but somehow it always is entertaining….

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27 Lesbian Sex Tips Porn Won’t Teach You

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Woman Knocked Unconscious in Anti-Trans Attack in Charleston

The assailant reportedly used anti-trans slurs before striking the woman and her sister.

www.advocate.com/crime/2018/8/30/woman-knocked-unconscious-anti-trans-attack-charleston

Stephany Saldana: Im New Here!

Hi guys I’m Stephany. and I am new here and would love to meet some very nice people here.. have a lil fun in my pvt chat rooms. Ill tell you about my daily activities. Ill listen to you, good conversation goes a long way. I would love to get to know you all. have a nice night loves! muah!!! ;)btw my cam sucks so can’t be on for long time till I get a new cam recorder… see you loves!!!

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We’ve revamped the LINE profile page, giving you more space to express yourself!

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David Beckham, Craig Zadan, Intersex Surgery, 3-D Guns, Human Rights Campaign, Stormy Daniels, Tyler the Creator: HOT LINKS

UNBLOCKED. Trump unblocks more Twitter followers after court order: “U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday unblocked some additional Twitter users after a federal judge in May said preventing people from following him violated individuals constitutional rights….The 41 blocked users include a film producer, screenwriter, photographer and author who had criticized President Trump or his policies. At least 20 of those individuals said on Twitter that Trump had unblocked them on Tuesday.”

LESS THAN TWO MINUTES. How long Donald Trump lasted, according to Stormy Daniels.

CHRIST AND THE HOMOSEXUAL. Rev. Robert Wood, who urged Christian acceptance of gay people, dies: ‘The Rev. Robert W. Wood, who boldly urged Christian clergymen in a 1960 book to welcome gay men and women to their churches in a time of widespread prejudice against them, and went on to march in early gay-rights protests, died on Aug. 19 at his home in Concord, N.H. He was 95.’

CHARLES KOCH. Conservative group plans $5 million spend on attack ads going live in Wisconsin, Missouri and Tennessee attacking the Democratic Senate candidates: ‘The biggest spend is in Missouri, where AFP will put $2.1 million behind a 30-second ad attacking Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) as a “career politician” who voted for ObamaCare. The ad also highlights government contracts her husband’s company received.’

FLORIDA. Bernie-backed Andrew Gillum wins Democratic primary for governor, is Florida’s first black gubernatorial candidate. ‘Nominating Gillum represents a strategic break for Democrats. For most of the last 20 years, the party has nominated centrist candidates for governor, hoping they could appeal to middle-of-the-road voters and Republicans. It hasn’t worked, and Democrats have lost every governor’s race for the past 20 years. Gillum, 39, urged Democrats to try something different by nominating a progressive — him — to rally the Democratic base in November. Lesbian mom Lauren Baer wins U.S. House primary. ‘Baer beat corporate attorney and former U.S. Navy JAG officer Pam Keith. About 58 percent of St. Lucie and Martin county voters supported Baer. Palm Beach County was still counting election results.’

TYLER THE CREATOR. Rapper changes pronoun to “he” on love song “Sometimes”.

‘UNMITIGATED CHAOS’ North Carolina Republicans freak after court strikes down state’s U.S. House district maps: ‘A three-judge panel on Monday ruled North Carolina’s 13 congressional districts were unconstitutional because they had been drawn with too much consideration of partisanship in order to give Republicans an unfair advantage, in violation of the First Amendment rights of state voters. The panel gave plaintiffs and respondents until Friday to suggest a path forward, one that could lead to new district lines being drawn just days before the state Board of Elections has to print ballots for midterm elections on Nov. 6.’

CALIFORNIA. Resolution passed condemning intersex surgeries on children: ‘The Legislature passed a resolution demanding the medical community halt nonconsensual medical procedures that try to cosmetically “normalize” variations in intersex children’s sex characteristics. The resolution, which calls the practice a human rights violation, is a landmark moment for the intersex community, advocates say. ‘

RUSSIA. First Russian gay married couple who fled to the Netherlands, speak to VICE.



TEXAS. Company begins selling 3-D gun blueprints against court’s order: “This judge’s order stopping us from simply giving things away was only an authorization that we can sell it, that we can mail it, that we can e-mail it, that we can provide it by secure transfer,” Wilson said. “I am doing all of those things,” he added.

MALTA. Gay blood donation policy to be eased.

REAL ESTATE. David and Julia Koch, NYC’s richest couple, buy $40 million mansion on a whim: ‘The seller was real-estate mogul Joseph Chetrit, who bought the property as part of six 19th-century row houses in 2007 for a combined $26 million and turned them into three double-wide mansions — gutting the interiors but keeping the facades intact. The one the Kochs bought was the largest of the three. “They just fell in love with it and felt like they had to have it,” a source said.’

HRC. Eric Holder, Danica Roem and Nelson Araujo to speak at Human Rights Campaign national dinner.

.@HRC is excited to announce that @EricHolder, Danica Roem (@pwcdanica) & @NelsonAraujoNV will speak at @HRC’s 22nd annual #HRCNationalDinner. @StaceyAbrams, the Democratic nominee for governor of Georgia, will also address HRC volunteers earlier that day. t.co/9YMaZB2kvE

— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) August 29, 2018

CRAIG ZADAN. Memorial for prolific producer to be held: “The event, to be held at the Television Academy’s headquarters in North Hollywood, was originally set up to be the ETF’s annual West Coast gala Thespians Go Hollywood, which was to honor Zadan and his producing partner Neil Meron with the group’s first-ever Theatre For Life Award. But after Zadan’s sudden death a week ago at age 69 due to complications from shoulder surgery, the evening will now become the official memorial and celebration of Zadan’s legacy.”

UNCLE BUDDIES. Elton John and a shirtless David Beckham.

HUMP DAY HOTTIE. Luis Urribari.

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HRC Endorses Senator Tom Carper and Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester for Re-Election

HRC announced its endorsement of Senator Tom Carper (D-DE) for re-election to the U.S. Senate and U.S. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE) for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives.

“We are proud to endorse two pro-equality Delaware leaders, Senator Tom Carper and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester, for re-election,” said JoDee Winterhof, HRC Senior Vice President for Policy and Political Affairs. “Every time they take the train down to Washington, Senator Carper and Congresswoman Blunt Rochester carry with them the hopes of all Delawareans. With the LGBTQ community under attack by the Trump-Pence administration, Senator Carper and Congresswoman Blunt Rochester have tirelessly fought to defend our progress and advance equality for LGBTQ people both in Delaware and around the nation. Now more than ever, we need elected officials who can help pull the emergency brake on the Trump-Pence administration, and in Senator Carper and Congresswoman Blunt Rochester, Delawareans have those leaders.”

“All Americans—regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identify—deserve equal protection under the law,” said Senator Tom Carper (D-DE). “We made incredible strides toward LGBT equality during the Obama-Biden Administration, but that progress is under attack by the Trump-Pence Administration. I am honored to receive the endorsement from Human Rights Campaign, and I will continue to fight for equal rights and federal protections for LGBT Americans in the Senate.”

“I’m so incredibly proud to receive the Human Rights Campaign’s endorsement,” said Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE). “I have always believed in the inspiring and empowering effect of love. It’s why I have always fought to ensure that no one is denied their basic rights for who they are or who they love. The setbacks we’ve experienced are frustrating, but I’m motivated and energized by ordinary citizens standing up and fighting for what is right. It is a fight I will not run away from, and I look forward to working with HRC to support our LGBTQ community and to ensure that love always conquers hate.”

HRC has worked closely with Senator Carper and Representative Blunt Rochester during their time in Congress. Senator Carper earned perfect scores on the HRC Congressional Scorecard in both the 114th and 113th Congress — a key tool measuring their support for LGBTQ equality. Since taking office more recently in January of 2017, Representative Blunt Rochester has been a staunch ally to the LGBTQ community, co-sponsoring critical pro-equality legislation.

Both Senator Carper and Representative Blunt Rochester are co-sponsors of the Equality Act, a comprehensive LGBTQ nondiscrimination bill. Earlier this month, Senator Carper and U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) introduced the Census Equality Act, a bill that would ensure that the LGBTQ community is represented fairly in the U.S. Census.

Last summer, HRC announced a bold, proactive grassroots expansion with the launch of HRC Rising — a campaign to accelerate progress in states from coast-to-coast, resist the politics of hate, fight anti-LGBTQ legislation, and fuel pro-equality candidates and initiatives. The expansion is the biggest strategic investment in the organization’s 37-year history. Throughout the next several months, HRC will be mobilizing Delaware’s “Equality Voters,” meaning they are strong supporters of progressive LGBTQ policies including marriage equality, adoption by LGBTQ people, and laws that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.
 

www.hrc.org/blog/hrc-endorses-senator-tom-carper-and-representative-lisa-blunt-rochester?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss-feed

TOMORROW—Leah Vukmir Aligns with Trump-Pence Administration to Bring Anti-LGBTQ Attacks to WI

HRC is exposing the record of Vice President Mike Pence, who is scheduled to raise money for Wisconsin U.S. Senate candidate Leah Vukmir in Milwaukee. Pence and Vukmir both oppose laws that would ban discrimination against LGBTQ people in housing, employment, and in public spaces, both oppose protections for LGBTQ youth facing bullying and harassment, and both have long crusaded against marriage equality. 
 
“Mike Pence and Leah Vukmir have pushed anti-LGBTQ policies that are not only wrong, they are politically toxic in a state with more than 560,000 thousand Equality Voters,” said HRC State Director Wendy Strout. “Throughout her almost two decades in public office, Vukmir has repeatedly taken extreme positions far outside the mainstream — derailing efforts to pass commonsense protections for Wisconsin’s LGBTQ community and even LGBTQ youth in schools. She has close ties to some of the nation’s most virulently anti-LGBTQ organizations, such as the Family Research Council. By aligning herself with the Trump-Pence administration, Vukmir continues to place herself on the wrong side of history.”
 
Vukmir has also pushed for a license to discriminate in the health care system that would prioritize physicians’ beliefs over life-saving patient care. In addition to her attacks on the LGBTQ community, Vukmir’s extremist agenda also includes attacks on voting rights; health care, including ending protections for people with pre-existing conditions and stripping women of their reproductive rights; education; and the environment.
 
As Pence and Vukmir campaign together and push their extreme, anti-equality agendas, HRC is on the ground mobilizing our members and supporters and nearly 560,000 Equality Voters in Wisconsin to reject the politics of discrimination and re-elect Senator Tammy Baldwin.
 
HRC’s comprehensive “The Real Mike Pence” campaign includes a report, microsite and series of videos that shine a spotlight on Pence’s decades-long crusade against LGBTQ equality, and inside-the-White House efforts leading the Trump-Pence administration’s attacks on LGBTQ people, including those who bravely serve our nation in the military. It lays out his long record of support for the abusive practice of so-called “conversion therapy;” his relentless pursuit of a license to discriminate against LGBTQ people; his attempts to block hate crime legislation and funding for HIV and AIDS prevention; and his efforts to undermine access to health and reproductive care essential to LGBTQ people. He also keeps busy with his extremist agenda by working to undermine science, health, transparency, education, justice and public safety.
 
In Wisconsin, HRC has identified more than 560,000 “Equality Voters” — voters who support LGBTQ-inclusive policies including marriage equality, equitable family law, and laws that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity. HRC has prioritized investments and organizing in Wisconsin in the 2018 cycle, and has put staff and resources on the ground in the state. Last year, HRC announced a coast-to-coast campaign called HRC Rising, which represents the largest grassroots expansion in the organization’s 38-year history.
 
To schedule an interview with HRC State Director Wendy Strout, contact [email protected]. 

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