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5 Ways to Reduce Pre Date Anxiety

5 Ways to Reduce Pre Date Anxiety

There are certain things in life that are inevitable; a yearly Marvel movie release, McDonalds at the end of a night out and pre date anxiety. Of course, pre date anxiety is something that varies from person to person. If it doesn’t happen to you, yay you! You may stop reading now. However, if you […]

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Where have you seen our DTF campaign?

Where have you seen our DTF campaign?

We’re redefining DTF across the country — and we’ve found that you are, too

At OkCupid, we know a lot about dating. Dating can be an amazing, butterflies-in-stomach kind of thing. But sometimes dating can be a not-so-amazing kind of thing, thanks to everything from ghosting to use of DTF, a term largely used by men in a derogatory way about women meaning they’re “down to f*ck.” So we decided that in 2018, it’s time to change that; at OkCupid, we’ve made it our mission to help redefine the F in DTF to be whatever the F you want it to be, whether that’s Down to Feel fabulous, Down to Foot the bill, Down to Forget your baggage, or yes, Down to F*ck — if it’s your choice, you’re empowered to make the F whatever you want. And one way we’re doing that is with striking images from famed duo Maurizio Cattelan and Pierpaolo Ferrari.

Have you seen our DTF campaign IRL? Here are a few places you can find it.

^At the corner of N 10th St and Wythe Ave in Brooklyn^
^On a painted wall on the House of Yes in Brooklyn^
^At the corner of Bleecker St and Mulberry St in Manhattan^
^On the New York City subway^
^At the corner of E Cesar Chavez and Clara St in Austin^
^At the corner of Airport Blvd and 49th St in Austin^
^On West Burnside in Portland^

And we’re not the only ones redefining DTF. We’ve seen you redefining it, too—in amazing ways we hadn’t even thought of. Here are some of our favorites:

Everyone from Brandi Cyrus to Eugenie Grey have redefined the F in DTF to be whatever the F they want/

Find someone who’s down for the same things you are on OkCupid today.

Where have you seen our DTF campaign? was originally published in The OkCupid Blog on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

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Antigay pastor who received standing ovation after admitting to raping a girl resigns from his job

Antigay pastor who received standing ovation after admitting to raping a girl resigns from his job
“I have come to see that many wrongs occurred,” 42-year-old Andy Savage says.

www.queerty.com/antigay-pastor-received-standing-ovation-admitting-raping-girl-resigns-job-20180322?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+queerty2+%28Queerty%29

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Trump White House to host anti-LGBTQ hate group at today’s youth outreach event

Trump White House to host anti-LGBTQ hate group at today’s youth outreach event

The Alliance Defending Freedom recently argued that laws to prevent the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy violate freedom of speech and religion

NEW YORK – GLAAD, the world’s largest LGBTQ media advocacy organization, today denounced the White House for their “Generation Next: A White House Forum,” which will include a panel on free speech with Tyson Langhofer, a lawyer for the Southern Poverty Law Center-designated anti-LGBTQ hate group Alliance Defending Freedom, followed by President Trump being interviewed by anti-LGBTQ activist Charlie Kirk, and another panel moderated by Trump’s anti-LGBTQ Director of Strategic Communications Mercedes Schlapp. 

“Trump has surrounded himself with anti-LGBTQ activists who have systematically targeted the transgender community and openly defended the vile and discredited practice of conversion therapy,” said Sarah Kate Ellis, President and CEO of GLAAD. “From delivering countless speeches to fringe groups united around hatred towards LGBTQ Americans to bringing them through the White House gates, President Trump continues to lead a culture war against the LGBTQ community at every turn.”

To accurately report this event reporters have the responsibility to put those involved in full context for their readers, listeners, and viewers by including information on their anti-LGBTQ records. The Alliance Defending Freedom has a vast anti-LGBTQ record resulting in their designation as an anti-LGBTQ hate group and recently argued that laws to prevent the dangerous and discredited practice of conversion therapy is a violation of free speech. Charlie Kirk has said that requiring businesses to follow non-discrimination laws and serve LGBTQ people is “exactly the same things” as forcing a Jewish artist to paint neo-Nazi materials and that validating transgender identity is “non-biological’ and “harmful to society.” Moderator Mercedes Schlapp believes that LGBTQ people “shove their liberal ideology in the face of others, in our schools and in the public square.”

BACKGROUND: Charlie Kirk’s Anti-LGBTQ Record

  • Said it is “fascism” that a baker has to equally sell a cake to a same-sex couple, then wrongly claims it is “exactly the same thing” as forcing a Jewish artist to print neo-Nazi materials.

  • Believes that validating transgender identity is “non-biological’ and “harmful to society.”

  • Said that university that provide trans-inclusive services “are harboring anti-science, anti-biology teaching in an attempt to advance radical post-modernist ideas that will destabilize everything we know to be true.”

  • Falsely claims: ”there are only two genders.”

  • Excused Trump’s policy to ban trans soldiers because “the military is not a social experiment”

  • Tweeted a news story about a gender-neutral high school event with the line “when you think it can’t get any worse.”

  • Tweeted: “At a Starbucks this morning & the baristas had their approved gender pronouns. We are creating a society of people waiting to be offended.”

  • Claims a baker serving gay couples equally constitutes “forc[ing] artists to create art at the point of a gun.”

BACKGROUND: Mercedes Schlapp’s Anti-LGBTQ Record

  • Argued that President Obama’s support for marriage equality was a “political ploy” that “represents the worst in politics.”

  • Criticized LGBTQ rights activists for protesting anti-LGBTQ Vice President Mike Pence, saying Pence was “tagged as the enemy because he is Christian and believes in traditional values on marriage and supports religious freedoms” and that LGBTQ people “shove their liberal ideology in the face of others, in our schools and in the public square.”

  • Pushed the myth that “two-thirds of Americans oppose the Obama guidelines on the transgender bathrooms.” [Quote starts at 5:20] Her numbers seemed to be based on right wing Rasmussen poll, which is an outlier even among past Rasmussen polls; more credible polling puts opposition at just over 50%.

  • Advocated for “ensuring protection of religious liberties for those who believe in traditional marriage.” [Quote starts at 1:11:00]

  • Gave policy speeches to anti-LGBTQ organizations like Heritage Foundation & Clare Booth Luce Institute.

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March 22, 2018
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www.glaad.org/blog/trump-white-house-host-anti-lgbtq-hate-group-todays-youth-outreach-event

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Facebook Blocks Ad Targeting By Sexual Orientation

Facebook Blocks Ad Targeting By Sexual Orientation

As it wrestles with the controversy over Cambridge Analytica’s improper harvesting of user data, news has emerged that Facebook has blocked ad targeting by sexual orientation, meaning that companies and organizations will no longer be able to target specific areas of the LGBTQ community.

This has made it impossible for some organizations whose mission it is to reach at-risk individuals to reach those people.

Buzzfeed News reports:

The move has left organizations offering services to the LGBT community unable to directly target their audiences….

…The Trevor Project, a national 24/7 phone, chat, and text line aimed at suicidal LGBT youth, says the shift has disrupted its work and that it’s in talks with Facebook about reinstating the option to target ads based on sexual preference. But the discussions have so far been “fruitless,” the Trevor Project’s chief growth officer Calvin Stowell told BuzzFeed News.

“It’s really important to have that targeting be available,” Stowell said. “We’re advertising our services — obviously they’re life saving.”

GLAAD, on the other hand, told Buzzfeed that it is not against Facebook’s new policies, saying it could prevent people from using the platform maliciously.

 

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