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Aesop removed products from Melbourne and Sydney stores and stocked the shelves with books with 60 LGBTQIA+ authors and allies to celebrate Australia’s 2022 Pride festivities. / via OMGLORD

vs. what pride actually is. An expanded notion by Jess Bird

Held in New York City, New York, on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. / via Nayland Blake

Florida high school class president Zander Moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” in his grad speech, so he replaced gay with “having curly hair.” 👏👏👏

An excellent looking small batch Risograph zine supporting the Queer.Archive.Work organization. / / via & by @soulellis

I stumbled on to this article thanks to Rachel, but enjoyed clicking all around IDEO's site.

Sarah Schulman is a playwright , an author, and a queer activist. She is also a professor of creative writing, and once, a number of years ago, she learned that…

Andrew Joseph Duffer is an incredible young voice. Rapid fire, unscripted, spot on. (NSFW, but what is W?)

Favorite bit? The Gay Graphic Design Workshop, which promises “fun tips to come out of the closet at your design studio,” as well as topics of conversation such as: sex, PrEP, typefaces, BBS, bottoming, STDs, kerning, the 2014 La Roux album that everyone tends to ignore, and whether Michael Bierut is kind of hot. You will also make some graphic design.

Kicked in on this one.

How a Bank Robber Made the Most Expensive Gay Porno Flick of All Time

How Tom of Finland created a legendary gay aesthetic

a good way to start the week

Community-generated mapping project that geo-locates queer moments, memories and histories in relation to physical space

hothese are my friends Patrick and Thor. Can't wait to revisit NYC and see them again this way and IRL!

If you think your are an ally for your gay friends and family, there’s probably a great deal you don’t know about their lives. I encourage you to read on… Today…

There’s a bear on the bed: 280pounds. Covered in hair. Fast asleep. He’s startled awake. There’s a young man in the room, a good-looking one, and the bear’s…

Photography by Platon Many of us think we know Robert De Niro. We know him as Travis Bickle or Vito Corleone or any number of other gangsters or bad guys. His…

Pretty touching bit of marketing and feedback from Honey Maid.

Ask Your Dad revists that other letter I linked up a few days ago with moving thoughts.

If you're not familiar with Reddit, click on the thumbnail to see the letter. It's heartbreaking to read. I suppose some will file this under First Amendment rights.

Very well done infographic by The Guardian that illustrates the rainbow is pretty dim across, well, everywhere but the Northeast. Sigh. / via NextDraft email newsletter

Says Ellen: "I usually don't talk about stuff like this on my show, but I really want to thank everyone who is supporting me. Here are the values I stand for. I stand for honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you'd want to be treated and helping those in need.To me, those are traditional values. That's what I stand for…I also believe in dance."

Matt collects the two videos that have resonated with me (and many) in the past few weeks. I mentioned Zach Wahls in a previous link but failed to post the video.

Answers questions on Reddit.

Interviewing gay folk of the creative persuasion. Nice to see!

It's three minutes of time, but dang I want to shake this man's hand and scream Amen!

An art show inspired by a comic of the imagined tender love affair between punk icons Glenn Danzig and Henry Rollins.

This spoof on the fast food chain's contributions to anti-gay groups is solid. (And Funny or Die has pretty dang good production values.) / via JoeMyGod

Pixar adds a wonderful set of faces and stories to this grassroots series.

This is a long read, about homosexuality, and faith, and bullies, and so much more. It's beautiful. / via MetaFilter

Come spring, I hope to grab a treat from here. / via wonderland

Pervy, but well done indeed

These quiz things are always tough (via JoeMyGod)

One factoid about Ohio's 2004 ban, it also eliminated benefits between domestic partners. That part gets lost and it's exceptionally sad.

In his finding, "Marriage bans are losing ground at a rate of slightly less than 2 points per year." In this scheme I might be able to force friends into funny bridesmaids dressed by 2013 in my home state of Ohio.

(via towleroad)

No amount of forms or powers of attorney can change taxation laws. Simply put, without recognition of relationship from the government, things like this will continue to happen.

We have a beautiful thing here. In fact, everyone should be so lucky. (the video on this petition page got the tears flowin' here)