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"If you can imagine dragons and zombies, you should be able to imagine equality."
Feminism in Epic Fantasy: Robert Jordan vs. George R.R. Martin (via bookriot)
(via bookriot)
#yes
#this
#fantasy
#equality
#writing
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New York City: Municipal workers rally to demand fair contracts, June 12, 2013.
Over 10,000 workers came out to demand “fair contracts” from New York City. Some unions — like the Teachers — have been without a contract for 4 years. No union has signed a contract in the past two years because the billionaire Bloomber administration is demanding steep concessions.
Photos by G. Dunkel
(via randomactsofchaos)
#concrete jungle where dreams are made
#Protest
#work
#equality
#justice
#money matters
#problematic
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View report from Center for American Progress here
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbt/report/2013/06/04/65133/a-broken-bargain/
Find links to the Full report from Movement Advancement Project here
(via humanrightswatch)
#trans
#health
#work
#law
#justice
#inforgraphic
#what bullshit
#lgbtq
#rights
#equality
#politics
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If you’re not a feminist, you either don’t know what feminism is, or you’re a bag of dicks.
That is all.
Or you’re a WoC who’s sick and tired of White Feminists thinking they speak for everybody, ignoring intersectionality, and just generally being hypocritical as fuck.
There are very valid reasons some people aren’t feminists.
(Source: catlady28)
#feminism ftw
#race
#acceptance
#money matters
#equality
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“What’s interesting is; the Swedes are an extremely equal people. There are no higher hierarchy here. The Swedes prefer a so called ‘Flat organisation’. It doesn’t matter WHO you are, the same rules apply to everyone.” [x] @ Eurovision Song Contest 2013
I can’t get over the fact that they got the Swedish Prime Minister to do this. You go, Fredrik Reinfeldt.
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#Sweden
#equality
#advertising
#fuck yeah
#ALL THE PRIZES
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John Cho on saying no to Proposition 8, California’s ban on gay marriage. [x]
(Source: dearlywatson, via sirdef)
#John Cho
#racism
#hollywood
#marriage
#equality
#politics
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I did a comic about marriage equality…
(Original: http://www.roostertailscomic.com/?p=1588)
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#lgbtq
#marriage
#equality
#problematic
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(Source: amypoehler)
#Parks and Recreation
#gender
#equality
#Leslie Knope
#speaks the truth
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Gender-Neutral Restrooms Become the Law
When Mayor Michael Nutter signed legislation Thursday to afford equal rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people, he said he hoped Philadelphia would become “the most LGBT-friendly” city in the world.
One piece of that comprehnsive legislation will forever alter the restroom options in city-owned buildings.
The legislation requires that new or renovated city-owned buildings include gender-neutral bathrooms in addition to traditional men’s and women’s restrooms.
There is more to the bill than just a neutral place to relieve oneself. Nutter, city and state lawmakers and gay rights advocates said the legislation makes Philadelphia the first city in the U.S. to offer tax credits to companies that extend the same health care coverage to LGBT employees’ domestic partners and their children as they provide to heterosexual spouses and their children.“It can be an awkward and embarrassing situation” for anyone who may “feel more like a woman, but can’t use the women’s room,” said Councilman Jim Kenney, the bill’s sponsor.
Officials said the legislation also makes Philadelphia the first city to offer businesses tax credits as a way to encourage providing transgender-specific health benefits.
“My goal is for Philadelphia to be one of, if not the most, LGBT-friendly cities in the world and a leader on equality issues,” said Nutter, adding that the signing struck a personal note because his friend, the late City Councilman John Anderson, was a gay man and a mentor who inspired him 30 years ago to pursue a life of public service.
In addition to the business tax incentives, which were backed by the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce as well as LGBT advocacy groups, and the gender-neutral restrooms, the legislation revises Philadelphia’s anti-discrimination law to include transgender people, extends decision-making rights to life partners on medical and other issues, and changes city forms and websites to offer options for same-sex couples and transgender people.
“Equal protection under the law means equal protection under the law,” said. “It doesn’t mean sanctioned by religion or custom or anything else.”
Kenney called the bill, which the City Council passed easily last month, “the next iteration of civil rights and freedom in the United States.”
“This is a city that is truly respecting all its citizens,” said state Rep. Brian Sims, a Philadelphia Democrat and the first openly gay candidate to be elected to the Legislature. “It is because of that respect that we are indeed a first-class city and we will continue to shine.”
Neither gay marriage nor civil unions are legal in Pennsylvania, and the state has a law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
(via stfuconservatives)
#gender
#equality
#trans
#finally
#law
#America the Beautiful
