“My whole life has been a trigger warning.”
“Go out in the world and fuck it up beautifully.”
From this video of John Waters’ 2015 Commencement Address at the Rhode Island School of Design:
John Waters Is a Lifelong Trigger Warning
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Category Archives: queer
The Assault on Kiev Pride
Thanks to Masha Gessen for this excellent first-person account of the outrageous brutality faced by queer folks attempting a March for Equality on June 6 in Kiev, Ukraine.
More at The New Yorker
New Film: “Esprit de Corps”
Come see “Esprit de Corps”, the latest film from my Filipino director friend Kanakan-Balintagos (aka Auraeus Solito) who will attend in person at 8pm this Saturday, June 13.
Read more and buy tickets at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
North Carolina Teacher Omar Currie Reads His Class Gay Fable After Third-Grader Is Bullied
“Omar Currie, 25, teaches third grade at Efland-Cheeks Elementary School in Efland, North Carolina. Three weeks ago, Currie overheard some of his students calling one of their male classmates “gay” and “a woman.” Instead of sending the bullies to the principal’s office, Currie took a different approach: He read his class King & King, a children’s fable by Linda de Haan and Stern Nijland that features a same-sex romance.”
More at Huffington Post
UCC Victorious in Lawsuit as Judge Strikes Down North Carolina Gay Marriage Ban
Somehow I missed this story from October 2014 when the United Church of Christ used “freedom of religion” grounds to get a court to strike down North Carolina’s law against same-sex marriage:
“A federal judge has struck down North Carolina’s marriage laws as unconstitutional, giving the United Church of Christ and its co-plaintiffs a monumental and historic victory for equality for all people. General Synod of the United Church of Christ et al vs. Cooper challenged the state’s Amendment One for violating the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of religion.”
More at PR Newswire