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89th Academy Awards: 'Moonlight' is first LGBTQ film to win Best Picture

Moonlight picked up three awards tonight, including Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay.

Probably don’t need to tell you, but it can’t be said enough: Moonlight has won the Best Picture Oscar, making it the first LGBTQ film to take home the industry’s highest honor.

The film is based on the play, “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue,” and scriptwriter Tarell Alvin McCraney says:

“Moonlight isn’t just a ‘gay film’ or a ‘black film,’” attributing an inauthenticity in limiting the film to just one category. 

“It is a queer story, it is a gay story, it is a poverty story — you know what I mean? It is a story about drug addiction.”

Through its win, many are celebrating the universality of stories told from marginalized perspectives – that anyone can relate to & learn from these less visible perspectives even if the experiences between the viewer and the film’s subjects are dissimilar.

We hope that the Best Picture win will ignite an intellectual curiosity for many more people to seek out the film than would otherwise – but what’s assured: Moonlight is a landmark film that will enjoy a place in the studied canon for the rest of film history.

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The Take Action Tour Volume 11 Compilation is OUT NOW! It includes exclusive songs from The Used, Bad Religion,AWOLNATION, The Wonder Years, All Time Low & many more. Head to Best Buy to grab your copy! Proceeds help benefit the It Gets Better...

The Take Action Tour Volume 11 Compilation is OUT NOW! It includes exclusive songs from The Used, Bad Religion,AWOLNATION, The Wonder Years, All Time Low & many more. Head to Best Buy to grab your copy! 

Proceeds help benefit the It Gets Better Project

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We’re happy to announce that we’ve collaborated with our friends at the Trans Student Equality Resources to create this great infographic just in time for students going back to school. Educate yourself on ways to make your school safer for you and...
We’re happy to announce that we’ve collaborated with our friends at the Trans Student Equality Resources to create this great infographic just in time for students going back to school. 

Educate yourself on ways to make your school safer for you and your peers. Visit the ACLU Nationwide‘s LGBT Youth Resources for more information.
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10 Queer Podcasts You Need To Download Right Now

Get ready to love your commute.

Our own Dan Savage – who founded It Gets Better btw – was featured in this list of exemplary Queer Podcasts for his project Savage Lovecast, essentially a podcast version of his weekly sex & relationship advice column.

Also featured in the list are The Read, Homoground (featuring LGBTQ music artists), Pod Save the People, and more.

You can access Savage Lovecast here.

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transgenderstudentlife: “ thespookyhomosexual: “ thespookyhomosexual: “ A trans* guide I made for an infographic assignment in my English class. I hope everything is fitting, if you notice something is off, not correct, or could be improved please...
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A trans* guide I made for an infographic assignment in my English class.

I hope everything is fitting, if you notice something is off, not correct, or could be improved please let me know. I would hate to have anyone feeling left out or marginalized.

Edit: I forgot to say that for this assignment we had to work within a limited space to display as much information as possible. I attempted to cover the more generalized terms, as my “target audience” would be those who have no exposure to trans* identities.

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Edit: Thanks for the feedback, everybody. It’s been great. I took out some parts that were rough, vague, or maybe not the best. Hope it is better.

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Regarding the first two boxes on the top left:

  • (1) MtF and FtM are not great terms to use if you’re trying to present gender as a spectrum rather than a binary (which I’m assuming you’re doing because you’ve included genders outside the binary on this infographic). What about using “Trans woman” or “Transgender woman?”
  • (2) In the descriptions, using the word “but” implies that the person’s identity is in opposition with what they were assigned at birth, which in turn alludes to and reinforces the gender binary. If gender is a spectrum, there are no two inherent “opposing” identities. The idea that there are only two genders and that they oppose each other is part of what is socially constructed about gender.  What do you think about the following: “A woman who was assigned male a birth.” or “A woman who was assigned male at birth; identifies as female.”

Regarding the “Third Gender” description:

  • I’ve never seen this definition before; it’s interesting. You may want to associate in which culture(s) the Two-Spirit identity/role appears. This is not a term for just anyone to use; it is specific to certain culture(s) and people should know that.
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