Prospective Terror in the Tropics: a new Brazilian LGBTI holocaust?

It seemed like a brief reprieve.  Many who have been following the current election cycle in Brazil watched with deep apprehension.  Jair Bolsonaro of the “Social Liberal Pary” (PSL) led the October 7, 2018 presidential election by almost 16 percentage points.  But achieving only 46% of the vote, he fell just short of the 50% […]

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It’s Like North Carolina’s HB2 all Over Again

TMPlanet Today, April 3rd, voters in Anchorage, Alaska will weigh in on Proposition 1, a ballot initiative to ban transgender people from using bathrooms and other facilities. 40 percent of the state’s population lives in the metro area of Anchorage so the stakes are high for Alaska’s queer community. Proposition 1 would write into law […]

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A Tale of 2 Nations: Does the Prime Minister’s apology to LGBT people represent a true trend?

By Lynnea Urania Stuart   We had long desired to hear words like this.  For Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, at least, they seem demonstrably heart-felt, not just because he said them but because he also took action on behalf of LGBT peoples.  But it will take more than Trudeau to make real change happen in […]

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The Problem With Cis-to-Trans Fan Art and Headcanons

By Artist Levi van Wyk:
I feel that if a transgender person states that they do not agree with something transgender-related, which was created by someone outside of the transgender community, they should be respected, instead of attacked. A lot of transgender individuals on these groups mentioned that they usually get attacked by cisgender individuals, and told that they house “internalized transphobia”.

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