Monday Meme: Leaders

Happy 70th birthday to Patricia Ireland! The former president of the National Organization of Women, the author of What Women Want and a tireless activist for gays, lesbians and women, Ireland came out as a bisexual in 1991. Pat stirred up more than her share of trouble with her outspoken views on elections, violence against women and inequality. We decided to celebrate this trailblazer with a new Monday Meme! As a leader herself, we thought this quote was appropriate. Happy birthday, Pat and keep giving them hell.

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800,000 People Came Out This Year On Facebook

Amidst status updates about what folks had for lunch or who they’re voting for, something big is happening on Facebook in 2015. The company reports over 6 million people have come out on the social media site as LGBT including 800,000 over the past year. mipiace

Facebook released a statement on National Coming Out Day:

Over the past year, approximately 800,000 Americans updated their profile to express a same-gender attraction or custom gender. Further, not only has the total number of Americans who have come out on Facebook risen dramatically, but so has the number coming out each day. As the chart demonstrates, the number of people on Facebook coming out per day is on track to be three times what it was a year ago.

 

The company also notes that, “Additionally, in the days following the June 26 Supreme Court decision, we saw more than 26 million people display a rainbow filter on their profile picture.”

 

Proudly Yours “Wears” Purple In Support of Spirit Day

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Today, if your social media sites are all purple and you don’t know why it’s because it’s Spirit Day! Started in 2010 by a teen who wanted to bring awareness to LGBT bullying. The rules were simple: wear purple or post purple pictures on social media to show your support. The event has now grown into a phenomenon and has garnered the support of corporations, celebrities and even the White House!

We’ve gotten in on the act by posting “spirit-fied” versions of our photos on Instagram and you can too by downloading the free Spirit Day App.

Justice Sotomayor officiates same sex wedding

Supreme Court Justices Ginsberg and Kagan,respectively, recently officiated same-sex weddings. And retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor also officiated a gay wedding.  On Saturday, Justice Sonia Sotomayor joined their ranks and became the 4th justice to do the same.

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The couple, Ingrid Duran and Catherine Pino of Washington D.C., are friends of the justice. The pair founded  the high-powered DC consulting firm, D&P Creative Strategies. Pino and Duran are well-known activists for the LGBT, women and Latino civil rights. Also in attendance at the ceremony, according to SheWired.com, “U.S. Treasurer Rosa Gumataotao Rios, Rep. Xavier Beccera (D-Calif.), Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-Calif.), Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) and Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.).”

Congratulations to the happy couple!

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Monday Meme: Poetry

mishimo memeHappy Monday! Back in the early 20th century nice Japanese authors didn’t write about sex, political change and death. But Yukio Mishima did. Life for this gay provocateur wasn’t easy and he eventually died by ritual suicide at age 45. However, today Japan and the world over has recognized the man’s courage and talent.

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