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This month there is lots of Cake to Share, cake to have later, cake you eat with friends, cake you eat at night time. It’s not in any order!
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Homemade cake! A Darwinite in Melbourne penned this song to a well known tune to deal with discrimination at a dentist.
My dentist don’t mess around, she asks me straight out if I’m homo or bi.
Making the transition: Long before Caitlin Jenner came out, people who feel they have been born in the wrong body have taken steps to change what gender they’re identified as.
http://www.radionz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-weekend/audio/201785675/making-the-transition
Just Me and Allah: A Queer Muslim Photo Project
http://queermuslimproject.tumblr.com/
Marriage inequality. Briton who died on honeymoon in Australia to have same-sex marriage recognised. South Australian premier Jay Weatherill gives personal guarantee that David Bulmer-Rizzi’s death certificate will be reissued with correct status and vows to amend legislation to recognise overseas same-sex marriages
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jan/21/briton-who-died-on-honeymoon-in-australia-to-have-same-sex-marriage-recognised
Weird Questions Gay Couples Get “Are you going to have gaybies?”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/kevinmcshane/weird-questions-gay-couples-get#.irgp8mKqJ
The Chilean Ministry of Health has issued instructions to its national health sector to stop “normalising” medical interventions on intersex infants and children. This guidance is a global first: the first time that a health ministry has shown leadership in taking this step without legislation or legal action. They have done this while awaiting the development of human rights-affirming treatment protocols and legislation to offer protection from discrimination on grounds of “sexual characteristics”.
Chile Ministry of Health instructs its department of health to stop ‘normalising’ medical intervention on intersex infants and children
https://oii.org.au/30250/chilean-ministry-stops-normalising/
‘In My Shoes’ asks five transgender young people what it’s like to be them – the awesome times, the challenges and how they’ve gotten through them. This short, collaborative documentary film is an initiative of the Transgender Anti-Violence Project at The Gender Centre Inc., NSW and is produced by Tahlia Trijbetz, the Transgender Anti-Violence Project (TAVP) Officer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDuVbsg0eMo
The 6 Pack Band, India’s First Transgender Band Just Released Their First Song
http://www.buzzfeed.com/srishtidixit/speechles#.rfbxvV2Ba
Fiji turns cold. Fiji’s Prime Minister, Frank Bainimarama, has been quoted saying that if a woman in Fiji wants to marry another woman, “they should go and have it done in Iceland and stay and live there.”
http://www.buzzfeed.com/skarlan/the-prime-minister-of-fiji-wants-gay-citizens-to-get-married#.lsBJq32N8
Meet the Texas teen feminist whose body hair set the twittersphere on fire
https://i-d.vice.com/en_gb/article/meet-the-texas-teen-feminist-whose-body-hair-set-the-twittersphere-on-fire?utm_source=vicefbanz
What a lesbian feminist looks like
http://www.lotl.com/Lifestyle/What-A-Lesbian-Feminist-Looks-Like-846/