Be Yr Own Queero brings you the best in LGBTQ activism, politics and culture by focusing on the personal stories of queer individuals. We feel that it’s important to have strong and supportive queer communities and we are creating those communities where they do not exist. Please feel free to share your thoughts and comments with us.Tumblr (3.0; @queero)http://beyrownqueero.com/ Source:Prop 8 Trial Re-enactments Circumvent Supreme Court’s YouTube Ban [VIDEO]http://beyrownqueero.com/post/367202708http://beyrownqueero.com/post/367202708Tue, 02 Feb 2010 12:48:46 -0500prop 8 videoseHarmony Ordered to Merge Gay and Straight Dating Sites: Dating site eHarmony has settled a lawsuit...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/358402897http://beyrownqueero.com/post/358402897Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:17:21 -0500datingFuck Yeah, Dykes!: Click the title link. It’s eye candy. So, enjoy, and you’re welcome.http://beyrownqueero.com/post/351768585http://beyrownqueero.com/post/351768585Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:04:00 -0500dykesphotographybloglink<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwkmeo4AIU1qztg2ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>On Wednesday, the NOH8 campaign protesting California’s Proposition 8 announced a new high-profile Republican supporter: John McCain’s wife, Cindy McCain. NOH8 is a photo project in which subjects are photographed wearing white, against a white background, with their mouths taped shut and “NOH8” painted on their faces.</p> <p><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/20/cindy-mccain-noh8-photo-m_n_430004.html" target="_blank">Cindy McCain NOH8 PHOTO: McCain Joins Project Protesting Prop 8</a></p>http://beyrownqueero.com/post/345040964http://beyrownqueero.com/post/345040964Wed, 20 Jan 2010 19:23:00 -0500noh8photographycampaignproposition8cindymccain<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kweobdKsYZ1qztg2ho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The contestants were prepping backstage and the judges were settling in, but the first Mr. Gay <a title="More news and information about China." href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/china/index.html?inline=nyt-geo" target="_blank">China</a> pageant was not meant to be. An hour before the show was set to begin on Friday night, eight police officers walked into the Lan Club and shut down the event, saying organizers lacked necessary permits.</p> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/16/world/asia/16beijing.html" target="_blank">Chinese Gay Pageant Is Shut Down - NYTimes.com</a></p>http://beyrownqueero.com/post/339747998http://beyrownqueero.com/post/339747998Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:18:00 -0500chinaarticlemr.gaypagaent‘Sex and the City’ star Cynthia Nixon is set to be honoured by a gay rights group at the 21st annual...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/339499486http://beyrownqueero.com/post/339499486Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:15:00 -0500cynthianixonawardglaadAmanda Simpson, First Transgender Presidential Appointee, Begins Work at Commerce Department - ABC...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/318349683http://beyrownqueero.com/post/318349683Tue, 05 Jan 2010 12:41:00 -0500transgenderarticleamandasimpsonemploymentAmericans’ Role Seen in Uganda Anti-Gay Push - NYTimes.com: KAMPALA, Uganda — Last March, three...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/318256678http://beyrownqueero.com/post/318256678Tue, 05 Jan 2010 11:10:00 -0500articleugandaanti-gayhomophobiainstitutionalized<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/951Qmpjduqa8cwmeEdseUTF0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://sweaterves.tumblr.com/post/277798817/transpride" target="_blank">sweaterves</a>:<a href="http://transpride.tumblr.com/post/277743340" target="_blank">transpride</a>:<a href="http://lostintransmission.tumblr.com/post/263523253/wheely-ourchangingsky-via" target="_blank">lostintransmission</a>:<a href="http://wheely.tumblr.com/post/263194797/ourchangingsky-via-lettersincursive" target="_blank">wheely</a>:<a href="http://ourchangingsky.tumblr.com/post/148615788/via-lettersincursive" target="_blank">ourchangingsky</a>:(via <a href="http://lettersincursive.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">lettersincursive</a>)</p> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote>http://beyrownqueero.com/post/277807995http://beyrownqueero.com/post/277807995Thu, 10 Dec 2009 13:58:00 -0500arttransgenderreblog<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kueq8aq8Kv1qa2x8yo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://sweaterves.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">sweaterves</a>)</p>http://beyrownqueero.com/post/277078384http://beyrownqueero.com/post/277078384Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:24:00 -0500transgenderimmigrationMcDonald's tells 17 yr old trans job seeker Zikerria: "We do not hire fa**ots.": (via...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/273184014http://beyrownqueero.com/post/273184014Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:36:00 -0500transgenderlegalrightsemploymentnews<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku9f6pXqwP1qzk5h3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://masculinfeminin.tumblr.com/post/272665255/liquorinthefront-the-butchies" target="_blank">masculinfeminin</a>:<a href="http://liquorinthefront.tumblr.com/post/272519280/the-butchies" target="_blank">liquorinthefront</a>:The Butchies</p>http://beyrownqueero.com/post/273184331http://beyrownqueero.com/post/273184331Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:36:00 -0500queermusicthebutchiesphotothegang: “The defeat revealed stark divides: All 30 of the Republican senators opposed the bill, as...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/267960913http://beyrownqueero.com/post/267960913Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:21:00 -0500gay marriagenew yorknews<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktu0y2JFb41qa9pzbo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://neelymarie.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">neelymarie</a>)</p>http://beyrownqueero.com/post/267174366http://beyrownqueero.com/post/267174366Wed, 02 Dec 2009 22:54:00 -0500gay marriage<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2bdsUMiW1qzjgceo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://genderqueer.tumblr.com/post/243295482/high-schools-struggle-when-gender-bends-the-dress" target="_blank">genderqueer</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/fashion/08cross.html?_r=2" target="_blank">High Schools Struggle When Gender Bends the Dress Code - NYTimes.com</a></p> <p>“This generation is really challenging the gender norms we grew up with,” said Diane Ehrensaft, an Oakland psychologist who writes about gender. “A lot of youths say they won’t be bound by boys having to wear this or girls wearing that. For them, gender is a creative playing field.” Adults, she added, “become the gender police through dress codes.”</p> </blockquote>http://beyrownqueero.com/post/266937095http://beyrownqueero.com/post/266937095Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:02:36 -0500genderyouthgender bendingMeredith Baxter: "Yes, I'm gay": > (CNN) — ‘Family Ties’ actress Meredith...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/266359946http://beyrownqueero.com/post/266359946Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:22:00 -0500celebritieslesbianmeredith baxtercoming outBisexuality: A Contemporary Paradox for Women | Journal of Social Issues | Find Articles at BNET:...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/263709210http://beyrownqueero.com/post/263709210Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:19:00 -0500articlessexualitybisexualitylesbianbehavioral bisexualityLooking for someone awesome to join the queero team. Super plus if you’re already on tumblr....http://beyrownqueero.com/post/261076252http://beyrownqueero.com/post/261076252Sat, 28 Nov 2009 15:17:36 -0500queero<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7B2ctbv0rEM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7B2ctbv0rEM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.thegaq.com/post/251234583/the-above-video-is-a-trailer-for-the-documentary" target="_blank">thegang</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>The above video is a trailer for the documentary <a href="http://www.trainingrules.com/index.html" target="_blank"><b>Training Rules </b></a>which examines how “women’s collegiate sports, caught in a web of homophobic practices, collude in the destruction of the lives and dreams of many of its most talented athletes.”</p> <p>The film goes through the life of Jen Harris, a basketball star recruited since she was in the 5th grade by Penn State. After signing on to play at Penn, she then learned of Coach Rene Portland’s rules:<b> no drugs, no drinking and no lesbians. </b>Yea, you read it right.</p> <p>Portland used tactics that were deemed “intimidating, hostile and offensive” against Jennifer when she was a Lady Lion, and eventually Harris was dismissed from the team - ruining the career of one of the top athletes in the nation.  Jennifer’s story as well as those of six other women who were victimized through the years are told in this film.</p> <p>Having played basketball myself in school, it’s so difficult to imagine having to deny a part of yourself to do something you love. And to have your career cut short because of someone else’s bigotry? <b>Wackness</b>. Have any of you guys experienced discrimination based on your sexual orientation by coaches in the sports arena?</p> <p>(via <a href="http://blaktivist.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"><b>blaktivist</b></a>)</p> </blockquote>http://beyrownqueero.com/post/251599591http://beyrownqueero.com/post/251599591Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0500collegediscriminationfilmlesbianrightssportstraining rulesdocumentaryChaz Bono On GMA: Gender Is Between Your Ears, Not Between Your Legs (VIDEO): stoneyboy:sara—:(via...http://beyrownqueero.com/post/249839958http://beyrownqueero.com/post/249839958Thu, 19 Nov 2009 13:15:00 -0500videocelebritieschaz bonotransgendergender