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The shocking allegations against Daylight, an LGBTQ+ focused fintech startup
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The shocking allegations against Daylight, an LGBTQ+ focused fintech startup by Mary Ann Azevedo originally published on TechCrunch
Drag story hour protester is arrested as over 100 gather to challenge LGBTQ+ family event in NYC
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The Trans Witches Are Witches bundle raises over $90,000 for LGBTQ teams
If you’ve been enjoying RPS’ Magic Week – our two-week endeavour to spotlight magical indies – you might enjoy the Trans Witches Are Witches bundle, which is unrelated to Magic Week, but has the same spirit. The bundle is a collection of 69 games, music, zines, and other creative oddities of the magical variety. Everything has been made by LGBTQ+ creators and all the proceeds will be split between the featured teams. So far, the bundle has passed a whopping $90,000 (or £74,000) in sales, with over a week left to go.
LGBTQ organizations report a recent uptick in Twitter hate
Twitter is still in the early days of its Elon Musk era, but the company’s new owner hasn’t hesitated in leaving his mark on the social network. According to a new survey from GLAAD, Amnesty International, and the Human Rights Campaign, prominent LGBTQ accounts are already noticing a difference on the platform under Musk’s leadership. […]
LGBTQ organizations report a recent uptick in Twitter hate by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
The world’s largest English dictionary got an LGBTQ update in 2022
Communities around the world have ushered in the New Year, tying up the loose ends of 12 months filled with both great losses and great growth. One, perhaps unsuspecting, 2022 event to reflect on? English dictionary updates. Yes, you read that right.
The Oxford English Dictionary added a total of 18 new LGBTQ-related words in 2022 — an effort to acknowledge the diverse communities of LGBTQ people around the world, their shared and conflicting histories, and the new ways individuals speak to, write about, and organize around their identities.
In its March 2022 update, the Oxford English Dictionary introduced select entries addressing “contemporary themes” and relevant “big issue” topics. These words included common vernacular in climate change discourse, such as “decarbonize,” and popularized concepts among social justice advocates (and their detractors) like “critical race theory.” The dictionary also added several new LGBTQ-related terms, including “gender-affirming” and “demisexual.”
The rest of the year followed suit, with the addition of words like “enby” (a semi-portmanteau of “non-binary”) and a shared definition for new words “gender expression” and “gender presentation”. The site even added more cultural slang terms, like the LGBTQ definitions of “top” and “bottom.” Surprisingly, the acronym “LGBTQ” itself was among a new group of words introduced in September 2022. Better late than never?
In addition, the reference site introduced specific English terms relevant to indigenous perception of gender and sexuality. “Brotherboy” and “Sistergirl” are two new entries referring to gender presentation and identity in Australian Aboriginal communities, while “Muxe” is a gender identity phrase used by Zapotec communities in southern Mexico.
Several of the words also encapsulate the global pushback to LGBTQ existence, an unfortunate marker of 2022. The dictionary now includes additional definitions of “gender-critical” and “TERF”, as well as as “anti-gay” and “anti-homosexual.”
On top of a wave of updates by online reference site Dictionary.com, among others, the year seemed to receive a hearty academic acknowledgment of ongoing social activism, especially the ways in which marginalized communities influence the rest of the world’s vocabulary. Let’s see the trend continue in 2023, with greater nuance, and maybe a bit more haste. Just a thought.
Elon Musk’s Twitter already looks grim for the LGBTQ community
He’s only owned Twitter for a couple of days, but Elon Musk has already undermined his credibility on some of social media’s most vexing problems, all while displaying a disturbing inclination toward anti-LGBTQ views. The world’s most credulous billionaire couldn’t help but respond to a tweet over the weekend from Hillary Clinton denouncing Republican support […]
Elon Musk’s Twitter already looks grim for the LGBTQ community by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch
FOLX powers LGBTQ+ telehealth support groups with $30M round
FOLX Health, a telehealth company catering to the LGBTQIA+ community, closed a fresh $30 million round of funding, which it will use to expand its new support groups feature. The company provides affirming and inclusive care through services such as hormone replacement therapy, PrEP prescriptions, general and sexual health services. FOLX also recently began offering […]
FOLX powers LGBTQ+ telehealth support groups with $30M round by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch