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Dr. R. W. Shufeldt

How eugenics gave rise to modern homophobia

May 28, 2019

To Shufeldt, black people represented an external threat to whiteness, and queer people represented an internal one (the existence of black queer people seems never to have entered his mind). These were discrete issues, but they were both, at heart, about promoting white supremacy.

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We got rid of gender-specific bathrooms, and it’s been fine

May 4, 2016

Around the country, small-minded activists have made battlegrounds of what should be safe, quiet, clean places for people to do their private business quickly and easily. But pushing back against this prejudice can be as easy as changing a sign. In just a few minutes, you can make the world a little safer for some of our most vulnerable citizens.

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