Posts tagged lgbt
It’s SNOWING in #Bariloche! We’re going in August… come with us! http://www.ski-bums.org/2013bariloche #ski #skiing #snowboard #snowboarding #lgbt #gay
We can’t wait to explore #LaBoca in #BuenosAires! #argentina #porteños #bariloche ski-bums.org/2013bariloche #ski #snowboard #lgbt #argentinabums
Today is the International Day Against Homophobia! Don’t let other people keep you from living life to the fullest! #lgbt #homophobia #transphobia #trans #gay #gayrights
A massive survey of 93,000 Europeans taken by The European Union’s Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and released to coincide with the International Day Against Homophobia, which is today, shows that most LGBT Europeans are living in fear.
According to the data collected, LGBT people start facing difficulties early at school, where they regularly experience bullying and harassment. For this reason, anti-bullying policies should be developed and implemented and teachers should be trained about how to better tackle bullying against LGBT students.
FRA research also shows that LGBT people face discrimination in many other walks of life, including work, housing, social services, and in access to goods and services. About half of all respondents had personally felt discriminated against or harassed in the year before the survey because they were LGBT.
Morten Kjaerum: “What is even more worrying is that LGBT people are frequently victims of hate crime and harassment. About a quarter of all respondents said they had been attacked or threatened with violence in the last five years. High levels of under-reporting were also detected: just 22% of the most serious violent incidents against LGBT people in the five year preceding the survey were reported to the police.
These experiences of hate and discrimination result in LGBT people living in fear: two thirds of the respondents across all EU Member States were scared of holding hands in public with their same-sex partner. For gay and bisexual men this rose to about 75%.”
Watch a news report from BBC, above, or see the findings in a video from the FRA.
WOW @TimbersFC — the Portland Timbers fans are amazing!
Here’s some *vintage* @SKIBUMS, right here. #Utah promo postcard, circa 2006. #skibums10 #lgbt #gay #lgbt #ski #skiing #snowboard #snowboarding
#Bariloche #Argentina — are you ready for the #skibums? #lgbt #gay #ski #skiing #snowboard #snowboarding ski-bums.org/2013bariloche
Another Anti-Gay Hate Crime In NYC Puts Two Men In The Hospital
If you or someone you know is ever a victim of violence, please report it — as these two brave men did. Let’s stand together to fight back against violence!
Pride month is coming… and we are gonna go big! Are you excited? #lgbt #gay #gayskiing #pride #gaypride #lesbian #bisexual #trans #transgender #ski #skiing #snowboard #snowboarding #skibums #nycbums
@ABCNews reports a huge majority of support for #marriageequality, @jasoncollins34’s coming out and allowing gay #boyscouts. Check out the polls: http://skibu.ms/12gHiVK
This is truly an incredible deal… have any @SKIBUMS picked this up for next season? #mountaincollective
Does this Bariloche trail map look more fun than whatever’s on your desk this Monday?
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on The Colbert Report
The BUMS were quoting “Thrift Shop” on the slopes all winter, and now it’s tearing up the charts, but the supremely talented Macklemore & Ryan Lewis made a splash last fall with their amazing support for marriage equality, expressed in the beautiful “Same Love.”
Last night, they showed up on the Colbert Report and performed this song for a national audience! As they might say, this is f*$#*&!@ awesome!
Jason Collins Custom Jersey Sales Spike on Wash. Wizards’ Online Store
@abcnews reports:
Washington Wizards center Jason Collins’ jerseys got a boost in online sales after he became the first openly gay athlete on a major U.S. team sport.
Team spokesman Scott Hall told ABC News that 100 percent of custom jerseys ordered from the team’s online store bore Collins’ name and number, 98, on the back, after Collins revealed his homosexuality in an article published on Sports Illustrated’s website on Monday.
Collins began the first-person article, “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.”
Congrats to newly out NBA player Jason Collins!
In an incredible autobiographical article in the upcoming issue of Sports Illustrated, NBA center Jason Collins becomes the first male professional athlete from a major American sport to come out.
CONGRATULATIONS, Jason! So inspiring!
He writes:
I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay.
I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, “I’m different.” If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand…
…Why am I coming out now? Well, I started thinking about this in 2011 during the NBA player lockout. I’m a creature of routine. When the regular season ends I immediately dedicate myself to getting game ready for the opener of the next campaign in the fall. But the lockout wreaked havoc on my habits and forced me to confront who I really am and what I really want. With the season delayed, I trained and worked out. But I lacked the distraction that basketball had always provided.
Collins adds:
No one wants to live in fear. I’ve always been scared of saying the wrong thing. I don’t sleep well. I never have. But each time I tell another person, I feel stronger and sleep a little more soundly. It takes an enormous amount of energy to guard such a big secret. I’ve endured years of misery and gone to enormous lengths to live a lie. I was certain that my world would fall apart if anyone knew. And yet when I acknowledged my sexuality I felt whole for the first time. I still had the same sense of humor, I still had the same mannerisms and my friends still had my back.”
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