No. “Femme” is not a catch-all synonym for “feminine” or even for “woman.” It refers to a very specific identity that (outside of specific contexts in the ball culture and black community) applies solely to lesbian (and possibly bi, depending on who you ask) women. Period. Trans women are already included in this,…

If they’re talking about trans women, then just say women, because that’s what trans women are: women. Not “femmes,” not “femme-aligned.” They are women. Period. Also, there are tons of gender nonconforming trans women who are erased and alienated by this type of language.

“intersectional artwork from over 70 US-based, femme-identifying artists....”

Haribo utilized slave labor during WWII, as well. This is kind of par for the course for them.

Hold up. Not all NB people use they/them. I’m NB and use she/her, for reasons I won’t get into here (though one of those reasons is cishet douchery of the style I’ve been seeing all through the comments about they/them pronouns). I’m not at all uncommon, either- I know a lot of NB folks who go by both he/him and…

I know there was a second march for racial justice held in NYC on Sunday that a lot of Jews in that area attended- I saw photos from a Hasidic friend who went, and there seemed to be a pretty diverse mix of folks, including a lot of white people.

I’m in Pakistan right now and not in the States, so I couldn’t have gone, but until reading this article, I had been under the impression from what I saw on social media that there was only one march, and that the March for Racial Justice had become (or been renamed) the March for Black Women. I wonder if other people…

“Just think of California, and that wonderful community property law....”

All I saw was the picture, and I immediately said, “Gotta be Stephen Foster.” I didn’t even know he was from Pittsburgh. Good Lord, that is one heinous piece of... well. Something.

How well a trans person passes really depends on the individual and often where they are in their transition, which can be affected by things like insurance coverage, financial status, and so on, if you’re talking about things like access to hormones and surgery. It has also been my experience that it tends to be…

Awesome, this is just the kind of info I needed. We’re planning and paying for a wedding, so it is conceivable that we could meet the minimum spending requirements between us. And the lounge privileges would definitely be useful.

Awesome, this is just the kind of info I needed. We’re planning and paying for a wedding, so it is conceivable that…

So, a quick question about this card. I travel a ton for my job, and this card makes better sense for me than the Chase United card I currently have. My only question is whether the annual fee will include an additional authorized user/second card for my fiancée, since it would be best if we each had one in order to…

So, a quick question about this card. I travel a ton for my job, and this card makes better sense for me than the…

I can’t wait to hear the reactions if/when a Jewish justice of the peace or town clerk refuses to allow an intermarrying couple to get a marriage license. Or when a Catholic refuses to issue a marriage license to someone who’s previously divorced. This is inevitable.

Not to mention that other illicit vendors whose skin tones may be significantly lighter than these unfortunate guys usually receive citations.

“As a minority and member of the Jewish faith....”

From one Jew to another, go fuck yourself, you piece of shit. The International Zionist Conspiracy will be stopping by after Shabbos to collect your membership card and formally eject you from the Tribe. You can take your chillul Hashem and cram it.

It’s a running, dark joke at my particular government agency- if you’re called back to DC for unexpected training, and you’re committing some kind of malfeasance or security violations, go ahead and assume that you’re going to be arrested when you get off the plane.

Yep, this. And if I, a gay, trans person, can say that I’d rather have Pence than Trump, however much I detest Pence, it’s probably for pretty carefully considered reasons. Plus, I’m not entirely convinced that this investigation won’t end up showing that Pence has already been sucked into the Russia stuff, along with…

The best part is that the highest percentage of people who voted for Macron, when you break it down by age, were those aged 70 and up, followed by people aged 60-69 years. Because those are people who actually know what Nazis are about, and they collectively said, “Yeah, uh, we’ll pass, thanks!”

It seems even more idiotic to me that anyone would take issue with them, then. It’s not like the attendees are being encouraged to boycott the main ceremony or anything (not that I think it would be bad if it was an either/or thing, but I can envision people using that as an excuse to complain about it), and anyone…

Out of curiosity, are these ceremonies usually instead of the larger, all-university ceremony, or in addition to? I don’t think my alma mater had black (or Latinx, or LGBT, or other) graduation ceremonies, although ours was set up as a big, all graduate thing in the morning, followed by smaller recognition things held…