October 2011
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Speak Up to Stop Discrimination →
“As men and women of conscience, we reject discrimination in general, and in particular discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity… Where there is tension between cultural attitudes and universal human rights, universal human rights must carry the day”— UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, New York, 10 December 2010.
Every day, around the world, individuals suffer...
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Another Wonderful Pulag Sunrise
Every summit, and every sunrise feels like a “Yahweh, I know You are Near” moment. Especially at Pulag. After frantic attempts of capturing such beauty and such magnificence, I stood with LA and just talked about how we often miss the moment by trying so much to capture it, through ‘videos’ and ‘camera lenses.’ And so I stopped clicking, and witnessed with my bare eyes sans the...
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“i’m back, from the mountains. now ready for the workweek ahead…”
The meaning of 9/11's most controversial photo →
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“It is easy in the world to live after the world’s opinion; it is easy in...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Complete Prose Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (via randomglory)
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IMPEACH THEM - Conrado De Quiros on Supreme... →
“Do they have any idea what they’re doing to people who have already been victims of a humongous injustice? I don’t know which is worse, an owner who runs an airline like a taho factory or judges who run their courts like a talipapa, rulings sell cheaper by the dozen. I do know what’s worse than flight attendants being tossed away like used condoms after they’ve served faithfully and well....
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Domestic Workers Convention May Be Landmark →
WASHINGTON — When governments from around the globe passed a treaty in June to protect domestic workers, labor experts called it a surprising breakthrough for millions of exploited women.
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“I write for those women who do not speak, for those who do not have a voice...”
– Audre Lorde (via beautifulqueerfeminist)
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“A good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others.”
– Adapted (via lordnomore)
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