jasmine chai

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12 things I want my daughters to know about relationships.

I hope I’m great friends with him. I hope I can be dad to him. I hope he can call me if he ever needs anything. I also look forward to eating some wings and watching the game with him (unless he’s an Ohio State fan but I know you wouldn’t ever do that to your dad). 


the rest of them are… well… make your own decisions.

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Ohio: All the danger of Mexico without the benefit of authentic Mexican food.

“Live in Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton, Cincinnati, or Youngstown? Kudos to you, brave soul, because statistics show those cities are more dangerous than towns on the U.S. Mexican border, locations fraught with — we’re guessing here — gangs, smuggling, drugs, and tequila-induced streaks of violence.”

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Fair adoption bill in the works

gaywrites:

House lawmakers yesterday introduced the Every Child Deserves a Family Act, which would ensure that adoption agencies receiving federal funds would not be allowed to discriminate against LGBT families.

Sponsored by Rep. Pete Stark of California, the bill would make sure gay and lesbian parents had the right to adopt children, as well as making sure a child’s sexual orientation or gender identity did not affect whether he or she was to be adopted. 

“We simply cannot afford to exclude millions of prospective parents willing to take these children simply because of their sexual orientation, marital status, or gender identity,” Family Equality Council executive director Jennifer Chrisler said in a statement.

As it should be. The current adoption system tends to be quite heteronormative, and this should help. 

thank you.

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