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Raise Your Voice - Traci Blackmon - Our Faith Our Vote

By Traci Blackmon — 2016

I raise my voice for equal rights. For equity in education. For health care for all. For marriage equality. I raise my voice because people like my grandmother, and my grandfather, and my aunts and uncles, fought for me to have the right to do so.

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#HashtagActivism: Networks of Race and Gender Justice

How marginalized groups use Twitter to advance counter-narratives, preempt political spin, and build diverse networks of dissent.

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How Exclusion From the Military Strengthened Gay Identity in America

Armed forces long prohibited gay people from service – but that only encouraged their communities and cause.

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Ross Benes
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Fair Play: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports

When Cyd Zeigler started writing about LGBT sports issues in 1999, no one wanted to talk about them. Today, this is a central conversation in American society that reverberates throughout the sports world and beyond.

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Cyd Zeigler
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Carl Nassib Made History, but Also a Big Play

Carl Nassib, 28, became the first openly gay player to compete in an N.F.L. game. Teammates, the news media and observers casually noted the feat, then cheered his game-changing play.

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Emmanuel Morgan
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Seimone Augustus Found Her Voice Long Before Coaching

Augustus, laden with championship rings and now an assistant with the Los Angeles Sparks, first realized her true strength fighting for L.G.B.T.Q. rights.

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Natalie Weiner
2021
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Steal this Country: A Handbook for Resistance, Persistence, and Fixing Almost Everything

A walk-the-walk, talk-the-talk, hands-on, say-it-loud handbook for activist kids who want to change the world! Inspired by Abbie Hoffman’s radical classic, Steal this Book, author Alexandra Styron’s stirring call for resistance and citizen activism will be clearly heard by young people who...

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Alexandra Styron
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Desmond Tutu’s Long History of Fighting for Lesbian and Gay Rights

Archbishop Desmond Mpilo Tutu is mostly known to the world for his highly prominent role in the campaign against apartheid in South Africa. This role was internationally recognised by the awarding of the 1984 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Adriaan van Klinken, Ezra Chitando
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