freckles make me strong.

julyshewillfly:

OBAMA: I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked to friends and family and neighbors when I think about members of my own staff who are in incredibly committed monogamous relationships, same-sex relationships, who are raising kids together, when I think about those soldiers or airmen or marines or sailors who are out there fighting on my behalf and yet feel constrained, even now that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell is gone, because they are not able to commit themselves in a marriage, at a certain point I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married.

THAT’S MY PRESIDENT!

watch it here: http://youtu.be/n94AJq-xtis

Thank you, Mr. President. We’ve been waiting for you.  

(Source: think-progress)

Members of the band fun., which is currently enjoying an inescapable hit with their single “We Are Young,” next have their eyes set on creating a marriage equality non-profit, according to a profile in The Washington Post.

Members of the band fun., which is currently enjoying an inescapable hit with their single “We Are Young,” next have their eyes set on creating a marriage equality non-profit, according to a profile in The Washington Post.

The success of the song —it’s hit number 1 on Billboard’s singles charts and been performed on Glee— has been a surprise to the indie pop band, composed of vocalist Nate Ruess, keyboardist Andrew Dost, and guitarist Jack Antonoff. The musicians, all of whom are straight, see the opportunity to use their new platform to bring attention to an issue about which they’re equally passionate —LGBT rights. The three men “hope to establish a nonprofit organization in support of same-sex marriage,”according to the Post.

“We’re firm believers in the idea that if you’re not talking about it, you’re part of the problem,” Antonoff says. “We realize we have an audience, and it would be a real shame to waste it.”

gaywrites:

The process of coming into your gender identity is different for everyone. In this family, when a mother and wife announced that she was transgender, ten years into a marriage, everything could have changed. But instead Les’s family stuck by him through his transition and beyond. 

This story is short and immensely sweet and gives me faith in people’s ability to see past gender differences and accept each other for who they are. 

“A lot of it was me,” Scott says. “Because it became clear that I would be perceived as gay. But I realized that I didn’t fall in love with a couple of body pieces. I decided this is the person.”

“And I was still the same person,” Les says.

“More so. More like the fun person I remembered from 30-odd years ago,” Scott says, “than before the transition.”

Les tells his husband, “Right … right. I mean … it’s just been amazing to watch you. You stuck with it. You persisted. And, every year my respect for you grows and grows.”

Read it. Listen to it. I promise it’ll be worth it.