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  • Getting Untied Is A Mistake

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    4 min read

    Some recent memes have left me wondering: Are certain leaders consciously uncoupling from some of our core beliefs that motivate our activism in the first place? For example, it seems to me that it would be much better if the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans (LGBT) community fights for all of the objectives of the…

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  • The Unwelcome Mat

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    2 min read

    (También en Español) News of Note: The Unwelcome Mat: How America Scares Away Tourists Imagine that you’re the citizen of a prosperous, democratic ally like Britain, Spain or Japan, and you’d like to visit America. Before traveling, you must pay $14 to complete an online United States government form called ESTA, short for Electronic System…

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  • Going Live: espanol.venusplusx.org and venusmasx.org

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    3 min read

    También en español Having been a bilingual site since last fall, VenusPlusX is now gradually rolling out its new all-Spanish site, espanol.venusplusx.org (o, en español, venusmasx.org) — our continuing gift to the worldwide Spanish-speaking community, side by side with our now all-English site, venusplusx.org. Our round seal, in English and Spanish, portrays “Columbia,” The Statue of…

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