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Big Brother Teaches Dad a Lesson about Acceptance
January 12, 2012
Imagine this scenario: Two brothers enter a store so the younger boy can select a gift from his older brother. The younger boy, a gentle soul, wants a purple video game controller and a game featuring a female main character. The older brother helps him find what he’s looking for. Dad stomps in, complaining about the selection, which isn’t macho enough — which doesn’t have enough guns, violence and mayhem. Then the older brother does something that is tremendously loving — something his little brother won’t find often enough as he matures and follows his gentle nature. Something his little brother will remenber all of his life.
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App Locates Gender-Neutral Bathrooms in Ithaca, NY
January 11, 2012
If you need a single stall or gender-neutral bathroom in Ithaca, NY, help is as close as your iPhone, thanks to the Pee in Peace app created by Planned Parenthood of the Southern Finger Lakes’ LGBT Health and Wellness Project, “Out for Health.”
The app helps anyone who may not feel comfortable in male/female restrooms with little privacy.
Transgender people (and anyone who does not readily fit into expected and conventional norms of gender presentation)
Caregivers for people of a different sex
Features:
Interactive map of nearby single stall and gender neutral restrooms.
GPS ‘near me’ search for the closest bathroom.
Quick access to walking or driving directions to get you there fast!
List includes when restroom are open and key features, including if the
restroom is accessible.
Notes section provides special directions for restrooms at local college campus
locations.
For more information visit http://www.peeinpeace.org