Gay marriage, adoption allowed in France in 2013 

breakingnews:

AFP:Gay couples in France will be allowed to get married and to adopt children starting next year, Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced on Tuesday. The announcement comes just days after Paris held its annual Gay Pride parade.

[Image: Photo of two women at a pride event. One has her hand around the small of the other’s back, and both are dark-skinned.]

Couple (by Lauren Barkume)

[Image: Photo of a dark-skinned person holding up a red sign that reads, “Everyone has a right to life. A lesbian woman has a right to live.”]

A Lesbian Woman has A Right to Live (by Lauren Barkume)

From 2010: “At the 7th annual Soweto Pride March, held in Meadowlands, Soweto, South Africa. The march is held in the location of the brutal murders of 2 lesbians 4 years ago. The goal of Soweto pride is to ensure that lesbians in the township no longer fall victim to homophobic attacks.”

[Image: Photo of two dark-skinned women kissing. One has triangles shaved into close-cut hair and is wearing a pinkish red dress, the other has a shaved head and is wearing a shirt in the same color as the dress.]

Soweto Pride Sept 2011 179 (by Lauren Barkume)

[Image: Art of two Black women smiling serenely and holding a book together, which says “Prayers” on the front and has a double female symbol on the back.]

Pray Together Stay Together by Joy A’Che

dykesanddykery:

Diana King comes out: Prominent Jamaican singer admits to being a lesbian

Internationally acclaimed Jamaican singer, Diana King has taken an unprecedented step within the local music industry as she dropped a bombshell on Thursday, admitting that she is a lesbian.

The highly regarded Reggae singer, known for classics such as Shy Guy, I Say A Little Prayer and L-L-Lies made the confession through a note which she issued on her official Facebook page. It’s a historic moment within the local music industry as she’s the first artiste of note to come out as a homosexual.

In her note, King wrote, “My name is DIANA EUGENA KING, known to most as DIANA KING my fans call me KingSinga.”

“I AM … WOMAN … MOTHER … AUNT … JAMAICAN … AMERICAN … INTERNATIONAL ARTIST … SINGER … SONGWRITER … BAND LEADER … FRIEND … LOVER … ENTREPRENEUR … GODDESS! among other things AND YES!!!…I AM A LESBIAN … the answer to my most asked INDIRECT question. I welcome the “WHO CARES” right now. LOL.”

Read the rest of her note.

[Image: Photo from a dyke march of two African American women, one butch and the other femme. The butch one is wearing a t-shirt that reads on the back, “You Haterz Make Me Stronger”]

Yeah. Dyke March 2006 - San Francisco (by Mi-ly)

[Image: Photo of a a woman of color at a pride event. She has rainbow extensions in her hair and is grinning and winking with a peace sign.]

(via DSC09686 - Rainbow Colors Dreadfalls | Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

[Image: Photo of an African American lesbian with thick glasses and hands on either side of her face, overlaid with manic scribbles of colored light.]

Keeping the Voices at Bay (by urlite_shine)

[Image: Photo of a dark-skinned, butch lesbian wearing black sunglasses, a red rose tucked behind the ear, and a pink and purple bow tie. Her mouth is open in a shout.]

Soweto Pride Sept 2011 64 (by Lauren Barkume)

[Image: Photo from a pride event of two female-presenting people. One, kneeling on the pavement, is white with a mohawk, blue lipstick, blue corset and fishnets. The other is African American and dressed in a sylistic, femme police outfit. The latter holds a chain that runs from the collar worn by the former; their hands intertwine around the latter’s thigh.]

Black & Blue (by evanembee)

[Image: Photo of a grinning person of color at a pride event. They are wearing a rainbow tie.]

(via DSC03307 - Woman with Rainbow Necktie | Flickr - Photo Sharing!)

[Image: Photo of two smiling girls at a youth pride event, one, white, being embraced by the other, African American with a camera, from behind.]

52a.15thYouthPride.DupontCircle.WDC.30April2011 (by Elvert Barnes)

[Image: art of Meg from Hercules and Ariel from The Little Mermaid, faces together all blushily and Meg embracing Ariel from behind. Ariel has her blue dress on (and legs).]

sapphicseven:

you can buy the original of this artwork i made 2 years ago on my etsy

[Image: art of two pale-skinned women, one femme and the other butch. The femme is wearing a polkadot dress and straddling the butch’s lap, arms and legs wrapped around each other. They are looking into each other’s eyes.]

sapphicseven:

LOL fuq shadows we dont have them.

(jk ill add them later)