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Oakland woman 1st transgender contestant to qualify for ‘Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions’; Hopes to show trans kids they can too
Update on Amy Schneider: 40-game winning streak on Jeopardy! from November 2021 to January 2022, the second-longest win streak in the show’s history, behind only Ken Jennings, who hosted the show as she competed. Oakland computer programmer Amy Schneider has won … Continue reading
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Tagged amy schneider, computer programmer, jeopardy!, kate freeman, tournament of champions, transgender
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You are better than enough
South Carolina, 1959. A nine-year old Black boy sat on a library counter refusing to leave until the librarian gave him his books. He did not care that the librarian had called the police. He was not phased that during … Continue reading
Denmark fighting prejudice with The Human Library
The Human Library challenges stereotypes and prejudices through dialogue. The Human Library is a place where people are books on loan to readers for a chat.
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Tagged challenge prejudices, challenge stereotypes, denmark, life story, the human library, unjudge someone
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CEO fired after publicly ridiculing Tennessee teen for his prom dress
A CEO of telemedicine company VisuWell in Tennessee, got fired for publicly making fun of male Franklin High School senior Dalton Stevens for wearing a dress to prom with his boyfriend. Stevens felt good wearing it: “I very much view … Continue reading
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Tagged ceo fired, Dalton Stevens, harassment, Jacon Geittmann, lgbtq+, Sam Johnson, VisuWell
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Colton Underwood: “I’m gay…I get to publicly and outwardly be happy and be me – all of me”
Nervous, but happy to finally be himself and accept himself, Colton Underwood shared with the world today that he is gay. He hid his true self all his life , wanting to be heterosexual, praying for it on the day … Continue reading
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Tagged all of me, bachelor, beyou, colton underwood, gay, gma, i'm gay, itgetsbetter, lgbtq+, robin roberts
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Humanity: Getting away from the “other” mentality
The more we learn about someone, the easier it is to appreciate who they are. We aim at Me We Too to connect people and grow from the “other” mentality by showing how similar we all can be in lots of … Continue reading
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Tagged chris cuomo, cnn, don lemon, george floyd, humanity, other mentality
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Does anyone else cut their own hair? Yes, including George Clooney!
Not just a coronavirus pandemic have-to because the hair salon is closed…George Clooney is also one of the people who cuts his own hair because that’s the way he likes it. On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Clooney gave a demo on … Continue reading
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Tagged cut hair, cut your own hair, flowbee, george clooney, jimmy kimmel live
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A spider like part of the family
There’s arachnophobia – a fear of spiders – and then there’s this. Jake Gray from Australia posted this picture of a 15cm wide Banded Huntsman Spider named Charlotte who lives with him and his family, on the Australian spider identification Facebook page: … Continue reading
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson: “The most powerful thing we can be is ourselves”
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson accepted the Generation Award Monday night at the 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards with an inspiring speech of how he decided to just be himself in Hollywood, and values being nice over being “important”: “The most … Continue reading
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Cyrus on Disney Channel’s “Andi Mack” mirrors writer’s unconditional friendship when coming out as gay
Last Friday, the Disney channel played out what unconditional friendship looks like when revealing to your friend “I’m gay”, in the “One in a Minyan” episode of the tv show Andi Mack. Cyrus Goodman, played by Joshua Rush, is the first openly gay character to … Continue reading
