5 Tips For Being An Ally

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Stuff mentioned in this video:

29 States Can Legally Fire You For Being Gay
http://www.upworthy.com/29-states-can-fire-you-for-being-gay-is-your-state-one-of-them

State Employment Laws And Policies
http://hrc-assets.s3-website-us-east-1.amazonaws.com//files/assets/resources/statewide_employment_5-2014.pdf

34 States Can Legally Fire You For Being Trans
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/06/11/employment-non-discrimination-act-2013-_n_3402688.html?utm_hp_ref=transgender

What's with the Macklemore joke?

Stop telling queer people to be grateful for Macklemore
http://feminspire.com/stop-telling-queer-people-to-be-grateful-for-macklemore/

Macklemore issues sort of apology for accidental Jewish costume
http://www.stereogum.com/1682544/macklemore-issues-sort-of-apology-for-accidental-jew-costume/news/

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Resources for allies:

Getting Called Out: How To Apologize
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8xJXKYL8pU

White Privilege: Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
http://nymbp.org/reference/WhitePrivilege.pdf

The Angry Eye - Blue Eye Brown Eye experiment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pv8mCHbOrs

A Powerful Lesson About Privilege
http://www.buzzfeed.com/nathanwpyle/this-teacher-taught-his-class-a-powerful-lesson-about-privil

Managing Privilege
http://www.upworthy.com/shut-the-fck-up-a-blue-haired-cartoon-explains-why-this-harsh-advice-can-make-us-better-people?c=apstream

10 things allies need to know
http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/11/things-allies-need-to-know/

Derailing for dummies
http://www.derailingfordummies.com/

Resources for straight or cisgender people:
Queer 101: http://www.roostertailscomic.com/comic/queer-101-third-edition/

White anti-racism: living the legacy
http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/white-anti-racism-living-legacy

10 Simple Ways White People Can Step Up to Fight Everyday Racism
http://everydayfeminism.com/2014/09/non-racist-white-person/

GLAAD's resources for allies
http://www.glaad.org/resources/ally

Transwhat? tips for allyship
http://transwhat.org/allyship/

10 reasons to give up ableist language
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rachel-cohenrottenberg/doing-social-justice-thou_b_5476271.html

Colorlines
http://colorlines.com/

Melissa Harris Perry Black Feminism syllabus
http://www.msnbc.com/melissa-harris-perry/the-mhp-black-feminism-syllabus

How to be a male feminist ally
http://feministcurrent.com/7988/how-to-be-a-male-feminist-ally/

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