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Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 16 September 2012
Tags: roger jean-claude mbédé, cameroon, text messages, anti-gay, jail, sentence, appeal hearing, petition, president paul biya, all out, loses, faces, prison, die

Updated Monday, December 17, 3:45 p.m. EST

Roger Jean-Claude Mbédé will spend another few years in prison after losing an appeals hearing in Cameroon for sending the above text to another man. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Tags: obama, marriage equality, text messages, anti-gay, human rights campaign, federal communications commission, complaint

To paraphrase Beyonce in Lady Gaga's "Telephone": "Should have left my phone at home cuz this is a disaster..."

The Human Rights Campaign is filing a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission over mass spam text messages that are targeting President Obama and his support of marriage equality. 

People are receiving unsolicited texts saying, "Obama supports homosexuality and its radical social agenda. Say No to Obama on Nov 6!," and other charming messages like that. 

More after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 26 October 2012
Tags: barack obama, same-sex marriage, marriage equality, state issue, federal issue, second term, federal ban, mtv, update, video, full remarks, context

Updated Sunday, 2:20 p.m. PST

President Obama's reaffirmation of his belief that same-sex marriage is an issue best left up to the states to legislate wasn't met with a ton of enthusiasm, but we now have his full statement and seeing his remarks in their full context may make them more palatable. We'd love to hear your thoughts! 

See his full response (video and transcript) to MTV's Sway on whether he'd use a second Presidential term to overturn the federal ban on same-sex marriage after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 02 July 2012
Tags: mgive, international response equality fund, text, donate, charity, call to action, lgbt, homophobic, countries, human rights, u.s. state department, launches

Making an impact locally and nationally is a cinch thanks to the numerous LGBT groups that serve the United States. But when it comes to helping out our fellow LGBT living in some of the most hostile parts of the world, it's not always clear where we can turn to lend our helping hands. 

That's all about to change thanks to the U.S. Department of State's new text donation campaign, the mGive International Response Equality Fund. 

Details follow. 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 12 April 2012
Tags: hillary clinton, texts from hillary, meme, stacy lambe, adam smith, texts from hillary over, secretary of state

Well all good memes must come to an end.

The geniuses behind the “Texts From Hillary” Tumblr have decided to call it quits.

More after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 11 April 2012
Tags: texts from hillary, clinton, pics, tumblr, memes, viral, stacy lambe, adam smith, meet, divas

Stacy Lambe and Adam Smith, creators of the insta-meme Tumblr "Texts From Hillary," have been LIVING the past few days after receiving a call from the office of the Secretary of State.

After posting a submission purportedly from Sec. Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, Stacy and Adam came out with the smoking gun that proves it was the real Hillz who stood up to praise the pair's viral creation.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Tuesday, 10 April 2012
Tags: hillary clinton, texts from hillary, memes, adam smith, stacy lambe, viral, secretary of state, divas, humor, internet

Texts From Hillary has gone meta! The real "Hillz" has purportedly submitted a post to the viral Tumblr site we lived for last week based on the instantly-classic picture of Sec. Clinton taking care of bidness on a swank C-17.  

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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 05 April 2012
Tags: hillary clinton, texts from hillary, tumblr, meme, sunglasses, boss, secretary of state

Now now—don’t accuse us of making any political endorsements. We just happen to love our Head Bitch In Charge. (Bitch is said with the utmost love when it comes to our Hillary.)

Have you seen the Madame Secretary's new Tumblr/meme?

We’re living for it. Check it out after the jump.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 19 March 2012
Tags: lance bass, hate texts, anti-gay, threatening texts, ted fau, twitter, lgbt kids

Did anyone else see the Bass-signal that just went up?

Our favorite out-gay boy-bander, Lance Bass received some truly scary (and threatening) anti-gay hate rhetoric via text and just shared it on Twitter.

 

Check it out after the jump, but fair-warning, it's graphic.

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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 23 February 2012
Tags: paris hilton, divas, new music, videos, manufactured superstars, drunk text, heart it or hate it, dance music

Paris Hilton, relic of reality TV's golden years in the early aughts, has returned for revenge in her war on music. For "Drunk Text," Paris joins dance music producers Manufactured Superstars (how appropriate) to give the children of today an American history crash course covering that once embarrassing practice in which older folks of Paris's age once engaged. Follow the jump to listen if you dare and let us know if you heart it or hate it in the comments!

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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 02 December 2011
Tags: religion, scripture, anti-gay, out of context, faith, leaders, christianity, judaism, islam, bible, verses, leviticus, koran



At a recent symposium on The Bible and homosexuality, theological experts representing the three major world faiths agreed that anti-gay Biblical verses are being taken out of context by modern religious leaders. So, according to the experts, how should the verses that have been used to oppress the gay community and equality for so long actually be interpreted?

 

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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 21 November 2011
Tags: pakistan, middle east, text messages, communications, internet, digital age, bans, words, censorship, lgbt, gay, lesbian, list

Updated Tuesday, 10:45 a.m. (EST)

Following intense public outcry, Pakistan's Telecommunications Authority has put plans to censor text messages on hold. Details follow.

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