Mary Emily O'Hara

Mary Emily O'Hara is an LGBTQ reporter. Her work has appeared in Rolling Stone, NBC Out, Daily Dot, Broadly, Vice, the Daily Beast, the Advocate, Huffington Post, DNAinfo, Al Jazeera, and Portland's Pulitzer Prize-winning newsweekly Willamette Week, among other outlets.

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Imgur users went on a real-life camping trip, then posted wild confessions

Camp Imgur results in shocking confessions that you need to read right now.

On Aug 14, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Marine biologists save sea turtle in harrowing video. And you won’t believe why

Researchers thought the turtle had a parasitic worm. But the problem was humanity's bad plastic habit.

On Aug 14, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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The ‘Stonewall’ trailer gets the explosives-filled parody it deserves

It's the birth of the LGBT rights movement, but with stuff that blows up!

On Aug 14, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Sex workers want to talk to you about parenting

As it turns out, sometimes being a sex worker can make you a better parent.

On Aug 14, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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On the set of super-gay webseries ‘Hudson Valley Ballers’

It's woodsy, it's gay. Welcome to the set of the funniest, weirdest queer webseries online.

On Aug 13, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Trans community petitions White House to investigate murders as 13th woman is found dead

Dallas resident Shade Schuler is the latest murder victim.

On Aug 12, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Amnesty International sides with sex workers, votes for decriminalized prostitution

This is a huge step for the sex workers.

On Aug 11, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Online retailer discovers the worst way to advertise plus-size leggings

Something tells us they're not too familiar with the plus-size market.

On Aug 11, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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7 films that tell the real story of the Stonewall rebellion

Who needs Hollywood blockbusters when you have the real deal?

On Aug 8, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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‘Stonewall’ director and star fail to silence ‘whitewashing’ criticisms

The LGBT community is unlikely to back down from this fight.

On Aug 7, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Michigan politician tried to cover up real affair with fake gay smear campaign

It's about to get weird.

On Aug 7, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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‘Trans Broken Arm Syndrome’ and the way our healthcare system fails trans people

The hashtag #TransHealthFail shows just how little the medical profession knows about transgender healthcare.

On Aug 6, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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Kinky URL prank adds some BDSM to the GOP

Thanks, pranksters.

On Aug 6, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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U.S. Senate worker says she makes so little, she has to moonlight as a stripper

Some Senate workers are so poor they allegedly have to sleep on the streets.

On Aug 5, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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The LGBT community is not happy about the new whitewashed Stonewall movie

It deletes pretty much everyone who actually started the LGBT rights movement.

On Aug 5, 2015 by Mary Emily O'Hara

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