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The 2009 Gay Rights Hall of Shame | Gay Rights |... →
This list should include the govt. of Malawi. It also has the Best Reader Comment of 2009
“May the fleas of a million camels infest the arm pits and crotches of all those bible thumping hate filled bitches…”
Hah!
“They said some of their witnesses “have indicated that they would not be...”
– Prop. 8 backers say TV coverage of trial unwise
Out with the Old: New Year’s Rituals by Donna... →
Some insightful ideas for bringing in a new year (and saying goodbye to this one).
#AnnieMaeTripp Southwest Community Center Post... →
#AnnieMaeTripp Southwest Community Center Post #Fire Volunteer Update
Here is a newsletter about what has happened so far with our efforts to help the Annie Mae Tripp Southwest Community Center. Feel free to download and distribute!
Southwest Community Center Elves for Equality →
On Monday night, the Annie Mae Tripp Southwest Community Center in Santa Ana was destroyed by a fire. Sadly, this came just before their annual Christmas Party for children and seniors in the community. After meeting with Connie Jones, Annie Mae’s granddaughter and the Center’s Director for the last 30 years, we learned some of the ways our community can help. They have decided to...
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the quiet voice at the...”
– Mary Anne Radmacher
“Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers, but to be fearless in facing them....”
– Tagore
Liveblog: Joe Sestak and Dan Choi →
If, like you me, you were not lucky enough to “watch” Dan Choi live blog on Pam’s House Blend with Joe Sestak, you can still watch it and pretend its live. And its smart too, like Dan Choi. Of course he is a West Point graduate… He is also one of the bravest people I have had the great fortune to know & I am certain he will soon celebrate the repeal of DADT and be...
Conservative blogger Charles Johnson on why he is... →
Good for conservative Charles Johnson for calling out the right for what it is and for refusing to go down that dark path and as he says, over the cliff.
In this blog, the well-known conservative blogger writes that he can no longer support a movement that advocates ”Hatred for President Obama that goes far beyond simply criticizing his policies, into racism, hate speech, and...
Andrew Sullivan's dish on what's wrong with the... →
A few days old, but worth rereading. In fact, worth printing and laminating to use as a reference whenever you are trying to explain what is wrong with the right AND why he’s done. Among the many many reasons why he cannot support the right, Sullivan states that he
“cannot support a movement that is deeply homophobic, cynically deploys fear of homosexuals to win votes, and gives off...
Ca. Companies are making big cash off denying... →
This NYT article is about some of the companies and individuals, such as Frank Schubert who are making big bucks off of denying us equal rights, by selling lies, and by branding “traditional marriage.” This is quintessential capitalism at its worst. This may not be news to some of you, but reading this made me more acutely aware of the fact that the motivation behind winning these...
WatchDid y’all hear - Texas is seceding from Houston! We’re infiltrating! “This election has changed the world for the lesbian, gay, bisexual AND transgendered community” Annise Parker The election of Annise Parker in Houston is huge - and listening to her victory speech gave both Karla and I the chills. It isn’t just that she is a lesbian - than in and of itself would be...
“The assertion that “all men are created equal” was of no practical...”
– Abraham Lincoln
A winter memory
I remember the winter I lived in Paris, when I was 21. (A long long time ago.) It was snowing and I was walking alone across the Jardin des Tuileries, after a visit to the Louvre. It was cold and grey and I was acutely aware of the way the weather felt and looked, because I grew up in Southern California where we don’t have “weather.” The gardens and trees were covered with a...
Mike Barnet
Beautiful Woman
“[Bigotry’s] birthplace is the sinister back room of the mind where plots...”
– Bayard Rustin
What takes place at a meeting of "The Family" and...
See this eye-popping report authored by an Anglican priest from Zambia, exposing the religious right’s campaign to foment homophobia in Africa.
