Who Inspires You?
But the question of who inspires me, is a harder question. Or to move our of the realm of generalizations and identify specific people or things that inspire me. Much more work!
Archive for April, 2010
Hate Crimes, Preaching, and Free Speech
If we talk about gay and lesbian people, we are talking about people- real people. People talking about people. But if we talk about homosexuality, we are talking about something else- and the longer our real lives are labeled and considered as a “something else” we can be treated as outside of the norm, outside the realm that includes all real people.
The Politics of Love: New Website Launched!
“Politics of Love” a website with downloadable resources for anyone interested in doing advocacy work for Marriage Equality. Check it out! The site contains, audio, video, handouts, and powerpoint tools.
Still Time To Queer the Census
If you haven’t mailed your census form back yet, you can still do so, and it is an important thing for you to do to help make lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people less invisible.
When Rights and Rights are in Conflict
What are the ramifications of stifling free speech, and/or speech that offends others? Where are the limits and who gets to make them? What happens when it appears as if your rights and my rights can not co-exist? Whose rights win out?
Not Being Quiet About Out in the Silence
For her, any protections open a slippery slope to gay marriage, so it is better to keep gays and lesbians, discriminated against and treated badly, to protect marriage.
Join Me in Kittanning
I have often pondered what it must be like for him to think about having 2 gay children. The first, he could chalk up to my mother, and who knows what else. But the second, was born and raised in a small town, church going family environment. Does that impact how he views gay people?