Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents is right on the money in her recent post slamming James Harrison for his non-apology. While Sue and I sometimes see things differently, her post is a perfect example of one of the things Sue does so well- call people out on their crap. In this case, it is questionable, who is spreading the most manure- the agent or the player, but clearly both need an education. Her post is a very[Read More…]
I started this post in the morning, and then later in the day, I watched the podcast of Rachel Maddow’s show from last night. She goes into Perry’s prayer rally and the whole host of crazy characters participating. But this section is from the Right Wing Watch post. (Bolded emphasis is mine) One self-described ‘Apostle’ who has signed on as an official endorser to Perry’s The Response prayer rally is John Benefiel of the ,[Read More…]
Until we look at the issue of Marriage Equality as a civil issue, and stop thinking of it as a religious/moral issue, we will continue to propagate unfairness and complexity for employers and employees.
Few of them would say that Culture is the reason. Culture’s collective homophobia is manifest in words and actions that result in the way these people feel. They feel shame? Is that the best language we have? We might call this internalized homophobia- a fear to accept oneself as one really is. But even this language seems to fall short I think.
If you Google, Santorum, you find out pretty much everything you need to know about Rick Santorum. But if you don’t believe that, all you have to do is watch and listen to him. The link below is an article of text and a video worth watching. After his misstatement, he was warned by CNN host Ali Velshi that he shouldn’t just go around saying things that are insanely wrong, for his own sake. “I[Read More…]
If you care about LGBT issues, then you must also care about feminist issues in today’s political climate. we are all under attack, and unless we join together, we won’t make any progress against the attacks. A special session open to NOW leaders, activists, & supporters. NOW President Terry O’Neill will discuss how the budget discussion affects women in a 15-minute presentation, followed by questions. Date: Thursday, July 7, 2011 Time: 8:00 – 9:00 p.m. EDT NOW[Read More…]
We are the Civil rights struggle for today, demanding nothing less that full equality, and our place within the fabric of the American Culture. And our struggle will not end under that has been achieved.
We are at Houlihans and these two straight boys just went to the bathroom and exchanged shirts. Why would they do that?