A Gay Man Sees the Movie Selma: Part 2
Some ideas out there as to what I learned from watching Selma as it relates to today’s LGBTQ Rights movement. I identify three points that may be applicable to todays LGBTQ efforts.
Archive for January, 2015
A Gay Man Sees Selma
This is the first of a two part series. Here is part two. Last evening my husband, Brad and I challenged the frigid temperatures to go out and see the new film Selma which recently opened in theaters across the US. We often head up to a theater up route 28 that is part of a shopping Mall, and as usual the mall was full of teenage kids from the various semi-rural neighborhoods the mall serves.[Read More…]
Gay men, Porn, and Fetishizing Race.
Any element about which we create an identity such as race or sexual orientation is also an element that can be used as a barrier or not, because our culture, in the most broad sense, encourages us to like people similar to ourselves and fear those not like ourselves.
Police Appreciation Day 2015
I believe one of the best steps we can take in any effort to eliminate police brutality, is to treat all police as professional police and as individuals and not lump them together with some over simplified and stereotypical criticisms. We have to support and acknowledge the valuable role many police play if we expect to hold others accountable for any efforts that fall short of professionalism.
This Week in HIV/AIDS January 8, 2015
Weekly post summarizing some of the recent news and info about HIV/AIDS
The Q is for QUEER!
I generally use the abbreviation LGBTQ instead of LGBT or GLBT or Gay. For me, the Q matters. If you aren’t using it, you are probably stuck in an outdated framework and understanding of our rainbow collective of communities.
Civics 101 for Jeb Bush: Why Same-sex Marriage is in the Courts.
Courts do not decide to implement same-sex marriage and force it upon states. Courts do rule on the question of if the states laws or constitutional bans are a violation of the Federal constitution.
Save the Date: 17th Annual Pgh Summit Against Racism
Workshops, Panels, Discussion, Information Tables, Education and Strategies for Racial Justice!
Post-Gazette Article on Name Change Project
The Name Change Project helps individuals who live in 11 different geographic locations including Pittsburgh, navigate the paperworks and procedures needed to change one’s name as they transition.
How “Gay Rights” Activists Harm the Future of Equality
We must quit talking about Gay Rights as if it is an all inclusive term. We have to stop talking about Gay Marriage as if it is a good descriptor, and we must do everything we can to prompt all of culture to talk more broadly about sexual orientation and identity, as well as gender identity and expression.