Today is Blog for Equality Day, a blog swarm sponsored by Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents. Her post for the day, has important links, so check it out. A number of Pittsburgh bloggers are participating, each with their own perspective on the issue of LGBT Equality. For my part, I want to focus on two points: 1) The PA Anti-Gay Marriage Amendment PA is one of a handful off states looking to enact an anti-gay marriage amendment.[Read More…]
Back around the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT), I wrote a post thatI got a fair amount of flack about because it was understood as being negative towards the Democratic Party. That may have been a partially true analysis, however the real point I wanted to make was that partisan politics surrounding especially LGBT issues is shifting to the point where it may not be accurate to talk about it as if Dems[Read More…]
The linked article is about Britain and their conservative Prime Minister, David Cameron, but the base notion here is the same in the US. Many [conservatives] don’t really care if gay, lesbian, bisexual, or trans persons exist, as long as they are hidden away and no one has to know they exist. It isn’t our existence that causes the uproar against the queers, it is our visibility and our desire for equality. If we were[Read More…]
I have been pretty quiet this primary season about candidates, predominately because I usually write about issues or state-wide issues/candidates, but today I want to share why I’m supporting Patrick Dowd for Pittsburgh City Council. I’ve written about Dowd before- last time he was running for Mayor, and at that time, I expressed that I hoped he would remain our councilman and benefit the City from his role on Council. Today, I can say that[Read More…]
Aside from the issue of how to raise enough money to adequately compete with this far right conservative agenda, another more important issue is raised. Gay groups rarely express how far reaching these efforts are, and focus only on the attack towards LGBT’s.
I’m not really into the “signing” shows like The Voice or American Idol, but this clip is worth posting for an entirely different reason. Tyler Robinson, a gay, mormon, comes out to everyone, including his father on national television. You could say that was a crazy move, or you could call it grandstanding, but I think what it really does is demonstrate how important it was to him (and how important it is to all[Read More…]
The entire article this is taken from is good reading and includes video, but the highlighted section (emphasis mine) highlights the issue pretty well. Sensenbrenner’s argument that “everyone deserves a lawyer” may be noble, but it is also hypocritical. Republicans have recently stripped nearly $16 million from the Legal Services Corporation (LSC), which defends tenants against slum lords, helps women obtain court orders against abusive husbands, protects consumers against exploitative lenders, or to otherwise provides[Read More…]
Every Tuesday in May, Nathan will be teaching a same sex ballroom dance class at the East Liberty Presbyterian Church social hall! Women will be from 7-8 and men from 8-9. Cost for each class is only $10/person and benefits the Renaissance City Choir. Individuals and couples are welcome; NO PARTNER NEEDED. http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=205402829492550
It is one thing to pass laws that discriminate against gay, lesbian, bisexual, or trans persons. That is obnoxious, but legislative bodies can do that. It is a whole other thing for Republicans at the state-level to pass legislation that stops people in cities and counties from making their own choices about equality and fairness. It is un-American and anti-democratic. It’s the GOP’s new strategy working here in Tennessee and also their tactic in Michigan.[Read More…]
This snip is from LezGetReal blog. Link is below: In an ABC News interview, John Boehner agreed that the massive, billions-of-dollars worth of subsidies and special tax perks given to the oil companies may need trimming. “It’s certainly something we should be looking at. We’re in a time when the federal government’s short on revenues. They ought to be paying their fair share.” Excu-u-u-u-se me? “Short on revenues”? This from the man who keeps saying[Read More…]