Articles by: Thomas Waters

Who Do You Want to Run Our Government?

ssues like START, the destruction of the Constitution, and the elimination of social programs are the real goal. The rhetoric around smaller government and fiscal responsibility are just the empty words used to invigorate the voters and create a media spectacle.

December 21, 2010 Comments are Disabled Activism

The Hypocrisy of the Anti-Gay

Every Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Supportive Ally needs to get accustommed to the level of hate and bile spewing forth from the social conservatives and far right fringe these days. By the level of uproar over the repeal of DADT, you would think that Congress pass gay marriage or something! But no, not at all. The only thing that happened was that a repeal was passed that would allow gay and lesbians to serve[Read More…]

December 20, 2010 Comments are Disabled general
The Historic Repeal of DADT

The Historic Repeal of DADT

I’m in Washington DC, and it was especially exciting last evening to be here while the Senate voted to repeal DADT. I’ll blog more about my trip in general later, but wanted to share some thoughts about this historic event, the repeal of DADT. I’ve caught some flack on Facebook about my perspective of this, but I’m sticking to it. Here are some of the points I feel need to be made about what happened.[Read More…]

December 19, 2010 3 comments general

Stem Cell Transplant Cures HIV In ‘Berlin Patient’

His doctors recently published a report in the journal Blood affirming that the results of extensive testing “strongly suggest that cure of HIV infection has been achieved.”

December 14, 2010 Comments are Disabled general

Darren Criss performs “Not Alone” at Trevor Live

YouTube – Darren Criss performs “Not Alone” at Trevor Live.

December 14, 2010 1 comment general
High School Wrestling Includes Gay Sex?

High School Wrestling Includes Gay Sex?

This is truly one of those, life is crazier than fiction stories, but in reality, it is just plain scary because it is true and not fiction. This is from a Queerty article: Preston Hill Put His Fingers Up The Butt Of A Teammate. Legitimate Move Or Assault? If prosecutors educate themselves about wrestling moves and determine the “butt drag” (or “checking the oil”) is a standard maneuver, does that mean Hill will be cleared?[Read More…]

December 14, 2010 2 comments general
Does Lieberman/Collins Bill Signal End to Democrat Support-LGBT Rights, or the End of the Democrats Entirely?

Does Lieberman/Collins Bill Signal End to Democrat Support-LGBT Rights, or the End of the Democrats Entirely?

In other words, two of the least most influential Senators may have crafted a real bipartisan bill that Harry Reid and the White House can support. Something neither Mr. “Bi-Partisan” President nor the majority party could do.

December 13, 2010 Comments are Disabled general

Hard Cell: the Beating of David Kipp

Anyone who grows up as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender has some response like that I believe. Sometimes more and sometimes less. Some people more and sometimes less. Our culture has taught us that, and some in the culture continue to push that lesson.

December 9, 2010 1 comment general

Murkowski May Make 60 for DADT

This post on The New Civil Rights Movement blog, sets out expressly to thank Sara Palin and Joe Miller for creating the environment that led to Murkowski’s win. I appreaciate the snear towards Miller and Palin, but I think the real credit goes to Murkowski who did what it took to beat the odds and win as a write-in vote. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), the successful and historic write-in candidate who won over the Sarah Palin[Read More…]

December 8, 2010 Comments are Disabled Activism, general

SLDN’s target list of Senators to call about DADT repeal

This is from AMERICAblog, and there are a few more details there such as a link to a sample phone script. KEY SENATORS WHO NEED TO HEAR FROM REPEAL SUPPORTERS NOW: –Susan Collins (R-ME); –Olympia Snowe (R-ME); –Richard Lugar (R-IN); –Judd Gregg (R-NH); –Scott Brown (R-MA) –George Voinovich (R-OH); –Kit Bond (R-MO); –Joe Manchin (D-WV) –Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) –Mark Kirk (R-IL) via AMERICAblog Gay: SLDN’s target list of Senators who need to hear from DADT[Read More…]

December 8, 2010 Comments are Disabled Activism, general