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…]
Today, I want to lay out 4 very clear reasons why Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) Americans need to be alarmed at the Birthers and their influence in our government, and especially the role they will play in the next Presidential race of 2012. In some regard, it isn’t just the Birthers, but the Tea Party more generally, but the Birthers, as a group offer some clearly identifiable issues to consider, and are closely[Read More…]
How can this conservative movement claim to be all about the budget and cutting spending and yet, agree to pay an outside lawyer $520 per hour? It accentuates what many of us have been saying all along, that the Tea Party is a small (but loud) group of folks who are being used by the Republican Party which really only cares about Social conservatism and issues that harm the poor, women, and other marginalized people like the LGBT community.