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Website changes for thomascwaters.com.

Website changes for thomascwaters.com.

I’m pleased to say, thomascwaters.com isn’t going anywhere and I’ll keep blogging as long as I have readers and opinions I believe are worth sharing.

July 4, 2015 Comments are Disabled general
Freedom Isn’t Free: Thoughts for Independence Day

Freedom Isn’t Free: Thoughts for Independence Day

I am however, going to become a broken record telling all my readers why it is crucial to turn out and vote in every election. Because Freedom is free, and the cost of freedom is voting.

July 4, 2015 Comments are Disabled Activism, general, Vote!
What Should Equality PA Focus in the Next Five Years?

What Should Equality PA Focus in the Next Five Years?

While it advances an end to discrimination, Equality PA has begun the process of asking, “What’s next?” To answer this important, strategic question, they need your input.

June 30, 2015 Comments are Disabled Activism, general, LGBT Discrimination: Exploring Laws and Policies
Sims, Frankel and PA Leaders Issue Statement Regarding Marriage Decision

Sims, Frankel and PA Leaders Issue Statement Regarding Marriage Decision

The time for full non-discrimination protection for all Pennsylvanians is now.

June 26, 2015 Comments are Disabled Activism, LGBT Discrimination: Exploring Laws and Policies, Same-Sex Marriage
Thoughts about the Charleston massacre.

Thoughts about the Charleston massacre.

It is within this history we have to understand and see the structural and overt racism that continues in our modern world. It is against this history that people exclaim “black lives matter.”

June 23, 2015 Comments are Disabled general
This Week in HIV/AIDS, June 21, 2015

This Week in HIV/AIDS, June 21, 2015

Two scholarly papers published concurrently in Science and Cell lay out the foundation for a very promising HIV vaccine.

June 21, 2015 Comments are Disabled HIV/AIDS
Why Marriage Might Matter to Single LGBTQ’s

Why Marriage Might Matter to Single LGBTQ’s

Heightened Scrutiny, and treating LGBT as a protected class opens the doors for full equality, and such a decision could bed part of the Supreme Courts ration ale in there decision expected before the end of the month.

June 18, 2015 Comments are Disabled Activism, LGBT Discrimination: Exploring Laws and Policies, Same-Sex Marriage
Perspectives from PrideFest

Perspectives from PrideFest

These are examples of what Pride means, and who “makes” Pride a reality. It is not the organization, but it is the community– the people who are being with each other, and no organization can claim responsibility for that. The community will find a way to “do Pride” regardless of what an organization does or doesn’t do.

June 16, 2015 Comments are Disabled Gay Pride, general
Why Ingrid Nilsen Matters: LGBTQ Youth Today

Why Ingrid Nilsen Matters: LGBTQ Youth Today

People all the time ask what LGBTQ activists ought to work on after marriage is complete and nondiscrimination is done. We have to care more about our youth and end bullying and brutality.

June 15, 2015 Comments are Disabled Activism, general

Gratitude for my readers. 

I walked around PrideFest today, and as I did,  person after person thanked me for the writing I’ve been doing about the Pittsburgh Pride controversy. I’ve tried to write with clarity and give voice to the issues within the emotions and passionate agendas. I think my own perspective is also present, but I keep hearing that my commentary has been balanced, fair,and informative.  Few things make me, the blogger, happier than to have a reader[Read More…]

June 14, 2015 Comments are Disabled general