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Limiting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Legacy will hurt everyone.

Limiting Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Legacy will hurt everyone.

This hurts everyone however given how crucial his messages are for anyone who looks for progress on Civil Justice issues. Additionally, this action also imesearuably harms the Black community further by making more invisible another great leader and Civil Rights advocate, Bayard Rustin. These are two offenses done by Alveda King and I will write about each to be as clear as I can be. I believe anyone who cares about Social Justice should be speaking out with outrage against Alveda King comments and here is why.

May 23, 2012 — 2 comments — Activism, Election, general, Same-Sex Marriage
Audience applauds genuine couple.

Audience applauds genuine couple.

See the folks who oppose our equal rights are loud, well funded and organized, but they are small in number. There are many many who might vote against our rights because they hear the lies and misinformation, but all it really takes is shining light against the lies, and these folks become our supporters. Men like these beautiful dancers , through their genuine willingness to be themselves educate the masses and increase the ranks of those who stand with us and see why we deserve full equality.

April 1, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general
Will DWTS advance LGBTQ Rights?

Will DWTS advance LGBTQ Rights?

Saw this on Joe.My.God: Lesbian tennis legend Martina Navratilova has been cast for the upcoming season of Dancing With The Stars. And it leads me to ask what you think of this premise: Dancing With the Stars is doing great things for LGBTQ Rights? Do you agree? Over the various seasons of this show, there have been a number of folks who self-identify as LGBT, and I’m of the belief that this advances LGBTQ Rights[Read More…]

February 28, 2012 — 1 comment — Activism, general

cis

I am working on a blog post/response to a post on Americablog. Before posting it, I wanted to post some basic info about “cis.” If any reader has more or different information or links they feel is useful to help everyone better understand cis, please post  as a comment.  Thanks! From wikipedia Cisgender ( /?s?sd??nd?r/) (or cisgendered) is an adjective used in the context of gender issues and counselling to refer to a class of gender[Read More…]

January 5, 2012 — 5 comments — general

Get Out The Vote 2010

I would say that queers aren’t a noticeable target at the moment, exactly because we are a major target for after the far right conservatives take power.

October 28, 2010 — 6 comments — general

Paladino Is So (Anti-)Gay And Full of BS

Carl Paladino says he doesn’t want kids to think that being gay is an equally valid and successful option for life. And that was part of his softened statement.

October 12, 2010 — Comments are Disabled — general

Patrick Dowd and the Recent Highland Park Gay Bashing

If you are on the Highland Park email list, you know that few details have trickled out about the attack, although what has been published, has been very bothering. It is outrageous to think of this type of incident happening here, or anywhere for that matter.

July 22, 2010 — Comments are Disabled — general

Not Being Quiet About Out in the Silence

For her, any protections open a slippery slope to gay marriage, so it is better to keep gays and lesbians, discriminated against and treated badly, to protect marriage.

April 5, 2010 — 1 comment — general
Some Schools Supportive of Their GLBT Students

Some Schools Supportive of Their GLBT Students

More focus and attention needs to go to our GLBT youth. The changing attitudes about gays and lesbians in general is creating an environment where kids are coming to terms with their sexuality earlier, and they need support.

March 24, 2010 — Comments are Disabled — general
Thoughts about Black Friday. Has Religion Failed Us?

Thoughts about Black Friday. Has Religion Failed Us?

isn’t one of the primary purposes of religion as we know it, to teach people a base level of moral behavior? Do unto others as you would have people do unto you… that kind of thing?

December 3, 2008 — Comments are Disabled — General Commentary, Religion Has Failed
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