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Miss Alabama Sets Women Back Five Decades!

Miss Alabama Sets Women Back Five Decades!

Does this sound a little High School to you? It does to me. There are cliques, or roles that men and women play, and if you want a hot-piece-of-meat girl, then make sure you are good enough to be a quarterback, boys!

January 9, 2013 1 comment general
Gay Comes Out in Professional Sports

Gay Comes Out in Professional Sports

I love the pure humanness of this, as it stands in stark contrast to the very evil and frightening admonishments spread by the anti-gay folks. How scary is it for two husbands to support each other and celebrate a major win with a kiss? Not very.

January 3, 2013 Comments are Disabled general
Pittsburgh Citizen’s Police Academy Accepting Applications

Pittsburgh Citizen’s Police Academy Accepting Applications

Received the message below in an email today. I just completed this training, and I believe it is an excellent investment in time for anyone within the LGBTQ community. I strongly urge everyone to consider taking this training course which is free. Often, I meet people within the LGBTQ community who believe the police force is 100% homophobic, or who don’t understand how the police work and the interaction between the 911 call center an[Read More…]

January 2, 2013 Comments are Disabled general
Barney Frank comes out in opposition to Hagel nomination.

Barney Frank comes out in opposition to Hagel nomination.

The US has taken a bold position, opposing LGBT discrimination across the globe, spearheaded mostly by Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State. How are those efforts impacted is a Secretary of Defense is seen as anti-gay?

January 1, 2013 1 comment general

Top 10 Gay News Stories of 2012: What did I say?

The Advocate’s top 10 news stories for 2012 has been published, and I thought it would be interesting to see which if any, I have written about and, and in hindsight, would I have written anything differently.

December 31, 2012 Comments are Disabled general
Pitt Trans Issue: biggest Pittsburgh LGBT story of the year.

Pitt Trans Issue: biggest Pittsburgh LGBT story of the year.

A controversy surrounding trans accommodations made my top 12 list of posts at #5 and #2. Not only is it the most important local story, but the basic issues of trans accommodations will grow into one of the mot significant queer issues nationally, and could mean the end of the LGBT moniker. As gays and lesbians get closer to full equality, they seem poised to leave the Trans community behind as issues of sex, gender,and public privacy collide.

December 30, 2012 Comments are Disabled general, Transgender Discrimination & Issues
2012 Posts in Review

2012 Posts in Review

Every year I look back over the content I have written and look to see which posts grab the most attention. I’d like to mention the 12 posts that received the most number of hits.

December 27, 2012 1 comment general
2012 Blog Post Countdown Begins This Week!

2012 Blog Post Countdown Begins This Week!

Each year, I have counted down the most popular of my blog posts for the year. This year, I’ll countdown the 12 most popular, based on comments, and site traffic. Do you have a post or two that you liked the most from the past year? Let me know and I’ll see if they are in the top 12 list!

December 17, 2012 Comments are Disabled general
thomascwaters.com Selected as Beacons of Equality Finalist!

thomascwaters.com Selected as Beacons of Equality Finalist!

We were especially impressed with your firm stance against bigotry in American institutions. This recognition is our way to thank you for everything that you have done to help advance LGBT rights in society.

December 14, 2012 7 comments Activism, general
Tea Party Patriots: Whose “American Dream” is it anyway?

Tea Party Patriots: Whose “American Dream” is it anyway?

I get emails from the Tea Party Patriots, and today’s email claims they are trying to save The American Dream. I want to know whose dream they are talking about, because my dream and theirs may not be the same one. The Tea Party Patriots is really a fake astro-turf big money GOP driven messaging spin that pretends to look like a grassroots effort. In this “plan”, that they call comprehensive, there is no real[Read More…]

December 12, 2012 Comments are Disabled general