We all have prejudices, bigotries, preferences, choices, and biases; some more – some less. All humans are raised with different views, different tastes, and different perceptions. What one does with all of these makes us “civilized” – the ability to form social connections to others of natures’ beings. In the world of LGBTQI, the community […]
Over the past couple of months, we’ve seen a variety of news items relevant to the status of gay, lesbian, bi & trans people. France and Ireland moved closer to the recognition of same-sex marriage. Anderson Cooper came out (much to the surprise of absolutely no one). In his decorous and moving statement, he acknowledged
The word by Sheila Read More »
Nerd. Jock. Fag. Geek. Brain. Slut. Burnout. Bitch. Loser. Druggie. Freak. In high school, labels were applied as liberally as an emo’s eyeliner. Trying to pigeonhole individuals into a certain category seemed to be an all-encompassing hobby. Even if you were a hybrid, like a brainy loser, one label always won out over the rest.
“I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. It seems like a good milestone to stop and pause in wonder at how amazing Twitter is, and how delightfully generous, loving, and healing
The Chick-Fil-A Show: To Get to the Other Side Read More »
Hear that deafening silence? That’s the sound of Equality California, the once highly regarded and legislatively active state LGBT lobbying organization, thinking about its next move. And thinking, and thinking, and thinking: the organization has become so inert, so ineffectual with only an interim executive director, Laurie Hasencamp, administratively holding down the fort that EQCA
This post is all I have to say about the Chick-Fil-A controversy. It sums up various posts on the issue and various points made by my friends and I. From now own, rather than spend time debating this issue person by person, I’m going to point people here. My hope here is to find common
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I’ve been hiding from all the controversy lately. Well, not so much hiding as just ignoring it, or trying my best to anyway. I had a huge realization on my drive home from work today. I recently had a friend tell me that they are liking animals much more than gay people lately. Even though
When President Barack Obama said same-sex couples should have the right to marry, it was national news for a few days before the presidential campaign and the country went back to business as usual. Yet weeks after a fast-food executive doubled down on his opposition to gay marriage, debate rages on about equality, religious values
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My name is Barbara Strauss. I am a 25 year old straight Christian. I went today to apologize for how the church and “Christians” treat the gay community. You are all amazingly strong and encourage me. You face more adversity in a single day than I will probably face in my entire life. I look
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