Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
It is always upsetting to take stock annually of the number who have died for being in some way gender variant, and the community is reeling from the shocking and gruesome murder of George Steven Lopez Mercado in Puerto Rico.
Yet, in 2009, I find reason to celebrate, too. We [...]
It’s been an exciting day.
Congrats, Salt Lake!
Pro-gay statutes win city, LDS nod
Surprise move » Parties met in secret to reach common ground.
By Matt Canham, Derek P. Jensen And Rosemary Winters
The Salt Lake Tribune
Hours after the LDS Church announced its support Tuesday night of proposed Salt Lake City ordinances aimed at protecting gay and transgender residents [...]
What a day!
I only got about 2 to 2 1/2 hours sleep before my alarm was going off and I was dashing down into Chelsea to catch the bus. While I was waiting for our 6am departure one of the local news stations interviewed me. I don’t know which one and I can’t find it [...]
Well, it’s a Saturday night in Manhattan, I’ve finally got some money in my pocket, I already finished my case reading for the week ahead (and Monday is a holiday anyway), and my roommates are out of town. You know what that means…
Yup, bought cheap Halloween wig at CVS and spent the evening singing karaoke [...]
I was just about to turn off the computer for the night when I did one last check of Twitter/Google Reader. Now, instead of turning off the computer, I’m shaking with anger that has been building for several days.
Apparently, a bisexual sailor may have been brutally murdered because of his sexual orientation. This comes on [...]
Where do Ohio representatives stand on ENDA?
According to the Inclusive ENDA campaign (you can look up your state, too), here are the current details:
Definitely Yes
Steve Driehaus
Charles A. Wilson
Marcy Kaptur
Dennis J. Kucinich*
Marcia L. Fudge
Mary Jo Kilroy*
John A. Boccieri
Zachary T. Space
*co-sponsor
Probable Yes
Betty Sutton
Tim Ryan
Undecided/Unknown
Steve Austria
Patrick J. Tiberi
Probable No
Jean Schmidt
Michael R. Turner
Jim Jordan
Robert E. Latta
John A. Boehner
Stephen C. [...]
Yesterday’s post about the frustration and anger felt by the queer community at the lack of progress on civil rights has generated an unusually high level of traffic for my blog. Unfortunately, as urgent as I think queer rights legislation is, I’m simply not as angry with the President as many LGBT people.
I’m not an [...]
I’m well aware that the majority of people who read and comment on my blog are gay, but there are also a number of non-LGBT allies who check in regularly. Today’s entry is for you in the second category. I know it’s a bit long as blogs go, but please hear me out.
Yesterday on the [...]
Okay, we’ve been having a lot of fun this week on the blog, rating superheros and watching funny videos, but it’s time for another boring, political editorial. It used to be that I was required by my job to pump out one of these every two weeks.
So this morning I opened my email to see [...]
Just heard that both houses of the Nevada legislature have voted to override Governor Gibbons’ veto.
Seriously, congrats to all my friends in Nevada, and especially to Senator David Parks, who I had the privilege of working with in Equal Rights Nevada back in 2000-2003. I know this has been a long, difficult fight since the [...]
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