Saturday, July 10th, 2010
Most people probably heard how New York got hit by a big heat wave last week. It seems to be cooling down a bit now, but there were a few days where it was almost unbearable. Usually, our office is colder than is comfortable. Something about servers and computer equipment, but it’s a little odd [...]
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Monday, May 17th, 2010
The AIDS Walk went well. It really wiped me out, though. Still, a good time was had in the sun, money was raised for a good cause, and I spent a morning pretending I didn’t have to study for Torts. The video is 5 minutes of footage I shot on my fancy new camcorder, but [...]
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Friday, November 20th, 2009
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, [...]
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Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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 [...]
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Sunday, October 11th, 2009
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 [...]
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Saturday, October 10th, 2009
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 [...]
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Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
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 [...]
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Saturday, June 27th, 2009
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 [...]
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Friday, June 19th, 2009
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 [...]
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Thursday, June 18th, 2009
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 [...]
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