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Reflections on D.C.'s Latest Rally for Equality
Half of life is just showing up. To the thousands who came out to the mall on Saturday to protest prop 8, thank you. I loved seeing all of you and I hope that this is just the beginning for all the...
View Article$4.3 Trillion, Bailout Costs Exceed WWII, Welcome to the "Debtest Generation"
Veterans of WWII were part of what is now known as The Greatest Generation. By veterans, I don't just mean the soldiers, but also the women in the factories, union members and racial minorities that...
View ArticleVirgin Encounters With Activism
Reflections on the recent protests against Prop 8, the ballot initiative which took away equal marriage rights in California "It was just a bunch of us, mostly young, spontaneously coming together....
View ArticleMy Path To Equality Is Incomplete Without My Mormon Kin
Of all the tragedies in our nation due to the passage of proposition 8 this year, the most significant loss must indeed be the hardening of attitudes on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate.While...
View ArticleHi Reader, Meet The No More Mr Nice Mormons.
Thanks to Affirmation for posting these personal stories I’m very grateful to have heard from many of the readers about my previous post about the Mormon Church and our movement’s relationship with...
View ArticleWhat I'm Thankful For: Harvey Milk
This man was the queer movement's Barack Obama.His watchword was "Come out, come out, wherever you are," and he used tactics those who recently watched Barack Obama’s campaign would easily recognize:...
View ArticleOne Small Step For The Queers? Office Etiquette Victory ;)
I don't know why this story caught my eye. Maybe it's that bigots don't pay attention to warning signs that they're behavior is just not going to be tolerated anymore. A British police officer who sent...
View ArticleMarriage: It's Not Just For The "Sexy" States Anymore
I'm still adjusting to life outside of a "sexy" state. I grew up in the electoral wet dream of Florida. That state is such a tease for progressives. It's always just around the corner for change, with...
View ArticleWeek in LGBT Comedy: "My Two Lesbian Moms Can Beat Up Your Six Wives"
Why this post? The LGBT community has had a rough election year, what with our rights being blocked a la constitutions now in Florida, Arizona and California (as well as our adoption rights taken away...
View ArticleEqual Marriage in Iowa, Queer Orgs "Cautiously Optimistic"
Lambda Legal has dropped a very juicy quote about the upcoming equal marriage case in the Iowa Supreme Court Case:Last year County Judge Robert Hanson ruled that [Iowa's ban on same-sex marriage]...
View ArticleWhy I Didn't "Call in Gay"
I've been struggling with my thoughts on the recent "Day Without a Gay" protest, which sought to rally LGB (T?, the event didn't seem too trans-inclusive) individuals to step out of their daily...
View ArticleBeyond Prop 8: International Queer Rights
"As faith leaders who work every day with LGBT people who feel the stigma of discrimination, this U.N. initiative speaks to our core belief that we show our love for God when we care for our neighbors,...
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Reflections on D.C.'s Latest Rally for Equality
Half of life is just showing up. To the thousands who came out to the mall on Saturday to protest prop 8, thank you. I loved seeing all of you and I hope that this is just the beginning for all the...
View Article$4.3 Trillion, Bailout Costs Exceed WWII, Welcome to the "Debtest Generation"
Veterans of WWII were part of what is now known as The Greatest Generation. By veterans, I don't just mean the soldiers, but also the women in the factories, union members and racial minorities that...
View ArticleVirgin Encounters With Activism
Reflections on the recent protests against Prop 8, the ballot initiative which took away equal marriage rights in California "It was just a bunch of us, mostly young, spontaneously coming together....
View ArticleMy Path To Equality Is Incomplete Without My Mormon Kin
Of all the tragedies in our nation due to the passage of proposition 8 this year, the most significant loss must indeed be the hardening of attitudes on both sides of the same-sex marriage debate.While...
View ArticleHi Reader, Meet The No More Mr Nice Mormons.
Thanks to Affirmation for posting these personal stories I’m very grateful to have heard from many of the readers about my previous post about the Mormon Church and our movement’s relationship with...
View ArticleWhat I'm Thankful For: Harvey Milk
This man was the queer movement's Barack Obama.His watchword was "Come out, come out, wherever you are," and he used tactics those who recently watched Barack Obama’s campaign would easily recognize:...
View ArticleOne Small Step For The Queers? Office Etiquette Victory ;)
I don't know why this story caught my eye. Maybe it's that bigots don't pay attention to warning signs that they're behavior is just not going to be tolerated anymore. A British police officer who sent...
View ArticleMarriage: It's Not Just For The "Sexy" States Anymore
I'm still adjusting to life outside of a "sexy" state. I grew up in the electoral wet dream of Florida. That state is such a tease for progressives. It's always just around the corner for change, with...
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