Harassment by any other name…

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Wow… On the West Coast, there really are a few cities that you look towards for GLBT leadership.  Those cities are San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Portland (probably in that order – at least in my mind).  We have leadership in those cities that not only welcome the GLBT community, but help fight the [...]

A year of civil disobedience for GLBT rights

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

People are up in arms over the big DOMA flap, and rightly so.  Yes, there are the apologists, but it really appears that we have numbers on our side; the side that says the President and his DOJ is wrong for citing incest and child marriage in trying to fight against gay marriage.
Many people are [...]

What can we do to shut you up?

Monday, June 15th, 2009

That’s basically the question that I read into a post over at AmericaBlog.com.  Specifically, John Aravosis wrote:
Joe and I got an email the other day from a well-connected gay friend, and he said he was hearing rumors that the Obama administration, in an effort to woo back the gays, was thinking of possibly announcing the [...]

Attention GLBT Community: Are you still shopping at Wal-Mart?

Friday, May 1st, 2009

My partner and I stopped shopping at Wal-Mart years ago.  Remember when Sam Walton was alive, and every single Wal-Mart commercial was about “Proudly American” and aimed to display products “Proudly Made in Ameria”?  Well of course all that died with Sam.  His heirs greatly expanded the company and said “Screw you, America!” when they [...]

Religious Fundies, you’re classy with a K!

Tuesday, April 14th, 2009

Which of course would be klassy!  And what brings this on?  Well you all know how the Iowa Supreme Court found that “separate but equal” is unjust, and ruled that gays and lesbians deserve the same rights as their heterosexual counterparts?  Well, the religious fundamentalists have found a way to celebrate.
How, you may ask?  By [...]