Quick note about ads
Thursday, April 29th, 2010After years, we finally succumbed and put ads up (the upper right hand side of the page). Here’s the thing. They should be contextual – but either way, politically. We had a “Nation for Marriage” ad that was up against New Hampshire Governor Lynch, chiding him for – among other things – [...]
Why marriage is important – gay and straight: A story of elder abuse
Monday, April 19th, 2010Reposted from sister blog BuryingTheLead.com
I cannot believe just how horrific some stories of abuse can turn out to be, especially for the elderly. All too often, cases of our elders being taken for granted and scammed are in the news, and the actual act of elder abuse is rampant. Try doubling elder [...]
Forget educating straight people – gay people need it too!
Wednesday, April 14th, 2010So there is a bunch of misinformation out there about the GLBTQ community, and it members of that community that are responsible for educating people. We need to keep people in the know, clear up misconceptions, and stomp on the downright lies of the bigots and homophobes until they no longer are spread.
But this morning, [...]
We must be our own fierce advocate, because to everyone else, we are just props
Thursday, March 18th, 2010Remember during the 2008 election, when Senator Barack Obama said that he would be a “fierce advocate” for the GLBT community? Fast forward a few months, when President Obama’s administration defended DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act, and equated gay marriage to pedophilia and incest.
Remember the 1992 election, when Governor Clinton became one of the [...]
Homophobia seems to be making a comeback (image technically NSFW)
Monday, February 15th, 2010It seems that there is more and more homophobia, calls for violence, and all-out crappy treatment of the LGBT community that either being reported, or just becoming more fashionable to do. I’m not sure which one if is, but it’s disturbing, especially given that hate crimes against the LGBT community seem to be going up.
So [...]
No footnotes, no asterisks
Saturday, October 17th, 2009You know, when you read the Declaration of Independence put forth by the Founding Fathers, you have to notice one fact. There are no footnotes or asterisks that direct the reader to some subsection saying that “well, we didn’t mean it applies to this group or that”. The most famous line is, of course, this:
We [...]
You know the Nazis burned books, too
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009This is not only disgusting, but VILE. A small town in Wisconsin has started campaigning against their public library because they carried books that held a positive view for GLBT youth. That just wouldn’t do. They demanded books of hate be carried as well. You know, books that denounce and deride people. When that didn’t [...]
First they came for the gays…
Monday, July 20th, 2009This weekend, as I was working in my yard and came upon an idea. And low and behold, it came into being. What was it?
You see, I was thinking that those that support the civil rights of GLBT Americans need to get those haters that fight against gay marriage to come out against marriages performed [...]
Judge rights a wrong, gets demoted
Wednesday, July 15th, 2009How’s THAT for activist judges?
Remember a while back when Florida passed a bill that prevented gays and lesbians from adopting children? Pure hate, no? Children need families, even if those families are headed by two men or two women. But that wasn’t good enough for the bigots in Florida, so they passed a law saying [...]
Harassment by any other name…
Friday, June 19th, 2009Wow… 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 [...]
