September 2010
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ATTENTION!
More lgbtq+ updates shall commence tomorrow!
For now, I shall be committing mischievous acts - most of which will most likely involve BOLLOCKS! Magazine (my queer, riot grrrl mixed media e-zine).
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzzvbNZJqYw A video that might be worth posting.
Sofia Loren Zombi: Indeed. Thank you for sharing!
August 2010
The 'New' DADT Enforcement Rules Ensare A Sailor... →
danielextra:
TPMMuckraker reports the story of Navy sailor Jarod Mcintosh who was outed by his mobile phone after officers reviewed the photos on the device:
On April 28, Jarod Mcintosh went to work on the nuclear submarine the USS Wyoming — where he served as a cook — with one extra disallowed piece of equipment in tow: his G-1 phone from T-Mobile. By the end of the day, the presence of...
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Crist For Marriage Amendment? →
Florida governor Charlie Crist, an independent candidate for U.S. Senate, appeared to voice support Sunday for a federal constitutional amendment to prohibit same-sex couples from marrying, then clarified his position to say it applied strictly to Florida.
According to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund, Crist told CNN, “When it comes to marriage, I think it is a sacred institution, I...
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Westboro Protesters Pepper Sprayed →
Police in Omaha arrested a 62-year-old man who sprayed mace into a crowd of Westboro Baptist Church protesters and counter-protesters at the funeral of a U.S. marine Saturday.
According to KETV, George Vogel drove by the crowd and dispensed the mace from an “industrial-sized” container later found in his truck. He was charged with multiple counts of assault.
“Police on duty in the area for...
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Ian McKellen Leads Manchester Pride →
Sir Ian McKellen served as grand marshal for the 20th anniversary of the Manchester pride parade Saturday. Advocate.com Editors
Sir Ian McKellen, the Academy Award-nominated star of The Lord of the Rings, served as grand marshal for the Manchester pride parade, which celebrated its 20th anniversary Saturday.
According to the BBC, thousands of people watched more than 100 groups and...
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Christianity & LGBT’s: A Teaching Summary →
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Lutherans Form Breakaway Denomination →
Conservative critics of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America voted Friday to form a new congregation, triggered by the church’s decision last year to allow gay clergy in committed relationships.
According to the Associated Press, “The overwhelming voice vote by members of the Lutheran Coalition of Renewal created the North American Lutheran Church, a tiny denomination of churches...
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GAY AGENDA: Editor’s Note: Sounding Off About Beck... →
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Equality America Know what is a real danger to the institution of marriage? 3.4 divorces per 1,000 people (2009).
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Ex-Cop Pleads Guilty to Trans Beating →
One month before his scheduled retrial, a former Memphis police officer pleaded guilty to beating the late Duanna Johnson, positioning himself to receive a two-year sentence rather than the 10 years he would have faced if convicted by a jury.
According to ABC24 in Memphis, Bridges McRae admitted to using excessive force against Johnson while booking her into the Shelby County Jail in...
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In The Life: “The State of Equality” →
The State of Equality
In 2008, President Barack Obama secured the LGBT vote, promising full equality for the community. Two years later, many are critical of the pace of change. This month on IN THE LIFE, we ask if the man in the White House is an advocate for gay rights, and service members talk to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) about ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.’
Politics of Progress
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Five Years Ago Today, NOLA Changed Forever →
Time flies! It’s hard to believe that it was five years ago today that marks the event that changed New Orleans forever as Hurricane Katrina took a devastating toll on the city so rich with history.
I was back in New Orleans for the first time since Katrina earlier this month attending many of the events that go along with the Satchmo Festival, and yes, enjoying a different kind of hurricane...
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Ken Mehlman Coming Out - What the Internet World... →
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New Study Shows Tangible Harm of "Don’t Ask, Don’t... →
The Human Rights Campaign reiterated its call on the United States Senate to repeal the failed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law in the wake of a new study released by the Palm Center showing DADT discharges in 2009 included: 8 linguists, 20 infantrymen, 16 medical aides, 7 combat engineers, 6 missile artillery operating crew members, and one member of the Special Forces. The study also shows ...
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NOM Marriage Tour 2010 Overview →
On its Two Million for Marriage website, the National Organization for Marriage posted a video re-capping its summer bus tour. Mostly the video is NOM’s Brian Brown talking, saying without a hint of irony that the multitude of protesters “had no interst in peaceful debate.” Brown also said that the tour wound up exposing “the true face of those who would impose same sex marriage….the true ...
Transgender Candidate Receives 22% in GOP House... →
transpride:
As Senate and gubernatorial races dominated political headlines Tuesday night, here’s a result that was easy to overlook: transgender candidate Donna Milo received 22 percent of the vote in her Republican primary for Florida’s 20th congressional district.
Milo placed third in a three-way race, finishing behind winner Karen Harrington (40 percent) and runner-up Robert Lowry (38...
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PayPal Co-Founder Peter Thiel to Host GOProud’s... →
The Daily Caller reports that PayPal co-founder Peter Thiel, who is gay, will co-host GOProud’s “Homocon” event with controversial author Ann Coulter at Thiel’s home in New York City on Sept. 25. “We are thrilled to have Peter’s support for our organization and excited that he will host this great event,” GOProud executive director Jimmy LaSalvia told the conservative site.
Coulter’s...
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Iowa Radio Station Slams Antigay Rant →
WHO radio commentator Jan Mickelson’s recent on-air assertions that HIV/AIDS educational efforts only serve to condone “stupid behavior” associated with homosexuality contained “factual errors,” station owner Clear Channel Communications said in a Thursday statement.
Mickelson made the remarks during a broadcast from the Iowa State Fair. He also criticized...
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Gay Republicans Dismiss D.C. Rankings →
Two gay Republican challengers for the D.C. Council have dismissed the candidate rankings of a local political group as a “high school popularity contest” after receiving lower scores than the Democratic incumbents.
According to the Washington Post, candidates Marc Morgan in Ward 1 and Tim Day in Ward 5 have protested the rankings from the non-partisan Gay and Lesbian Activists Alliance, ...
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How the ’Ex-Gay’ Movement Fosters HIV Infection →
queerwatch:
A POZ article from September, 2010, noted that despite the prevalence of AIDS in Africa as a disease predominantly affecting heterosexuals, Americans persist in believing that it is a “gay disease.” Accordingly, Americans are more likely to believe that “converting” gays to straights will combat the spread of the virus because straights, according to this line of reasoning, don’t...
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Islamophobia Resorts to Violence in New York City →
According to reports, on Thursday, August 26, Ahmed Sharif, a NYC taxi driver and father of four, was stabbed in the throat by passenger Michael Enright. The only apparent reason…Sharif was a Muslim.
Fortunately Sharif was able to escape and is expected to fully recover. However, this is the same type of violence that communities of color and the LGBT community has seen for years and...
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FRC Attacks Harry Reid on DADT →
A new ad from the Family Research Council attacks Senate majority leader Harry Reid for teaming with “homosexual activists” to push repeal of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.
Joe Sudbay at Americablog reports on the ad, which he believes is intended to rattle Reid, who faces Tea Party favorite Sharron Angle in the general election.
“My guess is that, given the timing, FRC’s...
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Ebert: 2 Thumbs Up for Marriage Equality →
Roger Ebert’s review of President Barack Obama’s gay marriage stance? Don’t expect any digits pointing upward.
In a Friday blog post, the longtime film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times wrote that Obama’s nonsupport for marriage equality now puts him to the right of many Republican leaders — and even Ebert’s deceased mother, who was a maid of honor at a...
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Mormons Sued for Proxy Baptism Injury →
A man who claims he injured his back while performing baptisms for the dead is suing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
According to the Salt Lake Tribune, Daniel Dastrup of Las Vegas wants to cover medical expenses stemming from a 2007 injury received in North Carolina.
“In a civil suit filed in 3rd District Court on Wednesday, Daniel Dastrup claims he suffered a severe...
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MLK’s Antigay Niece at Beck Rally →
Alveda King, the niece of Martin Luther King, Jr. who this month addressed a National Organization for Marriage event against marriage equality, will be a keynote speaker at the “Restoring Honor” rally hosted by Glenn Back on Saturday in Washington, D.C.
The Beck rally, which is billed as “non-partisan” and also features Sarah Palin, is taking place on the 27th anniversary of Martin Luther...
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Coming Out: Another One Bites the Dust →
It would appear that this has become national coming out week for gay conservatives across the globe. In a breaking story from BBC News, a conservative MP in the UK has just come out as gay and is leaving behind his wife and two kids.
According to the post:
Justice Minister Crispin Blunt Mr Blunt said he hoped for privacy while he dealt with the “difficult” issues facing his family
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Corvino: Ken Mehlman’s new beginning? →
In some circles, Ken Mehlman’s coming out as gay this week was about as shocking as Rosie O’Donnell’s coming out in 2002, or Ricky Martin’s coming out earlier this year. Others were quite surprised. Still others asked, “Who’s Ken Mehlman?”
Answer: Ken Mehlman is, according to the Atlantic piece that broke the story, “the most powerful Republican in history to identify as gay.” He’s the ...
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What not to call trans people:
fuckyeahgenderstudies:
queersecretssucks:
Avoid: transman, transwoman, trans-man, trans-woman, etc. Instead, use: trans man, trans woman, etc. Why?: The one-word “transwoman” and hyphenated “trans-woman” imply that trans is a gender different from woman. The space indicates that it’s an adjective describing a woman, such as “Asian man” or “fat woman”.
Avoid: a transsexual, an MtF, an FtM...
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About Florida’s Primaries: Scott V. McCollum →
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One in 25 solicitors in Scotland is transsexual,... →
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Family Research Council Head Tony Perkins Reacts... →
Tony Perkins, head of the antigay Family Research Council, is “saddened” by the news about former GOP heavy weight Ken Mehlman coming out as gay, according to an email to supporters he sent during a break from his vacation. Perkins (pictured) says that Mehlman has “chosen” to identify himself as gay. I guess Perkins didn’t read Mehlman’s interview with The Atlantic or skipped that part...
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Facebook Conversations
Chuck Fisher Ironic: how those uber liberal types talk “tolerance and free speech”…YET…when someone uses their free speech in opposition to their opinions they are called: stupid, racist, bigoted, fear mongers, _____phobic etc…. What happened to tolerance? And you uber conservatives…you are NO better.
Sofia Loren Zombi: You can speak your mind without...
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Church Rules Against Spahr →
The Permanent Judicial Commission of the Napa, Calif.–Redwoods Presbytery of the Presbyterian Church has upheld three of the four charges against the Reverend Dr. Jane Adams Spahr, who performed same-sex marriages during the brief period it was legal for gay and lesbian couples to marry in California in 2008.
The commission found Spahr had “violated her ordination vows” by presiding ...
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Death Threats Won't Shake Kansas Pol →
A gay politician in Kansas told the Wichita police department he found a death threat clipped to the outside of his apartment door over the weekend.
Dan Manning, who is running for the Kansas house of representatives, received a note created with cutouts from newspapers and magazines, reading “Will DIE,” “Kill,” “MURDER” and “Head OFF,”...
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Pentagon to meet with military gay spouses →
Members of the Pentagon’s Comprehensive Review Working Group on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell will meet with lesbian and gay military partners on Sept. 16, said Servicemember’s United.
The meeting will be the first time Pentagon staff are meeting with gay military partners about Don’t Ask.
“We are honored to be able to facilitate this meeting between the partners of active duty lesbian and gay troops...
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until we are all equal: The Bible and... →
The United States of America, land of the free and home of the brave, came into existence by way of Puritans in search of religious freedom. Although the United States does have freedom of religion allowing for nearly every belief to have followers here, the religions with the most followers read…
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Watchthegayaggregate:
ANTI-GAY PASTOR and HOW HE KICKED THE HOMO DEVIL
…makes me sick
