Okay. I am not great at admitting when I don't understand something - I'm terrible at it, actually. But I'm working on that ( Read more... )

I'm still kind of amazed that anyone is even remotely surprised that Prop 8 passed in California. I'm not dismissing the hurt and harm that it puts out to people in California, hell to queer folk and allies all over the U.S ( Read more... )

I've stayed pretty quiet around the subject of the upcoming US Presidential election. It's not because I don't care - I always care. I care about school board elections, about propositions in and out of my state, about state legislators ( Read more... )

So I realize that some of you added this journal for a variety of squeeing reasons, some of which are fannish.

This? Is not a post about My Chemical Romance or Gabe Saporta. Just to throw that out there.

Some of you may be aware of some conversations that are happening around Jezebel and conversations about sexual assault. Now, I'll own up. I ( Read more... )

I see that it's Blog for Choice Day and a huge part of me wonders what, exactly, the point is. There is nobody on this journal that could have missed that I'm pro-choice. But. Right. Political statements ( Read more... )

I've been a long-time Kucnich supporter - in fact, he's the only reason I'm a registered Democrat at all. I wanted to participate in the 2004 Washington State caucus to advocate for him and to do that, you have to be a registered Democrat ( Read more... )

Today is the Transgender Day of Remembrance. I've seen a handful of posts about this on my friendslist, but it always amazes me how few people know about this day ( Read more... )

El Pueblo Unido Jamás Será Vencido
(A people united will never be defeated)
Introduction and interview conducted by Krista Benson ( Read more... )

I am deeply, deeply horrified by what's been going on in Burma. I'm also horrified that, like Oaxaca and hundreds/thousands of other places where people experience oppression, the American media sits back and says fucking NOTHING.

I just had a really amazing conversation with my co-worker. I've mentioned here a few times, she works in Boston and is about my age and is awesome. She also just got a livejournal account, so whenever she figures out the friends feature, she'll probably be here, too ( Read more... )