( one of only two openly LGBT people named to Time's '40 Under 40' list this year )

( There is now at least One Event being held in EVERY Single State in the United States of America. Click here and follow the link for YOUR City and State )

( Matthew Brunner, NYC Program Director at Empire State Pride Agenda will be addressing Prop 8 and other critical questions at 2 pm on Sunday at the Reform Temple of Forest Hills )

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this is X-Posted from the California East Bay PFLAG Chapter! Please forward

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Hallmark Cards that epitome of middle-American 'normalcy' is now offering Same Sex Marriage Cards, and the right wing is pissed!

( they are rallying their bigots and haters to try and make Hallmark regret and reverse this decision, so please help us turn the tables on them )

So like all good little Queer Activists I was quickly skimming thru GLAAD's "Stories to Watch" section when I cam upon these two items:

1.) Out-of-State Gay and Lesbian Couples Can Marry in Massachusetts
2.) New Studies on Marriage for Gay and Lesbian Couples

( GLAAD the term is 'Same Sex Marriage and you of all organizations know this! So why are you disrespecting and distracting a large portion of the LGBT Community by using this non-inclusive language especially in this important election year? )

This essay is X-Posted from BiNet USA President Wendy Curry's Blog curriedspam

Honestly, I've been less enthused about the "gay marriage" vs same sex marriage debate than I was the trans inclusive ENDA; with the ENDA battle, rights were being held up . . . With the marriage debate, it could be argued . . . as some have done . . . that the semantics (word ( Read more... )

( This thoughtful essay on the current politics of inclusion/exclusion in the American LGBT Community and when and if 'the ends justify the means' is X-Posted with permission from the author 'Lindasusan', a Bi-identified LGBT person from San Francisco CA )

Note that among the collection of right-wingnuts, religious loonies, garden variety bigots, and cynical political opportunists who signed on to the lawsuit brought by Arizona's scary-fundy "Christian" (Dominionist?) Alliance Defense Fund to block Governor Patterson's directive recognizing same-sex marriage are five (5) Republican legislators. ( Read more... )