Hey boys, which one of you is a real man?
Ok I just nearly pissed myself laughing at the episode of QaF when Michael walked up to his coworkers at the gay pride parade, stunning in his drag attire, and hit on his icky boss. Oh my, I love this show...
In other news, I went to a video conference at AUM today put on by the Yes Institute, about gender & orientation and supporting youth who deal with various issues related to it. I was kind of unsure about it, and barely made the registration deadline, but I had the feeling that I would be really glad if I went, and I totally am. I got to see some local people who are interested in GLBT issues, such as a couple of Episcopal priests and a Unitarian minister, and a guy from Pflag Bham, and a bunch of other random people in the community and school system. I also learned that AUM's Gay-Straight Alliance is finally starting back up, after a sort of lapse since the former leaders graduated out, so I'm thinking about getting involved there. And the conference itself was really good, and I learned more than I thought I would. I learned the value of good, open communication, and I really need to check out their seminar on communication. They got to do a session on gender & orientation for this athlete guy in Miami (I don't know his name, I'm not into sports you know) that said all these inflammatory, homophobic things about this one gay athlete, and afterwards he got really interested and really changed his attitude about gay people. We also talked about the difference between gender and sexual orientation, which I'd never thought of. I was totally filling up my tiny notebook with the new information I was learning.
I can't remember which of you lovelies recommended Of Montreal for me, but I got "Skeletal Lamping" and it is one of the weirdest, most schizophrenic things I've ever heard. I'm totally addicted.
In other news, I went to a video conference at AUM today put on by the Yes Institute, about gender & orientation and supporting youth who deal with various issues related to it. I was kind of unsure about it, and barely made the registration deadline, but I had the feeling that I would be really glad if I went, and I totally am. I got to see some local people who are interested in GLBT issues, such as a couple of Episcopal priests and a Unitarian minister, and a guy from Pflag Bham, and a bunch of other random people in the community and school system. I also learned that AUM's Gay-Straight Alliance is finally starting back up, after a sort of lapse since the former leaders graduated out, so I'm thinking about getting involved there. And the conference itself was really good, and I learned more than I thought I would. I learned the value of good, open communication, and I really need to check out their seminar on communication. They got to do a session on gender & orientation for this athlete guy in Miami (I don't know his name, I'm not into sports you know) that said all these inflammatory, homophobic things about this one gay athlete, and afterwards he got really interested and really changed his attitude about gay people. We also talked about the difference between gender and sexual orientation, which I'd never thought of. I was totally filling up my tiny notebook with the new information I was learning.
I can't remember which of you lovelies recommended Of Montreal for me, but I got "Skeletal Lamping" and it is one of the weirdest, most schizophrenic things I've ever heard. I'm totally addicted.