( Cut for a pretty long post on LGBT issues )

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Not that his family will ever see this, or that it would profit them if they did, but still felt I should put down a word of respect for Stephen Tyrone Johns, the security guard who died in the line of duty protecting occupants of the Holocaust Memorial Museum from a white supremacist terrorist-previously incarcerated, but released-who entered the ( Read more... )

Vermont legalizes same-sex marriage.

They are the first state to do this through its legislature, yes?

Via amy_wolf:

Nation-wide protest against California's Prop 8. Going down this Saturday. From this page, if you're interested and able to march, you'll find a state-by-state locator for the protest site nearest you. The e-mail I received from the organizer in my area indicated that signs protesting measures aimed at LGBT rights in other states, ( Read more... )

Okay. I know I should know this, but I'm still confused.

I know there really is such a thing as Westboro Baptist Church and that they are, ah, charming folk all around, but is this really their website? Seriously? I feel like a n00b for having to ask, but it just seems like such a parody. It's like the Onion, only one-note and rather more ( Read more... )

Jesus fucking Christ.