Today is National Coming Out Day! A day for lesbians, gay men, bisexual people, transgendered people, and those of us who just call ourselves "queer", to take a step forward and be visible. Not because we want the world to think about sex when you think of us, but because when we are real people - neighbors, doctors, singers in church choirs, ( Read more... )

California's Supreme Court ruled to uphold Prop 8, the amendment to the constitution that bans same-sex marriage. I expected it, so why does it still feel like a kick in the teeth? Maybe because I allowed myself to hope. I hoped that a court that had ruled discrimination against same-sex couples unconstitutional would see that changing the ( Read more... )

Today I watched a PBS program about the fight for racial equality in the South in the 1960's. About the lunch-counter sit-ins in my own hometown of Nashville. About the Birmingham bus boycotts, and the Freedom Rides. It was inspiring. One of the moments that had me in tears was watching old news footage of the white mayor of Nashville saying he ( Read more... )