New short post up at Somewhere in the Middle: Jared Leto Won an Oscar and I'm OK with That, about the kerfuffle some people are raising over a cisgender straight man winning a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing a gay trans*woman.

Also recently posted there: Trans* Language in Brief, a primer on basic trans* terms in response to the new gender ( Read more... )

In case you missed it, an anonymous group in Utah compiled and distributed a list with the names, addresses, birth dates, social security numbers and other personal information of 1300 people the anonymous senders accuse of being illegal immigrants (San Jose Mercury News). It's no surprise at all to learn that the vast majority of the names on that ( Read more... )

This is brilliant. Oh Governator, what will you do next?

Edit: I give up, object embedding doesn't work. And neither does Youtube's URL. Go here, and watch the HILARIOUS video about Arnoldbucks.

I am SERIOUSLY frustrated with trying to get this damn video up here. I've spent an HOUR on what was supposed to be a quick post!From the Courage ( Read more... )

We have a new president. We get one every four to eight years. In my lifetime there have been twelve inaugurations. When I was born, LBJ was in office, a president who truly championed civil rights. I watched Nixon open relations with China when I was in preschool. I watched him tear down a nation's beliefs about itself and its government with the ( Read more... )

I'm registered to vote as a Democrat, largely because I wanted my vote in the primaries to count. Otherwise I'd be registered Independent, because even though I'm completely liberal politically, I don't like affiliating myself with a party. It feels unclean ( Read more... )

Last night I worked on the No On 8, Equality for All campaign again. More phone banking. Calling voters that the campaign thinks are likely to be undecided, or have not heard about the proposition, and are likely to support our cause. It was great!

jbmcdragon's essay on what she finds so hurtful in this proposition really spoke to me. I hear her. I agree ( Read more... )

Here's the thing about Prop 8. It's kind of a Bizzaro world thing, where no means yes, and yes means no. Clear as mud? Here are some definitions.
I originally posted the following as part of a comment to an entry on jbmcdragon's journal.Definition of Terms for Proposition 8 ( Read more... )

I did something I've never done before this week: I was a political activist on Tuesday night. I spent the evening working at a phone bank, calling voters to try to encourage them to vote No on Proposition 8. I spoke to seven who said they would definitely vote no, and three of those said they'd be willing to volunteer time to the No campaign. ( Read more... )

Did you read Obama's speech? Did you? The first presidential election I remember was the 1972 contest between Nixon and McGovern. I don't remember the actual politics, but years later, when I was a teenager and babysitting the kids of my former babysitter, she told me that she, in 1972, had been amazed that I could explain how the Electoral College ( Read more... )

Happy Tuesday! That's what we said to passersby at the plaza outside the San Mateo County Clerk's office in Redwood City today. Today was the first day that all counties of California were issuing marriage licenses for same-sex couples, ( and my church was there! )