So I'm still getting my head examined ( Read more... )

I promised a post for Blogging Against Disablism Day, and now I'm late -- Beltane celebrations distracted me. My excuse is that I've been starved for public ritual work for six months, so this weekend I sort of pigged out, dancing one Maypole and supporting another, plus the Full Moon. But that's no excuse.

This week I've been much more aware of ' ( Read more... )

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In order to achieve full civil rights now, we avow:

1. Full civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and
transgender individuals must be enacted now. 
Delay and excuses are no longer acceptable.

2. We will not leave any part of our community behind.

3. Separate is never equal.

4. Religious beliefs are not a basis upon which to
affirm or deny civil ( Read more... )

Relationships

Getting good at this ‘parallel play’ stuff - each of us doing our own thing, but sharing space and meals and good talk about how each project is going. Several good conversations with Dear Husband this week negotiating plans. Warm gentle fondness and lots of cuddling. A couple of good conversations with new friends among the cruisers ( Read more... )

Be On the Look Out
by NorthLight
copyright 2009
Bolo ties, narrow cords holding a cameo - or a bullet - at my neck
Brighid’s Day, the well and forge in celebration
Wolves and roosters howling at the moon
Lobo at his best

Be on the look out for
Cornhusks made into dollies in this supremely catholic country
Where the Mayans hold to their own religions deep ( Read more... )

My first participation in the annual Feast of Brigid Poetry reading: (scroll to the bottom to see the invitation and pass it freely about).

This one is from one of my favorite poets, and speaks no me no matter what color I am.

A Pledge to Rescue Our Youth
by
Maya Angelou
© 2006 
      Young women, young men of color, we add our voices to the voices of ( Read more... )

Am I just being paranoid?

Lately I'm finding more and more references to religion -- especially from the viewpoint of the Abrahamic traditions, and most often from the viewpoint of Protestant Christianity -- in the most peculiar places. Television game shows (which one of my best friends is addicted to, for background noise in an empty house). ( Read more... )

The meme exercise I posted a moment ago has a lot of resonance for me. I've also done a similar exercise in a group training around anti-racism. I notice some stuff this has brought up this morning ( Read more... )

Thanks to
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