oh grow up, mccain.

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proof that peta does something useful now and then

i'm glad that video like this makes it out to the mass media to shed some light on the inhumane practices in slaughterhouses and factory farms.  kicking, beating, and raping animals does not need to be done in the process of sending an animal to slaughter.  but even if the animal is handled " ( Read more... )

an email i received this morning:

There is a major issue in Kalamazoo regarding homeless transgender people.  Today, I had a 20-year-old MTF come into the office looking for temporary housing, as she will be getting an apartment at the beginning of next month.

She has attempted to go to the Gospel Mission but because her ID says she is male, she ( Read more... )

Man in NY jumps from plane with camera but no parachute, dies


June 9, 2008 - 12:00PM

DUANESBURG, N.Y. (AP) - Police in New York state say a 29-year-old man leaped out of a plane at 10,000 feet with a camera but no parachute yesterday.

Officials say the man was observing on the flight ( Read more... )

by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff, March 10, 2008

(Washington) The Senate has attached legislation that would repeal a travel and immigration ban on people with HIV to the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as PEPFAR.

The ban was originally enacted in 1987, and explicitly restated in 1993, despite efforts in the public health ( Read more... )

great news:

a parent is not responsible for a child's psychological well-being!

o rly?

maybe not entirely in the situation they describe, but that's a completely ridiculous blanket statement to make.

psychology today is just a bunch of pop-psych feel-good fluff anyway.  i always knew it, this just puts the icing on the cake.

Westboro Baptist Church, famous for picketing funerals such as those of Matthew Shepard, American soldiers, and Heath Ledger, will be in Kalamazoo on Feb 29 picketing Kalamazoo Central High School's compassionate and educational performance of The Laramie Project (reference their press release at Read more... )

Uruguay Legalizes Same-Sex Civil Unions

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There Must Be Violence Against Women

this is an article from the yemen times, yemen's most widely read english-language newspaper.  the title is literal.  this is no joke.

as seen in
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Granholm Bans Anti-transgender Discrimination in State Employment

from the Triangle Foundation, November 21, 2007

Governor Jennifer Granholm has signed an executive directive banning discrimination in state employment based on "gender identity or expression." The directive protects nearly 50,000 state employees in Michigan's Executive branch, which ( Read more... )