A distressing comment on a CNN story about the city of Philadelphia and the Boy Scouts ( Read more... )

Grotesque mistreatment of an elderly gay couple by Sonoma County.

This is another Olbermann video. In it, he gives his views on California passing proposition 8. This is all manner of corny - he says so himself - and worse still if you're opposed to marriage in general. I, however, am not opposed to marriage in general, do see same-sex marriage as an important aspect of queer rights, and did find this very ( Read more... )

The proposed amendment to the Massachusetts constitution to ban gay marriage is officially dead! I went with Tauheed, Sylvia, and Jane to the State House to see a live broadcast of the vote. The hall was divided in half, for pro and anti gay marriage people. We filled up our entire half of the hall, and then took over the other side's balcony. ( Read more... )

So, it seems that today is National Coming Out Day. I think everyone knows already that I'm bisexual. But, to anyone who isn't out, let me say a few words. I understand discomfort. I understand nervousness. I even understand fear. But I will tell you, I became so much happier once I was out, because it meant I was free to express myself fully ( Read more... )

Well, I finally did it. Focus on the Family is now sending me exactly ninety-nine dollars worth of free stuff. I got the Narnia dvd, the Les Mis audiobook, and a few hilarious books about the "prevention of" and "truth about" homosexuality. And you should do it too ( Read more... )

Apparently today was "Blog Against Heteronormativity" day. Of course, it's not technically today anymore, but I'll still share something that's been on my mind ( Read more... )

Go read this article. Basically, the Bush administration has quietly changed the rules to make it harder for gay people to get security clearance for government jobs. I'd love to hear the rationale for this one ( Read more... )

The things I learn from lawlesslawyer. First of all, the Boston archdiocese is going to stop providing adoption services because Massachusetts law now states that gay couples can adopt. I have no words. Except four-letter ones.

And here's what lawlesslawyer has to say about reproductive rights ( Read more... )

So, something was posted to the GSA listserve the other day. Basically, the owner of Jason's Deli in collegetown called someone a faggot and told him to "use some KY next time." Someone who was there posted the incident, saying he hoped we wouldn't shop there anymore. And personally, I plan to avoid them, and encourage all of you to do the same ( Read more... )