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Urgh, you guys, this makes my heart swell ten-fold. ♥

For those new to my flist, I've written about the LGBT movement in hockey before. It's not anything grandiose, and it isn't really league-led, but considering this is one of the four big sports, it's definitely something. (I don't follow the other three so I'm not aware of how the ( Read more... )

I know very few of you are into hockey, but I know I've got a flist made up of pretty much all the colors of the rainbow, so I thought you might be interested in something that's been going on in hockey fandom about the LGBT movement. I was actually going to copy&paste a post that someone had made on the latest development, but then I realized that ( Read more... )

Eight years in debate is enough for me to know that there is a way I can argue for the release of Polanski. There is a way, because of technicality, because of jurisdiction, whatever else, that his arrest may have been technically fumbled.

I can find an argument for it, but that doesn't make him any less deserving of arrest, of justice. Because ( Read more... )

Gay marriage gets legalized in Maine:

"In the past, I opposed gay marriage while supporting the idea of civil unions," Governor Baldacci said. "I have come to believe that this is a question of fairness and of equal protection under the law, and that a civil union is not equal to civil marriage."
Dudes. Did somebody step on the Gay Agenda Gas Pedal ( Read more... )

The US was the only major Western nation not to sign the declaration.

What. The. Fuck.

I mean-- okay, I hate going political and I know this will just open a whole new can of worms and that, you know, this is a debatable issue, well-- here's where I stand, basically:

• I am glad that this declaration was sponsored at all...
  
• But I personally don' ( Read more... )

Looks like they're passing Prop 8. 52.1% of vote with 94.6% precincts reporting..

He was right when he said things will not change overnight. And they didn't. Prop 8 passed. There's still an uphill battle.

But you know, we're probably still just getting there.

I hope.

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1. Nearly forget to print the all-important ticket needed.
   
2. Leave work early to give self time to be at the event.
   
3. Arrive home to discard bag and stuff.
   
4. Wear rubber shoes.
   
5. Set LJ up so you can text updates. :|

So, uh. I might get slightly annoying. I promise to only update if something REALLY awesome happens, like if there's a stampede or something ( Read more... )

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