People ask me why I left the faith I grew up in. It’s a long story, but I will try to condense it down as much as I can.( Read more... )

You know what really sucks? When a person in a disempowered group can't see that their struggle is analogous to the struggle of another disempowered group. That the two overlap and that the same types of thinking, unspoken rules, codes and social blindness to privilege exists for both. Gay rights, minority rights and women's rights ARE THE SAME  ( Read more... )

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Epic and awesome. Love you, Gaga!

  Yesterday, Lady Gaga attended the VMA with her dates. Yes, dates. She brought with her four former military personnel who had either been kicked out of the military or resigned due to DADT. Her guests were:

David Hall--a former member of the Air Force who was booted out in August 2002 after a female cadet told his commander that he was gay  
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Fuck you right in the ear.

"Jene Newsome played by the rules as an Air Force sergeant: She never told anyone in the military she was a lesbian. The 28-year-old's honorable discharge under the "don't ask, don't tell" policy came only after police officers in Rapid City, S.D., saw an Iowa marriage certificate in her home and told the nearby Ellsworth ( Read more... )

  The original vid was locked due to some epic hateration so here's a tribute. I LOVE this kid.

" I always see husbands and wives but this is the very first time I saw husbands and husbands. That's so funny!  HEY, that means you love each other!"

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In other news, Oklahoma has decided to opt out (?!) of a federal hate crimes bill that will ( Read more... )

Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli says Virginia's colleges and universities cannot prohibit discrimination against gays because the General Assembly has not authorized them to do so.

In a letter Thursday to the presidents, rectors and boards of visitors of Virginia public colleges, Cuccinelli said: the law and public policy of Virginia "prohibit a ( Read more... )

  I don't know if you guys remember me talking about this story last year or not. Basically, two women, Miller and Jenkins, were joined in a civil union and had a child together. Miller is the birth mother but they both adopted the child. Well, they broke up in 2002 and shared joint custody.  But a few months after the break up, Miller became an ( Read more... )