If you care about LGBT issues but don't know what to do first (or next), there is an organization for you! Straight for Equality at http://www.straightforequality.org was created by PFLAG National (in the US) to answer questions and help you do what you can for equality ( Read more... )

Are you an American and think Trump's birth certificate blather doesn't affect you? Yes, it does. It's a debasement to our country and what it is supposed to stand for.

Listen to this and learn.

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George Bush, STFU. You are clueless and thoughtless and selfish ( Read more... )

Congressional Republicans are making a big deal out of repealing health care reform ( Read more... )

An important essay is currently off-line (looks like a temporary situation, fingers crossed) was temporarily off-line but I found a copy on someone else's blog. Keeping it here for me to reference if and when needed. All credit for these words belongs to Ampersand, at the blog URL below. (Unless the random person I copied it from made a typo or ( Read more... )

Hi, I'm back. Offline issues are not totally taken care of, but duct tape has been applied (not a metaphor) and we're good for now ( Read more... )

bethctg2 found this amazing talk on the power of stories, and why we need to have as many people as possible telling their own stories.

Today in the US it is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

I just read his Letter from Birmingham Jail in its entirety. So powerful, meaningful, and inspirational.

Here are some principles I personally try to apply when having conversations with others ( Read more... )

By chance, after I clicked on a link about the top baby names of 2009 (when did Michael fall off the top 5 for boys?), I saw a link to another article.

Guilt Trip to Somewhere by Rachel Kadish

The title may make you feel wary (it did for me), but read the article all the way through. See what it says about guilt (culpability) vs. shame.

"Pay ( Read more... )