The federal government will shut down because extremists in Congress are pursuing a vendetta against Planned Parenthood. It's not about the budget - it's about trying to destroy an organization that provides birth control, HIV testing, and cancer screenings. It's time to stand up and call these extremists out. Sign the open letter from Planned ( Read more... )

Originally posted by clari_clyde at post

I’ve been wondering what’s up with all the DDoS attacks LJ has been receiving lately. Signal boosting ingridmatthews:

Just in case anyone thinks LJ's downtime is just TPTB being incompetant, read this:

LiveJournal, Russia's blogging platform of choice, is sustaining biggest cyberattack attack in its history. Bloggers say the Kremlin ( Read more... )

Ganesha Monologue 2011

via Circle of Dionysos by DKCowan on 2/27/11
"What is forgotten is that “those people” are out there every day questioning the norm and so removing societal barriers for finding and expressing one’s true self for everyone.  If it were not for “those people,” then the “normal gays” of today would still be considered “those ( Read more... )

from: A Small Shrine of Antinous. Thirdly, I found out via a friend that a prehistoric site in Scotland, which is currently threatened with destruction, and has been in more-or-less continuous usage for a long time in terms of ritual/folk significance, is seeking assistance. Here is the information/an article on the site in question (which I’ve ( Read more... )

You may remember, back around Thanksgiving, a huge number of boys and young men were accused - via cell phone video - of raping an 11 year old. They moved from one building to another, and continued the assault ( Read more... )

There are a lot of *amazing* as well as horrifying posts in the blogosphere right now, in response to, or in this case re-brought up, the exclusion of trans women at a Lilith ritual at Pantheacon this year (Patheacon is awesome!). The communication problem (not advertised correctly) has been apologized for, etc etc ( Read more... )

You knew it was coming. This post is a great read.

The UN dumps inclusion of lgbt people from a resolution against discrimination-based hate killings.

Of course, it's just about as amazing to me that this resolution is something that has to be re-voted on every year.

Some days I think it might be interesting to get into politics. Others days, I can't think of anything much more insane. 

Please go vote today. It's mostly the out-there folks who vote mid-election, and a lower number of people all told. so your vote can make more of a difference today. I know my friends are pretty sane - the country needs you!

has an excellent interview with Richard Kim, senior editor at Nation magazine (it's a podcast to watch or listen to). He's really thoughtful and erudite, talking about current lgbt issues. I really appreciated his ability to discern differences in offenses and appropriate responses. It's the first long interview after the opening Headlines section ( Read more... )