July 2012
136 posts
Kickstarter Enables LGBT-Themed Projects to 'Go...
The 2012 Olympic Games are in full swing, and a sense of worldly camaraderie has filled the air. Every four years, we enthusiastically support our respective country’s athletes in their quest to bring home the big win in the form of a gold medal. These… View Post shared via WordPress.com
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I'm Already There
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I’m Already There
He called her on the road
From a lonely cold hotel room
Just to hear her say “I love you” one more time
And when he heard the sound
Of the kids laughing in the background He… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Honesty
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Honesty
If you search for tenderness
It isn’t hard to find
You can have the love you need to live
But if you look for truthfulness
You might just as well be blind It always seems to be so… View Post shared via WordPress.com
If You Remember Me
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If You Remember Me
When you remember me,
if you remember me,
I hope you see it’s not the way I want it to be,
or I’d be with you now,
but wherever you go,
my love goes with you.
Keep on… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Stars In the Night
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Stars In the Night
Look
Look at the stars
How brilliant they are
How can they be shining now
When hope seems so far?
Look
Look how they shine
These cruelest of stars What promise inspires… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Mitt Romney and the go-for-broke election
Here are the two great campaign mysteries at midsummer: Why does Mitt Romney appear to be getting so much traction from ripping a few of President Obama’s words out of context? And why aren’t Romney and other Republicans moving to the political center as… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Does Obama Support the Destruction of Israel?
It seems that President Barack Obama is still insisting that Israel give half of Jerusalem to the Palestinians and presumably return to Israel’s indefensible 1967 borders as they existed prior to the Six-Day War.
Last Thursday 26 July during the White… View Post shared via WordPress.com
In Obama era, have race relations improved?
PHILADELPHIA — Ask Americans how race relations have changed under their first black president and they are ready with answers.
Ashley Ray, a white woman, hears more people debating racial issues. “I know a lot of people who really thought we were OK as a… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Romney comments at fundraiser outrage Palestinians
JERUSALEM — Mitt Romney told Jewish donors Monday that their culture is part of what has allowed them to be more economically successful than the Palestinians, outraging Palestinian leaders who suggested his comments were racist and out of touch with the… View Post shared via WordPress.com
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Out Proud 2012 Olympians
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Hate, homophobia are learned attitudes
I have been an ally for the LGBT community for many years, and in that time, I have spent a great deal of time getting to know this wonderful community of people, and their history.
LGBT people have been present throughout history, in every culture… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Sally Ride's Final Public Act: A Gift To LGBT...
“In addition to Tam O’Shaughnessy, her partner of 27 years, Sally is survived by her mother, Joyce; her sister, Bear; her niece, Caitlin, and nephew, Whitney; her staff of 40 at Sally Ride Science; and many friends and colleagues around the country.”
That… View Post shared via WordPress.com
San Diego LGBT organization demands homophobic...
Half an hour after rock radio station 105.3 aired a homophobic ad, Canvass for a Cause took the issue on directly, mobilizing activists to call-in and formally complain. Within two hours, the station stated they were pulling the ad.
The ad, which… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Electoral apartheid
Suppose Mitt Romney ekes out a victory in November by a margin smaller than the number of young and minority voters who couldn’t cast ballots because the photo-identification laws enacted by Republican governors and legislators kept them from the polls.… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Romney voices aggressive stance toward Iran
JERUSALEM (AP) — Mitt Romney would respect an Israeli decision to make a unilateral military strike against Iran aimed at preventing Tehran from obtaining nuclear capability, a top foreign policy adviser said Sunday as he outlined the aggressive posture… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Dem gun reformers give Obama a pass as they push...
Democratic gun reformers are giving President Obama a pass as they push support for tougher gun laws.
In the wake of last week’s shooting massacre in Colorado, Obama has called for a broad approach to fighting gun violence, but he’s stopped short of… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Where’s the Outrage?
By CHARLES M. BLOW
Are too many Democratic voters sleepwalking away from our democracy this election cycle, not nearly outraged enough about Big Money’s undue influence and Republican state legislatures changing the voting rules?
It seems so.
A Gallup… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Dueling tax-cut dysfunction in Congress
Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economySenate Democrats were able to pass their plan to extend the Bush-era tax cuts for Americans making less than $250,000, but it seems unlikely that the measure will be able to carry… View Post shared via WordPress.com
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Bullied LGBT Teens Request Lunch With Kirk Cameron...
Activists representing bullied teens of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender community (LGBT) have asked actor Kirk Cameron to have lunch with them during his visit to Ocean Grove, N.J., where he will be speaking on biblical marriage.
“In a kind,… View Post shared via WordPress.com
LGBT rights group starts petition against Jennifer...
The executive director of a Florida civil rights group has launched a national online petition asking Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll to apologize for remarks seen as offensive to black lesbians.
Nadine Smith of Equality Florida said she started the petition af… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Don't Make Dialogue Illegal: Standing Up for...
This week, I and many U.S. Christian leaders signed on to a letter, concerning a re-introduced version of Uganda’s Anti-Homosexuality Bill, a bill which perpetuates some alarming and hateful language about the LGBT community in Uganda, and indeed, around… View Post shared via WordPress.com
Help For LGBT Homeless
Prior to the recent implementation of adding the protections for LGBT-identified people to the Fair Housing Act, access to emergency and transitional housing was limited to a small portion of the available resources — from both discriminatory practice and… View Post shared via WordPress.com