Last week the House of Representatives approved a bill expanding existing federal hate-crime laws to include gender, gender identity, disability and sexual orientation. It would increase the penalties for specific crimes as well as allow the federal government to provide grants for the investigation and prosecution of hate crimes. It would also allow the federal [...]
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Today… Tony: it never ceases to amaze me just how ugly hatred is: Miss California Carrie Prejean Carl: Right?!? Ivan: Well they have their new Anita Bryant, and this time she is going to get more than just a pie on her face. Maybe the implants will burst… I’m just saying. Rob: Amen! Michael: It is sad that we [...] Homer posted this a few days ago on his blog. He probably gets a zillion times the hits that I do but I thought I’d pass it along. My friend Jim Burroway and his colleagues at Box Turtle Bulletin deserve to be thanked for their tireless work. A couple of years ago I ran into Jim [...] Because a mind is a terrible thing to use. I thought about killing myself when I finally admitted to myself that I was gay. Probably, hundreds of thousand of others in America do similarly. Thousands follow through. Last week, an 11 year old in Georgia killed himself because of relentless anti-gay bullying at school. This follows a [...] I thought this dovetailed well with an entry I made a few months ago: Theory Thanks to Lee for the link! Take the time to read it, then come back: Drag Queens and a Few Bricks Or, you may have read it already. I came across it tonight. Were I to keep up with other blogs, I wouldn’t have discovered it several weeks after the fact, but that’s my problem. In his entry, Dogpoet accurately summarizes the sources [...] Christmas morning, I wrote the following entry. I just realized that I forgot to post it because the internet was out in my hotel until yesterday, then of course the Yes on 8 banner got my panties in a wad. This was sent to me a few weeks ago. When I saw the subject, I put [...] Yesterday, as we were driving through San Diego county to Christmas dinner, we passed a house that had a huge banner that read “Protect Marriage – Yes on 8″ (I may go photograph and post it tomorrow). I felt like I’d been punched in the gut. Two thoughts ripped through my complacency: 1. Fuad 2. How does [...] Join me THIS SATURDAY in protest against the religious fanatics that think they have a God-given right or requirement to impose their ignorance and bigotry on everyone else. Because, you know, I’m not “perfectly content being relegated to the back of the bus.” I’ll be taking a break from my anti-Prop H8 project (and the gym, [...] “I made a scene on First Street yesterday,” I said to Chuck at the gym last Saturday morning. We had just finished an hour of cardio and sat down to drink our smoothies. He gave me his patient what-have-you-done-now look. “I saw a white mini-van with a ‘Yes on 8′ bumper sticker parallel parked. A woman had [...] |
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