Archive for the ‘Global’ Category


Putting the transgenie back…

Tuesday, August 5th, 2008

While most Americans, and even gay folks in the U.S., have no idea what it means to be transgender, Thailand has not only known its meaning, but for ages allowed gender reassignment surgeries and castrations for men of any age. Bloomberg reports that will be changing. New rules from national health ...

Queer… it’s just so queer

Monday, August 4th, 2008

Originally posted at OutCarolinas.com Why is Queer so…queer? by Amanda Harris | OutCarolinas.com Contributor Queer. What is it? Really? I can hardly think of a week that passes where I don’t explain Queer identity to somebody, and yet I am finding new ways to think of it now as I embark on a ...

Why anyone believes the ignorance, I don’t know

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

I caught a commentary written at a conservative Canadian site: But the real reason I bring up this story is to point out the grossly homosexualised hypocrisy and blatant propaganda seems to be endemic in so much of the mainstream media coverage of cases of sexual assault or abuse. Take ...

Going Global

Friday, November 30th, 2007

Tomorrow is World AIDS Day and I know it is easy for me to think of AIDS Walk, Magic Johnson, or even an aquaintence from USC that I knew who was HIV+. But just as we in America have come to understand that HIV/AIDS affects more than just gay ...

Maybe they should get a Bill of Rights?

Monday, October 15th, 2007

There are some interesting civil rights situations happening across the pond. In England a debate has erupted over a "hate speech" law that was recently expanded to include prohibitions against inciting violence against others, based on sexual orientation or gender-identity. The law has been around for centuries, originally including prohibitions against ...

Eastern Europe update: Russia arrests blood ban protesters; EU court scolds Poland… again.

Friday, September 28th, 2007

RUSSIA In Moscow Wednesday, six LGBT demonstrators were fined for holding an unauthorized public event in what organizers say was an entirely lawful protest of Russia’s ban on gay blood donors. Led by Alexey Davydov, the activists gathered outside the Ministry of Health and Social Development two weeks ago to protest ...

The delusional Iranian Hitler

Tuesday, September 25th, 2007

Yesterday at Columbia University Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said, "We have no homosexuals like in your country." Get the full scoop here. Delusional. Absolutely Delusional. Almost as delusional as some Americans who say there is no such thing as gay (a.k.a. some in the Religious Right). Well, America... it's okay... We just ...

Boys in Pink

Friday, September 14th, 2007

I love boys in pink, in fact I wear pink all the time... It takes a real man to wear pink... but evidently some over-pumped, testosterone driven straight boys decided that pink meant "homo." According to the Nova Scotia Chronicle-Herald a freshman high school boy was beaten up by 10 boys ...

Separate prison facilities for trans inmates?

Monday, September 3rd, 2007

I was just sitting and watching CNN World today and a story came on about a prison in the Philippines. The actual story was about how the prison officials starting making prisoners dance and do other funny, light-hearted things in order to break down gang activity (surprisingly, it worked), but ...

Thousands strong queer youth support network grows; The Voice Project is launched

Saturday, August 4th, 2007

Will you help make our future? Originally posted at The Voice Project  When EqualityMySpace (www.myspace.com/equalitymyspace) was first started two years ago, the MySpace profile was only a test subject to see how well a group of people could use social networking sites like MySpace.com to gather, network and support lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, ...