Archive for the ‘United States’ Category
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
"Blogger wars" are usual around the blogosphere, you know. Two bloggers get into some sort of disagreement. Most of the time the "war" is childish and immature; some drama flamed by the human disconnect our wonderful internet age has fueled. But there are occassions when these "blogger wars" flame up ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Religion, United States, Western U.S. | 14 Comments »
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
My heart broke all last week, realizing that I really wanted to be in two places at once. I had to be at the EqualityNC Conference. I wanted to be attend at least one of the various Prop. 8 protests in the Carolinas.
My little activist-at-heart self was torn in two ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 6 Comments »
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Gay=Pedophile Marcus Kindley, the former Guilford County, N.C., GOP chairman who once compared gays to pedophiles, is once again attempting a run for the chairmanship of the North Carolina Republican Party. This time, it's after his loss in a race to become a national committeeman for the RNC.
In an email ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, Republican Party, United States | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
LGBT and straight ally youth traveling with the 2008 Soulforce Equality Ride were turned away from the Jackseon, Tenn., First Baptist Church on Tuesday night.
Attempting to attend and listen to a public concert showcased by students at the private, Christian school, Union University, the Riders were told by police and ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, College/University, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Religion, Soulforce Equality Ride 2008, United States | No Comments »
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
Following up on the continued protest theme my blog has taken the past few days... The founder of Join the Impact, the website pushing the nation-wide series of protests against Prop. 8, was interviewed by Austin bogger Kate X. Messner. It's published at 365gay.com.
Amy Balliett is her name, the young ...
Posted in LGBT, Politics, United States | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, November 12th, 2008
On Monday I wrote about my opposition to any renewed movement to organize a national March on Washington. I said then:
Our American-style Democracy isn’t easy. Things will get worse before they get better. A feel-good, resource-draining, ineffective March on Washington will do nothing to push us forward. Now isn’t the ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 2 Comments »
Monday, November 10th, 2008
I don't know where this "rumbling" for another national LGBT March on Washington is coming from, but the idea is bad, bad, bad. For several reasons.
1. Marches on Washington, D.C., aren't effective
A friend of mine who worked in Washington, D.C., told me there was "a march like everyday." While I'm ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, Politics, United States | 26 Comments »
Saturday, November 8th, 2008
The Christian Action League of North Carolina's executive director, the Rev. Mark Creech, says Christians were "body slammed" at the polls. Obama's won. The Tar Heel State went blue. Indeed, his world must be coming to an end.
But, no! He finds hope!
The Rev. Mark Creech, executive director of the Christian ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 4 Comments »
Friday, November 7th, 2008
NC State will never live down its horrible reputation as the most backward, most hate-filled college campus in North Carolina. If they were located in South Carolina, their only competitor might be Bob Jones University.
In case you haven't heard about it yet, four NC State students have admitted to painting ...
Posted in North Carolina, Politics, Raleigh, Triangle, United States | 4 Comments »
Saturday, November 1st, 2008
I never realized just how "privileged" I might have been growing up. Despite my family's multitude of problems (don't we all have them, lol) and our not-so-wealthy background, we found our home on the better side of Winston-Salem.
When I moved to Charlotte, I got a culture shock real fast. I ...
Posted in Misc, United States | 2 Comments »
