Archive for May, 2006
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
This kid is awesome. Kicked out of his house, losing time in school, working a full-time job, getting an apartment... and still, a graduating GPA of 3.975!
He's got a bright future ahead of him for sure.
Check it out at Deseret News.Â
Posted in High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Sexuality | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Hi everyone!!! I've been invited to attend Washington D.C.'s Capital Pride 2006 (http://www.capitalpride.org), June 8th - June 12th, 2006, with the Tully Satre, Executive Director of Equality Faquier-Culpeper (VA). While I'm up there I'll be able to participate in a few community events, including attending an awards reception and I'll ...
Posted in Community Events, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, United States | 5 Comments »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
Mike Nelson, an openly gay and community-focused individual, is running for Orange County Commissioner. I'm glad to report that he has been listed as the first "endorsement" for Q-vote 2006!
Nelson has been involved in the Triangle community for years and his hard work on the community level as well as ...
Posted in Q-vote 2006 | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 23rd, 2006
According to a press release published today, Patrick Guerriero, the Executive Director of the Log Cabin Republicans, will be leaving the organization to become the first Executive Director of the Gill Action Fund. He will start his new job on September 1, 2006, and will remain with Log Cabin until ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, Politics, Republican Party, United States | No Comments »
Monday, May 22nd, 2006
God help us. The radical right is going to eat this up as if it were communion in church. Just one more example of stupid, perverted people making a whole group look that way. I bet you anything... it won't be long before some stupid, stereotype-loving, right-wing, we know what ...
Posted in Global, LGBT, Religion, Sexuality | 6 Comments »
Monday, May 22nd, 2006
Last Friday, I put up a post about a local conservative Christian who, in my opinion, had it totally wrong when it came to what he called the myth about being born gay. Now, Chip Atkinson gets it wrong again. This time, however, he's putting his two cents in on ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Greensboro, LGBT, Marriage Equality, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Sexuality | 6 Comments »
Monday, May 22nd, 2006
Deb Price... God bless her. I love her and her columns; she never fails to write wonderfully on thethe most interesting and important topics in LGBT rights.
Today, she has a column out on the ad campaign just begun by Faith in America. Yesterday I blogged about the religious left. Faith ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Is it any surprise? With a constitutional amendment sitting on the November ballot, LGBT and allied South Carolinians have plenty of reason to focus on politics at a festival meant to focus on a celebration of pride.
According to an Associated Press article published by 365gay.com News, the politics surrounding the ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States | 1 Comment »
Sunday, May 21st, 2006
Ed Cone points us to a great Washington Post article on the rise of the religious left. Thanks Ed!
The article begins:
The religious left is back.
Long overshadowed by the Christian right, religious liberals across a wide swath of denominations are engaged today in their most intensive bout of political organizing and ...
Posted in LGBT, Media, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, United States | 1 Comment »
Saturday, May 20th, 2006
Click here to check out my post on "What Equality Means - Family Style
Just caught a news article at Carolina Rainbow News. A lesbian mom and blogger has decided to initiate a "Blogging for LGBT Families Day." The day will take place on June 1, 2006, and is meant to ...
Posted in Blog, Civil Rights, Community Events, LGBT, LGBT Families, Politics | 2 Comments »
