Rob’s Eastern Europe update reminded me I’ve been meaning to give an New York update. SoulforceNY had its first meeting of the season and they’re cooking up some great stuff.
New York will host not one, but two, events as part of the Seven Straight Nights for Equal Rights campaign:
A service at B’nai Jeshurun synagogue [...]
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 2001 law prohibiting homosexuals [...]
I’ve posted at least once before about the unsettling steps the federal governmant has been taking in the name of national security. CNN reports that yesterday a Federal judge struck down portions of the Patriot Act. As I read through the article I felt like I was back in 5th grade history class learning about [...]
The United States Senate just passed the hate crimes bill. Voting on cloture to end debate, the Senate voted 60-39, then proceeded to a voice vote to attach the bill as an amendment to the Department of Defense Re-Authorization bill.
The House has already passed a virtually identical hate crimes bill. President Bush has threatened to [...]
Today is the day I finally leave my mother’s home to make it own my own. After 21 years and some odd months, I’m off to “the big city” (like the only one we really have in North Carolina) to a new job, a new home (although home will always be Mom’s house) and a [...]
According to a new study, college students who identify as heterosexual but engage in same-sex sexual behavior and/or are attracted to people of the same-sex are at the highest risk of suicidal behavior, ranking above students who identified as gay and significantly higher than students identifying as heterosexual and engaging in opposite-sex sexual behavior.
Reported in [...]
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 got “Punk’d” that’s all. Iran [...]
I admit that this is, indeed, a very long post, but I encourage you to read the whole thing. This is my report of the forum “Can you be Gay & Christian” and includes my thoughts and interpretations of the various statements and messages put forth there. I will also go on record publicly saying [...]
PLEASE NOTE that an update and story on the forum on the evening of September 20th has been posted. Check out the update which includes in-depth commentary and video & audio.
Dr. Michael Brown of the Charlotte, NC (actually Concord, but, close enough) based Coalition of Conscience put out another press release yesterday enticing gay and [...]
Tonight, my family gathered at an aunt’s house. The occasion?
War.
PFC. Michael Taylor is headed to Iraq. Of course to me, he’s just always been Michael… the goofy little blond-headed kid. On Friday my cousin will leave to a base here in the U.S. and then be in Kuwait by Monday. After that, he’ll go to [...]
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