About a month ago, Congressman Stephen Lynch put out a feel-good YouTube video discussing his view of LGBT issues. It begins: I think I’m informed by my own experience. My cousin, Brian, is gay. I saw, as he was growing up, the … [Read more...]
Ford Hall Forum: “AIDS, Social Justice and the Politics of Transformation” (9/30/10)
This event is presented in collaboration with the Old South Meeting House, a museum and National Historic Landmark dedicated to the free exchange of ideas, as part of the Partners in Dialogue series. … [Read more...]
DREAM Now Letters: Yahaira Carrillo
I was born in 1985 to a barely-turned 16 year-old who had been kicked out of her house while she was pregnant for being a disgrace to the family. I lived with my mother in an abandoned house in Guerrero, Mexico. She struggled to find … [Read more...]
Tea Party Activists call Congressmen “F*gg*t” and “N*gg*r”
"Oh, but the Tea Party isn't predicated on racism and bigotry!" TPM: Just after [Rep. Barney] Frank rounded a corner to leave the building, an older protestor yelled "Barney, you faggot." The surrounding crowd of protestors then erupted in … [Read more...]
Healing California’s Sickly Populism
Cross-post: This also appears at Marry in Massachusetts. In the recent decade, we have seen more and more anti-gay and anti-marriage equality groups try to conceal their bigoted let-the-people-vote petitions to prevent or wrest from … [Read more...]
Warm Holiday Greetings from Pope Benedict XVI
I hope the Pope and Georg, his "personal secretary" have a very merry Christmas indeed. The Happy Couple Woof! … [Read more...]
MA-GOP Still Pimping MFI’s Homo-hate via Churches
Here's Helen's emailVoter Guides Sent By: helen@brionforsenate.com On: Oct 10/26/08 10:03 PM 2008 Gen. Sen M...Voter Guide.pdf (87.1 KB, download) Hello Everyone, ...We also have Voter Guides that we want to deliver to … [Read more...]
Duck Tours are homophobes.
Maybe we should be boycotting DUCK TOURS, since it seems they are certainly chummy with WRKO's homophobic right wing loon, Howie Carr, who refers to gay people like me as "sodomites": The following is from WRKO's home page: "Join us TODAY, … [Read more...]
MTV Street Team ’08: Marriage Equality For All?
As a straight white male, I will always acknowledge that the privileged lens through which I view the world does not make me the best person to speak on issues like this, but I'm going to try, and people are free to weigh in through … [Read more...]
Republicans: All for states rights…except when they’re not
Here is what is eating gilbert grape"An inevitable result of such 'marriage tourism' will be a steep increase in litigation" over whether the couple's home state must recognize their marriage, said Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff, … [Read more...]