This is a really good idea:
Why is this important? It’s important because California voted to get rid of marriage rights for our community. It’s important because 29 other states have done the same. It’s important because LGBT people get fired from their jobs just for being who they are, kids get beat up in school [...]
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Education, Politics, Sexuality on March 7th, 2009 | No Comments »
It might work if you’re a Montague or a Capulet, but for LGBT folks, marriage by any other name does not smell as sweet. Here’s the bottom line on why this issue is so important and pushes so many buttons:
Marriage = legitimacy.
That is, if LGBT folks can marry, it means that their relationships are [...]
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Government, Law, News, Politics, Sexuality on March 7th, 2009 | No Comments »
Bob Barr, author of the Defense of Marriage Act, recants, like sort-of, in this article.
Maybe hidden in the causes of his commitment to federalism is an understanding of the inherent civil rights of human beings — as stated in the the Bill of Rights and, oh, in this little phrase from a certain document: We [...]
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Government, Politics, Sexuality, You have got to be kidding on January 9th, 2009 | 2 Comments »
This opinion piece from The New York Times, entitled Preserving California’s Constituion, pretty much sums it up, so I’m posting the whole article here. Bottom line is that Prop 8 is a “mean-spirited attempt to embed second-class treatment of one group of citizens in the State Constitution.”
Oh, and about those “activist judges?” [...]
Posted by Deb in Community & Activism, Government, Politics, Sexuality on September 30th, 2008 | No Comments »
(via Wil) Just wanted to congratulate George Takei and Brad Altman on their wedding Sunday evening. Bagpiper processional for the win:
On a side note, George Takei is 71?!? Criminy! Yet another person I can see storming around when he’s 120, shouting, “I’m one hundred and twenty!”
Posted by Chris in Culture, Law, News, Science fiction, Sexuality, Television on September 15th, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I am stealing this idea from Fark. The AFA is incensed that Hallmark is making same-sex marriage cards and is boycotting the company. In addition, they have a very nice website where you can write to those durned lib’rals at Hallmark and give them what fer! As was suggested on Fark, it’s also a convenient [...]
Posted by Deana in Community & Activism, Email, Fun, Politics, Religion, Sexuality, To Help, Writing, You have got to be kidding on August 24th, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I haven’t had time to post any of the California marriage awesomeness lately, but I couldn’t pass this Union Tribune article up:
San Diego County issued a record 230 marriage licenses today and performed 144 wedding ceremonies on the first day gay and lesbian couples were allowed to marry in San Diego.
County officials did not break [...]
Posted by Chris in Law, News, Sexuality on June 18th, 2008 | No Comments »
A gay guinea pig wedding, that is. I just read about a new kids’ book about a little girl whose Uncle Bobby is getting married (it’s called Uncle Bobby’s Wedding), and her big issue is that he won’t have as much time for her anymore. The fact that the wedding leaves her with two uncles [...]
Posted by Deana in Animals, Cosmetically Enhanced Vertebrates, Culture, Fun, Literature, Sexuality on May 23rd, 2008 | No Comments »
A recent long-term study published in the journal Developmental Psychology gives weight to the idea that although sexual orientation is somewhat fluid, bisexuality isn’t just a transition between orientations.
The study of 79 non-heterosexual women over 10 years found that bisexual women maintained a stable pattern of attraction to both sexes. In addition, the research [...]
Posted by Chris in Sexuality on January 16th, 2008 | No Comments »
This is a cute article about how Hollywood gets it wrong yet again. This time with the world of insects and how, well, the social ones are really all female. I mean, must we anthropomorphize even our sexist gender assumptions?
via Feministing
Posted by Deb in Animals, Culture, Feminism, Film, Science, Sexuality on November 20th, 2007 | No Comments »
