Everyone should be reading my friend Sumner’s blog, Trancender. Its a reflective, critical analysis of her experiences with gender. She is brilliant. You can read it here.[...]
Archive for the ‘GLBT’ Category
July 8th, 2010 - 4:30 pm § in GLBT, Hodge Podge
Two News Items
First, the good news. A federal court in Massachusetts found key elements of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in violation of the tenth (states rights) and fifth (equal protection) amendments. We’ll see what happens now. Secondly, it turns out that all us professor-types are right: today[...]
July 7th, 2010 - 6:58 pm § in GLBT, Hodge Podge
We Did It! and other news
Thank you to everyone who is supporting the Different Spokes for Different Folks cycling team in the Red Ribbon Ride. We made our fundraising goal! Stay tuned for news from the road. If you aren’t aware, we will be biking 300 miles from July 15th-18th to raise money for local HIV and AIDS [...]
May 12th, 2010 - 8:45 am § in GLBT
Minnesota Court to Hear Marriage Equality Case
Three couples from Minnesota are challenging the state’s DOMA. Marriage equality was equal in the state after a similar case in 1971 when the Supreme court ruled the state couldn’t discriminate in marriage. However, with the passage of DOMA (in MN) in 1997 marriage equality was overt[...]
April 28th, 2010 - 8:59 am § in GLBT
Maps For Thought
Voters in our country have been a (lot) bit backwards with regards to marriage laws. I’ve shared my opinion numerous times, so I wont do it again. (Look here or through a dozen of my old posts if you want to). However, this backwardsness just hit an all time high for me. Look at this [..[...]
April 19th, 2010 - 7:07 pm § in GLBT, Hodge Podge
Elderly Gay Couple Forcibly Separated, Abused, Robbed By County Officials in California
I’m stealing this from Dan Savage at The Stranger. Â I have nothing eloquent to say. Â This is so important. Get angry and do something. Â This is why we need marriage for all – or an end to legal marriage. Â Contracts and paper work are clearly not enough. Â Oh, it breaks my h[...]
April 16th, 2010 - 5:26 pm § in GLBT
1 Down, 1,137 More To Go!
Today, Obama issued an executive order forcing hospitals to allow GLB people to visit their partners in the hospital. This is definitely a step in the right direction, and the story of his inspiration is sweet. However, it is only hospital visitation is only one of the 1,138 federal rights given to [...]
April 15th, 2010 - 8:27 am § in GLBT
Stop H8, Support Love – This Saturday!
This Saturday at St. Thomas University in St. Paul the folks who organized to bad Gay Marriage in California (Maggie Gallagher, President of the anti-GLBT National Organization for Marriage, and Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, one of the creators of California’s Proposition 8 ) will be campaigni[...]
April 6th, 2010 - 12:04 pm § in GLBT, Hodge Podge
Mean People Suck or, why Constance McMillen is my shero.
Earlier this year Constance McMillen made a simple request, to bring her girlfriend to the problem. Â Apparently in Mississippi fairness isn’t such an easy concept (they did recently have racially separate proms). In response the school board cancelled the prom and, high school students (not[...]