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Given the current political climate it looks as if the Employment Non-discrimination Act (ENDA) is dead for at least the next couple of years. What should we do? We need to look at the…
Community and organizingCulture, identity, and representation
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It’s really interesting to see how mainstream cable newsmedia is lauding the Democratically-controlled 111th Congress for getting so much done. It’s not entirely undeserved of course, but when one takes a close look at…
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From Queer Channel Media: Support for same-sex marriage tops the list for what LGBT rights supporters want to hear from President Obama next week during his State of the Union address. No. It tops…
Family and relationshipsLabor, economics, and institutions
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Joe Fudgepacker criticized some criticism of his recent more-undeserved-than-words-can-describe gay-marriage-industry-pandering NY Times op-ed by referring to the criticism as “clueless and out of touch.” Well… Lets see who’s really clueless and/or out of touch…
Family and relationshipsHistory, archives, and memory
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Gay Marriage Mouthpiece, Inc., er…, Queer Channel Media reports: White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs nearly shut down a news conference on Monday following inquiries about President Obama’s position on same-sex marriage. … “I…
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One Sunday morning reading selection: The term Transgender is an umbrella term coined by transgender activists to describe the following individuals: heterosexual cross-dressers; homosexual transvestites or drag queens; and transsexuals (individuals undergoing so-called sex…
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There’s a meme going around the GLBT leadership out in the media right now that goes something like this: “Democrats wouldn’t pass ENDA even when we had the votes and no one knows why.”…
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CENSORED AGAIN!!!!!!!!!!! And, of course, the sockpuppet’s sockpuppet is right in the middle of it. That was the second comment to the following post at PHB: Valentine’s Day in Maryland is about more than…
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Or, to pilfer from the oeuvre of Paul Simon’s wife: Shooting Rubberbands at Sockpuppets (Because That’s All I Can Do Without Violating the Patriot Act.) Sooooooooooooooooooo… Now, where to begin? Where to begin? Where…
Family and relationshipsLaw and civil rights
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Sometimes the intersection of two seemingly unconnected stories come together to show how little respect for trans people there is and how transition/surgery are treated as luxuries, not medically necessary. Many people will argue…
Healthcare and medicineMedia, rhetoric, and discourse