I recently found a list that stated it was gay celebs and famous gays..I decided to go through the list and see if there is any new information?
http://gaylife.about.com/od/gaycelebrityprofiles/ig/Gay-Celebrity-Profiles/
I found it quite interesting
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Moving onward,
In the news recently:
"Hope College Upholds Antigay Policy"
Apparently there is a college in Holland, Mich. that has a policy that "condemns homosexual acts and gay advocacy". The trustees for Hope College refused to back down from this policy, assuming as such because it is a Christian college. However, the committee may still overrule that option and still remove the policy.
Last year the college admin refused Dustin Lance Black( award winning screenwriter) to host a screening of Milk (personal insert: LOVE THE MOVIE).
There was a petition in response to this restriction from students, alumni and community groups to get them to remove the policy.
The policy, created 1995, "condemns homosexual acts and gay advocacy, but supports ‘fair and kind treatment for people with a homosexual orientation’ and the academic discussion of issues related to homosexuality"
*takes a deep pause*
SO...in other words, at this school, it's not ok to be gay but if you get the shit beat out of you because you are....what happens to the basher? I can see the discussion now!
Setting:
Tommy-gay, in hospital bed in ICU
Dan, Jeremy, Kelly, sally- in Deans office for kicking the shit out of Tommy
Dean....Marshell?
Dean: So what do you have to say for yourself? We, at this school, do not promote physical violence, especially on campus! Give me one reason why you all should not be expelled?
Sally: He was a fag and was flaunting it.
Dean: *shocked look* You are suspended for the remainder of the week. Don't let me catch you guys even failing a class or you will be expelled!
SO...you "SUPPORT" fair and equal treatment for homosexuals...what about bisexuals? Transsexuals? Crossdressers? Do they support fair treatment for them as well?
How can you "support" all GBLTQAs well being but condemn them at the same time?
That's like being a Obama supporter and voting for Bush anyways!
A rough comparison, but I will make it work...somehow.
BACK to the article.
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Article:http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/05/10/Hope_College_Upholds_Antigay_Policy/
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In other news:
"First Gay Youth Center Planned for Baltimore"
This is exciting! The Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgender Community Center of Baltimore is in the planning for starting the FIRST gay youth center for the city of Baltimore this fall. This is drop in center will offer a numerous amount of resources and activities for all GBTLQ youth(including but not limited to tutoring, mentoring and HIV testing )
The youth center is seeking grants to assist with setting up and operating fees for this new program, which will run $280,000 to $580,000. OUCH! ALSO, they are seeking to get public schools to inform youths about the youth center and is also offering to help set up GSAs!
AMAZING! I applaud you for you efforts to make all GBTLQA youth aware of themselves and their surrounds, and letting them know, they are not alone!
Article:http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/05/10/First_Gay_Youth_Center_Planned_for_Baltimore/
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"N.J. Court Brief on Civil Unions and Children"
The Garden State Equality, the American Academy of Pediatrics, the National Association of Social Workers, the Family Equality Council, COLAGE, and Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, have all filed a brief in support for Lambda Legal (motion to the high court seeking marriage equality-which was filed in March).
***That's really all i know right now, I will update after I look further into this brief and information! Thank you***
The entire brief can be read here http://www.gardenstateequality.org/court2.html
Article:http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/05/10/NJ_Court_Brief_on_Civil_Unions_and_Children/
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OK if you cannot tell, most of my news came from Advocate.com, The World's Leading Gay News Source
Make sure you check out this following link to view the 150 reasons why to have pride in 2010!!!
http://www.advocate.com/Print_Issue/Cover_Stories/150_Reasons_to_Have_Pride_in_2010/
LOVE YOU ALL! THANKS FOR FOLLOWING
Monday, May 10, 2010
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Day of the Mothers blog(of course)
On this lovely Sunday afternoon you may call or get a card for your mother(which I have yet to do). Or, for the "non-traditional" family, you may have more than one mother or motherly figure to purchase something for!
I know growing up most of my Mother's Day gifts from school were made and given to my Grandmother (considering the fact I didn't have an actual mother until I turned 13) My birth mother or as I refer to her to family and friends "egg donor" has not been around since I was about 8 years old. Her own choices, not mine(although now, I am thankful she was never around). My father married my mother when I was 13. Although, by "law" she is my step mother, she is my mother nonetheless. However, during those prime years from 8 to 13, I had my Grammi. She is and will always be my best friend. No matter who comes and goes, she has always been there for me, teaching me, and loving me for who I am.
She has been my standing ovation at my band concerts and plays, my chauffeur to all my surgeries and appointments, my shoulder to cry on when I lost my daughter, Samantha, and holding my leg during the birth of my daughter, Cortlynn.
Sure, my boyfriend has been there for me too, but noone has been there like she has, for as long as she has. 23(almost 24) years is along time to me! All the appointments and practices and "playdates". My dad and mom were there too, but my Grammi takes the award for most supportive . My mom told me I "needed help" and that "something was wrong" with me because I was a Bisexual. My Grammi? She shrugged her shoulders when I told her about the argument with my mom about it. She just said "So, what about it?"
She has been my defining character that I strive to be. She raised her own two children, only to take in her 2 granddaugthers 25 years later and help raise them? She fought for custody of us when the "egg donor" took of with us amidst her legal issues with hiding a gun that was used for attempted murder(such a smart women, eh?). She took us into her home, fed us, clothed us, put us back into school.
She is my guiding light. I only hope that everyone has had a mother as amazing as my Grammi.
Don't get me wrong, I love my mom. She is an amazing woman. An how she puts up with my pops, I'll never know! She has been there in my time of need.(2am phone calls-on a workday- with me screaming and bawling, coming and pick me and my little girl yup. Yeah, that's devotion)
SO,
I hope you all appreciate your mother or motherly figures! Surprise a beautiful mother and give her a flower or a hug! Make her day!
Wanna know where Mother's Day comes from??
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36969170/ns/today-mothers_day_guide?Gt1=43001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother
I know growing up most of my Mother's Day gifts from school were made and given to my Grandmother (considering the fact I didn't have an actual mother until I turned 13) My birth mother or as I refer to her to family and friends "egg donor" has not been around since I was about 8 years old. Her own choices, not mine(although now, I am thankful she was never around). My father married my mother when I was 13. Although, by "law" she is my step mother, she is my mother nonetheless. However, during those prime years from 8 to 13, I had my Grammi. She is and will always be my best friend. No matter who comes and goes, she has always been there for me, teaching me, and loving me for who I am.
She has been my standing ovation at my band concerts and plays, my chauffeur to all my surgeries and appointments, my shoulder to cry on when I lost my daughter, Samantha, and holding my leg during the birth of my daughter, Cortlynn.
Sure, my boyfriend has been there for me too, but noone has been there like she has, for as long as she has. 23(almost 24) years is along time to me! All the appointments and practices and "playdates". My dad and mom were there too, but my Grammi takes the award for most supportive . My mom told me I "needed help" and that "something was wrong" with me because I was a Bisexual. My Grammi? She shrugged her shoulders when I told her about the argument with my mom about it. She just said "So, what about it?"
She has been my defining character that I strive to be. She raised her own two children, only to take in her 2 granddaugthers 25 years later and help raise them? She fought for custody of us when the "egg donor" took of with us amidst her legal issues with hiding a gun that was used for attempted murder(such a smart women, eh?). She took us into her home, fed us, clothed us, put us back into school.
She is my guiding light. I only hope that everyone has had a mother as amazing as my Grammi.
Don't get me wrong, I love my mom. She is an amazing woman. An how she puts up with my pops, I'll never know! She has been there in my time of need.(2am phone calls-on a workday- with me screaming and bawling, coming and pick me and my little girl yup. Yeah, that's devotion)
SO,
I hope you all appreciate your mother or motherly figures! Surprise a beautiful mother and give her a flower or a hug! Make her day!
Wanna know where Mother's Day comes from??
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/36969170/ns/today-mothers_day_guide?Gt1=43001
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother
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