I love it when LGBT rights opponents manage to make our arguments for us.
Like Senator Chris Buttars of Utah, who says he will block a proposed inclusive Salt Lake City anti-discrimination bill because, and this is a direct quotation:
“I don’t think the discrimination they scream about is really real”.
This in Salt Lake City, home of [...]
Pretty much since Proposition 8 passed here in California back in November, there’s been a drive to get a repeal motion in front of California’s voters. The various voices of the LGBT community is the state (and beyond) have, over the last nine months, been tying themselves in knots setting up discussions/meetings/polls to try and [...]
Been a while since I ranted about Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell repeal. Not that things have been quiet - on the contrary, loads of stuff has been happening, but it’s been covered well elsewhere by people far closer to the issues and the detail than I.
But in the wake of the White House actively working [...]
Sorry - quiet week last week; much going on in various directions, including work and a rather unpleasant “falling out among friends” which got The Mrs (and me to a slightly lesser extent) quite upset. I may revisit the latter at some point soon.
Anyway, picking up briefly on some recent topics:
The Hate Crimes bill passed [...]
Micheal Guest is the former US Ambassador to Romania, and was the first openly gay US Ambassador confirmed by the Senate. He resigned, after years of service to the country, in 2007, and on his departure delivered a scathing indictment of the State Department and specifically the then-Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice for their lack [...]
…. and sailors, and Air Force types (why is there not a simple one worder for people in the Air Forces of the world?).
One of my relatively recent blog discoveries is Joe.My.God, and I’m loving Joe’s post on the subject of out servicemembers joining London’s Pride march.
Accompanying this photo, he simply comments
Openly gay members of [...]
It’s an odd time, considering it’s immediately post-Pride and the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, which kick-started the gay rights movement (as it was then called). This weekend, the same weekend that San Francisco was demonstrating that it’s a hugely inclusive city, police officers raided a new gay bar in Fort Worth, Texas, arresting [...]
Well! It’s frankly astonishing that I’ve spent so much time in San Francisco over the years and never been here for Pride before, but it’s true.
That sad ommission has now been rectified with a fabulous day of Parade-watching and event-going in brilliant sunshine and wonderfully high spirits.
The Parade, I have to say, is long. It [...]
The great state of Oklahoma (where the wind comes sweepin’ down the plain) has somewhat unfortunately elected a raving bigot called Sally Kern as a Congressperson more than once. She’s well known notorious for describing homosexuality as a greater threat to America than terrorism or Islam (which by the way she does nevertheless think are [...]
In around 15 minutes President Obama will be announcing a new extension to employment benefits for domestic partners of Federal employees. Woo. And indeed, Hoo.
Given that the extent of the change has already been announced, a great many commentators are already noting that this is pretty much the scraps from the table. In brief:
It’s a [...]
