Articles Posted June 2012
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The Tea Party’s Not Racist? Really?
TweetListen to a Tea Party leader in Arkansas tell this “black” joke to the audience and hear their subsequent laughter. http://www.mootmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/Teapartyracist.mp3 “A black kid asks his mom, ‘Mama, what’s a democracy?’ “‘Well, son, that be…
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The Epidemic Murders of Transwomen
TweetThe Epidemic Murders of Transwomen The transgender community faces fear, discrimination, and silence in the wake of their sisters’ murders. Written by Jacquie Piasta An upcoming episode of the television program “What Would You Do?”…
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Gay Rights & The Politics of Fear
TweetWe hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.-…
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Marriage Equality For All, and The Politicians Who Wash Their Records With It
TweetFear, hatred, and religious dogma… It amazes me that this far into the civilized human condition we are still debating whether or not some of us deserve to have rights that most of us enjoy. …
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Know Your Rights
TweetAn oft heard phrase is “I know my rights.” The question is do American citizens really know their rights? Do they know that those rights can disappear in an instant at the whim of the…
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Gays In The Prison System
TweetDuring a recent stay at the Philadelphia Prison System I saw, first hand, how the gay population in a correctional facility so large is treated. A county jail in which inmates prey upon each other…
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The Battle For America’s Soul
TweetIn apocalyptic times, people look first for a saviour. On paper, it looks like the United States is limping into its 57th presidential election in bad shape. Taxes are high, debt is the dirty word…
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Why Every Girl Needs A Gay
TweetGone are the days when a gay man is expected to marry a woman and live as if he’s straight, never mentioning the truth of how he feels, but there is still a long way…
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Will Someone Please Ask Heterosexuals to Stop Making Gay Babies?
TweetIn regards to civil rights, North Carolina has decided to take more than a few steps back rather than forward. The GLBT people of NC have endured more out loud discrimination recently due to voting…
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The New Rainbow Radicals
TweetThe question of equality in America is really a matter of time at this point; polls show an increasing number of Americans support marriage equality and those numbers show no signs of decreasing. President Obama…
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Out Is The New In
TweetFor me, the most important evolution in any GLBTQ person’s life is becoming comfortable in their own skin. We’ve come a long way from bullying and hate crimes and made coming out more comfortable than…
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Evolving
TweetAs June arrives and PRIDE celebrations begin I like to take inventory of my impressions and thoughts over the past years. Much like President Obama, my ideas on gay marriage have been evolving. As an…
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Editor’s Letter
TweetLast month we dealt with race, and this month’s issue we’re dealing with the topics that apply to the GLBT community. I am gay. I came out when I was 14 and have never had…
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The Grand Ole Lies
TweetThe Republican presidential contenders this year each ran on anti-gay platforms, believing this would help give them the votes they desire. Out of all the hopefuls, Mitt Romney clinched the Republican nomination. He has donated…
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Closeted: A Southern Epidemic
TweetIt was a warm, spring day in northern Mississippi when I asked my brother’s friend to humor me with an impromptu photo shoot. Despite his insecurities, he obliged, pulled off his shirt, and let me…
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What The Fuck?
TweetMuch the way I do not understand poor, uneducated, blue-collar or service industry workers in the South voting for rich, privileged, Ivy League, Republicans to represent their best interests, I find Gay Republicans to be…
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Dying for Acceptance
TweetThe current focus on ending bullying is a step in the right direction to end the LGBT suicide epidemic. But sometimes the patience of a young person can’t withstand daily torture, sometimes the pain doesn’t…
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UN Concerned About Homophobia and Transphobia, Calls on Countries to End Violence and Discrimination
Tweet On International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) that was celebrated on May 17, Ms. Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, called on countries to “repeal discriminatory laws and ban discriminatory…
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OCCUPY WALL STREET ACTIVIST GEORGE MARTINEZ TO RUN FOR NYC’S 7TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT
Tweet Occupiers Announce Initiative to “Bum Rush” Local Political Seats George Martinez, a Brooklyn native, hip-hop artist and seasoned Occupy Wall Street activist has announced his candidacy for New York’s 7th Congressional District. In a…
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DC Comics’ Green Lantern Is Gay
TweetThe first major comic character to be confirmed as gay was announced. The Emerald Guardian’s sexuality was rebooted along with the rest of his fictional universe as part of DC’s “New 52″ initiative aimed at…
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My Big Fat Legal Wedding
by Ivy Louise Crawford-Jonker on Jun 05, 2012 | No Comments
TweetMy wife of three years and I are going to get married in New York next week. We have intermittently discussed going somewhere to get legally married, but have always decided that there is no…
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