Tag Archives: LGBT
You Think Pronouns Are The Issue?
Cemia “Ci Ci” Dove, also known as Carl Acoff Jr., was a transgender woman killed by someone, brutally, in Cleveland, Ohio. Acoff’s body “was stabbed repeatedly and dumped into a pond, tethered to a block of concrete.” An intentional killing, obviously. The killer did not want anyone to find Ms. Acoff’s body. I will “speculate” that a Man […]
Repeat a Lie Often Enough, It Becomes True
In another lifetime, when I was young, I was very active in the effort to amend Maryland’s anti-discrimination law to ban discrimination based on sexual orientation. I believed then, as I believe now, that sexual orientation discrimination is, in fact, sex discrimination. However, my feelings on this are irrelevant, as Maryland law made quite clear […]
Lesbian Caucus 2013
Lesbian Caucus National Gay and Lesbian Task Force (NGLTF) 25th Annual Creating Change Conference Atlanta, Georgia Saturday, January 26, 2013 6:30-8:00 p.m. Room 205 The format of the Lesbian Caucus was a facilitated discussion led by Dr. Laurie Young, Ph.D., Aging and Economic Security Director of NGLTF, and Darlene Nipper, Deputy Executive Director of NGLTF. […]
If you repeat a lie often enough, does it become true?
Americans gave up the idea-or tried to, or pretended to-that there are certain characteristics and qualities that are essentially black and essentially white a long time ago. At the very least we can say that it would be considered wildly offensive and thoroughly idiotic to articulate ideas like that now. Yet somehow we don’t think […]
Oh, Yes, “Creating Change”
You might recall that last year, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force waited until the last possible moment to remember that L in NGLTF stands for Lesbians. As a result of pressure put on NGLTF by Lesbian activists, NGLTF begrudgingly allowed Lesbians to have our own caucus for actual lesbians (that is, women-born-women, not […]
Show Up, Pariahs
Tonight in Baltimore, about 40 people gathered at the foot of the Washington Monument in Mt. Vernon, Baltimore’s Gayborhood. Activist Meredith Moise and the Baltimore Guardian Angels organized the gathering to condemn anti-gay violence in response to the beating of Kenni Shaw, a gay man, in East Baltimore on Christmas Day. This is what the men […]
With Gay Guys Like These…
Meet Peter Jenkins. Peter is a Gay Go Getter profiled in the Louisiana version of that Examiner newspaper in May for his go-getterness. Peter wanted to attend a Victory Fund Training as a start to his dream of being the first openly-gay Louisiana legislator! But it’s not just glory he seeks. Peter Jenkins is concerned about important issues. […]
Announcing a New Blog: Gender Identity Watch
Gender Identity Watch is a new blog devoted to tracking legislation and case law that attempts to codify “gender identity” into law and to override protections based on sex. Gender Identity Watch monitors organizations that push gender identity and thus engage in the erasure of female reality, including: National Gay and Lesbian Task Force: “Transgender people and issues are […]
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