Reagan and AIDS: The Failure To Act

Seeded on Sun Feb 6, 2011 8:13 PM EST (Joe. My. God.)

Here's a touching account of the early years of AIDS and the Reagan administration as told by the son of a then-budding lesbian activist. Never forget when governments fail to protect and serve the people. For a bit more context, see this post by Clarknt67 on Daily Kos.

health, gay, aids, lesbian, reagan, hiv, lgbt

Lesbian Beaten, Arrested, and Targeted

Seeded on Fri Feb 4, 2011 5:13 PM EST (advocate.com)

A 25-year-old Alabama woman who says she was beaten outside a bar by a dozen people and then arrested claims she's being unfairly targeted because she's gay.

gay, lesbian, us-news, hate-crime, lgbt

Lesbian students enter to cheers at Minn. school

Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:46 PM EST

By Chris Williams, Associated Press (Clipped by GrrrlRomeo)

Two lesbian high school students who fought for the right to walk together as part of a royalty court made their entrances Monday to the cheers of hundreds of classmates.

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us, rally, us-news, lesbians, pep-rally, pep

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Ohio Case: The 'Rosa Parks Moment' For Education?

Seeded on Sat Jan 29, 2011 12:46 PM EST (NPR)

Seeded by Par4TheCourse (Clipped by GrrrlRomeo)

Kelley Williams-Bolar, an Akron, Ohio, woman who served nine days in jail for lying to get her children into a better school system, was released earlier this week.

education, school-funding, felony-conviction, falsifying-records, school-administrators, an-education, rosa-park-moment

Gay Parents Find the South More Welcoming, Census Says

Seeded on Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:57 PM EST (The New York Times)

Child rearing among same-sex couples is more common in the South than in any other region of the country, according to Gary Gates, a demographer at the University of California, Los Angeles.

gay-marriage, us-news, lgbt

Jimmy Carter: America Is Ready for a Gay President

Seeded on Wed Dec 15, 2010 3:27 PM EST (bigthink.com)

Jimmy Carter: Well I think the entire population of America has come tremendous strides forward in dealing with the issue of gays. And I would say that the answer is yes.

gay, politics, president, lgbt

Explaining American schools' gay bullying epidemic

Seeded on Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:30 PM EST (Salon.com)

A rash of suicides has focused the country's attention on the problem -- but an expert tells the real story

gay, us-news, bullying, lgbt

Gay and homeless: Gay youths living on Hollywood's streets

Seeded on Sun Dec 12, 2010 5:06 PM EST (The L.A. Times)

Every year, hundreds of gay youths end up on the streets of L.A. County, where they make up a disproportionate share of the people under 25 who are homeless. 'They haven't been on the streets for years and years,' an advocate says, 'so they don't look bad.'

poverty, us-news, lgbt, homelessness, gay-youth

Gays in Africa face growing persecution, activists say

Seeded on Sun Dec 12, 2010 4:28 PM EST (The Washington Post)

Persecution of gays is intensifying across Africa, fueled by fundamentalist preachers, intolerant governments and homophobic politicians. Gay people have been denied access to health care, detained, tortured and even killed, human rights activists and witnesses say.

gay-rights, world-news, activism, lgbt, social-justice

Explosive-laden Calif. home to be destroyed

Seeded on Tue Dec 7, 2010 9:11 AM EST (Yahoo! News)

Prosecutors say Serbian-born George Jakubec quietly packed the home with the largest amount of homemade explosives ever found in one location in the U.S. and was running a virtual bomb-making factory in his suburban neighborhood.

terrorism, bomb, us-news, national-security

Study finds that family acceptance could save LGBT youths

Seeded on Mon Dec 6, 2010 12:41 PM EST (365gay)

For the very first time, researchers have established a clear link between accepting familial attitudes and behaviors toward their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender children and a significantly decreased risk and better overall health in adulthood.

suicide, gay, lesbian, us-news, transgender, lgbt

Pentagon 'Don't Ask' study favorable to open service

Seeded on Thu Nov 11, 2010 4:04 PM EST (washingtonblade.com)

The upcoming Pentagon working group report on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" will show gays can serve openly in the U.S. military with minimal incidents of risk to current war efforts, according to the Washington Post.

gay, politics, military, lesbian, lgbt, dadt

Gavin Newsom's win keeps California political future afloat

Seeded on Sun Nov 7, 2010 2:36 PM EST (The Washington Post)

He's best-known for opening San Francisco's City Hall to same-sex weddings and was once thought to be too liberal even for the bulk of California. But Gavin Newsom's decisive Nov.

democrats, politics, california, liberal, gavin-newsom

Scalia says Constitution does not ban sex bias, advocates overturning Roe vs. Wade

Seeded on Sun Sep 19, 2010 10:35 AM EDT (The San Francisco Chronicle)

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says the Constitution doesn't outlaw sex discrimination or discrimination based on sexual orientation. Says Americans view bans on homosexual conduct as protection against an immoral and destructive lifestyle. Also calls the basis for Roe vs.

women, abortion, discrimination, gay, lesbian, supreme-court, gender, us-news, lgbt

Five myths about 'don't ask, don't tell'

Seeded on Sun Sep 19, 2010 9:32 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

An analysis of 5 myths about the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy including how it came to be and how difficult repeal would really be.

gay, politics, military, lgbt, dadt

An End to Gay Adoption Bans

Seeded on Thu Jul 29, 2010 3:33 PM EDT (The New York Times)

In recent months there have been several studies suggesting that children raised by same-sex couples are certainly no worse off (and in some ways are arguably better off) than children raised by heterosexual couples.

gay, adoption, us-news, lgbt

An interview with lesbian Stonewall veteran Stormé DeLarverie

Seeded on Mon Jul 26, 2010 6:37 PM EDT (afterellen.com)

Some have referred to her as "the Gay Community's Rosa Parks." She fought the police during the Stonewall Rebellion in 1969 and has been identified by many – and has identified herself – as the legendary "Stonewall Lesbian" whose assault by the police became the pivotal …

history, lesbian, lgbt, stonewall

Dan Choi Gives His West Point Ring to Harry Reid Until DADT is Repealed

Seeded on Sun Jul 25, 2010 5:28 AM EDT (Talking Points Memo)

At Netroots Nation, (former) Lt. Dan Choi confronted Sen. Harry Reid to tell the Senate leader that he will hold him personally accountable for an unfulfilled promise to repeal Don't Ask, Don't Tell.

gay, politics, lgbt, dadt

Barney Frank: 'No one can stop' Obama from nominating Elizabeth Warren

Seeded on Sat Jul 24, 2010 10:22 AM EDT (Think Progress)

After the passage of Congress's financial regulatory reform bill, a heated debate has sprung up over who will get to chair the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau — which will be in charge of advocating for consumers in their dealings with financial institutions and pro …

democrats, politics, obama, tarp

Super Heroes vs. the Westboro Baptist Church

Seeded on Fri Jul 23, 2010 9:39 AM EDT (comicsalliance.com)

At this point, Westboro Baptist Church protests are not even newsworthy. But sometimes the counter protests are. This time they protested Comic Con and nerds responded--some in costume--with some hilarious signs.

gay, odd-news, lgbt

Seeking Hints to a Supreme Court Ruling on Gay Marriage

Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:16 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves a possible hint about gay marriage in the Christian Legal Society v. Martinez decision.

scotus, marriage, gay, us-news, lgbt

A Gay Campaign in Oklahoma? Both Sides Demur

Seeded on Tue Jul 20, 2010 4:05 AM EDT (The New York Times)

Brittany Novotny, a Democrat and Oklahoma's first known transgender candidate, is running for a seat in the State House against Sally Kern, the Republican incumbent who gained national attention in 2008 for saying that "the homosexual agenda is just destroying this nation" …

politics

Right Wing Apoplectic That Montana School Is Teaching Tolerance, Safe Sex, And Anti-Bullying Measures

Seeded on Mon Jul 19, 2010 10:42 AM EDT (Think Progress)

A proposed K-12 health education plan in Montana causes a backlash among conservatives who criticize it for promoting homosexuality. I'm sure they could've found better ways to critique it than comparing gay people to plant life.

gay, politics, lgbt

Iceland Passes Gay Marriage Law In Unanimous Vote

Seeded on Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:12 PM EDT (Reuters)

Iceland, the only country in the world to have an openly gay head of state, passed a law on Friday allowing same-sex partners to get married in a vote which met with no political resistance.

gay-marriage, world-news, lgbt, marriage-equality

Moving U.S. energy policy to a decentralized grid

Seeded on Sat Jun 5, 2010 12:28 PM EDT ()

For alternative energy like solar and wind to work, an infrastructure upgrade on the electrical grid is needed. Microgrids are one possible solution.

energy, environment, infrastructure, grid

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For some very strange reason I'm unable to post on the 'it gets better' TRMS blog thread (your last post was "My first instinct…in the mid 1990s"), and, me being more anal today than usual wanted to reply and send it to you whatever way I can find if that's ok:

I hadn't thought of the title of the project, but you are right, I agree, my first thought isn't to offer/tell a kid it gets better - that's a subjective thing unique to each person. I also agree kids need to hear affirming messages like in the video even more so because of the plethora of anti-gay messages being sent by adults from all walks of life, especially authority figures. As you too say, I too was listening/looking for any/all messages of support/acceptance as a young gay kid – my difference being, I was a kid in the 70's, and those messages were few if at all, save mainly from a very loving and supportive mother. In truth, I likely was only able to be a self accepting out gay woman from very young adulthood only because of the support of a very small group of individuals, and, I completely understand the power of an accepting voice and the difference it can make..I hope you do make that video.
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