Posts Tagged ‘lgbt’
it looks like it’s gay boy plaid night :)
November 7th, 2009
em#12: queercamp
May 25th, 2009
if you follow me and my life adventures, you’re probably familar with the terms “barcamp” and “podcamp”… but queercamp was a new idea, born of networking and idea sharing at a podcamp. after realizing how much of a “good idea” it was, plans went into gear to hold the first ever queercamp at bucketworks in milwaukee wisconsin. it was an amazing time. the most awesome people showed up for some great discussion and sessions on topics spanning the board. and yes.. there’s already talks of other queercamps. stay tuned.
silence is not working…
May 28th, 2008
i received this message from a friend of mine the other day. please read and reflect… this situation is not buy revia ok.
… As you may know, last Friday was the Day of Silence, a day that was created to make people aware that gay individuals have been silenced in our society.
Well, I had a full-time job a supplemental instructor in a local high school, tutoring individuals who needed support in their classes. One day, some students asked me if I am gay, and I informed them that I indeed am gay.
Now, my orientation was no choice of my own, but I am now thankful that for it. I am not ashamed of this.
However, the principal told me that I should not have told anyone because my orientation is no one’s business. Normally, that would be the case. However, in a society where my people are publicly persecuted and oppressed
, my personal life immediately becomes relevant to the public. For example, how could Martin Luther King’s message have had the same power if he couldn’t let anyone know that he was black himself? How could Esther plead for her people if she could not tell her husband that she, too, was an Israelite?
Secondly, I wanted to show students by my example that gay people are cool and respectable, and not abnormal, depraved, or predatory, etc. Many of them had never met someone who was gay. I was in a unique place to destroy ignorance.
Unfortunately, the principal fired me because of the truth. My witness at that school was silenced.
Do not feel sorry for me, but pray for my students who wander lost without their mentor, and pray for the man who perjures himself every morning when he affirms his commitment, before God, to the idea of “justice for all.”
discrimination like this is never ok. it is this type of behavior that encourages the undeserved violence and hatred towards LGBT individuals in schools, workplaces and in society.
i say it again…
this
is
not
ok!
happy national"coming out" day everyone!
May 11th, 2008
one thing i’ve learned in life, is that it’s easier to live one life, instead of several. by coming out, and uniting the “multiple lives” we sometimes put on, it not only gives the LGBTQ a greater visibility in this world, but it also can be a great source of inner peace. i know it has for me. acknowledging who we are can be difficult, but also rewarding.
head on over to HRC.org for more info
oh, and ps. if you haven’t heard. one more state in our country has embraced equality, and has finally overturned the ban on gay marriage. congratulations connecticut! three down… 47 to go….
cyndi lauper
May 11th, 2008
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awesome show… and cyndi is amazingly cool. i just wish the photographer would have really paid more attention to the cropping of this picture… i’m gonna have to photoshop out all the extra “stuff” in the background. ugh!
anyways.. more pictures (and video clips) are over here
have you ever..
May 2nd, 2008
watched so many movies that the story lines just all run together and you create some completely new story from it? or interchange the characters from each movie in your memory unknowingly? well that’s about how i’m feeling right now. try playing all of these at one time..
yea.. that’s my brain right now. now it’s time for bed. 
none of us are safe
March 10th, 2008
when people get together for a common, and good purpose, it makes me happy. this is one of those examples. none of us are safe until all of us are safe.