EXECUTIVE ORDER
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REVIEW AND DISPOSITION OF INDIVIDUALS DETAINED AT THE GUANTÁNAMO BAY NAVAL BASE AND CLOSURE OF DETENTION FACILITIES
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, in order to effect the appropriate disposition of individuals currently detained by [...]
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Posted in glbt, lgbt, politics, religion, society and culture, tagged glbt, lgbt, obama, politics, religion, society and culture on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
For the first time in history the official website of the White House has included our rights as part of the agenda. It states that he will work to extend hate crimes legislation to include queer and genderqueer people. The President supports a trans inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act, the repeal of the Defense of Marriage [...]
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The U.N. has responded to the jailing of nine gay men who were active in HIV education, prevention and treatment. In a press release dated yesterday the U.N. Press Center stated:
“UNAIDS has teamed up with civil society organizations, the public sector and partners such as the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the French Embassy and the [...]
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“We tortured Qahtani,” said Susan J. Crawford convening authority for the Guantanamo military commissions. “His treatment met the legal definition of torture. And that’s why I did not refer the case” for prosecution. Wednesday’s Washington Post article by Bob Woodward at the end of Mr. Bush’s reign of error marks the first time an administration [...]
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As you might guess most of the blogs that I read on a regular basis are about the GLBT community. There has been an undercurrent of bitterness towards the christian community in many of them for some time. The recent passage of the H8 amendment in California and Mr. Obama’s unfortunate choice of Rick Warren [...]
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A lot of us are concerned that the new president might not live up to his campaign rhetoric. I don’t think we should just sit back and wait and see. We need to continue to take direct action just as we did when the neocon’s were in power. We’ll have to fight for our rights [...]
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That little widget on the sidebar is the Alternative Press Search engine. I’d like to share it with you. I do hope you’ll use it and if possible help me to improve it.
You can help in two ways. The first is by sending me links to sites you think should be included. Just send them [...]
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Posted in glbt, history, lgbt, social justice, society and culture, tagged castro, glbt, lgbt, news, society and culture, transgender on January 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Fifty years ago today Fidel Castro rolled into Havana to jubilant crowds. Thus began an uneasy relationship that continues today. In the early days Fidel Castro was considered a hero in the United States. My mom bought toy Castro beards for me and my brother. Heck, everyone was wearing them. Then it became clear that [...]
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England’s King Henry VIII married his fourth wife, Anne of Cleves on this day in 1540. Prior to Henry’s reign heterosexual promiscuity was consummated with one wife and several mistresses. Henry’s break from the Catholic Church was the beginning of the current heterosexual practice of multiple sexual partners, each under the umbrella of “Holy Matrimony.”
The [...]
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