The Family Leave Insurance Act of 2009 will amend the Family and Medical Leave Act to provide up to 12 weeks of paid leave benefits to workers who need to care for an ill domestic partner or child of a domestic partner, in addition to family members hitherto recognized under FMLA.
Under the new law, once [...]
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The Family Life Network in Uganda held a three day conference on March 5-8 inviting noted American homophobes to share their hate. In Uganda being gay is a crime and those convicted of the crime of homosexuality are jailed. Dr. James Nsaba Buturo, the Minister of Ethics and Integrity, seeks to broaden the scope of [...]
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The nominally Christian right has an uncanny ability to confuse their self-righteousness with righteousness, especially it seems, when it comes to gay folk. This is clear in the current controversy concerning the right wing challenge to California’s Political Reform Act of 1974. For over thirty years this law has required disclosure of financial donations over [...]
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Posted in entertainment, food and wine, glbt, lgbt, religion, social justice, society and culture, tagged glbt, lgbt, social justice, society and culture on February 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A bill aimed at banning gay marriage in Wyoming has been defeated in the House last week after a mere hour of debate. Despite strong opposition and activism from the usual suspects wiser minds prevailed. Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign said, “We are grateful that the Wyoming House of Representatives stood up for [...]
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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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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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