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Our Bodies and our Boobs – the Fight is On…
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 19:40 in A Gay Girl's View, Activism, Commentary, Debates, Editorials, Family, Family Life, Featured, Health, Hot Topics, Lifestyle, News, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Special Reports | viewed times | 3 Comments
Ten days ago, the House passed the Stupak Amendment, which would be one of the biggest setbacks to women’s health and rights in recent decades; unless we stand together and stop it, this will provide license for our rights to... (Continue reading)
Shirley Tan Advocate’s Activist of the Year 2009 – Political Aftermath…
Written on 17 Nov, 2009 at 15:12 in Activism, Commentary, Editorials, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Rants & Raves, Special Reports | viewed times | 1 Comment
By Melanie Nathan- Congratulations to Shirley Tan and Jay Mercado and the boys and Mommy. Shirley was named ADVOCATE MAGAZINE ’s Activist of the Year for 2009. This is well deserved. However they may have been used in a... (Continue reading)
Desire To Return To a Mythological Past Fuels The Right’s Battles On Abortion, Marriage
Written on 16 Nov, 2009 at 20:16 in Commentary, Editorials, Entertainment, Featured, People | viewed times | 2 Comments
11/16/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire In the 1890’s, the New York Post published an article detailing the arrest for murder of a woman who conducted illegal abortions for patients in New York City. She was not arrested for providing the abortions,... (Continue reading)
Prejudice and Hate Led to Perfect Storm In Fort Hood
Written on 13 Nov, 2009 at 12:55 in Commentary, Editorials, Entertainment, Featured, People | viewed times | 0 Comments
11/13/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Sometimes the death penalty is not a punishment, but rather a release. It can be the easy way out. If Major Nidal Malik Hasan is guilty of the murder of thirteen soldiers at Ft. Hood,... (Continue reading)
On Veterans Day, A Promise Unfulfilled
11/11/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire At the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month of the year 1918, the guns stopped. My great-grandfather fought in that war, known then as the War to End All Wars or the... (Continue reading)
Much Ado About Nothing- Upset Over A Single Phrase in A Reporter’s Outstanding Work
Written on 5 Nov, 2009 at 12:39 in Commentary, Editorials, Entertainment, Featured, People | viewed times | 1 Comment
11/05/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire There is something called damning with faint praise. Mr. Andy Towle recently commented upon how Contessa Brewer of MSNBC used the wording “defining marriage traditionally” in her reports the day after the election. Ms Brewer,... (Continue reading)
Maine and California – “BAN DIVORCE” – next obvious step for the Sanctity of Marriage
Written on 4 Nov, 2009 at 3:40 in Activism, Anti-Gay, Break Ups and Divorce, Commentary, Editorials, Events, Family, Family Equality, Family Life, Featured, Home, Hot Topics, Lifestyle, News, Op-Eds, Organizations, People, Politics, Relationships, Religion, Special Reports, Weddings and Unions | viewed times | 3 Comments
Melanie Nathan: Considering Maine and Reflecting on California: Does marriage equality and more specifically same-sex marriage hurt traditional marriage? This most confounding question has yet to be answered by anyone, especially those who expound the rhetoric while seeking to ban same-sex... (Continue reading)
The Shame and Betrayal of Maine’s New England Values
11/03/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire “If you put it up to the vote of the people, we’d have slavery again.”- Jesse Ventura. Maine voters have decided that they would rather be bought out than uphold the traditions of liberty and freedom that have... (Continue reading)
Yes on 1’s Thirty Pieces of Silver
Written on 2 Nov, 2009 at 18:48 in Commentary, Editorials, Featured, People, Trans News | viewed times | 1 Comment
11/02/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire By now, many of the people watching the battle in Maine have heard that Yes on 1 has increased their ad buy to $25,000 on the eve of the election, and yet, this is the campaign that,... (Continue reading)
Bishop Against Hate Crimes Act – fears it will inhibit his need to preach against homosexuality
Written on 29 Oct, 2009 at 15:28 in Activism, Anti-Gay, Commentary, Crime, Editorials, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Notable Quotes, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Rants & Raves, Religion, Special Reports | viewed times | 0 Comments
Bishop E. W. Jackson Sr., who leads Exodus Faith Ministries in Chesapeake, Va., says that while he’s against anti-gay violence, he also opposes homosexuality and wants to be free to preach against it, as reported in the Virginian-Pilot. While... (Continue reading)
Melanie Nathan Calls for Moratorium as US Citizen’s Brazilian same-sex husband denied asylum ..
Written on 26 Oct, 2009 at 21:30 in Activism, Commentary, Editorials, Family, Family Equality, Featured, Hot Topics, News, Op-Eds, People, Politics, Rants & Raves, World | viewed times | 2 Comments
BOSTON — Associated Press reports today that a gay Brazilian man has been denied asylum by the Obama administration and won’t be reunited with his Massachusetts husband in the U.S. Tim Coco, the US citizen binational spouse said that Attorney General... (Continue reading)
National Organization For Marriage is Afraid Of The Light- Will Not Release Donor Lists
Written on 24 Oct, 2009 at 11:38 in Commentary, Editorials, Featured, People, Video Posts | viewed times | 2 Comments
10/24/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Those whose cause is righteous and whose motives are pure need not fear the light. Those who advance causes which are not righteous and whose motives are impure find every means to operate from the dark.... (Continue reading)
Protect Marriage Washington Spreads Fear Along With Misinformation
Written on 20 Oct, 2009 at 13:59 in Commentary, Editorials, Featured, News | viewed times | 2 Comments
10/20/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire If truth is important, it will not need a bodyguard of lies to make it shine through. The fact that those who oppose marriage equality have surrounded their beliefs in a bodyguard of lies only shows... (Continue reading)
The LGBT Community is Not Unified- Well, DUH!
10/12/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire Apparently, I did not get the memo when I was a minute and a half old that, when I grew up to be a full participatory member of the LGBT Community, I must follow lock step behind... (Continue reading)
Rep. Schakowsky’s “Lesbian Turkish Affair” Seems To Make Absolutely No Sense
Written on 28 Sep, 2009 at 9:32 in Commentary, Editorials, Featured, People, Video Posts | viewed times | 0 Comments
09/28/09-by Bridgette P. LaVictoire There comes a point where the absurdity of a situation is so blatant that it is easy to see. In the case of the supposed lesbian seduction of Representative Jan Schakowsky, the absurdity of the entire... (Continue reading)
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