Gay Marriage Flowchart

23Jun09

Or at least, the arguments for and against gay marriage, displayed in flowchart-ish format by pfarley.

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Tags: Flowcharts, Gay Marriage, Gay rights, Graphs, LBGTQ, Same-sex Marriage

Giving hate the finger

02Jun09

I haven’t posted yet about Proposition 8 being upheld. It took me some time to get my head around my reaction to it. I’m not a US citizen nor an expert on constitutional law. So when smarter people than I tell me that there were some good reasons behind the proposition being upheld, I know [...]

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Tags: a blog, Alas, California, Homophobia, LBGTQ, Lily Allen, Proposition 8

“That’s how I was raised”

21Apr09

So apparently there’s a Miss USA beauty pageant. I hadn’t been following it, for any one of a million reasons, but then Renee at Womanist Musings drew my attention to one of the contestants, Miss California, and her views on gay marriage.

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Tags: Anecdotes, Gay Marriage, Gay rights, LBGTQ, Marriage, Miss California, Miss USA

Dear Amazon

13Apr09

I am writing to express my displeasure that your website has dropped a large number of books related to LBGT issues from your sales rankings. I understand that this is purportedly to remove “adult” content from easy view. However, I find it profoundly disturbing that Amazon feels that books like “Daddy’s Roommate” by Michael Willhaite [...]

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Tags: Amazon, amazonfail, Angry Letters, Bigotry, Bisexual, Censorship, Gay, Homophobia, Internet shopping, LBGTQ, Lesbian, Transsexual