By Mara Kelly | Published November 07, 2010
The votes are in for trial judge in Alameda County in the East Bay area of San Francisco! With 50.2% of the votes…the winner is…Victoria Kolakowski! Insert applause here! But why would an LGBT blogger care? Yes, she is playing for our team! Yes she’s a lesbian, but she’s also a male-to-female transgender person. The FIRST transgendered person to be [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published November 05, 2010
Which state had the closest governor race this year? Illinois. Who won? Quinn. Why do you care? Civil unions by Christmas! Pat Quinn has already promised to sign civil union legislation if the State House and State Senate move forward on it. Quinn said, “The votes are there, I believe. In the Senate for sure, and [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published October 30, 2010
Although America is far behind many European nations in regards to rights of LGBT people and marriage equality, we are far ahead of many other countries, including Ugandan. The following is a report from lgbtqnation.com: “Ugandan member of Parliament (MP) David Bahati told CNN in an interview that the African nation’s controversial anti-gay bill will [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published October 29, 2010
If you haven’t heard, for the past three days, all eyes have been on the Midland School District in Arkansas. Why? Because one of the school board members, Clint McCance, posted vile anti-gay messages about LGBT students on his Facebook page. McCance turned to Facebook last week to blast Spirit Day, the day where all over [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published October 20, 2010
There has been a new youtube video bombarding Facebook, Twitter, and the rest of the Internet! It is a ballsy foul-mouthed compilation of people crying out to overturn Proposition 8 in California and it is definitely getting the attention it deserves from people all over the country. The video is called “Prop 8 is H8: Straight Talk [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published October 13, 2010
“When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” -Franklin D. Roosevelt If you haven’t seen the clever youtube combination of classic literature and modern gay stereotypes, you have to! Check out “Sassy Gay Friend” on youtube.com where the actor, Brian Gallivan, is portraying what would have happened in classic [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published October 06, 2010
If you don’t wacth Emmy Award-winning Glee yet…WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE??? Perhaps I came off too strong, but being a Gleek myself (and a geek for all things musical and all things gay-friendly) I must say I was extremely proud of the comedy sitcom for taking a somber turn on last night’s [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published October 05, 2010
Hey hey people! National Coming Out Day is this coming Monday, October 11th! So gays, lesbians, bisexuals, and transgender folk…COME OUT, COME OUT WHEREVER YOU ARE!! Now is the time to love yourself and be comfortable and confident in who you are! Good luck to all of those who are coming out this Monday! Also [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published September 29, 2010
When will kids realize that bullying other kids because of their real or perceived sexual orientation has dire consequences??? The 2010-2011 school year already has LGBT students’ blood all over its hands! Anti-gay bullying has led to teen suicides in Minnesota and Indiana earlier this year, and in Ohio an eleven-year-old had his arm broken by [...]
By Mara Kelly | Published September 26, 2010
Yesterday marked the first day of Banned Books Week! Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. The American Library Association boasts about Banned Books Week as a way to highlight the “benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting [...]
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