new Prop8 insult: back of the hair salon
backofthehairsalon Originally uploaded by subvert.com Prop 8 just passed. I have an angry moment. I am trying to follow the useful influenced insight of a passing busboy who suggested never comparing...
View ArticleCanadians Gone Wild: My brother explains why Canada isn't sure who it's...
Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper was re-elected with a minority government about a month ago. But he might lose his job any day now. He's managed, like George W Bush, to unite everyone else...
View ArticleDay Without a Gay
This grotesque juxtaposition of robustly funded propaganda vs. cash-strapped social services is the perverse, inexcusable legacy of Proposition Hate and the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” and...
View ArticleDear Mike Huckabee, you're redefining the word "Christian"
My response to Huckabee's appearance on The Daily Show, below. I want a conversation and a world and certainly a legal system without pretendery. Come on Huckabee let's have a real conversation. I'll...
View ArticlePlease don't divorce us.
thanks to the Courage Campaign for organizing this Flickr set Send yours to pleasedontdivorce[at]couragecampaign.org
View ArticleWhat No on 8 should have looked like
17 year old James testifies to Vermont Senate on LGBT Equality. He nails the second class citizenship issue. Nails it. Please excuse my choice of words. But forget al the abstract crap about civil...
View Articleheather + Lt Dan Choi at Meet in the Middle in Fresno
It was a thrill to meet Lt Dan who is a powerful speaker and person. He actually saluted me when we said goodbye, then apologized and explained that it was out of habit. If you somehow don't already...
View ArticleWhy, oh why can't I? Video of a beautiful moment in song pre-Prop8 trial.
Melanie DeMore sings Somewhere Over the Rainbow early morning Jan 11th before the start of the Prop 8 Trial in San Francisco. I love the gentle threading of Judy Garland into this hopeful moment. She...
View Article"The big breakthrough will come…when we are able to handle the truth about...
"The big breakthrough will come…when we are able to handle the truth about people." -Van Jones, Shirley Sherrod and me, NYTimes op-ed Van's entire piece is worth reading about what it feels like to be...
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