I’ve been writing this blog article for about a week now, in my mind. Each time I thought I was ready move it from my mind to my fingers and onto my keyboard, that voice inside me would say “wait! not yet”. Normally, I hate when that happens. That…
Being poor in America sucks big time especially in a materialistic society such as the one we currently live in which a person is judged not for his character but about the amount of money he makes, the car he drives and the neighborhood he lives in.
What the plaintiffs are alleging is diabolical–for a political organization to steal an image, and demonize a couple’s love and privacy, in order to peddle bigotry and hate to win votes.
Dear Governor Romney: With less than seven weeks until American voters determine the fate of the free world—no, the whole world—in the presidential election, I wanted to ask you how you’re doing. I’ve been reading things you said that you didn’t expect to have to share with the whole…
There are two sexes within the human species that are opposites, right? And they’re determined by the configuration of a person’s chromosomes or what their genitalia look like, right? You are either male or female, and either way it’s all really simple and clear. Or is it? Nah, come…
And what’s more troubling is that Facebook would let a page that "prays for the death of President Obama" stand while deleting a liberally leaning political one. It makes no sense, and implies a great and deep lack of fair play and ethics on Facebook's part.
In May I wrote about the troubling homophobic bullying incident in which Mitt Romney was the ringleader when but a high school lad, back in 1965. My suggestion, and many others’, was that Romney’s inability (or unwillingness) to own up to his youthful misdeeds (most of us have done…
Shared via Wipe Out Homophobia After Wipe Out Transphobia's recent rise in popularity and boost in numbers, I asked the creator, Emma Bailey if she wouldn't mind giving us a little more background on her page, community and mission.... 1. What made YOU become an online activist? After I came out,…
Marriage is more than a piece of paper. It confers numerous benefits, such as health, disability and life insurance, pension funds and tax refunds for spouses. Many gay couples desire to marry and partake in these benefits but have been denied this right because of their sexuality and that…
The Homecoming Players in Ithaca, New York, for which I serve as artistic director, won a slot in the national series of staged readings of Dustin Lance Black’s new documentary play, 8, which we performed on August 10. We were thrilled to be part of this program, and a…