Advocates for equality try to take the high road, because battling hate with hate doesn't bring progress.
This past June the Supreme Court overturned mandatory life sentences without the possibility of parole for minors on the grounds that it constituted “cruel and unusual punishment” under the 8th amendment. This comes on the heels of similar humanitarian rulings, such as getting rid of the death penalty for…
The defiant refusal by the Boy Scouts of America to reconsider their policy of banning openly gay people from participating reminds me of my story of Max and Mary, who lost their daughter, Martha, to suicide, after rejecting her and casting her out of their house and their lives.…
By OcJim There is a Republican pattern that has grown in the last several years. It’s called lying -- in more and more cases bold-face lying. It goes beyond distortion of truth or stretching the truth, which is normal in political arguments on both sides. It is outright lies…
“To be closeted is to be ‘dishonest,’ to be out, ‘making a big deal.’ It's not just about the fundamentalists and the queer-bashers—good, decent liberal people with the best of intentions can make negotiating the heterosexual world tiring, traumatising and even occasionally dangerous.” ~blogger tiger beatdown RIFF (spoken): I…
I became aware of the “Stonewall Riots” through Pride marches and protests while growing up in New York City in the 1970s and 1980s.
For LGBT people in their fifties and up, the future is shorter, and the odds for a marked improvement in their lives accordingly smaller.
...old people should be treated with deference and honor. By contrast, we marginalize our aging population, those who have paid their dues and set the stage for the rest of us.
One aspect of the human condition that grocery stores use to their advantage is that crowds of people move in predictable manners. We essentially move like elephants being herded when we go into many stores, but especially a grocery store
This isn’t about politics, really. This is about loving and caring. This is about tolerance. This is more about right and wrong. And, it’s about survival.