Are You There Margaret? It’s Us, Generation X.
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Are You There Margaret? It’s Us, Generation X.

 As we end women's history month I feel compelled to bring up one of the most influential women in America, whose beliefs and compassion for the poor and uneducated have had a direct affect on how we live today: Margaret Sanger.  In 1914, Margaret Sanger launched the magazine The Woman…

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March 27, 2012
Tyler Clementi: Hate Had Its Way
Tyler Clementi playing violin with the Ridgewood High School Orchestra in 2009.
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Tyler Clementi: Hate Had Its Way

“Student found guilty of charges in webcam suicide case” - ZDNet. “Tyler Clementi Case: Dharun Ravi Found Guilty of Hate Crimes, Invasion of Privacy” - Hollywood Gossip.  “Hate-Crimes Conviction: Ex-Rutgers Student Faces Up to 10 Years in Closely Watched Bias Intimidation Case” - Wall Street Journal. “Dharun Ravi Found…

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March 22, 2012
I have HAD it with this mother*$#@ porn on this mother#@#* plane!
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I have HAD it with this mother*$#@ porn on this mother#@#* plane!

Meet (awesomely named) Dawn Hawkins. She is executive director of Morality in Media, which (according to its website) is “the leading national organization opposing pornography and indecency through public education and the application of the law.” As Dawn recounts in the video below, last month, while she was flying on Delta…

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March 20, 2012
Supporting Diversity Role Models
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Supporting Diversity Role Models

By Ron Kemp This is getting good.  Lately, there's been more "good news" stories to write about than the heavy alternate.  I like that. In the U.K., there's an organization called Diversity Role Models.  Their mission is to do just that:  provide role models for LGBT teens in an…

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March 15, 2012
Celebrating Acceptance: Dad gets “Born This Way” Tattoo!!
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Celebrating Acceptance: Dad gets “Born This Way” Tattoo!!

By Ron Kemp What a marvelous story of acceptance!!  At a time when we’re grasping and struggling for acceptance, at a time when we’re losing teen after teen after LGBT teen to suicide because of a lack thereof, we get this heartwarming story from Jessica Romani about her brother,…

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March 11, 2012
Prop. 8: A Primer and a Play
Prop. 8 plaintiffs Kris Perry, Sandy Stier, Paul Katami, and Jeff Zarrillo attend Federal Appeals Court hearing.
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Prop. 8: A Primer and a Play

  Poor California. The path to equality in that state has been strewn with boulders and brambles, and the quest has put advocates of same-sex marriage through more heart-stopping changes than anyone should have to bear. It all started back in 2005—a light-year ago in the history of marriage…

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March 8, 2012
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