OBVIOUSLY … Religious types aren't so thrilled that Albania is considering legalizing same-sex marriage. Shkelqim Muca, head of Albania’s Muslim community: "We are absolutely against it as a community. This is a sham not a law." To which we respond: Booooooring. Of course you're going to say that! Can't you folks at least come up [...]
Portugal's law banning same-sex marriage is not unconstitutional, the nation's Constitutional Court ruled. The 3-2 decision knocks down a case involving Teresa Pires and Helena Paixao, who's been together for six years and were denied a marriage license. Still on Portugal's constitutional books: prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation. Evidently, banning gay marriage and discrimination [...]
OH SNAP — A ninety-minute Grace Jones event requires at least 10 outfit changes. And the performer didn't fail to deliver at last night's Hammerstein Ballroom show. And can we all just keep in mind: This woman is 61! (She was joined backstage by the lines of Bette Midler and Randy Jones, and Rosario DawsoDawson, [...]
INTEGRATION on Wednesday was pretty much amazing. Check it out. 
It was a great night. It has been for a while now. Though my observations can be perceived as a promotional opportunity, whatever. It’s rare that I can truly be in depth and honest about how I feel after DJing a night at Integration. Let me chalk this up to me being personal and not having blogged in [...]
I can’t stand fish. They bother me to no end because everything about them is just plain creepy: they lurk around in the water, they’re slimy, they’ve got eyes on the sides of their heads, and they smell disgusting. The stench reminds me of Joan River’s stale, hasn’t-been-used-in-a-couple-decades…. nevermind. Ahem. Anyways, the point is my [...]
This story just being reported via ABC:
The U.S. Navy says a sailor charged with the murder of a seaman has committed suicide in the brig at Camp Pendleton.A Navy news release says Petty Officer Jonathan Campos, of Lancaster, was found unresponsive in his cell Friday afternoon. He was rushed to the base hospital where he was later pronounced dead.
Officials say the apparent cause of death was asphyxiation.
The release says Campos had last been checked early Friday afternoon.
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The sad state of American mind can be seen in this Daily Kos-sponsored poll by Research 2000 (Jul 27, 2009 - Jul 30, 2009; margin of error 2%) that reveals the demo of the average birther is -- SURPRISE -- white Republican men living in the South. Special props to the 30% of Republicans and Southern know-nothings who checked off they were "not sure" that the President is an American citizen.
The sad state of American mind can be seen in this Daily Kos-sponsored poll by Research 2000 (Jul 27, 2009 - Jul 30, 2009; margin of error 2%) that reveals the demo of the average birther is -- SURPRISE -- white Republican men living in the South. Special props to the 30% of Republicans and Southern know-nothings who checked off they were "not sure" that the President is an American citizen.
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Sadly,(Harvey) Milk and his many partners could be poster boys for an analysis produced by authors from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that shows the widespread degree to which men who have sex with men were abused as children.
. . . Milk and his partners live tumultuous, painful lives, rife with anonymous sex, public sex, bathhouses, prostitution, drugs, depression, alcohol abuse, suicide attempts and multiple partners. The pain and confusion of childhood sexual abuse festers on as their lives unfold
Later in life, Milk condemned child predators. But he evidently never made the connection with his own childhood sexual abuse or that of his partners. Nor does he ever question the brokenness that surrounds him – drugs, risky sexual behavior, alcohol abuse, depression and suicide – except to blame society.
And it begins.
Jeff Johnston of Focus on the Family has written an irresponsible piece on Harvey Milk that is all over the map. It looks like the piece was created to criticize the movie Milk but tailored to include talking about Milk's recent selection as a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient.
Johnston is clearly trying to imply that Milk was "introduced into gay sex" by older men.
He is also pulling the "gays lead lives full of promiscuous sex and other risky behavior" factoid in an effort to denigrate Milk and create the idea that President Obama erred in giving Milk the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
For the record, Johnston is being highly deceptive when he invokes the Centers for Disease Control's name because he isn't even citing the organization's work but a link to another Focus on the Family piece, Childhood Sexual Abuse and Male Homosexuality.
The irony is that piece freely cites work from Straight and Narrow which was written by Thomas Schmidt. Schmidt is not a doctor but a theologian who freely cited Paul Cameron in Straight and Narrow.
Now about Johnston's other assertions, I will be honest. I don't know if Milk was promiscuous and I don't really care.
I don't know if Milk was "introduced to sex by an older man" and again I don't care.
What Johnston is doing is blaming Milk for the something he could not control but worked to end.
We know how things were back then for lgbts. Gay men were n ot free to be out or open abou their lives for fear of reprisals. There is a lot of shame in secrecy and with shame comes bad behaviors.
Also, lgbt children could not be open either. So when they found enclaves where they could be open (be it Fire Island or whatever), they went full speed ahead.
The only implication Johnston and I agree on is the fact that this is not a way to live.
But if Johnston or Focus on the Family in general feel that there was something wrong with the decisions that Milk and other lgbts made in light of the world they had to deal with, then they would stop trying to hinder the progression of lgbt rights.
Every time Focus on the Family and other so-called moral groups attack lgbt clubs in our schools or any other thing that would help lgbts, they work to create the unfortunate world where there is shame and secrecy for those who don't fit the heterosexual orientation.
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Johnston's and Focus on the Family's attack on Milk clearly reinforces the fact that he is highly deserving of the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
They exploit a world of shame and fear.
Milk worked to destroy it.
He taught lgbts to stand up and demand our respect, to not hide in dark corners, and not let the world define us.
Harvey was an American hero.
Mark your calendar now and get ready for the event of the year: Love Basic Rights Oregon’s 27th Annual Dinner & Auction Saturday, October 10th, 2009 5:30pm - Door’s Open Portland Ballroom, Oregon Convention Center (777 NE Martin Luther King Junior Boulevard in Portland) This year’s theme is Love, highlighting the love and commitment that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Oregonians share [..ve and commitment that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Oregonians share [...]
Tomorrow, the Multnomah County Commission will vote on a proclamation that would declare the coming week to be Transgender Americans Week in the county! The vote will take place Thursday, July 30th, at 9:45 AM in the Multnomah County Building (501 SE Hawthorne Blvd. in Portland), in the first floor Commissioners Boardroom. Want to read [...]
This week’s featured music video is from Matt Alber’s album “Hide Nothing”. Video: End Of The World More from Matt: - Matt Alber’s Official Site - Matt Alber on MySpace
In this video, Rachel Maddow is joined by Rep. Alcee Hastings, who says he was pressured to withdraw his amendment to the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” military policy. Don’t ask, don’t tell, don’t try? Related News Posts: - HuffPo — Jackson Williams: Rachel Maddow’s Omission: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, Don’t Explain Obama’s Thinking - GNB — Senate Hearing on [...]
Friday’s News Finds includes: stories on aging; some marriage news (some of it even surprising); LDS security on tape; tributes and awards; an interesting custody battle; and even a bit of Rupert E. Aging: - Canadian fashion icon, Wayne Clark, talks about how aging impacts people in the LBGT community — Video: A Portrait of Aging. - He [...]
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