May 2008
45 posts
CALIFORNIA MAJORITY BACKS GAY MARRIAGE →
Dancing with the Queers →
New Dancing with the Queers Sunday Classes start May 6th. More Info 1st week of May - FREE for classes in honor of Bay Area Dance Week. More Info ...
Bruno Weighs Gay Marriage Directive →
ALBANY — As New York lawmakers pondered a new directive from Gov. David A. Paterson that state agencies begin revising their policies to honor same-sex marriages conducted outside New York, the Legislature’s top Republican said he had yet to decide whether to challenge the governor.
sds: tracks: onewomanshow: Cat Stevens - If...
Court takes lesbian insemination case →
Drag Kinging Date Slinging Benefit- El Rio May...
El Rio 3158 Mission St. SF 6-9 pm $10-$25 sliding scale- no one turned away. Performing: Dixon Bush with Rhythmless Nation Drag Troupe Dante DeMoan of the East Bay Kings Club About Ally Action. As a time honored safe schools organization, we provide comprehensive approaches to eliminating anti-LGBT bias and violence in local school communities. We do this by offering training, resources...
San Francisco Pride 2008 →
Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project →
QWOCMAP promotes the creation, exhibition and distribution of new films and videos that increase the visibility of queer women of color, authentically reflect our life stories, and address the vital social justice issues that concern our communities. June 13, 14, 15 Queer Women of Color Film Festival QWOCMAP’s 4th Annual Queer Women of Color Film Festival...
MOTHER TONGUE FEMINIST READERS THEATER
is performing its newest script, MAKE NOT ASSUMPTIONS: WOMEN AND DISABILITY on SUNDAY, JUNE 1 at 2PM in SAN FRANCISCO at the JEWISH HOME, corner of MISSION and SILVER, BUILDING B, MAIN LOUNGE. The performance is kicking off the Jewish Home’s celebration of Pride Month. They would love to have LGBT folk from the community attend. For info call Carly 510-724-2779 or Jan...
“As the definition of marriage and the definition of person both become more and...”
– Best of the Web Today - WSJ.com (via bellatoris) (via sds)
Deaf Queer News →
The Deaf Queer Resource Center (DQRC) is a national nonprofit resource and information center for, by and about the Deaf Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Intersex and Questioning communities (hereafter referred to as the “Deaf Queer community”). This is “the place” to find the most comprehensive and accurate information about this unique community. ...
Dykes On Bikes (nuff said)
WHATThe exhibit “30 Years at the Forefront,” hosted by the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual Transgender (GLBT) Historical Society celebrates the mythic place DYKES ON BIKES® holds at the forefront of the annual SF Pride Parade, and in the hearts of millions of people all over the world as an inspirational symbol of queer pride and lesbian power. On June 12th, Join us for a panel discussion of...
International Queer Writing Competition. →
Sandra Gail Lambert →
of interest to queer readers and writers
visible: a femmethology →
Visible: A Femmethology is a forthcoming anthology about the power and complications in presenting femme as a gender and breaking the traditional meaning of feminine. It aims to showcase personal essays exploring what “femme” means to those who claim it as an identity. Give me your experiences, your inner dialogues, your theories and practices. Please do not send fiction, poetry, or erotica. I am...
Metropolitan Community Churches Call to Action →
IMMEDIATE ACTION NEEDED TO STOP VIOLENCE AGAINST GAY GAMBIANS NOW! Moderator of Metropolitan Community Churches Issues Urgent Appeal Calls for Global Action to Save LGBT Gambians NowReleased: 22 May 2008 A C T I O N A L E R T
IGLHRC Condemns Statements by Gambian President
IGLHRC Condemns Statements by Gambian President; Calls for Decriminalization of HomosexualityDate: May 23, 2008 Africa » USA » For Your Information New York, May 22, 2008- In a strongly worded letter to Gambian President Yahyeh Jammeh, Paula Ettelbrick, Executive Director of the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission (IGLHRC) condemned statements by the West African...
International Lesbian and Gay Association
ILGA publishes State-sponsored Homophobia report Being lesbian or gay is risking jail time in 86 countries and death penalty in 7.
Patricia Cornwell →
The famed crime novelist has kept us spellbound with her fiction. Now she’s telling her truth—as a happily married lesbian who’s speaking out for equal rights
The Real-Life Indiana Jones Is a Lesbian →
Women who Love Women →
About the Documentary One of the few documentaries ever made about lesbians in Singapore, this documentary, filmed in 2006 uses interview footage with three Singaporean lesbians -Amanda Lee, Sabrina Renee Chong and Gea Swee Jean, to get a rare glimpse into lesbian lives in Singapore. Intimate and often candid, these lesbians share about their lives and loves and their views on topics such as...
2008 Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Pride... →
GAY PRIDE BRUSSELS 17 May 2008 →
DSM-V Revisions- Who decides?
courtesy- The Bilerico Project exerpt- Uh Oh Mercedes Al Lynn Conway reports that on May 1st, 2008, the American Psychiatric Association named its work group members appointed to revise the Manual for Diagnosis of Mental Disorders in preparation for the DSM-V. Such a revision would include the entry for GID. On the Task Force, named as Sexual and Gender Identity Disorders Chair, we find Dr....
Felice Newman wants to know...
courtesy- The Lesbian Lifestyle Lesbian, Bisexual & Queer Women Couples: Have you been together for 5+ years? Do you enjoy a satisfying sex life? I’d like to hear from you: What makes your sexual relationship work? Will you help me research a new sex guide for lesbian couples? *** Whether you identify as lesbian, bisexual, or queer; butch, femme or androgynous; polyamorous, monogamous;...
That Pesky Homosexual Agenda
Equality for All The Fight Continues “As we have said before, any accommodation of the homosexual agenda is a ‘give an inch, take a mile’ proposal and will be used to accomplish their ultimate goal, which is not just same-sex ‘marriage,’ but the destruction of the institution of marriage.” - The Patriot Post unfortunately the fight will get...
The Trevor Project →
The Trevor Project operates the nations only 24/7 crisis & suicide prevention helpline for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth. If you or a friend are feeling lost or alone call The Trevor Helpline. There is hope, there is help.Trevor Helpline: 866.4.U.TREVOR
Inclusion of Transgender People
courtesy- National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Opening the Door to the Inclusion of Transgender People WASHINGTON, April 28 — The National Center for Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force today released a joint publication titled Opening the Door to the Inclusion of Transgender People: The Nine Keys to Making Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Organizations Fully...
The Pope, Aliens and Kate Clinton
St. Alf’s Science Fair Faster than you can say, “CA Supreme Court overturns ban on gay marriage,” his Extreme Slippery Slopeheadedness, Pope Benedict had an announcement to make. Barely taking the time to translate it from the Latin, in that oddly high voice, the pope restated the Church’s position that only unions between a man and a woman are moral. read the rest here: Kate Clinton- CommuniKate...
courtesy- tumblinas: Jason Mraz - Beautiful Mess....
Savage Love →
This week Dan Savage, always a good read, talks sex, disability and assumptions.
“Homosocial
* –adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or exhibiting non...”
– courtesy: Ramon’s Gay Life Blog h1 = document.getElementById("title").getElementsByTagName("h1")[0];h1.innerHTML = widont(h1.innerHTML);By Ramon Johnson, About.com Guide to Gay Life since 2002homosocialism. Wow. I thought we were just having coffee
Really Wendy?
Concerned Women of America insult Ellen’s gay wedding comparing same sex marriage to polygamy… “We need to look at the consequences of that and we can look at the polygamy community in Texas,” Wendy Wright say that ten times fast
Victimization of Gays- Fort Lauderdale
excerpt: courtesy- National Gay News By William Butte “Are you looking at me, you faggot? You know what I do to faggots? I break their necks!” Melbourne Brunner heard this expression of irrationality, fear and hatred just moments before he was attacked by a stranger last month in front of a restaurant on Fort Lauderdale’s toniest street. Brunner’s partner had the...
16% of US science teachers are creationists →
(via) topherchris: jimray: That’s one in eight. Unbelievable. Jim: Numbers are the work of the Devil, and this statistic was planted by God to test our faith.
the matter of the missing matter
courtesy Slashdot Hubble Survey Finds Half of the Missing Matter Posted by kdawson on Tuesday May 20, @05:34PM from the hiding-in-plain-sight dept. esocid sends along the news that scientists believe they have found about half the missing matter in the universe. The matter we can see is only about 1/8 of the total baryonic matter believed to exist...
Countdown to Your Lesbian Wedding →
ack! Hurray for legalized marraige in California (though I’m waiting for the other right wing rabid political shoe to drop)- and yay for weddings but still- ack! I don’t mind attending weddings, I even officiated once but I don’t want to like star in one myself. speaking of stars: Marriage is in the air! After the California Supreme Court announced this week that it is lifting...
Fear of Fat →
author- Laura Fraser “As the media try, on the surface, to sort through the weight debate, what’s being communicated underneath, in many cases, is our society’s deeply held moral and aesthetic prejudice against being heavier than a thin ideal. Magazines may write about the fact that you don’t have to be runway thin to be healthy, but they stop short of picturing anyone with a little extra...
Queer things to do in the San Francisco Bay Area →
amazingly diverse queer happenings listed here- a bookmarker
San Francisco International Film Festival needs
Volunteers Frameline32: San Francisco International LGBT Film Festival Volunteer with Frameline32! Our dedicated volunteer corps of 500 helps produce the oldest and largest LGBT Film Festival in the world. Frameline32 volunteers help out before and during the festival with ushering, will call, events, box office, guest services and much more! Perks for volunteers include: Vouchers for...
Percussion-
Women Drummers Internatonal The mission for Women Drummers International is to empower women and girls in all aspects of their lives through the message of the drum, which represents not only a musical experience, but a cultural and healing experience as well. We believe that we are participating in a global movement of women drummers at this time on the planet. Women Drummers International is...
