Recent Posts Tagged With 'politics'

• Book Review: "Say It Like Obama" by Shel Leanne

  Posted on Monday August 3rd, 2009 at 06:17 in politics, book reviews, reading, activism, cynthia rodriguez

  BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia Rodriguez"SAY IT LIKE OBAMA"by Shel LeanneI never realized what an excellent orator President Obama was, not until I read the book, "Say it Like Obama". My primary goal for acquiring this book was the simple purpose of improving...

• Sign the Petition Against Don't Ask, Don't Tell

  Posted on Monday May 18th, 2009 at 16:20 in politics, news, gay rights

  Dan Choi, a native of California and an Army Lieutenant was recently discharged from the military for acknowledging his sexual orientation.As of today, an amazing 96,033 people have signed the petition from the Courage Campaign and CREDO Mobile aski...

• New Hampshire Senate Passes Gay Marriage Bill

  Posted on Wednesday April 29th, 2009 at 14:20 in politics, gay marriage, renee gannon

  The New Hampshire State Senate just passed a bill making same-sex marriage law -- by a single vote, 13-11. The same bill already passed the House, and now goes to the desk of Governor John Lynch, a Democrat who has said he opposes same-sex marraige, ...

• Book Review: 'Banksy: Wall and Piece'

  Posted on Tuesday April 14th, 2009 at 12:51 in art, politics, book reviews, reading, activism, cynthia rodriguez

  "BANKSY: WALL AND PIECE"BOOK REVIEWby Cynthia RodriguezBanksy. I don't even know where to begin. He is truly one of my art heroes, influences, and inspirations. I'm sure you have admired some of his work and didn't know you were looking at a Bansky p...

• 15 Minutes of Stupid: The Continuing Saga of Ginny the Christian Censor Wannabe

  Posted on Sunday March 8th, 2009 at 19:17 in politics, fundamentalism, censorship, religious zealotry, written by lori hahn

  Sinnerviewer brought the 15-minutes-of-fame-seeker Ginny of West Bend, WI to our attention and to task for her censorship-seeking behavior earlier last week. I moseyed over there to see what all the fuss was about. Indeed, I found a plethora of pon...

• Obama Rips Gays with Rick Warren Choice

  Posted on Friday December 19th, 2008 at 18:46 in politics, Barack Obama, ma'amselle lezident

  President-Elect Obama decided that on the most important day in a decade, he would choose this guy to start the show:Also nice:Christian ministers have been used by every President to perform the inaugural invocation, but this guy--this guy--has been...

• Margaret Cho at CA State Capitol 11/22

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 16:00 in politics, activism, written by hahn at home

  How lucky are we? Not only do Californians get an opportunity to protest again this weekend on the heels of the California Supreme Court decision to hear arguments related to the passage of Prop 8, we get to have fun doing it! Margaret Cho will be ...

• CA Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Lawsuit Arguments in Prop 8 Fight

  Posted on Thursday November 20th, 2008 at 10:00 in politics, activism, written by hahn at home

  From the Sacramento Gay & Lesbian Center: "Earlier today, the California Supreme Court agreed to hear several lawsuits filed against Proposition 8 by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union, Lambda Legal, severa...

• Get the Low Down on What Went Wrong in Prop 8 Fight

  Posted on Wednesday November 19th, 2008 at 23:18 in politics, activism, written by lori hahn

  Bilerico has something pretty darned cool going on this Thursday at 7 pm EST. He'll be hosting three leaders of the anti-amendment charge, Kate Kendell of NCLR, Nadine Smith of Equality Florida, and Barbara McCullough-Jones of Equality Arizona will ...

• Thought We Were Done, Did Ya'

  Posted on Tuesday November 18th, 2008 at 22:32 in politics, activism, written by hahn at home

  After last weekend’s passionate protests throughout our wonderful country, I figured things would die down - but NO! Indeed not - and this weekend promises to be even bigger. Go check out the details at California Outreach.“TAKE IT TO SACRAMENT...

• Blog Quiet, Protest Loud

  Posted on Saturday November 15th, 2008 at 02:01 in politics, activism, written by lori hahn

  Courtesy of our "fellow" lesbian site, The Lesbian Lifestyle ...

• Tomorrow We Make History - Join the Protest

  Posted on Friday November 14th, 2008 at 23:38 in politics, activism, written by lori hahn

  Wyatt Buchanan of the San Francisco Chronicle says, “It’s a never-before-seen response, surpassing in size and scope even the 1969 Stonewall riots, which launched the modern gay rights movement after New York City police raided a Greenwich Villag...

• Retracton: The Dishonor Roll

  Posted on Thursday November 13th, 2008 at 22:37 in politics, retraction, lds church, written by lori hahn

  The limited retraction: According to a posting on Yelp, a guy named Rick Baker is the franchisee for the Hillcrest location of Golden Spoon, reported as being owned by Roger & Heather Clawson. He is reportedly not affiliated with Yes on 8 or th...

• Shine the Light on Prop 8 Supporters

  Posted on Sunday November 9th, 2008 at 14:12 in politics, activism, written by lori hahn

  The dishonor roll is a listing of major contributors to the Yes on 8 fund. Ironically, both are happy to take gay dollars to increase their personal wealth, but draw the line at believing in true equality by contributing their dollars (and indirectl...