Archive for lgbt politics
Better late than never?
Posted in Activism, Gender Issues, Legal, LGBT Rights with tags glbt, lgbt, lgbt politics, marriage equality on January 22, 2010 by finickymuse
The news Wednesday that Cindy McCain, wife of Arizona senator and Republican presidential candidate John McCain, is endorsing NoH8, the California-based equal marriage organization that was active in its opposition to the California’s anti-gay marriage Proposition 8, was welcomed by many in the equal marriage movementYou Go… Guyfriend?
Posted in Gender Issues, Legal, News, Politics and Sex with tags gender, law, lgbt politics, sex work on January 15, 2010 by paigetsindfwEqual opportunity in all professions may have just taken a big step forward in the last couple days when the “oldest” profession welcomed in a long suffering minority to its ranks.
Men.
And here he is!
Nevada's First, Legal, Male Prostitute (he prefers "gigolo", please)
He’s been profiled in Details and this story comes to us by way of The Huffington Post, the link for which is right here.
What they don’t mention here is that, until recently, despite prostitution being legal in Nevada (Las Vegas remains a bizarre exception. Just quit it, LV. That family friendly campaign went over like a lead enema bag.), the law was written in such a way that, probably unintentionally, forbade men from participating, because it made specific reference to organs men don’t generally have.
I doubt I’ll be the first to welcome him into the ranks, but with the Desiree Alliance conference coming up and lots of workin’ gals there, myself included, to talk about rights, activism, and other things, I’d still like to extend a warm handj… shake, handshake, to the new feller. He might want to stop comparing himself to Rosa Parks though. There are anilingus fetishists with better taste than that notion.
Now let’s get started on ensuring people of all genders, who DON’T want to work in a desert brothel, have the sexual freedom to decide for themselves who they’ll be intimate with, when, and if they’re willing to give it up for dinner or 300 an hour.
Did you fill out the Sexual Freedom Survey?
Posted in Activism, Feminist Sex, Gender Issues, Legal, LGBT Rights, Medical, News, Politics and Sex, porn, Religion, Sex Ed, Stuff to do with tags abortion, abstinence only, Activism, anti-gay, BDSM, do it now, fetish, gay marriage, gay rights, gender, glbt, lgbt, lgbt politics, naked guy, Obama, police, police brutality, politics, porn, protest, rainbow lounge, Religion, reproductive health, research, sex education, sex-positive, sexual freedom, sexual freedom questionnaire, social construct, stonewall, stupid republicans, Woodhull Freedom Foundation on January 12, 2010 by girlonpiano
If not, YOU BETTER, or SiP will hunt you down and take away your sexy license.
Let’s start the New Year off in a proactive way, by adding your voice to the Sexual Freedom Report!
This questionnaire will be the foundation for the first report on the State of Sexual Freedom in America today. If you already responded to the questionnaire, and many of you have, thank you! If not, we would really value your opinions!
As I shared with you in the first email, the Woodhull Freedom Foundation plans to publish regular reports on the sexual freedom movement, designed to help identify the social changes taking place, or that must take place for progress to be made, on the diverse issues on which we work. We are particularly interested in recognizing opportunities for already-established sexual freedom issue groups to work together.
We would like to know what you think are the most pressing sexual freedom issues this country is facing and so we are asking for a bit of your time and a lot of your knowledge and expertise.
We will treat your responses as confidential, unless you specifically give us permission to share your comments. To protect the confidentiality of our participants, we will download the responses each day and they will be taken completely offline. With that assurance, we are also asking that you provide your contact information on the survey.
I do hope that you’ll take some time right now to respond to the questionnaire. What you think really does matter to us and to this project.
Please click here or at the link below to begin the survey.
Thanks for your time and your participation!
Ricci Levy, Executive Director
PS: Please make sure to give us an email address in the questionnaire so that we can email you a copy of the completed report immediately prior to its public release.
Obama appoints a transwoman! Gobama!
Posted in Activism, Gender Issues, Legal, LGBT Rights, News, Politics and Sex with tags Activism, gender, glbt, Gobama!, lgbt, lgbt politics, Obama on January 5, 2010 by girlonpiano
“Amanda Simpson–formerly a test pilot, and formerly a man–started her new job today as senior technical advisor with the Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry and Security, which plays a key role in national security and cybersecurity. Unfortunately, most of the talk so far has been about Simpson’s sex change, not her career change.” Read more
Now repeal DADT, muthafucka!
More news from Uganda
Posted in Activism, Gender Issues, Legal, LGBT Rights, News, Politics and Sex with tags Activism, anti-gay, dumbass, gay rights, lgbt, lgbt politics, police, stupid republicans, uganda on January 5, 2010 by girlonpiano
“American Evangelicals are apparently shocked that their anti-gay activism in Uganda — which mostly involves telling Ugandans that gay men sodomize boys and that homosexuals have a nefarious plot to destroy society as we know it — has actually been taken seriously by Ugandans, who, in order to stop purported child rape and total social annihilation, have bandied about the idea of executing gay people.” Read the rest of the story at Femeniste
If you didn’t already watch it, check out our earlier posts, including this one with Rachel Maddow.
Oooooh Bama
Posted in Crazy/Funny, Politics and Sex, Shopping, Stuff to do with tags lgbt politics, Obama, sex toys, weird on January 3, 2010 by finickymuseFor only $34.95 you too can feel the Presidential power! Gives new meaning to the phrase ” In bed with the President”!
DC Council votes for Marriage Equality
Posted in Activism, Legal, LGBT Rights, News, Stuff to do with tags gay marriage, gay rights, lgbt, lgbt politics, marriage, marriage equality, Washington DC on December 15, 2009 by Chase
In a vote of 11-2, the DC City Council passed a bill to legalize gay marriage in our nation’s capital. The bill still has to survive a 30 day congressional review period before Mayor Adrian Fenty can make good on his promise to sign it into law. Same sex couples could be marrying in DC as early as March. Woot! Read more
Before the bill passed, the Catholic Archdiocese threatened to cut it’s services, including homeless shelters, in protest. Help the homeless and the Human Rights Campaign by telling them off (in the most civil way possible, of course).
Death Penalty still on for Uganda
Posted in Legal, LGBT Rights, News, Religion, You Fucked Up! with tags anti-gay, David Bahati, Kill the gays, lgbt, lgbt politics, Rachel Maddow, Religion, uganda on December 14, 2009 by Chase
Looks like Rachel can keep calling it the “Kill the Gays” bill…
(From the Guardian) “(David Bahati, the bill’s main sponsor) denied reports that international pressure might result in parts of the bill being toned down.” Read more
“For Ugandans such as Pastor Martin Ssempa, who organises anti-gay rallies, the bill brings legitimate moral force to bear on the “corrupting influence” from western societies.” Which is ironic, considering the heavy American influence behind anti-gay events in Uganda and the drafting of this bill. It’s also curious that the “international pressure” they’re now choosing to ignore is coming from the same place.
HT: Towleroad
Houston Elects Lesbian Mayor
Posted in Legal, News, Politics and Sex with tags Annise Parker, election, Houston, lesbian mayor, lgbt, lgbt politics, openly gay mayor on December 13, 2009 by Chase
(From AP/Huffington Post) “Annise Parker has an unbeatable lead over Gene Locke in Houston’s hotly contested mayoral election, meaning she will become the city’s first openly gay mayor” Read more
Uganda Update
Posted in Legal, LGBT Rights, News, Religion with tags anti-gay, Christian fundamentalists, gay rights, lgbt, lgbt politics, Rachel Maddow, Richard Cohen, Rick Warren, slog, the family, uganda on December 10, 2009 by ChaseThe death penalty and life imprisonment privisions have been dropped from Uganda’s upcoming anti-gay legislation.
Still included in the bill are jail sentences for being openly gay (gay sex is already criminalized), peacefully speaking, assembling, or advocating on behalf of homosexuals, and failing to notify the government of a friend/coworker/family member who is homosexual.
Rachel Maddow continues to cover the links between Christian fundamentalists in America and this disturbing legislation.
Additionally, Pastor Rick Warren has finally joined the public opposition for this bill.
HT: Slog
