25 October 2011

22 October 2011

Cookeville, Tennessee

credit: Chuck Sutherland

Hello!

Yep, the chill is definitely in the air... here's what happened... Cookeville, Tennessee... Woodland Hills, California... London, England, UK... Council Bluffs, Iowa... El Cerrito, California... Swansboro, North Carolina... Concord, North Carolina... Guildford, Surrey, England, UK... Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium... Arlington Heights, Illinois... Tamuning, Guam... Groningen, Netherlands... Bangor, Maine... Santa Cruz, California... Taipei, Taiwan... Medan, Sumatera Utara... Plattsburgh, New York... Athens, Attiki, Greece... Salt Lake City, Utah... Mountain View, California... Atlanta, Georgia... Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania... Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada... Mount Horeb, Washington... Tulsa, Oklahoma... Forfar, Angus, Scotland... Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia... Denver, Colorado... Kings Park, New York... Santa Monica, California... Saint Charles, Illinois...

US residents: If you want to vote, please remember to register!

Today's topper: FDNY welcomes first transgender firefighter

I know, the holidays are upon us, but please don't forget those less fortunate.  Here's a few:

American Red Cross
www.redcross.org

International Red Cross/Red Crescent
www.ifrc.org

Doctors Without Borders
www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Rainbow Fund
www.rainbowfund.org

Thank you!

Karger making history and proud of it (www.fosters.com)

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More schools take action to stem anti-gay bullying (www.sfgate.com)

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LGBT history month: Victoria Kolakowski, first openly transgender US trial judge (www.lgbtqnation.com)

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Transgender woman Asia Santana sentenced to prison for 2010 fatal stabbing of boyfriend Eric Nevith in Norristown (timesherald.com)

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19 October 2011

16 October 2011

Peace

Then all that has divided us will merge
And then compassion will be wedded to power
And then softness will come to a world that is harsh and unkind
And then both men and women will be gentle
And then both women and men will be strong
And then no person will be subject to another's will
And then all will be rich and free and varied
And then the greed of some will give way to the needs of many
And then all will share equally in the earth's abundance
And then all will care for the sick and the weak and the old
And then all will nourish the young
And then all will cherish life's creatures
And then all will live in harmony with each other and with the earth
And everywhere will be called Eden, once again.
-- Judy Chicago

Law for welfare of transgender under way (www.asiantribune.com {India})

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California schools scrambling to add lessons on LGBT Americans (www.latimes.com)

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Indonesia's transgender couples surrounded by fear and persecution (www.guardian.co.uk {UK/Indonesia})

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University students push for gender-neutral washrooms (winnipeg.ctv.ca {Canada})

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15 October 2011

Council Bluffs, Iowa

credit:  The Lincoln Highway National Museum & Archives

Hello!

Yep, the chill's in the air... here's what's happening... Council Bluffs, Iowa... Groningen, Netherlands... Spring, Texas... Rosrath, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany... Marysville, Washington... Jersey City, New Jersey... Taipei, Taiwan... Kings Park, New York... Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium... Dublin, California... Fukuoka, Japan... Phoenix, Arizona... Laurel, Mississippi... Madras, Tamil Nadu, India... Erlanger, Kentucky... Berlin, Germany... Minden, Nordrhein-Westfalen... Canton, Ohio... Mountain View, California... Nuremberg, Bayern, Germany... Sydney, New South Wales, Australia... Atlanta, Georgia... Kollam, Kerala, India... Chicago, Illinois... Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain... Klang, Selangor, Malaysia... Rome, Lazio, Italy... Charleston, South Carolina... Santiago, Region Metropolitana, Chile...

U.S. citizens:  DON'T FORGET TO VOTE!

This month's topper: FDNY welcomes first transgender firefighter

Please help!

American Red Cross
www.redcross.org

International Red Cross/Red Crescent
www.ifrc.org

Doctors Without Borders
www.doctorswithoutborders.org

Rainbow Fund
www.rainbowfund.org

Thank you!

Uganda gay activist wins human rights award (bikyamasr.com)

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Peace

There ain’t much glory in seeing a man with his guts hanging out.


'Zeb Rawlings' (played by George Peppard)

Sex-change inmate in dress plea (www.adelaidenow.com.au)

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Chaz Bono and Vinny Guadagnino team up for anti-bullying campaign (realitytvmagazine.sheknows.com)

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Peace


At different states of our lives, the signs of love may vary: dependence, attraction, contentment, worry, loyalty, grief, but at the heart, the source is always the same.  Human beings have the rare capacity to connect with each other, against all odds.

Soren Kierkegaard

Federal government cracking down on LGBT housing discrimination (www.gayapolis.com)

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