31 October 2011

Hello!

Boo!  Here's what's happening...  Charleston, South Carolina... Atlanta, Georgia... Groningen, Netherlands... Torrance, California... Miami, Florida... Mountain View, California.... Neudorfl. Niederosterreich, Austria... Boston, Massachusetts... Salt Lake City, Utah... Council Bluffs, Iowa... Los Angeles, California... Williamsport, Pennsylvania.... Cavite, Cavite City, Philippines... London, England, UK... Taipei,Taiwan... New York City, New York... Laurel, Mississippi.... Sanford, Maine... Alburtis, Pennsylvania... Herndon, Pennsylvania... Norwalk, Connecticut... Mansfield, Nottingham, England, UK...        Bradford, England... Oxford, Mississippi... Sherman Oaks, California... 

28 October 2011

International Healing Foundation apologizes to the LBGTQ community on its 21st anniversary (www.prnewswire.com)

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Peace

"Peace is the marriage of the people
and the planet,
with all attendant vows."
Anonymous

Bobby Montoya: Colorado Girl Scouts say yes to boy who wants to join them (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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1st ever San Diego LGBT Pride contingent in Veterans Day parade (www.windycitymediagroup.com)

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'Southern Comfort' extends at CAP21 (offoffbroadway.broadwayworld.com)

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Your towns: readers respond (blogs.montrealgazette.com {Canada})

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26 October 2011

Peace

The good we secure for ourselves is precarious and uncertain until it is secured for all of us and incorporated into our common life.
Jane Addams

Turkey jails trans activists for 'insulting police' (www.care2.com)

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'I was called a basketball, a penguin,and an Ewok': Chaz Bono blasts 'disrespectful' Dancing With The Stars judges for bullying him over his weight (www.dailymail.co.uk)

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Black transgender face startling levels of discrimination, report finds (sdgln.com)

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Transgender children welcomed by the Girl Scouts of America (www.imperfectparent.com)

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ezs note:  just a question... why do the Girl Scouts seem so welcoming, but the Boy Scouts seem so... well...

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