29 March 2014
Quotes!
The one unbreakable hang-up I have is with cigarettes. They have a bad effect on me. They make me extremely nervous. But I started smoking at twelve, and I've never written a word without a cigarette in my hands.
- Truman Capote
'To Quote A Queer'
- Truman Capote
'To Quote A Queer'
28 March 2014
Quotes!
I've experienced racism - and every other -ism - from every angle: from gays, from lesbians, from blacks, from women. You would think that people who would have been oppressed would go, "Oh, I see what's going on here." But they don't.
- RuPaul
'To Quote A Queer'
- RuPaul
'To Quote A Queer'
Trans Violinist Tona Brown Is Crowdfunding Her Carnegie Hall Dream
PARKER MARIE MOLLOY
http://www.advocate.com
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ezs note: Wow... whether you are secular or spiritual, the verse "Amazing Grace" cannot help but move you. Do yourself a favor and click the button down below. The performance is done on violin (Tona Brown) and bass viol.
http://www.advocate.com
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ezs note: Wow... whether you are secular or spiritual, the verse "Amazing Grace" cannot help but move you. Do yourself a favor and click the button down below. The performance is done on violin (Tona Brown) and bass viol.
27 March 2014
Quotes!
In the last few years straight men have become a little more polished, and it's hard sometimes to tell who is gay and who is straight.
- Wilson Cruz
'To Quote A Queer'
- Wilson Cruz
'To Quote A Queer'
25 March 2014
Quotes!
The gift of sympathy... is a charming faculty, but one often abused by those who are conscious of its possession, for there is something ghoulish in the avidity with they will pounce upon the misfortune of their friends so that they may exercise their dexterity. It gushes forth like an oil-well, and the sympathetic pour out their sympathy with an abandon that is sometimes embarrassing to their victims.
- W. Somerset Maugham
'To Quote A Queer"
- W. Somerset Maugham
'To Quote A Queer"
24 March 2014
UK: Vandalised transgender memorial restored (UK)
http://www.pinknews.co.uk
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ezs note: If you see a gravestone or memorial being desecrated, be a good person and CALL THE POLICE!!
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ezs note: If you see a gravestone or memorial being desecrated, be a good person and CALL THE POLICE!!
23 March 2014
Quotes!
I'm pretty puritanical. I never buy pot, though I take it if someone offers it to me.
- Kathy Acker
'To Quote A Queer'
- Kathy Acker
'To Quote A Queer'
Maryland lawmaker: trans bill would ‘normalize abnormal behavior’
Michael K. Lavers
http://www.washingtonblade.com
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ezs note: Come November, is there anyone in Maryland willing to take on Crazy Kathy? C'mon... anyone?
http://www.washingtonblade.com
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ezs note: Come November, is there anyone in Maryland willing to take on Crazy Kathy? C'mon... anyone?
Seacoast Outright called a 'lifeline' for youth
Deborah McDermott
http://www.seacoastonline.com
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ezs note: If you love Portsmouth, love it even more... send a few bucks to Seacoast Outright!
http://www.seacoastonline.com
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ezs note: If you love Portsmouth, love it even more... send a few bucks to Seacoast Outright!
22 March 2014
Quotes!
The thing about awards is, when you don't get one, you feel terrible, and when you do get one, you realize how little it actually had to do with you.
- David Hyde Pierce
'To Quote A Queer'
- David Hyde Pierce
'To Quote A Queer'
21 March 2014
Quotes!
Straight people were mad because I was gay. The dykes were mad because I wasn't gay enough.
- Rita Mae Brown
'To Quote A Queer'
- Rita Mae Brown
'To Quote A Queer'
Shelter planned in North Philly for LGBT youth
Emma Jacobs
http://www.newsworks.org
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ezs note: Whether you live in Philadelphia or just have a love for the city, chip in a few bucks for this worthy cause. Thanks!
http://www.newsworks.org
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ezs note: Whether you live in Philadelphia or just have a love for the city, chip in a few bucks for this worthy cause. Thanks!
Bleak Outlook for Sexual Minorities in Kyrgyzstan
Timur Toktonaliev
http://iwpr.net
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ezs note: Anytime someone is harassed by the government for being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, do your moral duty and PROTEST!!!
http://iwpr.net
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ezs note: Anytime someone is harassed by the government for being lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender, do your moral duty and PROTEST!!!
20 March 2014
Quotes!
Leaving a woman for a man... is still the lesbian equivalent of a mortal sin.
- Jan Clausen
'To Quote A Queer'
- Jan Clausen
'To Quote A Queer'
Casey, Over 175 Members of Congress Call for Executive Order Protecting LGBT Workers
http://www.yourerie.com
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ezs note: If your congressperson is one of the 175 who signed this letter, be sure to say "thank you".
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ezs note: If your congressperson is one of the 175 who signed this letter, be sure to say "thank you".
Westboro church founder Fred Phelps dies
Daniel Burke
http://www.cnn.com/
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ezs note: It's just my opinion, but other than news of his death, Phelps should be UTTERLY forgotten. He comes as close to a genuine Nazi as Adolf Hitler and his like, and should be treated as such. (And no, I do NOT use the term lightly.) If I were his undertaker, I wouldn't even bother with a tiny marker. So there.
http://www.cnn.com/
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ezs note: It's just my opinion, but other than news of his death, Phelps should be UTTERLY forgotten. He comes as close to a genuine Nazi as Adolf Hitler and his like, and should be treated as such. (And no, I do NOT use the term lightly.) If I were his undertaker, I wouldn't even bother with a tiny marker. So there.
19 March 2014
Quotes!
I'm interested in how people create themselves. All artists do it. I told a lot of visual artists that I was doing this play and they said, "That fascinates me - how do we do that, how we become our art."
- Edward Albee
- Edward Albee
Thugs in Ford Fiesta threw glass bottle at transgender woman (UK)
Joe Sturdy
http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/
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ezs note: I hate to remind you... but I will anyway. Whenever you see a transgender person being accosted, abused, or raped, contact the police immediately! We all thank you!
http://www.essexchronicle.co.uk/
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ezs note: I hate to remind you... but I will anyway. Whenever you see a transgender person being accosted, abused, or raped, contact the police immediately! We all thank you!
18 March 2014
Quotes!
The question of ideal beauty, incarnated in breathing male beings, or eternalized in enduring works of art, was leading me to a precipice, from which no exit seemed possible except in suicide what I then considered sin.
- John Addington Symonds
'To Quote A Queer'
- John Addington Symonds
'To Quote A Queer'
17 March 2014
Quotes!
I think that we are becoming more and more linked, and before long, we'll all become one culture. It's happening in every field, not just fashion. Actually, I think the only hope for peace is if culture is homogenized.
- Tom Ford
'To Quote A Queer'
- Tom Ford
'To Quote A Queer'
16 March 2014
Ugandan gay rights activist says her own mother threatened to hand her into police over anti-gay laws (UK)
Aaron Day
http://www.pinknews.co.uk
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ezs note: Let your voice be heard - tell the president and legislature in Uganda to REPEAL this odious anti-LGBT law.
http://www.pinknews.co.uk
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ezs note: Let your voice be heard - tell the president and legislature in Uganda to REPEAL this odious anti-LGBT law.
Group looks to establish Wichita chapter of Gay, Lesbian & Straight Education Network
Suzanne Perez Tobias
http://www.kansas.com
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ezs note: by the way, GLSEN is also good.
http://www.kansas.com
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ezs note: by the way, GLSEN is also good.
Mothers of Suicide Victims: 'Idaho Didn't Protect Our Children'
GEORGE PRENTICE
http://www.boiseweekly.com
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\ezs note: Mothers, fathers, and friends of transgender youth - there ARE things you can do to make your kid's life better.
1. Organizations such as PFLAG are there for you. You can check to see where the nearest meeting is by contacting their Web address: www.pflag.org
2. Talk to your children about seeking help. Your child may not have the abilities to winnow out the losers. ("reparative therapy" is a good example) You can pick out the good ones.
3. Talk to your child's teacher(s) in a friendly but FIRM manner that she/he is NOT a freak. If the teacher insists that your child just 'get with the program', suggest that she/he take up welding instead. At least she/he won't be able to harm any more children.
4. If there is no good program in your area, dial 1-800-273-TALK. There are good people there who are willing to help though the distress you are feeling.
http://www.boiseweekly.com
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\ezs note: Mothers, fathers, and friends of transgender youth - there ARE things you can do to make your kid's life better.
1. Organizations such as PFLAG are there for you. You can check to see where the nearest meeting is by contacting their Web address: www.pflag.org
2. Talk to your children about seeking help. Your child may not have the abilities to winnow out the losers. ("reparative therapy" is a good example) You can pick out the good ones.
3. Talk to your child's teacher(s) in a friendly but FIRM manner that she/he is NOT a freak. If the teacher insists that your child just 'get with the program', suggest that she/he take up welding instead. At least she/he won't be able to harm any more children.
4. If there is no good program in your area, dial 1-800-273-TALK. There are good people there who are willing to help though the distress you are feeling.
Quotes!
I think the word diva has lost its true meaning in today's society. A true diva is someone who delivers the goods at the highest level possible on a consistent basis, whose success is based on hard work and a deep, true talent.
- Rick Skye
'To Quote A Queer'
- Rick Skye
'To Quote A Queer'
Quotes!
Yet do I marvel at this curious thing
To make a poet black, and bid him sing!
- Countee Cullen
'To Quote A Queer"
To make a poet black, and bid him sing!
- Countee Cullen
'To Quote A Queer"
14 March 2014
YOU make a difference!!!
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YOU did it! This is the 3,000th blog! I know, sometimes it can feel a bit lonely. But there are people all over the planet who think the way you do. Here's the ginormous list:
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Germany
India
France
Australia
Netherlands
Saudi Arabia
Italy
Ireland
Belgium
Brazil
Russia
Taiwan
Spain
Philippines
New Zealand
Finland
Japan
Poland
Turkey
South Korea
Argentina
Norway
Sweden
Pakistan
Mexico
Austria
Singapore
Hong Kong
Greece
Denmark
Portugal
Malaysia
United Arab Emirates
Switzerland
Peru
South Africa
China
Indonesia
Czech Republic
Romania
Kuwait
Qatar
Jamaica
Colombia
Thailand
Iceland
Israel
Egypt
Ecuador
Hungary
Bangladesh
Serbia
Chile
Croatia
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Morocco
Cote d'Ivoire
Slovenia
Jordan
Estonia
Guam
Belarus
Sri Lanka
Guatemala
Venezuela
Nigeria
Slovakia
Oman
Nepal
Bahrain
Lithuania
Tunisia
Algeria
Trinidad and Tobago
El Salvador
Senegal
Vietnam
Cambodia
Iraq
Costa Rica
Kenya
Ghana
Luxembourg
Panama
Palestinian Territory
Yemen
Dominican Republic
Uruguay
Moldova
Puerto Rico
Bolivia
Syria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Macedonia
Maldives
Reunion
Malawi
Albania
Kazakhstan
Malta
Sudan
Kyrgyzstan
Libya
Mongolia
Paraguay
Azerbaijan
Iran
Guernsey
Antigua and Barbuda
United States Virgin Islands
Latvia
Isle of Man
New Caledonia
Guyana
Mauritius
Thank you. Thank all of you.
Quotes!
We destroyed and annihilated them (Iraqis) ... We destroyed the infrastructure. We dismantled their abilities to defend against outside invaders. We didn't even do that to Germany in World War II. You don't do that unless your plan is to stay - to occupy.
- Jeff Key
- Jeff Key
CONGO CONSIDERING ANTI-HOMOSEXUALITY BILL
JOSEPH EHRMAN-DUPRE
http://www.towleroad.com
*** more here***
ezs note: If you are from the Congo, are visiting there on business or pleasure, or just have a penchant for humanity, please contact the Congolese legislature and urge them to vote NO on this anti-LGBT bill. Thanks!
http://www.towleroad.com
*** more here***
ezs note: If you are from the Congo, are visiting there on business or pleasure, or just have a penchant for humanity, please contact the Congolese legislature and urge them to vote NO on this anti-LGBT bill. Thanks!
13 March 2014
All new! (well... kinda...)
I am using "To Quote A Queer" for your enjoyment, pleasure, and thought. There is one thing that held me back. It's that the quotes range from the very liberal (the late Gore Vidal) to the very conservative (David Brock). It's simply a fact that this will anger some. The only thing I can say to people who hold such views is to read about a month's worth of quotes. What is demonstrated (I hope) is that a full range of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender views will be represented. So enjoy!
The forms in writing... do change, but they change as slowly as the forms in Darwin, whereas the pendulum of tone from one generation to the next keeps moving briskly.
- James Merrill
The forms in writing... do change, but they change as slowly as the forms in Darwin, whereas the pendulum of tone from one generation to the next keeps moving briskly.
- James Merrill
06 March 2014
05 March 2014
Transgender student in California recants sexual assault story
Kate Stanton
http://www.upi.com
*more here
ezs note: It turns out that the story told by the transgender boy is NOT true. I'm sorry about that, and I will pull the previous article. What I wrote in the opinion piece afterward, however, remains true. If you see a transgender person being attacked and/or assaulted, turn them in!
http://www.upi.com
*more here
ezs note: It turns out that the story told by the transgender boy is NOT true. I'm sorry about that, and I will pull the previous article. What I wrote in the opinion piece afterward, however, remains true. If you see a transgender person being attacked and/or assaulted, turn them in!
Report: LGBT Individuals in Inland Empire Have More Chronic Illnesses
http://www.californiahealthline.org
*more here*
ezs notes: If thoughts of depression are wearing you down, find a competent counselor - today!
*more here*
ezs notes: If thoughts of depression are wearing you down, find a competent counselor - today!