Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Philadelphia. Show all posts

06 October 2015

Group of Men Beat, Shoot, Kill Transgender Woman in Philly

David Chang
NBC10.com


Credit:  https://c.o0bg.com/rf/image_1920w/Boston/2011-2020/2015/01/24/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/a4c10d31a3ca488ca9826c22b586d1cb-a4c10d31a3ca488ca9826c22b586d1cb-0.jpg


ezs note:   Sigh... what can I say?  It may seem futile, but you can help.  If you live in Philadelphia, (especially near the 1300 block of Wingohocking Street) or you pass through there for business or pleasure, please call the Philadelphia Police Department at 215-686-TIPS (8477).  Thanks.

Rest in peace, Keisha.  Know that you are loved.

27 September 2015

26 June 2014

The Top 175 Essential Films of All Time for LGBT Viewers

http://www.advocate.com


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ezs  note: Here's a hint for you - I LOVE movies!  Great movies, so-so movies, even stinkers - I love 'em all!  This blog contains 175 of the greatest LGBT movies of all time. Yeah, you'll grouse over a few  that made it and a few that didn't, but, hell, that's half the fun of lists!  My personal favorite was Ma Vie En Rose (My Life In Pink), starring Georges  DuFresne. Please - give this list a look!

21 March 2014

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!

10 May 2013

YOU CAN DO IT TOO!

Recently, I was watching C-SPAN, when the announcer said that the next caller was from my town.  Wow, I said, that's great.

Now it gets really spooky.

The caller was not only from my town, but from my building! One floor up! We said hi and how are you whenever we saw each other.  (By the way, the town we live in is quite sizable - about 63,000)

The point is this:  The man I know is not rich.  He is not famous.  He lives in a subsidized apartment.  But he knows how to make himself HEARD.  And so he did, quite eloquently, I might add.

Now I am asking to make yourself heard.  E-mail or snailmail your Congressperson.  If an issue comes up that is dear to your heart, call your TV or radio station   If your Congresspersson has a town hall meeting, show up and SPEAK UP.

As many of you know, the issue that is near and dear to my heart is FULL marriage rights to those who seek them, whether heterosexual, gay, lesbian, or transgender.  I hope you support these too.  But without a vote and a voice, these opinions become almost meaningless.  Don't let that happen to you.

Milton, New Hampshire - Carol Shea-Porter (D) - NH1
Providence, Utah - Rob Bishop (R) - UT1
Naperville, Illinois - Peter Roskam(R) - IL6
Stony Brook, New York - Tim Bishop (D) - NY1
Sterling Heights, Michigan - Candice S. Miller (R) -- MI10
Caldwell, New Jersey - Rodney Frelinghuysen (R) - NJ11
Buffalo, New York - Brian Higgins (D) - NY26
Oakland, California - Barbara Lee (D) - CA13
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Allyson Y. Schwartz (D) - PA13
Owings, Maryland - Steny Hoyer (D) - MD5

The preceding districts were picked at random using the Internet.  To find out what your district is, enter your ZIP code is in www.house.gov.  For towns or cities that intersect, the ZIP+4 would be most helpful.  (example: 12345 - 6789)  Thanks.

15 December 2012

unspeakable... unspeakable...

Normally, I've been requesting that you send an e-letter to full rights for LGBT people.  Sadly, these are not normal times.

Twenty children were murdered in Newtown, Connecticut.

Six adults were also murdered.

It took about twenty minutes.

I wrote my Congressperson, John Larson who has failed to write me back... (ahem...) when the last slaying took place in Aurora, Colorado, and I wrote saying that this is of the utmost importance: Congress must ban automatic and semiautomatic weapons.

Whether it's one person or fifty who is slain, we can stop this wholesale slaughter.  But only if you e-write. Please.

Sunnyvale, California - Anna Eshoo (D) - CA14
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Robert Brady (D) - PA1
Monroe Township, New Jersey - Rush Holt (D) - NJ12
River Forest, Illinois - Danny Davis (D) - IL7
Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts - Bill Keating (D) - MA10
Anaheim, California - Gary Miller (R) - CA42
West Jordan, Utah - Jason Chaffetz (R) UT3
Charlotte, North Carolina - Mel Watt (D) - NC12
Hebron, Kentucky- Thomas Massie (R) - KY4
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania - Jim Gerlach (R) - PA6

The preceding places were picked at random using the Internet.  To find out your representative is, go to www.house.gov and enter your ZIP code.

To those in Newtown, please know that we are thinking of you.

09 November 2012

Let 'em have it - by e-mail!

A few things to remember; as I said before, the House of Representatives has an election every two years, and they had one this past Tuesday.  If your representative's mark "www.smith.gov" has a hash mark(#) next to it, it probably means that he/she is serving his last term.  However, until she/he gives up the seat formally (usually the first week in January) she/he continues the seat in November and December.  Therefore, it's considered proper etiquette to address the current member, not the future one.

In brief:  Let all LGBT people have the same rights as heterosexual people do, and let them be universal.

Mountain View, California - Anna Eshoo (D) - CA14
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania - Mike Doyle (D) - PA14
Framingham, Massachusetts  - Ed Markey (D) - MA7
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Robert Brady (D) - PA1
Fargo, North Dakota - Rick Berg (R) - ND/AL
Washington, District of Columbia - Eleanor Holmes Norton (D) - DC/AL*
Syracuse, New York - Ann Marie Buerkle (D) - NY25
Terre Haute, Indiana - Larry Buchson (D)
Denver, Colorado - Diane DeGette (D) - CO1
Monroe Township, New Jersey - Rush Holt (D) - NJ12

The representatives are samples; to find yours, go to www.house.gov and enter it where it says "ZIP codes".




01 September 2012

Hello!

Happy Labor Day!  Get to work!  (Just kiddin'...)  Here's the latest... Groningen, Netherlands... Tomball, Texas.... East Hampton, New York... Camberley, Surrey, England, UK... Preston, Lancashire, England, UK... Oklahoma City, Oklahoma... Minneapolis, Minnesota... Houston, Texas... Garden Grove, California...  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania... Fremont, California... Jersey City, New Jersey... Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar... Cranston, Rhode Island... Phnum Pénh, Phnum Penh, Cambodia... Pasadena, California... San Francisco, California... Tualatin, Oregon... Waldoboro, Maine... London, England, UK... Dittmer, Missouri... Malvern, PennsylvMinneapolisania ... Tucson, Arizona... Santa Rosa, California... Worcester, Massachusetts... Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany... Madras, Tamil Nadu... Morgan Hill, California... Independence, Kansas...


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