05 November 2011

Cork, Ireland

Credit: Jane's Weddings (Cork, Ireland)

Hello!

Let it snow, let it snow, oy, did it snow!  Here's what happened... Cork, Ireland... Mount Vernon, Oregon... Smithers, British Columbia... Campbell River, British Columbia... Kingston, Saint Andrew, Jamaica... Norfolk, Virginia... Kings Park, New York... Wesley Chapel, Florida... Concord, North Carolina... Atlanta, Georgia... Paris, Ile-de-France, France... Council Bluffs, Iowa... Mountain View, California... Lincoln, Nebraska... Key West, Florida... Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland... Kennewick, Washington... Taipei, Taiwan... Bangalore, Karnataka, India... Tulsa, Oklahoma... Laurel, Mississippi... Berlin, Germany... Washington, DC.... Logatec, Bohinj, Slovenia... Boston, Massachusetts... New Westminster, British Columbia... Karlsruhe, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany... San Francisco, California...  Plumersville, Arkansas... Paramus, New Jersey... Kent, Washington... Trenton, New Jersey... Groningen, Netherlands... Greenville, North Carolina... Minsk, Belarus... Pune, Maharashtra, India... Chicago, Illinois...

This is the last chance, friends... if you want to vote in the coming election but haven't registered yet, you MUST do so Monday!!  Make YOUR vote count!

You can 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!

03 November 2011

Gay rights activist Dan Savage glitterbombed, called 'transphobe' (lgbtweekly.com)

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Vanderbilt to observe Transgender Day of Remembrance (www.outandaboutnewspaper.com)

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Lecture explores female masculinity in German literature (www.dailycampus.com)

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New poll shows majority of Americans supporting equality for trans community (instinctmagazine.com)

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Unmasked gala fundraiser held for GLBT historical society (www.sfbaytimes.com)

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Chloe Sevigny crossdresses for transgender magazine cover (www.contactmusic.com)

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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...

23 October 2011

Peace

If someone thinks that love and peace is a cliche that must have been left behind in the Sixties, that’s his problem. Love and peace are eternal. –John Lennon

Homophobia exacts a chilling price as hate crimes climb (www.independent.co.uk)

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ezs note:  If you are transgender, gay, lesbian, or bisexual and are being harassed, please turn them in!  It's time for you to stop worrying, and let the trolls do it for a change!

New plays, new views (www.citizen.co.za)

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