Singing is better than pharisee-ing (video)

 

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=36wtg9xcaPU

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

James Ivory (Wikipedia)

 

James Ivory

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/James_Ivory_%281991.09%29.jpg

ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Livin' in Connecticut - Brooklyn

 

Brooklyn, CT

Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/BrooklynCT_Town_hall_1024px.jpg 

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who

 lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Brooklyn legislators

Brooklyn rep (HD 47): Doug Dubitsky

Brooklyn rep (HD 50):  Pat Boyd

Brooklyn sen:  Mae Flexer

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

Fight for transgender equality transcends generations

Freda Kahen-Kashi, Sean Dooley, Kiara Alfonseca

ABC News

Nicole Maines

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Nicole-maines-2019.jpg

please press:  abcnews.go.com

Homelessness in Tennessee (video)

 

Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CI5o7n8dCY

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Livin' in Connecticut - Brookfield

 

Brookfield, CT

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Brookfield_Town_Hall.jpg

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who

 lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Brookfield legislators

Brookfield rep:  Marty Foncello

Brookfield sen (SD 32):  Eric Berthel

Brookfield sen (SD 30):  Stephen Harding 

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

US judge blocks Florida ban on trans minor care in narrow ruling, says ‘gender identity is real’

Brendan Farrington

AP

Apalachicola, FL

Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/Trinityepiscapalachicola1.jpg

please press:  apnews.com

Mo Brooks and Going to Church (video)

 

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1P-A-O5RP5A

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Federico García Lorca (Wikipedia)

Federico García Lorca (1898 - 1936)

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/Fotograf%C3%ADa_an%C3%B3nima_MNCARS_4.jpg

ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Livin' in Connecticut - Bristol

 

Bristol, CT

Main Library

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/BristolMainLib.jpg

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who

 lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Bristol legislators

Bristol rep (HD 77):  Cara Pavalock-D'Amato

Bristol rep (HD 79): Mary Fortier

Bristol rep (HD 78): Joe Hoxha

Bristol sen:  Henri Martin

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

Dozens of transgender people in Florida are crowdfunding to flee the state, and they've raised more than $200,000

 AP

Business Insider

Orlando, FL

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/82/OrlandoNightSkyline.jpg

please press:  www.businessinsider.com

MAKE FLORIDA A DESERT AGAIN!!!

Missouri Rep Ian Mackey "We will win..." (video)

 Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpo61Dp3utU

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Leeja Miller - Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Communism?? (video)

 

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X_GYW_Kteo&t=1657s

ezs note:  When I first ran across a blog that was critical of Ronald Reagan,  I was hesitant.  Not that they were wrong - they weren't.  It's that most of them were just a wee priggish. Or a lot.  Finally, I opened Leeja's blog - and wow!  She's smart, funny and fresh.  I decided to put up on Sundays Leeja's blog.  If you look at the broad spectrum, she's a lawyer who advocates human rights - and more specifically LGBT+  rights.  Please keep reading.  I think you'll enjoy. 

Livin' in Connecticut - Bridgewater

 

Bridgewater, CT

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Houses_in_Bridgewater%2C_Connecticut.jpg

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who

 lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Bridgewater legislators

Bridgewater rep:  Cindy Harrison

Bridgewater sen: Eric Berthel

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

Logan Brown, a pregnant transgender man, is on the cover of 'Glamour' magazine. 'I do exist,' he says — and so do others.

David Artavia

yahoo!

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3c/Surgeons_Hall_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1315862.jpg

please press:  news.yahoo.com

Bringing the Bible back to Michigan Schools (video)

 

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5tiAiIeaa4k

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Marquis de Sade (Wikipedia)

 

Marquis de Sade (1740 - 1814)

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/20/Marquis_de_sade.jpg

ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

PS - Yeah, yeah, I know - de Sade is definitely not everyone's taste.  But look at philosophers who look at de Sade with varying degrees of respect.  You may disagree with de Sade's work, but look at the philosophers as well.

Livin' in Connecticut - Bridgeport

 

Bridgeport, CT

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/East_Bridgeport_Bridge_over_Pequannock_River%2C_by_Whitney%2C_Beckwith_%26_Paradice.jpg

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who

 lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Bridgeport legislators

Bridgeport rep (HD 128):  Christopher Rosario

Bridgeport rep (HD 133):  Cristin McCarthy Vahey

Bridgeport rep (HD 124):  Andre Baker Jr.

Bridgeport sen:  Marilyn Moore

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

Elon Musk spent the last 24 hours spreading increasingly unhinged anti-trans content

Paul Squire, Aaron McDade

Business Insider

Elon Musk

ezs note:  Further proof that you can be a business magnate and a f&%ing moron.

please press:  www.businessinsider.com

Seeing & Loving the Spectrum of all Creation (video)

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QzPwdLuXdk

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings

Amy Beth Hanson

AP

Billings, MT

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/ad/Feral_horses_-_Pryor_Mountain_Wild_Horse_Range_-_Montana.jpg

please press:  apnews.com

ezs note:  All across the nation, if your local library plans on showing a transgender speaker, call or email showing your support for the speaker.  Also, if you live in the Billings area, check to see if the local ACLU might file a grievance.

 

Kick open the gates of heaven (video)

 

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOSGW8Yh5TA

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Brandi Carlile (Wikipedia)

 

Brandi Carlile

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a8/Brandi_Carlile_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg

please press:  Brandi Carlile

ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Livin' in Connecticut - Branford

Branford, CT

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Academy_in_Branford.JPG

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who

 lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Branford legislators

Branford rep (HD 102): Robin Comey

Branford rep (HD 98):  Moira Rader

Branford sen: Christine Cohen

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

'But most of all I'm human': These 3 transgender teens prove identity stretches beyond one label

Susan Miller

USA Today 

New York City, NY

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ce/Stonewall_Inn_5_pride_weekend_2016.jpg

please press:  www.usatoday.com

Where do we cast our nets? John 21 (video)

 

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRYZHXZNlrM

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Wikipedia)

 

Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945 - 1982)

please press:  Rainer Werner Fassbinder

ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Livin' in Connecticut - Bozrah

 

Bozrah, CT

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8e/Town_Hall%2C_Bozrah_CT.JPG

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who

 lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Bozrah legislators

Bozrah rep:  Mark DeCaprio

Bozrah sen:  Martha Marx

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

Alabama expands ban on trans athletes to include college teams

AP

NBC News

Union Springs, AL

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/97/Union_Springs_Alabama_At_Sunset_1.JPG 

please press:  www.nbcnews.com

ezs note:  Oh no!  Not Alabama!

Seeing the redeeming work of Christ all around (video)

 

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ErFErCD2RJE

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Walt Whitman (Wikipedia)

Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg

please press:  

Livin' in Connecticut - Bolton

Bolton, CT

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/March_route_of_Rochambeaus_army.jpg

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend wh

o lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Bolton legislators

Bolton rep: Steve Weir

Bolton sen: MD Rahman

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

Trans activists disrupt Kathleen Stock speech at Oxford Union

Matthew Weaver

The Guardian

Oxford Union (library)

Oxford, England

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/The_Old_Library_at_night.jpg

please press:  www.theguardian.com

ezs note:  Uh, this is where I draw the line.  It's been quite a while, but remember James Baldwin vs. William Buckley?  (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tek9h3a5wQ)  Baldwin wiped the floor with SPEECH, not fist-shaking.  If you don't vote in every election, if you don't read, if you don't speak (eloquently), you might as well put masking tape across your mouth, no matter what you pretend you're doing.

Netukulimk and Trusting Creator (video)

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6647iwPKT20&t=213s

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 7:30 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Gene Robinson (Wikipedia)

 

Rt Rev Gene Robinson

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/GeneRobinson.jpg

please press:  Gene Robinson

ezs note:  This is a new piece, borrowing Wikipedia's list of anniversaries of LGBT+ and advocates.   This is a wide list, but it is by no means exhaustive.  You can help by adding to the list of notables.  In the meantime, enjoy!

Livin' in Connecticut - Bloomfield

 

Bloomfield, CT

Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Connecticut_General_Life_Insurance_Company_Headquarters.JPG

ezs note:  If you live in Connecticut, I'd love it if you could take a few minutes to ewrite your state Representative and your state Senator to expand commuter rail between Hartford and  Waterbury.  Just take a few minutes to read the flyer that I wrote, and if you feel so moved, write these people an email.

 Thanks.

Railroad message: 

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VGPGtbZ1pQm57FISRoGB9xmLoSxpT1Wd8c8eHjvKd6A/edit 

If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend wh

o lives there, please tell them.  Once again, thanks. 

Bloomfield legislators

Bloomfield rep:  Bobby Gibson

Bloomfield sen (SD 2):  Doug McCrory

Bloomfield sen (SD 5):  Derek Slap

For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".

‘This is a violent act’: Transgender cyclist Emily Bridges angrily hits out at British Cycling ban

Ian Parker

Independent

 Credit:  https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Julien_Absalon_La_Bresse_2012_03.JPG

please press:  www.independent.co.uk

Ana Kasparian is exactly right about how many use the Bible (video)

 Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8wjApn2ZiI

ezs note:  I ran across Rev. Ed Trevors and got a breath of fresh air.  Most of what passes off as 'Christianity' is pure crap.  We may not see every line side to side (he is a [real] Christian, I am a Baha'i), but, geez, this guy is good. I'll do my bit to promote him.

By the way, if you're free on Saturday nights, Ed broadcasts live on most Saturday nights at 8 pm (Eastern time).  Look for :

 Church Without Walls - Conversations and Compline

Leeja Miller - How Reagan Ruined Everything

 

Credit:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7dHvqA-WB4

ezs note:  When I first ran across a blog that was critical of Ronald Reagan,  I was hesitant.  Not that they were wrong - they weren't.  It's that most of them were just a wee priggish. Or a lot.  Finally, I opened Leeja's blog - and wow!  She's smart, funny and fresh.  I decided to put up on Sundays Leeja's blog.  If you look at the broad spectrum, she's a lawyer who advocates human rights - and more specifically LGBT+  rights.  Please keep reading.  I think you'll enjoy.