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08 June 2023
Marguerite Yourcenar (Wikipedia)
Marguerite Yourcenar (1903 - 1987)
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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 - Burlington
If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who
lives there, please tell them. Once again, thanks.
Burlington legislators
Burlington rep: John Piscopo
Burlington sen: 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".
City leaders raise Transgender Pride flag over Madison Municipal Building
Logan Reigstad
Channel3000.com
Singing is better than pharisee-ing (video)
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
07 June 2023
James Ivory (Wikipedia)
Livin' in Connecticut - Brooklyn
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
Homelessness in Tennessee (video)
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
06 June 2023
Livin' in Connecticut - Brookfield
Brookfield, CT
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4e/Brookfield_Town_Hall.jpg
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’
Mo Brooks and Going to Church (video)
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
05 June 2023
Federico GarcÃa Lorca (Wikipedia)
Livin' in Connecticut - Bristol
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
Missouri Rep Ian Mackey "We will win..." (video)
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
04 June 2023
Leeja Miller - Why Are Americans So Obsessed With Communism?? (video)
Livin' in Connecticut - Bridgewater
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!
Bringing the Bible back to Michigan Schools (video)
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
03 June 2023
Marquis de Sade (Wikipedia)
Livin' in Connecticut - Bridgeport
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
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
02 June 2023
Library cancels trans speaker after Montana bans drag readings
Amy Beth Hanson
AP
Kick open the gates of heaven (video)
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
01 June 2023
Brandi Carlile (Wikipedia)
Livin' in Connecticut - Branford
Branford, CT
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Academy_in_Branford.JPG
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
'But most of all I'm human': These 3 transgender teens prove identity stretches beyond one label
Where do we cast our nets? John 21 (video)
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
31 May 2023
Rainer Werner Fassbinder (Wikipedia)
Livin' in Connecticut - Bozrah
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
Seeing the redeeming work of Christ all around (video)
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
30 May 2023
Walt Whitman (Wikipedia)
Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Walt_Whitman_-_George_Collins_Cox.jpg
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Livin' in Connecticut - Bolton
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
Trans activists disrupt Kathleen Stock speech at Oxford Union
Matthew Weaver
The Guardian
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
29 May 2023
Gene Robinson (Wikipedia)