Paul Lynde (1926 - 1982)
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a5/The_Paul_Lynde_Show_Paul_Lynde_1972_No_2.jpg
please press: Paul Lynde
13 June 2023
Livin' in Connecticut - Cheshire
Cheshire, CT
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:
If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who
lives there, please tell them. Once again, thanks.
Cheshire legislators
Cheshire rep (HD 89): Lezlye Zupkus
Cheshire rep (HD 103): Liz Linehan
Cheshire sen (SD 16): Rob Sampson
Cheshire sen (SD 13): Jan Hochadel
For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".
A North Carolina school district told educators to ‘out’ trans students. Can they refuse?
Patrick Wall
USA Today
Carthage, NC (Moore county seat)
please press: www.usatoday.com
ezs note: North Carolinians (and other conservative states) - one way you can change things is to VOTE. Every election. From President down to dog catcher. Another way is to present another view. Let's say your parents are conservative Christians. Well, there is another side. If you haven't checked it out yet, I suggest that you try Ed Trevors. He's an Anglican priest who is unabashedly Christian and unabashedly accepting. Either tell them about him, or surreptitiously 😅 slip it into their computer.
Pope Francis apologizes... I'm not crying, you're crying!
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00CbUygP3hY
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
12 June 2023
Jim Nabors (Wikipedia)
Jim Nabors (1930 - 2017)
please press: Jim Nabors
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 - Chaplin
Chaplin, CT
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Goodell_Lincoln_General_Store%2C_Chaplin_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:
If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who
lives there, please tell them. Once again, thanks.
Chaplin legislators
Chaplin rep: Doug Dubitsky
Chaplin sen: Jeff Gordon
Rape and torture: Transgender women open up about their suffering under Argentina’s dictatorship
Daniel Politi
AP
Buenos Aires, Argentina
please press: apnews.com
ezs note: LGBT+ and allies: Above all, I want you to be safe. But if you do feel safe, SPEAK UP.
God, not religion, has the power to transform
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
11 June 2023
Livin' in Connecticut - Canton
Canton, CT
Credit: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1c/Canton_Historical_Museum%2C_Canton_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.
If you live outside of Connecticut, but have a friend who
lives there, please tell them. Once again, thanks.
Canton legislators
Canton rep: Eleni Kavros DeGraw
Canton sen: Lisa Seminara
For other cities or towns, go to https://www2.cbia.com/ga/get_involved/contact_ct_legislators/-A1 and click "Enter Town Name".
'Genocidal': Transgender people begin to flee states with anti-LGBTQ laws
Kiara Alfonseca
ABC News
Connecticut State Capitol (detail)
Hartford, CT
please press: abcnews.go.com
ezs note: Believe me, I know it's hard to leave your hometown. But if you decide to go, please know that Connecticut is a place with a smiling face and open hearts!
We Are Strong Enough To Hear Their Stories (video)
Credit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YDmJ6eKQ_Y&t=155s
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
10 June 2023
Maurice Sendak (Wikipedia)
Maurice Sendak (1928-2012)
please press: Maurice Sendak
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 - In honor of Sendak's book, "In The Night Kitchen" which was (of course) banned by some libraries, here is a listing of "100 most frequently banned books 1990-1999". If your library refuses to list any of these books, demand to know WHY. For more info, press www.ala.org.
Banned Books 1990-1999
- Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
- Daddy’s Roommate, by Michael Willhoite
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
- The Chocolate War, by Robert Cormier
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck
- Forever, by Judy Blume
- Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson
- Heather Has Two Mommies, by Leslea Newman
- The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger
- The Giver, by Lois Lowry
- My Brother Sam is Dead, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
- It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris
- Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
- Goosebumps (series), by R.L. Stine
- A Day No Pigs Would Die, by Robert Newton Peck
- The Color Purple, by Alice Walker
- Sex, by Madonna
- Earth’s Children (series), by Jean M. Auel
- The Great Gilly Hopkins, by Katherine Paterson
- In the Night Kitchen, by Maurice Sendak
- The Witches, by Roald Dahl
- A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
- The New Joy of Gay Sex, by Charles Silverstein
- Go Ask Alice, by Anonymous
- The Goats, by Brock Cole
- The Stupids (series), by Harry Allard
- Anastasia Krupnik (series), by Lois Lowry
- Final Exit, by Derek Humphry
- Blubber, by Judy Blume
- Halloween ABC, by Eve Merriam
- Julie of the Wolves, by Jean Craighead George
- Kaffir Boy, by Mark Mathabane
- The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
- What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters, by Lynda Madaras
- Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers
- The Handmaid’s Tale, by Margaret Atwood
- The Outsiders, by S.E. Hinton
- The Pigman, by Paul Zindel
- To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
- We All Fall Down, by Robert Cormier
- Deenie, by Judy Blume
- Flowers for Algernon, by Daniel Keyes
- Annie on My Mind, by Nancy Garden
- Beloved, by Toni Morrison
- The Boy Who Lost His Face, by Louis Sachar
- Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat, by Alvin Schwartz
- Harry Potter (series), by J.K. Rowling
- Cujo, by Stephen King
- James and the Giant Peach, by Roald Dahl
- A Light in the Attic, by Shel Silverstein
- Ordinary People, by Judith Guest
- American Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
- Sleeping Beauty Trilogy, by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)
- Bumps in the Night, by Harry Allard
- Asking About Sex and Growing Up, by Joanna Cole
- What’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons, by Lynda Madaras
- The Anarchist Cookbook, by William Powell
- Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret, by Judy Blume
- Boys and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy
- Crazy Lady, by Jane Conly
- Athletic Shorts, by Chris Crutcher
- Killing Mr. Griffin, by Lois Duncan
- Fade, by Robert Cormier
- Guess What?, by Mem Fox
- Slaughterhouse-Five, by Kurt Vonnegut
- Lord of the Flies, by William Golding
- Native Son, by Richard Wright
- Women on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies, by Nancy Friday
- Curses, Hexes and Spells, by Daniel Cohen
- On My Honor, by Marion Dane Bauer
- The House of Spirits, by Isabel Allende
- Jack, by A.M. Homes
- Arizona Kid, by Ron Koertge
- Family Secrets, by Norma Klein
- Mommy Laid an Egg, by Babette Cole
- Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo A. Anaya
- Where Did I Come From?, by Peter Mayle
- The Face on the Milk Carton, by Caroline Cooney
- Carrie, by Stephen King
- The Dead Zone, by Stephen King
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain
- Song of Solomon, by Toni Morrison
- Always Running, by Luis Rodriguez
- Private Parts, by Howard Stern
- Where’s Waldo?, by Martin Hanford
- Summer of My German Soldier, by Bette Greene
- Tiger Eyes, by Judy Blume
- Little Black Sambo, by Helen Bannerman
- Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett
- Running Loose, by Chris Crutcher
- Sex Education, by Jenny Davis
- Jumper, by Steven Gould
- Christine, by Stephen King
- The Drowning of Stephen Jones, by Bette Greene
- That Was Then, This is Now, by S.E. Hinton
- Girls and Sex, by Wardell Pomeroy
- The Wish Giver, by Bill Brittain
- Jump Ship to Freedom, by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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