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LGBT Rights: New Decade, Same Struggle
Written by Liberalindependent28 Thursday, 11 March 2010 09:14
Over the past year the emotional turmoil LGBT people have gone through has been very intense. There has been the individual state victories and losses of marriage equality as well as the first federal law helping LGBT people signed by President Obama. We are much better off today then we were under President Bush and the Republican majority considering we do now have a federal statute on hate crimes protecting LGBT people. Unfortunately, this is no where near where the laws need to be, and this is the ongoing story of struggle that continues in 2010.
She-Males in the Classroom. Oh My!
Written by Stephanie Mencimer Thursday, 11 March 2010 08:51
Christian conservatives have long warned that if gays and lesbians were allowed equal rights in the workplace, they would rush into the public schools and seize the opportunity to spread the "homosexual lifestyle" among the country's impressionable youth. Those attacks have lost traction as gays have won more legal protections and openly gay teachers have joined the educational mainstream.
100 Years Ago: Women's Day (1910-2010)
Written by Megan Cornish Tuesday, 09 March 2010 06:54
The dynamism and revolutionary role of women workers that International Women's Day commemorates is a key to understanding our times. Revolts by those on the bottom against the crimes of the profit system spring up continually. And those on the bottom are women, of all colors and nationalities and sexual persuasions, and as the most downtrodden part of every other oppressed group. In the process of accomplishing their own liberation, women will be essential to the liberation of humanity.
Roseanne Tells It Like It Is: Marie Osmond's Son Died of Homophobia
Written by Carrie Poppy Monday, 08 March 2010 09:11
Who knew Roseanne would ever be a much needed voice of reason? Yet in the wake of TV icon Marie Osmond's adopted homosexual son Brian killing himself by throwing himself from a window, Roseanne is telling it like it is:
Said Barr Thursday, Brian took his life "because he had been told how wrong and how sick he was every day of his life by his church and the people in it."
Bigotry, Hate And My Sister
Written by rexymeteorite Thursday, 04 March 2010 07:26
It is hard to keep quiet and stand by while someone you love is being berated by a known bigot. Its hard for me to just keep silent while my sister, who is a wonderful person, has to experience adversity on a level not meant for anyone to deal with. In her short 18 year life she has experienced so much strife already, why would someone want to make it any worse? Why would a person knowingly espouse anti-GLBT sentiments to a person who has lesbian parents?
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