lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (activism)
Day 18: Your views on gay marriage. Okay, so here’s the thing about “gay marriage”… If I was asked offhand how I felt about it, and I didn’t have time to explain (or I didn’t want to), I’d say something like: I think people should be able to marry whomever they please, man or woman …
[Note: this post is part of a multiple-post recap and review about Anime Expo 2011.] I thought about splitting up my Anime Expo 2011 convention coverage into days (as I started to do with Day 0) but decided against it because I think more thematically than chronologically. So, here’s the first part: the loot I …
This feels like one of those things, a “as soon as I buy a purple Toyota, I start seeing purple Toyotas everywhere” type thing. People my age seem to be tying the knot as fast as they can get their hands on rope. The more weddings I attend, the more I can tell it’s not …
In light of everything that’s been going on my life recently, I’ve been thinking long an hard about what I believe. I know many things I don’t believe in, but up to this point those things have been amorphous blobs on the horizon in my brain; I disagreed with something someone else said, but I …
Yes, there’s more. Glove passion, to help with my touching weirdness. I think satin, or I won’t be able to use the track pad on the computer. Scottish stuff: King of Scots, Clan Duncan Genealogy Data, Duncan Genealogy Research Files, and the Duncan Surname Association. Daughters of the American Revolution. Daughters of the Republic of …
Today is the National Day of Silence. Though other blogs have written about it, too, I wanted to note something that’s bugged me for the past couple of years about the Day. Not the Day itself, I guess, but the way—in my experience—it’s been handled by members of the community supporting it. I don’t know …
Today is the 11th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance. Here is a list of 162 names of known trans people who were killed from 20 November 2008 to 12 November 2009. “Most were women. Most were black or Latina. A disproportionate number were sex workers. Several were still only teenagers.” “Today is a day to …