Every day this past week I posted photos of people regardless of where they live, who wanted to show their support for the marriage equality ballot initiative in Washington State. This song has been adopted as one of the movement’s theme songs so I wanted to share it.
Thank you Kris for letting me know about this song.
Queerty is reporting that the amazing It’s Time marriage equality video from Australia might come to America. This video (a personal favorite of all time) has been the focus of Social Teeth, a progressive marketing company. A statement on their website says,
Our intention with the ad is to powerfully convey how gay and lesbian relationships are normal relationships… It’s Time’ represents two people who, despite their gender, are able to spend their lives together without social or political barriers.
Social Teeth is aiming to raise $50,000 by October 10, but they’re less than $1,000 toward their goal. In addition to buying airtime, a portion of the money raised will go directly to Get Up!, the Down Under group that first released the video. Interested? Donate here.
A couple of weeks ago I first wrote about GayCities Photo Challenge. I can’t believe how many submissions they received; some of them are really impressive too. However, I have no shame in saying…
Click on the link below and LIKE or TWEET my photograph today.
Initially posted in December 2011 during the Republican Primary season, Mitt Romney sat down with this Vietnam war veteran. The vet was undecided about who to vote for before he spoke face-to-face with Romney, and by the end of the conversation decided Romney’s views on same sex marriage made him unsuitable to be President. Listen and decide for yourself.
Photo by: David Lewis from AP
Last week BuzzFeed collected more than 2 dozen images of the impact repealing Don’t Ask Don’t Tell (DADT) has had on our military. You can see the full list of happy images by linking here.
These images must make those who opposed repealing the act seethe. The thought that gay and lesbian service men and women no longer need to cower in the shadows or fret over being outed by a jealous or angry peer must seem like a gross injustice to them.
According to Senator Rick Santorum allowing this to happen is wrong and in his words a “…social experimentation with our military and that is tragic” I beg to differ Senator Santorum; rather I find you and your political party tragic and I’m tired of your social experimentation.
Earlier this year I wrote about high profile businesses and entrepreneurs from the Seattle area who have donated significant sums of money for marriage equality in Washington. In July I wrote about Amazon founder Steve Bezos and his wife donating an astounding $2.5 million to support marriage equality in Washington.
Now the Seattle Times has taken the unprecedented step of launching its own social media campaign in support of same-sex marriage. Want to show your support? The newspaper is encouraging supporters to take photos of yourself, your partner or your family holding their sign and sharing it on Twitter or Instagram with the hashtag #IDo74.
Want to find out more? Read the full story here.
What can I say? I’m a denim lovah.
Not only is he athletic but he’s playful too.
However, before this game of peek a boo continues someone needs to take a bath. Where’d I put the soap.
Kristin Chenoweth is adorable teasing Anderson Cooper about his summer. Her cute comments result in Anderson addressing his decision to come out (again) this past summer.
On Tuesday The U.S. Department of Justice asked theSupreme Court to consider two additional legal challenges to a the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a federal law defining marriage between a man and a woman.
One of the cases submitted involves 83-year old Edie Windsor (shown below) of New York, who married her partner, Thea Spyer, in Canada in 2007. After Spyer died, Windsor had to pay more than $363,000 in U.S. federal estate taxes, which she would not have had to pay if her same-sex marriage had been legally recognized.
A U.S. District Court judge in Manhattan ruled in Windsor’s favor, finding DOMA discriminates against married same-sex couples. Federal courts in California and Massachusetts also have found the DOMA unconstitutional. Read the full report from Yahoo News here.
Source: BuzzFeed
The Governor of Massachusetts (my Governor) was not just grand standing when he said this at the Democratic National Convention last month. Deval Patrick has been a stalwart supporter of LGBT causes. He was the first sitting Governor that I know of to walk in a Pride Parade; perhaps that had something to do with his lesbian daughter or maybe it just has to do with the fact that he gets it.
Earlier this month I wrote about The Welcoming Committee in Boston. This group, which grew out of the popular Guerrilla Queer Bar, organizes friendly take-overs of traditionally straight venues by the Boston LGBT community. Now that “Take Over” mentality, which brings a feeling of safety in numbers for the LGBT community is ready to go viral with The Welcoming Committee’s application on iTunes.
The application, first reported by Huffingtonpost UK yesterday (go figure), works beautifully. On the first day the application was available popular “Take Over” locations included a restaurant in the South End and a bar in Davis Square. While I’d like to see the app allow people to self identify, this first of its kind is pretty cool and very easy to use. You can easily set up a “Take Over” event anywhere if you have the app on your iPhone (sorry it’ll be available for Droid shortly).
The Gay Beer Club (GBC) is a Boston based organization that produces events and gatherings for members of the gay community who love beer and would like to enjoy new and tasty brews with friends.
GCB meets every Sunday at 7:00pm at the Cambridge Brewing Company in Kendall Square.
With many of New England’s breweries now shipping their Octoberfest brews, this might make for a great time to check out the group. If you cannot join them later today, “like” their GayBeerClub Facebook page to stay up to date with their planned events and check them out next Sunday.
Guerrilla Queer Bar (GQB) Boston will take over another “straight” bar tonight, making it one of the largest gay bars in Boston for one night. This month’s bar is the trendy OM Lounge in Harvard Sq. With all the students back expect a large crowd. Get there at 9PM to avoid a long line to get in the door.
GQB announces the location of each take-over the day before on their Facebook page and via their parent organization’s (TWC) Twitter account. Learn more about GQB and TWC on their website here.
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