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5 November 09
Lillian Ladele, 48, has said she suffered discrimination by being required to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies. She claims that the ceremonies are “contrary to God’s law”. According to the article in the Guardian online, Ladele’s actions “offended some gay employees and involved discriminating against third parties making use of the services of the council,” the tribunal said.
I’m going to just have to say that this is some bullsh*t. You cannot refuse to provide services (that you are paid for btw) and equal rights to anybody based on your personal beliefs. WTF? Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says it best:
“Faith can never be a legitimate reason to seek exemption from the law and the moral obligation to treat other people with respect and equality…the issue is very simple. Gay people have no right to discriminate against religious people, and religious people have no right to discriminate against gay people.”
WORD. Read the article HERE and let us know what you think.

Lillian Ladele, 48, has said she suffered discrimination by being required to conduct same-sex civil partnership ceremonies. She claims that the ceremonies are “contrary to God’s law”. According to the article in the Guardian online, Ladele’s actions “offended some gay employees and involved discriminating against third parties making use of the services of the council,” the tribunal said.

I’m going to just have to say that this is some bullsh*t. You cannot refuse to provide services (that you are paid for btw) and equal rights to anybody based on your personal beliefs. WTF? Human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell says it best:

Faith can never be a legitimate reason to seek exemption from the law and the moral obligation to treat other people with respect and equality…the issue is very simple. Gay people have no right to discriminate against religious people, and religious people have no right to discriminate against gay people.

WORD. Read the article HERE and let us know what you think.

4 November 09
Terri White, Broadway actress and her partner Donna Barnett. Love seeing the older queer folks in love and gettin’ the lovin’! ;) Read the NYTimes article about White’s life and struggles before becoming a hit on the big stage, HERE.
(via AfterEllen)

Terri White, Broadway actress and her partner Donna Barnett. Love seeing the older queer folks in love and gettin’ the lovin’! ;) Read the NYTimes article about White’s life and struggles before becoming a hit on the big stage, HERE.

(via AfterEllen)

3 November 09
It’s so rare that I see long-standing, young, queer couples of color that I had to re-post/link to Darian’s “Coupled Up” feature on Quincy & Deondray. In addition to them being one of the cutest couples ever, their 12+ years together is absolutely inspiring. In the series they answer questions and discuss issues like breaking past the myths, coming out to family and friends, and keeping things fresh.
Shout out to Darian for doing this series and giving QPOCs a space to show that our love exists and lasts. And check out Quincy and Deondray’s web-show The OUTside of relationships which seeks to Promote healthy relationships and encourage SAFE monogamous partnerships and sex.

It’s so rare that I see long-standing, young, queer couples of color that I had to re-post/link to Darian’s “Coupled Up” feature on Quincy & Deondray. In addition to them being one of the cutest couples ever, their 12+ years together is absolutely inspiring. In the series they answer questions and discuss issues like breaking past the myths, coming out to family and friends, and keeping things fresh.

Shout out to Darian for doing this series and giving QPOCs a space to show that our love exists and lasts. And check out Quincy and Deondray’s web-show The OUTside of relationships which seeks to Promote healthy relationships and encourage SAFE monogamous partnerships and sex.

Posted: 8:53 PM

Campaign for Open Minds is one of the many efforts to end homophobia, biphobia and transphobia in India. The video above is a clip of the media reaction to the campaign.

Campaign for Open Minds Statement:

We stand united in the face of cultures and practices that privilege heterosexuality, and wreak emotional, physical and spiritual violence on those who do not conform to the norm.  We are variously discriminated against and ignorantly regarded by many as mentally ill, as harbingers of moral and sexual degradation, as enemies of traditional family values, etc. In truth, we are none of these. Our loves and identities fall outside of the norm of exclusive male-female desires, gender identities and expectations, and are reviled as unnatural and foreign. However these loves and identities are natural to us and have existed since ancient times in our own cultures. That we are not contained within the common definitions of permissible sexuality and gender expressions does not make us abnormal, sick or depraved, and even more importantly, undeserving of equal human rights.”

(via sexgenderbody)

Tags: gay rights
Posted: 8:38 PM
Posted: 7:38 PM
Thousands march in Taipei for gay marriage
Thousands of people from Taiwan’s LGBT community marched through the streets of Taipei on Saturday to demand recognition of same-sex marriage and equal rights. The island’s seventh annual Gay Pride Parade, with an estimated turnout of 25,000, also attracted supporters from neighbouring Hong Kong, Japan and South East Asian countries.
“We urge the government to better protect gay human rights including same-sex unions so we can have the same legal rights as heterosexual couples” said chief organiser Tung Chu-chu.
word.
(AFP)

Thousands march in Taipei for gay marriage

Thousands of people from Taiwan’s LGBT community marched through the streets of Taipei on Saturday to demand recognition of same-sex marriage and equal rights. The island’s seventh annual Gay Pride Parade, with an estimated turnout of 25,000, also attracted supporters from neighbouring Hong Kong, Japan and South East Asian countries.

We urge the government to better protect gay human rights including same-sex unions so we can have the same legal rights as heterosexual couples” said chief organiser Tung Chu-chu.

word.

(AFP)

1 November 09

thirdstitch:

‘Morimura is more than just art’s most famous drag queen. Dealing with issues of cultural and sexual appropriation he is constantly exploring ideas of image consumption, identity and desire: Would Marilyn Monroe be as sexy if she was Japanese - and a man?  In his photos Morimura lives out his impossible dreams of being ‘other’, playing the role of Asian agent provocateur infiltrating Western collective consciousness: becoming the women most lusted after, making them even more exotic.


Reblogged: thirdstitch

Posted: 9:38 PM

Reblogged: masculinfeminin

29 October 09

Reblogged: rickeylaurentiis

28 October 09
Tags: transgender
Themed by Hunson. Originally by Josh