LGBT Unity

Searching for a Protestant Pope in Fresno

Posted on November 16, 2009 by Ami and has 1 comment.

We left the Silverlake neighborhood of Los Angeles in the afternoon, in the last hour of pink-sienna-magenta sky before twilight. I’d sampled amazing Italian olive oil at The Cheese Store of Silver Lake, taken a delightful turn through the ReForm School, and eaten the best gelato of my life (Market plum! Chocolate covered raisin! Salty chocolate!) at Pazzo Gelato.

We were sad to leave L.A., but I was even sadder that we were leaving for Fresno.

Fresno: n., The place that you struggled to leave physically many years ago, but still struggle to leave mentally. A place you don’t like to visit, because as soon as you’re back it seems like nothing ever got better at all.

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The National Equality March In Pictures

Posted on October 11, 2009 by Ami and has 1 comment.

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District of Gay, or Why Barney Frank Can Kiss My Ass For Saying We Shouldn’t Have Come

Posted on October 10, 2009 by Ruby and has 1 comment.

What was supposed to be a second or third stop for the day became our first stop: the Milk and Cookies welcome for LGBT parents and kids. Frances is not exactly of cookie-eating age, but it was a good way to meet other parents at the march. I was a little worried that it would be ill attended–after all, we’d heard that nobody would be able to make the march because it was so hastily planned.

As soon as we entered the hotel where the event was held, I knew I had worried for nothing. We followed the sound of children laughing, playing, screaming until it led us to the second floor ballroom. The place was packed. Every table seemed to be full. Set out were art supplies, and kids were making signs, hats, banners, bracelets, you name it.

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#yaygay

Posted on September 4, 2009 by Ruby and has 2 comments.
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I’ve been collecting queermos to follow on Twitter, and quickly my Twitter page filled with tweets with the hashtag #yaygay. I guess @dorothysnarker publicized it, but @thelinster started it as a counter-trend.

And the trend took off. I contributed my share, too, and it overtook not only the homophobic trending topic, but reached #1, beating out even Follow Friday.

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