Recently, we had the chance to speak with Dr. Aaron Belkin, the Director of the Palm Center. The Palm Center is a research institute of the University of California, Santa Barbara, committed to sponsoring state-of-the-art scholarship to enhance the quality of public dialogue about critical and controversial issues of the day. For the past decade, the Palm...
Isn’t Time for a New Approach?
The credibility of National LGBT organizations is seriously in jeopardy. Despite multi-million campaigns – think Prop 8 – they just aren’t delivering. In the competitive landscape of fundraising, they tend to operate with out consulting one another for risk of exposing one’s donor base. What is more important – raising money or moving equality...
Why I Will Not Wait
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Martin Luther King Jr. I was on Facebook debating whether Obama could over turn DADT, if he so chose – and to be clear – he does not so choose! Whether he can or can’t is a debate for legal scholars. Truman did it when he issued Executive Order 9981, which...
Outrage, DADT and the Pride Calendar
May 15, 2009
Just another gay week . . . Add Uruguay to the list of nations more progressive than the United States when it comes to the military. Healthcare Equality Index 2009 – http://bit.ly/nWtNu London and Amsterdam: A TALE OF TWO EUROPEAN CITIES By Kevin Thomas Kevin Thomas of San Francisco’s Hotel Mark T.. http://tinyurl.com/pjjn2o Do we...
Another Gay Week or LGBTQI week for the politically correct . . .
When ‘Partnered’ Doesn’t Count – http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-b…/c/a/2009/04/03/MNSF16QV9B.DTL Iowa high court strikes down same-sex marriage ban – http://www.cnn.com/2009/POL… Vermont House Passes Same-Sex Marriage Bill 95-52 – http://www.burlingtonfreepr… Live stream from VT marriage debate...
