Category Archives: Politics

Stonewall and Pride

Two things converge today: The Pride Parades and the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. As a newly released anthology chronicles, the Stonewall Riots sparked a radical movement for gay liberation. But as Tommi Avicolli Mecca pointed out in a … Continue reading

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Week 3: June 11 – Women’s Rights and Regulators

I might regret walking home twice this week – my glutes are already complaining – but the sun was out and I would’ve had to pay exact fare for the bus, so I decided to walk home again today. After … Continue reading

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Change we need

Obama’s campaign was all about change. Presumably his presidency will be about this as well, if his first few days in office are an indication, there certainly will be quite a few things changing, for the better. But is this … Continue reading

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Obama’s religious ties: Rick Warren

Obama has picked Rick Warren as the pastor to give the invocation (whatever that is) at the inauguration. Aside from wondering why a pastor has to be at the inauguration in the first place – after all there’s supposed to … Continue reading

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Ideas for a change

Through Healthcare Now, I discovered change.org – a website where we can vote on and submit ideas that the Obama administration should listen to. There’s health care, calling for support of HR 676. And there’s marriage equality. There are a … Continue reading

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Further Beyond Marriage

On the Sunday before the election, I volunteered to stop Prop 8. I spent 3 hours making calls, most of them remained unanswered and many of the people who had volunteered to raise awareness on election day backed out because … Continue reading

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