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The Connecticut Supreme Court ruled 4-3 to legalize same-sex marriage.
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/10/connecticut-legalizes-same-sex-marriage.html

Sweet Peeps,


     I have been reading Stephen King's non-fiction autobiographical work On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft. This is a book in which he shares some humorous anecdotes of growing up (e.g., Eula-Bulah, the "big as a house" teenage babysitter who would repeatedly pin King down, sit on his face, and then fart) interspersed with some advice for aspiring writers.
     King comes from humble roots. His father split when he was two, leaving his mother perpetually single and moving around from state to state in search of work. Her jobs pay poor and are of the dead-end, mindlessly rote kind. At the Statford Laundry she feeds sheets through wringers, in an environment where summertime temperatures reach highs of over 100 degrees and salt pills are handed out to combat the sweat loss. After college, in his 20s and with a family to raise, King finds himself working at his own dead-end laundry job, downing salt pills in the summer and thinking, "this isn't the way our lives are supposed to be going."
     However, it wouldn't be long before King is hoisted from his sweltering laundry job into riches and fame as a bestselling fiction author. But, wait, how does it happen? Of course, King doesn't really know. He shrugs it off as a whole lot of inborn talent (writers, he suggests, can't be made, neither by circumstances nor self-will, because "the equipment comes with the original package") combined with some good luck. The ideas for bestsellers, he says, essentially come out of thin air.
     Now, in the age of our so-called economic crisis, I wonder how many humble-rooted factory workers, floor moppers, cubicle-confined state workers and coffee servers have the same thought as King did: namely that this isn't the way their lives are supposed to be going. How many people cringe at the sound of the alarm clock and yearn to be hoisted, like King, out of serfdom so that they too can hang out with the Lords in their ivory towers, mansions and five-star restaurants?
     In the new song, Troublemaker, lead vocalist Rivers Cuomo of Weezer sings that he can't work a job, "like any other slob, punch it in, punch it out, and suckin' up to Bob, marrying a bitch, having seven kids, giving up, and growing old and hoping there's a god." In the song Rockstar, the band Nickelback points out that everyone wants to be famous, living in hilltop houses, driving fifteen cars, with no-limit credit cards, signing autographs so that they can eat their meals for free. Madonna drives the point home with her song, American Life, in which she explains that she has "a lawyer and a manager, an agent and a chef, three nannies, an assistant, and a driver and a jet, a trainer and a butler, and a bodyguard or five, a gardner and stylist..."
     Such witty ditties would be cute and even amusing, were it not for the fact that they are true. The rich and famous really do live like this, enjoying the peace-of-mind that naturally comes from having tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars in disposable income. Corporate CEOs rake in yearly salaries that an "average" middle class American worker -- were they to somehow make $70,000 per year --  would not accrue in an entire lifetime. Bearing Voltaire's classic quote, "the comfort of the rich depends upon an abundance of the poor," in mind, does one ever get the feeling that they are like so many Egyptian slaves, builders of pyramids for god-like Pharaohs?
     Stephen King, having now sold over 300 million copies of his tales of blood, guts, torture and mayhem can now look back on his life from a cheery and optimistic perspective. But how do millions of others, whose equal success is logically impossible, feel about their own "average" lifestyles? Further, with children starving over in impoverished nations, shouldn't our priorities somehow change? Or will we remain complacently satisfied with our run-of-the-mill, salt pill popping, laundry job lives; perhaps thinking that our reward is in heaven?

     I wonder what you think.

     D

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In response to a Bob Barr for president blog entry that stated that John McCain is possibly bipolar when it comes to the issues.

I responded asking if Bob Barr was bipolar and discussed his former position against same-sex marriage for gays and lesbians. Well apparently the Bob Barr site doesn't like the words, "sex", "gay", or "lesbian".

Not surprisingly "queer" made it through, although since this post they now banned that word as well.

Here is how the text showed up before moderator approval (Since that time the post has not been authorized and has been deleted).

You voted for the “defense of marriage act” to ban same-*** marriage equality throughout the country, and now say marriage is a states issue and nobody has the right to discriminate. You tried so hard to discriminate against *** and ******* couples. You will never get my vote, to me you are a bigot, plain and simple.

http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/10/bob-barr-for-president-gay-lesbian.html

( Welcome all polyamorous, poly-friendly, and poly-curious people & their families: Please join Polyamorous NYC in celebration of their 8th annual Poly Pride Weekend! )

Sources have confirmed to me that Mark Buse John McCain's chief of staff is being outed today! Stay tuned for more info!

http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/09/breaking-news-john-mccains-chief-of.html

All Bi-friendly LGBT and "straight but not narrow" people are most cordially invited by the Westchester Bisexual Peer Discussion & Support Group to our Celebrate Bisexuality Day event.

( click here for more information about our celebration )

( Celebrate Bisexuality Day - Tuesday September 23rd 2008 )

this is X-Posted from the California East Bay PFLAG Chapter! Please forward

( click here to read more on how YOU can help )

You don't have to look far to see how the meat/dairy industry perpetrate sexist and misogynist attitudes throughout their marketing campaigns as illustrated by Carol J. Adams author of the Sexual Politics of Meat. Here is her slideshow of misognyist images related to the industry. This post delves into whether they are also possibly homophobic in nature as well or just playing to gender stereotyping. I'd encourage you all to check it out and let me know your thoughts.

X-Posted from the Dallas Voice a community newspaper for LGBT Dallas. This article by News Editor John Wright originally appeared in the print edition of September 5, 2008.

http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_9717.php

Matt Goodman says he’s known he was bisexual since he was 5. “I didn’t know what to call it, but I knew I liked boys and girls,” Goodman said.

( click here to read this story about resurgence of bisexual/pansexual organizing in Texas )



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Hi!  I’d like to invite all coupled members of this group to join a Live Journal community called The Fragrance of Orchids: Celebrating GLBT Couples.  I started the site to provide a place for individuals to share their experiences as boyfriends, girlfriends, lovers, partners, husbands, and wives.  Whether it's the story of how you met your partner, a request for advice, a topic for discussion, or just a brief glimpse of a special moment together, I encourage you to post it on The Fragrance of Orchids.  I hope by doing so we can provide each other with inspiration, support, and a sense of community. 

To visit the site, go to http://community.livejournal.com/fragoforchids/.  To post to the site you’ll need to create a free Live Journal account. 

“When two people are one in their innermost hearts, they shatter even the strength of iron or of bronze. And when two people understand each other in their innermost hearts, their words are sweet and strong, like the fragrance of orchids.”

Best wishes,

 

David

PLEASE NOTE: THE FRAGRANCE OF ORCHIDS DOES NOT ALLOW EXPLICIT ADULT CONTENT.  ALL POSTINGS WILL BE HELD PENDING ADMINISTRATOR APPROVAL.

 

Reprinted from the article "Openly bisexual Jewish-American basketball player tries out for Maccabi Haif" in the English-language edition of the Israeli newspaper Ha’aretz by Oren Kessler published on August 31st 2008

Maccabi Haifa is reportedly eyeing Jewish-American forward Zach Puchtel, who came out as bisexual while playing for Harvard University last year.

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Senator John McCain has selected an anti-queer republican for his V.P. choice, although not the worst she certainly has some controversial opinions on LGBT people.
http://queersunited.blogspot.com/2008/08/palin-is-failin-when-it-comes-to-queer.html

Hello to all you Westchester County Bisexual, Pansexual, "somewhere in the middle between gay/lesbian and straight" people and your friends, lovers and allies. There is now a place and an online group for you.

( please click here to find out more about the meeting and the new online discussion group )

Hallmark Cards that epitome of middle-American 'normalcy' is now offering Same Sex Marriage Cards, and the right wing is pissed!

( they are rallying their bigots and haters to try and make Hallmark regret and reverse this decision, so please help us turn the tables on them )

( the American election, is heating up, Russian tanks are on the move, the economy is looking shaky . . . but still all that ANYONE is talking about is That Song! )

This great Letter To The Editor was just published in the Washinton Blade with the title "‘Gay’ is not an inclusive term and alienates some readers":

( click here to read more and feel hopeful )

So like all good little Queer Activists I was quickly skimming thru GLAAD's "Stories to Watch" section when I cam upon these two items:

1.) Out-of-State Gay and Lesbian Couples Can Marry in Massachusetts
2.) New Studies on Marriage for Gay and Lesbian Couples

( GLAAD the term is 'Same Sex Marriage and you of all organizations know this! So why are you disrespecting and distracting a large portion of the LGBT Community by using this non-inclusive language especially in this important election year? )