Here Comes Obama & Co, with Guns and Missiles About to Be Blazing in Syria
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/world/here-comes-obama-co-guns-and-missiles-about-be-blazing-syria Forget (again) about getting the facts right about chemical or any other weaponry; the Western...
View ArticleNew Mexico’s largest county issues marriage licenses to same-sex couples
From The Guardian UK: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/27/new-mexico-gay-marriage-albuquerque District Judge Malott on Monday ruled New Mexico’s constitution prohibits discrimination on the...
View ArticleCan You Hear Me Now?
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/leslie-lagerstrom/transgender-youth_b_3785132.html Leslie Lagerstrom 08/21/2013 I cringe when people marvel at how accepting we are towards Sam,...
View ArticleThe Strange Phenomenon of Pentecostals Who Decline HIV Treatment
I can’t believe these evil Christo-Nazis are actually murdering people with HIV by discouraging them from seeking medical treatment. From The Atlantic:...
View ArticleWar on Syria: Twenty Pounds of Stupid in a Ten-Pound Bag
From Truth Out: http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/18416-war-on-syria-twenty-pounds-of-stupid-in-a-ten-pound-bag By William Rivers Pitt Tuesday, 27 August 2013 I’m just going to throw this out on the...
View ArticleBig, Glitzy Marches Are Not Movements
From The Boston Review: http://bostonreview.net/us/robin-kelley-big-glitzy-marches-are-not-movements In 1963 and today, the real work happens elsewhere. Robin D. G. Kelley August 28, 2013 Anyone...
View ArticleThe Personal Life of Bayard Rustin
From Out Magazine: http://www.out.com/news-opinion/2013/08/28/bayard-rustin-walter-naegle-partner-gay-civil-rights-activist-march-washington By Robert Drayton 8.28.2013 The partner of the gay Civil...
View ArticleMisogynistic GOP’s gross new talking point Lie: Feces
From Salon: http://www.salon.com/2013/08/28/gops_false_new_talking_point_feces/ The right claims abortion rights protesters brought excrement-filled jars into the Texas Capitol. Here’s the truth By...
View ArticleSenator Leahy Calls For Federal Marijuana Hearing; Invites Attorney General...
From Toke Signals: http://tokesignals.com/senator-leahy-calls-for-federal-marijuana-hearing-invites-attorney-general-holder/ By Steve Elliott On August 26, 2013 Hearing To Address Differences Between...
View ArticleChelsea Manning Considered Gender Transition Long Before Announcement
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/27/chelsea-manning-gender-transition_n_3818080.html?ref=topbar Matt Sledge 08/27/2013 NEW YORK — Chelsea Manning’s announcement about her...
View ArticleTransgender People Being Murdered At A Rate Almost 50 Percent Higher Than...
From The New Civil Rights Movement: http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/transgender-people-being-murdered-at-a-rate-almost-50-percent-higher-than-lesbians-and-gays/news/2013/08/26/73904 by David...
View ArticleGetting Hormones and Surgery for Transgender Prisoners
From The Atlantic: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/08/getting-hormones-and-surgery-for-transgender-prisoners/278998/ The Army’s blanket denial of hormone therapy and gender reassignment...
View ArticleQueery: Kye Allums
From The Washington Blade: http://www.washingtonblade.com/2013/08/28/queery-former-gwu-basketball-player-and-trans-advocate-kye-allums-lgbt-sports-issue/ By Joey DiGuglielmo on August 28, 2013 When...
View ArticleBritish Parliament Votes Against Military Intervention In Syria
From Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/29/british-parliament-syria-vote_n_3839067.html By RAPHAEL SATTER and GREGORY KATZ 08/29/13 LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron...
View ArticleObama Set for Limited Strike on Syria as British Vote No
From The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/30/us/politics/obama-syria.html?hp&_r=0 By MARK LANDLER, DAVID E. SANGER and THOM SHANKER. Published: August 29, 2013 WASHINGTON — President...
View ArticleMindless and Extravagant “Support Our Troops” Display Doesn’t Help Soldiers,...
From Alternet: http://www.alternet.org/culture/mindless-and-extravagant-support-our-troops-display-doesnt-help-soldiers-does-lot-those-who It’s time to examine the “support our troops” rhetoric and...
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