Vicki Estrada: Transgender Day Of Remembrance Speech, San Diego

My very, very close friend, Vicki Estrada, gave the keynote address at the International Transgender Day Of Remembrance memorial event, held at the San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, And Transgender Community Center.

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Signer of Manhattan Declaration wanted to jail gays and lesbians

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters

 By now we have all heard about the Manhattan Declaration put out by various religious right figures and groups urging, among other things, non-cooperation with laws that in any way recognize same sex couples.

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Colorado car dealer's sign tries to tie Obama with terrorism and Ft. Hood tragedy

The 2008 campaign was great for armchair psychologists as we saw a good slice of color-aroused America that had been hiding its true feelings about the prospect of the country being led by a man of color.

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Blogmistress SOS: vote for your favorite progressive blogger to go on Air America's cruise

Regulars at the coffeehouse know that I'm burned out, fried and literally fighting all sorts of health BS of late, from the inevitable inability to balance the demands of my day job (hey, at least I have one to be thankful for), writing for the blog, along with travel to blog-related events, interviews and such.

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British PM speaks out against transphobia in support of TDoR.

Yesterday the British prime minister Gordon Brown stood shoulder to shoulder with the trans community to mark Transgender day of Remembrance.

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Tackling Dummy - "Christians are the new Negro"

Cross-posted from: http://www.tips-q.com/1620540-tackling-dummy-christians-are-new-negro

The rabidly anti-gay Ken Hutcherson, a former Seattle Seahawks linebacker, is pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Redmond, Washington.

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Video break #2 - Hoards of Palin fans Go Rogue on her when she doesn't sign enough books

Wow -- the teabaggers, birthers and know-nothings waited for hours for Bible Spice to sign copies of Going Rogue, and they weren't happy when her highness basically took the money and ran.

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Video break - TEA PARTY: The Documentary Film

Via Wonkette: The 'Tea Party: The Documentary Film' Trailer! ('Liberty's March Has A New Generation Of Patriots').

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EEA Press Release With Updated Vigils

Just into the mailbag:

Equality Across America (EAA) extends our deepest condolences to the families of Jorge Steven L?pez Mercado and Jason "Jaysen" Mattison, Jr.

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Scheduled Candlelight Vigils for Jorge Steven Lopez Mercado and Jason Mattison Jr

(My laptop situation is currently 'up-in-the-air'; my apologies for any errors or incomplete listings.

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