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Which Celeb Couple Will Unwrap Their 3rd Partner on Christmas Day?

BLIND ITEMS â€" "They will spend Christmas morning together with their child/ren, opening gifts and having a family breakfast of pancakes and hot cocoa. Sweet, right? Not really. Their Christmas present to each other is several uninterrupted hours in the guest quarters with their 'other partner' on Christmas Day. So it will look like the [...]

Harassment, Discrimination + Mean Web Comments: Why Lesbian Attorney Julie Kamps Wants $50 Million From Her Old Boss

Fifty million dollars is probably one of those arbitrary sums her attorney identified as reasonable damages, but that's what lesbian Julie Kamps wants from her former worldwide law firm Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson. CONTINUED » Permalink | Post a comment | Add to del.icio.us Tagged: Discrimination, Frank, Fried, Harris, jobs, julie kamps, Lawsuits, Shriver & Jacobson, [...]

"I've had two high-profile Premier League football clients in the past five years who've been gay or bisexual and my advice has been not to make that public"

SOUNDBITES â€" "Do I think that's right? Of course not. It's a very sad state of affairs. But it's a fact that homophobia in football is as strong now as it was 10 years ago. If you'd asked me in 2000 whether I thought we'd have a famous, openly gay footballer by 2010 I would [...]

Your Pre-Holiday Destination

Christmas Magic at Disneyland

I have always been a sucker “The Happiest Place on Earth”. It’s always been one of my favorite travel destinations since my first visit at age 7. No matter how old I get it still continues to hold that magic for me, of fun and adventure. This last visit was no exception, especially as it [...]

Attention Artists…

SEEKING ARTISTS:  to exhibit for Thursday, January 7 ArtHop at Gorgon Isle Gallery at 665 Fulton Street (& Mono).  If you are interested contact Jeff at 559.790-4869, or e-mail: jefmartinez84@gmail.com.  Also accepting reservations to exhibit for ArtHop throughout 2010 year.

Poison Water’s Notorious Noel (12/07)

 

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Basic Rights Oregon office

 

Maine’s super-volunteers and passionate student allies

In the days leading up to my departure for Maine, I wasn't sure what to expect from the people I'd meet here. I'm no stranger to ballot campaigns; we've had our share of those in Oregon. I rode on Tuesday to a suburb outside of Portland, Maine with another volunteer staff to meet with nine high school students about their interest to get involved with the No On 1 campaign. Our goal was to start a “Friends and Family” Volunteer Recruitment Phone Bank with them on the spot, and to organize a few times when they and their friends could volunteer together, canvassing door-to-door the weekend before Election Day. We rolled up to their neighborhood Starbucks at about 3 o'clock and met the students inside. They'd come straight after school, and had heard about the campaign at an all-ages concert, where they'd been watching their favorite local band. Three of the youth were band members! A few of them had worn their No On 1 buttons to school that day, and mentioned that they'd started conversatinversations with other students about the issue, and what it meant to them. After introducing ourselves and briefly describing the state of the campaign, we read through a script and role-played it, making sure to arm the students with the facts needed to express to their friends and family members how much this means to them and why we need their help in the last two weeks of the campaign. When we asked the students to get out their mobile phones and start calling to sign their friends up for volunteer shifts with the campaign, they excelled at the task! After about a half hour, the students made a plan to gather together with their newly signed up volunteers for a morning canvass on Halloween, knocking on doors to get out the vote. None of the nine students were affiliated with the Gay Straight Alliance at their school, (and none mentioned that they identified as LGBT,) but all shared a sense that whoever you are and whomever you love, couples deserve to be recognized equally under the law.

From Maine with Love

We are 11 days away from the November Election. The Portland, Maine office is humming with volunteer activity. Every day, volunteers drop off food provisions for all the other volunteers. The first day we had homemade chili, yesterday egg salad sandwiches, and this morning someone brought in some carrots from their own yard. Mainers are chipping in any way they can. My time has been spent in the office working in the communications department while Travis Prinslow and Meleanie Altaras have been adopted into the Data and Campus Outreach departments. We work 9 to 9, when we're lucky and have been working on a variety of projects. From confirming volunteers, to getting people to vote early and in person volunteer recruitment. The amount of work that goes into a campaign is astounding. You walk into any office and you hear typing, people on the phone, stapling, paper shuffling and people being directed. It's a small preview of what Oregon will be dealing with soon enough. However, Oregon's fight will be much larger-- Maine's population is a third the size of Oregon's. I'm grateful that Basic Rights Oregon is starting early and getting all our ducks in a row before we enter our own fight. Maine's latest YouTube celebrity goes by the name of Phillip Spooner. Mr. Spooner is 85 years old, a WWII vet, and a lifelong republicanâ€"he is also in favor of marriage equality. Click here to watch his testimony in April during the Marriage hearings. His video has officially gone viral, with close to 500,000 views. Mainers are excited to have someone like Mr. Spooner speaking up for equality, so much so that he has unofficially become the face of the campaign. Click here to watch a segment of Mr. Spooner being interviewed about his views on Marriage Equality. The opposition is using children to scare voters into voting against equality. They are running ads claiming that "gay sex education" will be taught in schools. Fortunately, the Maine campaign has been very diligent about countering their ads and has caused a stir by featuring a French catholic woman who supports her son's right to get married. Yolande Dumont is mont is also a Maine celebrity and has inspired Catholics and other religious denominations to come out and support the No on 1 campaign. Of course the Catholic DIoces is bankrolling the opposition's campaign along with National Organization marriage and Shubert Flint of prop 8 fame. When Yolande first came on the airwaves the Catholic Diocese was up in arms and started to spend resources countering Yolande's message. This is exciting because the opposition is now on the defensive. Not only do they have to counter multiple legislators, and educators on the whole "Teaching gay in Schools" issue, now they have to make sure that other fair minded Catholics reject Yolande's message. If the No on 1 Campaign wins on Election Day it will be a model on how to defeat the oppositions' vitriol and lies. Although, Maine is literally the farthest place from Oregon in the country, their efforts will have a huge impact on our work. They need all the help they can get. If you have not donated to the NO on 1 campaign you can do so by clicking here. If you cannot afford a donation but have some extra time on your hands you can phone bank from Oregon with their Call for Equality Program sign up here. I'm going to get back to work now but feel free to shoot me an email if you have any questions about getting involved in the Maine campaign. In solidarity, Alejandro Juarez Communications Coordinator Basic Rights Oregon (503) 222-6151 x 105 alejandro@basicrights.org

Congress Requests Data on DADT from Secretary of Defense

Congressman Moran Leads 90+ Members in Call for Monthly ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ Data — Request for Military Discharge Info Comes Ahead of Possible Congressional Action. Washington, D.C. — On Tuesday, Congressman Jim Moran issued a letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, signed by 96 Members of Congress, requesting monthly reports detailing the rank, time [...]

Christmas Related Posts for Tuesday

A Collection of Gay Christmas Related Posts Rounded Up From Around the Web: – Santas, Babies, and Bomber Jackets by Kathryn Martini - The right’s bogus war on Christmas by Rev. Irene Monroe - instantTEA: Christmas music by Jews … you’re welcome - ‘Home for the Holidays’ hits 20 — Join the SF Gay Men’s Chorus at the [...]

Entertainment News & Gossip for Tuesday

Entertainment News & Gossip for Tuesday Includes: Avatar mix-up; Tom Cruise ; Dustin Lance Black; Filmmaker tackles homophobia; Gareth Thomas Interview; Gay media drama. Film Related: - Filmmaker tackles homophobimophobia in the Bahamas - MILK Screenwriter, Dustin Lance Black Battles a Gay-Bashing College. - Avatar star in gay porn mix-up — Avatar star Sam Worthington mistaken for gay porn [...]

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