What An Ally Looks Like

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Rashad Evans

Rashad Evans (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

I have, and shall continue to, called out the bad behavior of people who want to be allies to the LGBTQ or any other cause. It is easy to call yourself and ally, to wrap yourself up in convenient phrases like “I don’t see color,” or “we are all gay.” As mentioned yesterday, some of the people who do so really do want to be good allies, they just mess up a little, others just want to feel like they are good people. Then there are real allies, people who stand up when there is enormous pressure, political or cultural, to not do so. People like Brendon Ayanbadejo and Rashad Evans. Continue reading →

Killing Us With Kindness

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OK folks, time to discuss memes again. I am seriously considering creating an entire feature dedicated to deconstructing memes, at least the political ones. I’d like to say that it was only right-wing, anti-equality, anti-poor people memes, that need deconstructing, but unfortunately there are plenty of liberal ones that require it as well. Sometimes they just need to be called out for bad reasoning that hurts the cause, sometimes because they are being insensitive to the people they are claiming to champion, as is the case in today’s meme.

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The Rainbow Gated Community

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Icon for Wikimedia project´s LGBT portal (Port...

Icon for Wikimedia project´s LGBT portal (Portal:LGBT). (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

In my adult life there has been so much progress on gay rights. Don’t Ask Don’t Tell, while deeply flawed, was an acknowledgement that maybe, just maybe, a solider’s sexuality has absolutely nothing to do with how fit they are to serve. It is illegal all around our nation to discriminate in housing and hiring based on sexuality. Same sex couples can finally get married in  many states in our union. “We’re queer, we’re here, get used to it” is finally sinking into the brains of many straight folk. We have come so very far. Continue reading →

Cashing Checks: The Errant Touch of Cis Privilege

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English: 'FREE HUGS', Leipzig, Germany.

English: ‘FREE HUGS’, Leipzig, Germany. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

 

My posts have been less frequent lately. I was without a computer for a while and I have been a bit busy since I acquired a new one (thank you Mr. Kunkle) so let me apologize to all my readers. The posts I have written have taken on a particularly personal subject and tone. I get into ruts of melancholy over such issues. I will not apologize for that, it is what writers do. Continue reading →