Mar

8

Urban Jazz Sensation Kellylee Evans on SistersTalk Radio

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Today’s SistersTalk Radio guest was urban jazz sensation Kellylee Evans.

2007 Juno and Gemini Award nominated singer-songwriter Kellylee Evans is a unique voice in the urban-jazz world, and many of today’s top musicians have taken notice. With a smooth style that slides through jazz, soul, R & B, blues and world music rhythms, Kellylee’s calming sound speaks volumes; Rich, soothing, robust and energizing, And with a songwriting talent being compared to Elvis Costello, Aimee Mann and Ron Sexsmith, this eclectic artist ignites inspiration. From the sultry What About Me? to the bluesy I Don’t Think I Want To Know, to the reggae-flavored Let’s Call A Truce Tonight and sexy poetical Spanish vibe of Rapunzel, the album is an eclectic and focused effort, held together by Kellylee’s rich, expressive, effortless vocal range.

Hear Kellylee discuss:

Her musical influences
The story behind her album’s title track Fight or Flight
Her mother’s death in 1999
Her new album The Good Girl

Listen to the podcast now and hear two of Kellylee’s singles: I Don’t Want You to Love Me and What About Me?. You can also sample new songs from The Good Girl on her MySpace page.

Coming next Sunday (March 15) on SistersTalk Radio: Alison Bechdel, creator of Dykes to Watch Out For

Mar

5

Gay Group Asks Obama to Reject Boy Scout Honor

Filed Under Barack Obama, Gays, Politics | 1 Comment

Since 1910, the Boy Scouts of America have made every U.S. president the organization’s honorary president. Howard Menzer, president of Scouting for All – an organization that advocates allowing homosexuals to serve as scoutmasters – is asking Obama to reject that honor:

“No way should he be involved with a discriminatory group. That would be the best thing that could happen if he said, ‘You discriminate too much for me. I can’t be your honorary president.’ I think that might begin to change a few things.”

Obama was meeting with a delegation of the Boy Scouts in the Oval Office on Tuesday afternoon, at which time he was to accept the group’s 2008 Report to the Nation.

A Boy Scouts spokesman said Obama has indicated he will accept the title of honorary president.

I did a little digging to see if Bill Clinton was ever asked to reject the same honor. I found this interesting:

All other Americans can become members of the Boy Scouts of America providing they subscribe to their beliefs. Former President Bill Clinton, in 1996, said, “To discriminate against an American is un-American.” Scouting For All asks, “Would we as a society tolerate the BSA discriminating against people of color?

What?

Bill Clinton said what?

Is this the same Bill Clinton who signed the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) in 1996? Isn’t DOMA considered blatant discrimination against gay people? It seems to me that it’s ok for Bill Clinton to discriminate against gay people, but it’s not ok for the Boy Scouts to do it.

I’m not the POTUS, so I can snub the Boy Scouts. I decided years ago that I would not support them. I don’t ever donate to their fundraisers and I refused to allow my boys to join the organization. But, I don’t agree with Obama turning his nose up at the Boy Scouts anymore than I agreed with George W. Bush snubbing the NAACP in 2004.

Some members of the LGBT community haven’t figured out that asking Obama to snub anti-gay groups will encourage like or similar behavior from other communities. Pretty soon, pro-choice organizations will be asking Obama to ignore anyone who isn’t pro-choice. Religious groups will be asking Obama to ignore anyone who isn’t a Christian American. Black organizations will be asking Obama to ignore anyone who doesn’t donate to the NAACP on a regular basis. This fuck-you-since-I-don’t-agree-with-you mentality will never end if the president of the United States establishes this as the standard for how we deal with people we don’t agree with.

Mar

5

Water Aerobics With Straight Old Women Can Be Very Interesting

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One week ago I started a water aerobics class at my local YMCA. Minus the annoying front desk clerk and the shadey Executive Director, I’m having a great time. I’m doing 2 – 3 classes per day!

My classes consist of mostly older women who need an exercise routine that doesn’t put a lot of strain on their joints. There are a few people my age who are looking for something to jumpstart a more strenuous spring workout routine. I think I might stay in the water aerobics class because I love listening to women-much-older-than-me discuss politics. They’re a lot like me: they’re cynical and they hate all politicians- regardless of party affiliation.

I overheard a conversation today that got my blood pressure boiling. A classmate was discussing her daughter who is divorced and recently engaged to a man who proposed the day his divorce from his first wife became final.

Pump your brakes. Back up.

On the day his divorce from his first wife became final, this man proposed to his divorced girlfriend?

I was so annoyed, I blurted out: “And this is the sanctity of marriage that straight Christians are fighting for? Really?” My classmate just stared at me. I’m sure she had no clue where that comment came from.

We always listen to music when we workout. One instructor plays nothing but oldies, while the other instructors play a lot of techno-ish workout music (that’s what I’m talkin’ about!). In this morning’s class, the instructor said, “Pretend you’re dancing in the water.” A few straight girls behind me said, “There’s not enough men to dance.” And of course I said, “Do you really need a man to dance?” I have to remember there are heterosexual man-crazy women in the world – and some of them are in my water aerobics class.

There are guys in our class, but they’re . . . old. Really old. I like talking to them a lot, too. I call them “Aged Don Juans.” They smile really big at me and say, “What’s your name, young lady?” I always smile back and give them my name. They never remember my name. I know this because everytime I see them, they smile really big and ask, “What’s your name, young lady?”

I’m beginning to finally enjoy the life I made for myself in this small midwest town called Beloit, WI. It only took about 14 years.

Mar

4

Tim Brownson, a Blogger You Should Know

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Tonight’s SistersTalk Radio Bloggers You Should Know series features Tim Brownson, author of the blog TheDiscomfortZone.com. Tim blogs about personal development and life coaching. Hear Tim discuss: how he got started blogging, how he uses Twitter and how he used blogging for SEO purposes.

If you missed last week’s Bloggers You Should Know episode, you can listen to the podcast here. Our guest last week was Rachel Martin, author of the blog I’m a Mom in Real Life. Rachel blogs about about parenting, infertility problems, and marriage. She’s also a staunch supporter of LGBT rights and addresses ways the straight community can help promote LGBT equality.

Join us Sunday (March 8th) at 5pm central. Our guest will be Kellylee Evans - hottest rising urban jazz singer in Canada.

Mar

3

White Gay Male Believes Transgender People Hinder LGBTQ Equality

Filed Under Bitch Slap, Gays, LGBT, Lesbians, Race, Ranting | 9 Comments

I’ve already tackled what I consider white gay male priviledge, but I think Monica over at TransGriot has a viewpoint worth mentioning. Monica points to a Feb. 26 blog post at A.E.Brain that has her spittin’ nails.

A.E.Brain calls out a gay white male who will remind you of that racist and sexist straight white dude who makes you roll your eyes everytime he opens his mouth:

At the risk of sounding controversial, I visit Queerty because I am a gay white male. I have no interest in ‘women issues’. While I’m not opposed to sporadic and infrequent [bold emphasis is mine] attention to lesbians, I do not want this blog devoting any more time to their cause….Simply because I am gay does not mean I care about lesbians, bisexuals or transgender persons.

Holy shit! Imagine that. A white guy who doesn’t give a shit about anything unless it directly relates to him. Who woulda thunk it, right?

I know lots of gay white males who feel the same way about lesbian and/or women’s issues, but they haven’t been brave enough to voice that opinion to the masses. For them, life is about dick: seein’ dick, touchin’ dick, suckin’ dick, doin’ dick and promotin’ dick. That’s it. There’s no room in their tiny brains for anything else.

I don’t even know why some people try and group us together as one cause – GLBT – because we are not. I can see some purpose to grouping G + L and even Bs together, but not Ts. I am quite comfortable being male, and I hate being associated with crossdressers. I find Ts offensive and do not want to extend any rights to them [bold emphasis is mine]. Transgender persons should fight their own battles, because at the moment they’re hindering the rights of gays, lesbians and bisexuals everywhere.

What.the.fuck? This guy has some serious self-hatin’ going on. He kinda reminds me of Black people who are ashamed of being Black and they hate anything that’s commonly associated with Black culture. What a shame that this gay white male hates transgender people so much that he wants to exclude them from any LGBTQ equality movement. Does he really believe transgender people are the reason homosexuals don’t have equal rights?

I’ll tell ya what’s really hindering full equality for the LGBTQ community: anti-gay homophobic lawmakers and dumbass homosexuals who spend too much time in “it’s all about me” mode.

Thank gawd every gay white male in the world isn’t a completely self-centered moron, or the fight for LGBTQ equality would be screwed.

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