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May
19
David Kaufman is a New York-based writer who regularly contributes to The New York Times, The Financial Times, Time International and The Daily Beast. He is also the charming madness behind the blog TRANSRACIAL.
David joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss what gay media is doing well to help further the fight for LGBT equality – and what we’re doing that might actually hurt the fight for LGBT equality.
May
19
Daily Tweet Digest
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What I Posted on Twitter Yesterday:
- 13:20 Servicemembers United Announces Launch of MilitaryPartners.org – bit.ly/cB3qpj #
- 13:29 Contemplating: A Black President & an Arab-American Miss USA. The KKK must be planning a serious comeback right about now. #
- 13:33 @PoizynUs Are you serious? They’re planning a civil war? Will Native Americans have a say in all this? #
- 13:46 @PoizynUs They’re planning a genocide of those who don’t fit their Aryan profile? They plan to do this while hiding under sheets? #
- 13:50 Portugal becomes sixth European country to allow marriage #equality – bit.ly/aICc0d #
- 13:54 Job opening: Membership Manager: National #Gay and #Lesbian Task Force – bit.ly/bMVz9d #
- 13:55 Job opening: Database Administrator: The National #Gay and #Lesbian Task Force – bit.ly/9DlcmK #
- 13:59 @MADDYMETOO Hopefully the FBI has them on Klan watch as well. #
- 14:11 From Momlogic: Why #Gay Marriage Is Good for Straight People – bit.ly/baBVl2 #
- 14:44 @polerin I haven’t gotten a response from @katekendell regarding the #ENDA question I asked. Is that typical of her? #
- 15:47 CA lawmaker proposes bill to keep away Texas textbooks – bit.ly/avwYFa #
- 16:39 Today is HIV Vaccine Awareness Day – bit.ly/douoGA #
- 18:24 Two Men Beaten Near Dallas’ #Gay District – bit.ly/9qz0dM #
- 18:27 Anti-Gay Marriage Ads Come To Minnesota Airwaves – bit.ly/ayDnOD #
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May
18
Servicemembers United Announces Launch of MilitaryPartners.org
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Servicemembers United, the nation’s largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans and their allies, today announced the launch of a new online resource to serve the military partner community – www.MilitaryPartners.org. The website is designed to serve as the new home for Servicemembers United’s “Campaign for Military Partners” initiative and will provide links to LGBT-inclusive military resources, a robust blog about the experiences of military partners, a support forum for military partners, media coverage about the plight of partners, and more.
“The civilian partners of gay and lesbian military personnel are often forgotten in the debate over the ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ policy,” said Alexander Nicholson, executive director of Servicemembers United. “These silent heroes must bear all of the same burdens of military family life, but they are not able to share in the support, benefits, or recognition that the military provides to the wives and husbands, and even the girlfriends and boyfriends, of straight troops.”
Nicholson continued, “Long deployments to warzones can be especially difficult times for families and loved ones back home, and the problems are only exacerbated by the difficulties that gay and lesbian couples face, including isolation and an inability to even communicate with the deployed partner. Our Campaign for Military Partners initiative has seen a lot of initial success in reaching out to military partners, and we expect the launch of www.MilitaryPartners.org to go a long way toward providing more and more support to military partners as the project grows.”
The Campaign for Military Partners grew out of the work of a Military Partners Advisory Group that Servicemembers United set up in mid-2009 to help the organization’s leaders identify ways to better support the military partner community. The Campaign’s mission is to reach out to, recognize, connect, and support the civilian partners of active duty LGBT military personnel.
May
18
Daily Tweet Digest
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What I Posted on Twitter Yesterday:
- 11:16 I love how Americans are telling people that "homofobia" is spelled wrong. Umm, there IS a non-English version of the word. #fail #
- 13:45 What’s worse: Shirley Q’s blackface routine longevity, or LGBT people supporting this person for years? bit.ly/cDip76 #
- 13:51 Victory! Boycott of Shirley Q (blackface drag queen) is working! – bit.ly/cwOru6 #
- 13:52 @Currentmediauk My day is going well. I will answer those questions today and get them back to you. I promise. #
- 13:53 @wondermann5 LOL! I know, right? #
- 14:56 Atlanta animal shelter’s closure could lead to euthanizations – bit.ly/bu7kUV #
- 14:57 New Miss USA better stay outta Arizona: bit.ly/9DKuVE #
- 14:58 @JamiePaisley I would laugh at you, but I’m sure others are doing a great job. #
- 16:05 32 #Black #Republicans Run for #Congress: Can They Win? – bit.ly/cnwl6F #
- 17:30 Repeal #DADT Pact Issued By Military’s Top Bloggers – bit.ly/9xr5xP #
- 17:33 @Dasani_01 Where did you send the link? I never check DMs unless I ask someone to DM me. #
- 20:43 Is Dobson’s Book ‘Bringing Up Girls’ Anti-Feminist? – bit.ly/aNU0UX #
- 20:48 @kannbrown LOL! I know, right? I plan to read it and discuss each chapter on SistersTalk Radio. #
- 20:58 @Dasani_01 Thanks! I just posted that video on the STR fan page – bit.ly/bwbV5x #
- 21:53 Guess who’s starting a YouTube channel – complete with original content you haven’t heard yet? You get 3 guesses… bit.ly/93fDsw #
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May
17
I haven’t read the book yet, but I definitely plan to make that happen. Until then, all we have is this book trailer to help us figure out whether Dr. James Dobson’s (founder and chairman emeritus of the anti-gay organization Focus on the Family) book “Bringing Up Girls” is an anti-feminist piece of crap.
My first observation: The family is white and their daughter is a pretty little blonde. I’m guessing that’s the case since Black families are not Dr. James Dobson’s target market – unless his organization is recruiting Black families to help them fuck over homosexuals and transgender people.
Second observation: Dad’s a jackass. He stands up with a sign that proclaims “My daughter runs faster than yours.” Yep. Train your daughter how to be a swell-headed, self-centered person whose goal is to always be better than everyone else.
Third observation: Their daughter has a little Black friend present at her tea party. Brownie points for the brown face. There’s also a Black man handing their daughter a diploma. I’m guessing that’s a calculated attempt to shut up people like me who would be looking for any sign of color. It didn’t work.
Fourth observation: Their daughter appears to get married right out of high school. At first I gave them the benefit of the doubt and thought she was graduating from college. But, since the man who hands her the diploma is not dressed in traditional attire worn at a college graduation, I’m guessing it’s a high school diploma – not college.
Without reading the book, the trailer suggests that parents who see their daughter graduate high school and find a good man have done their job. Nevermind the whole “learning to be self-sufficient before you settle down” thing. That would make her too much of a modernized woman and bring her dangerously close to being a feminist.
I will be reading this book – just so I can rip on each chapter on SistersTalk Radio. I’ll let you know when the rip-fest begins.
May
17
Cross-posted with permission from Essence.com:
Angela McGlowan has been drawn to politics for some time — as a conservative commentator for FOX News and BET, and author of “Bamboozled: How Americans Are Being Exploited by the Lies of the Liberal Agenda” — but this year she stepped into the arena as a candidate.
She’s got some company, too. Running in Mississippi’s first congressional district, McGlowan is one of 32 Black Republicans campaigning for the U.S. Congress this primary season. It’s the largest showing since Reconstruction.
“I was asked to do this,” says McGlowan, as she recounts recruitment from jobless voters in her hometown of Oxford, Mississippo and impassioned protestors who approached her at Tea Party demonstrations.
The self-described “controversial sister trying to make things happen” cites less federal spending, more tax credits for small businesses, and reforming education, particularly for special needs children, as her priorities. She spoke to ESSENCE.com about the curious influence that President Barack Obama has had on Black Republicans, the suggestion that she’s a poster child for the right, and whether or not Black candidates on the GOP ticket generally stand a snowball’s chance of winning.
ESSENCE.com: What do you think is behind the boom of Black Republicans running for Congress?
ANGELA MCGLOWAN: There has been this myth that there are not many Black Republicans out there. Well, there are. Compared to Democrats maybe it’s not a lot, but people think there’s just one or two. And this is an election year like no other. I have not ever recalled such a bad economic time, and you have a lot of people who are fed up with politics as usual. In the past, we had common folk — accountants, even an exterminator — run for office, and I think that’s what you’re seeing now. I also think Barack Obama being elected President has paved the way for more Black people to say, “Hey, we can do it!” It takes hope to be able to run, and even though he may have given hope to people on the right side of the aisle, we’re all Black people in this. Whether you’re a Democrat or Republican, the first Black President has made a difference in our lives.
ESSENCE.com: What about the election of Michael Steele as the Republican National Committee Chairman? Do you think that’s played a role in inspiring more Black Republicans to run for office?
MCGLOWAN: Can’t answer that. Sorry.
ESSENCE.com: Okay… do you not want to speak about Michael Steele?
MCGLOWAN: I think that it is a great feat for Michael to be RNC Chair. But we have to judge by the content of one’s character and qualifications; not just because he’s a Black man. I know I’m contradicting myself here. Basically, I think it’s great that he won that, and I’m not going to comment on him further. I think the President, as the leader of the free world, is more inspirational if you put it in perspective. The President of the United States. RNC Chair. There you go.
ESSENCE.com: You were encouraged to run by members of the Tea Party. There’s an argument that Black Republicans are elevated and cheered on by White conservatives, or that you’re tokenized–
MCGLOWAN: Ohhh, Cynthia! I can’t answer for what other folks do. I can’t answer whether or not they’re pimping anybody. But I’m not a poster child. I won’t be put in front of a camera like a Black Barbie doll. If I ever think that’s happening to me, it’s going to be on. And if any people of color have joined this movement because they want to be on the forefront, and I don’t think they have, then that’s a shame. I’m certainly not doing that. I want people to vote for me in this district because of what I stand for.
ESSENCE.com: What’s the response you’ve received from your constituents?
MCGLOWAN: I do coffee meet-and-greets at my campaign headquarters. One time, I had about 40 people show up, and 30 of them were Black. I’m having Blacks stop by my office, knowing that I’m a Republican, and tell me that I’ve inspired them.
ESSENCE.com: And from White voters?
MCGLOWAN: From White voters I’m getting a lot of support, but I gotta tell you — I’ve had to meet with officials because we have gotten death threats. I’m the first Black female to run in this district in the history of Mississippi. There is a website where I’ve been called “the Negress” and a “filthy pig.” My two opponents are older White males. Some of their supporters took a picture of me and altered it to make my skin darker, turned up my nose, and kinked up my hair. They put it on a flyer saying that I don’t want White people to have guns. My staff and I have been threatened with calls. People in the street have come up to me being hostile. But it’s a small, ignorant minority.
ESSENCE.com: Given all that, plus the fact that most African-Americans vote for Democrats, do you think many Black Republican candidates have a viable chance?
MCGLOWAN: When Colin Powell was going to run for President and he stepped down, so many people were upset because they believed in him. He led by example. I think that if you are a darn good leader, it doesn’t matter what color your skin is. Look at Gary Franks and J.C. Watts. It depends on the candidate, and how they articulate what they’re going to do. Right now, poverty knows no color. I’ve had White and Black people come to me and say they want a job. If this were a normal election year, you might be right to question the viability of Black Republican candidates. I just know now people are voting with their pocketbooks.
May
17
Daily Tweet Digest
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What I Posted on Twitter Yesterday:
- 17:03 Live right now: We’re talking to lesbian ROTC student who came out, now Army wants $80K back – bit.ly/dz7Bsm #
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May
16
Sara Isaacson was an ROTC student at University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill until she came out to her commander as a lesbian. Now 21-year-old Isaacson, who is originally from Wisconsin, owes nearly $80,000 to the U.S. Army for repayment of a scholarship for seven semesters as an out-of-state student.
Sara joined us on SistersTalk Radio to discuss her coming out story and what she’s doing to deal with this huge financial debt she accumulated because she decided to tell the truth about her sexuality.
May
16
LZ Granderson Discusses ‘Closeted anti-gays are the enemy within’
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LZ Granderson is a senior writer and columnist for ESPN The Magazine and ESPN.com, and has contributed to ESPN’s Sports Center, Outside the Lines and First Take. He is a 2010 nominee and the 2009 winner of the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) award for online journalism as well as the 2008 National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association (NLGJA) winner for column writing.
Granderson joined us to discuss his latest op-ed piece “Closeted anti-gays are the enemy within.”
May
16
Daily Tweet Digest
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What I Posted on Twitter Yesterday:
- 01:33 Just finished recording the latest ‘She Said, She Said’ episode – which airs on Monday at 1pm. One of the subjects… bit.ly/aQKrvf #
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