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Posts Tagged ‘LGBT’
Danica Roem
11/09/2017Philadelphia
06/21/2017So six people, out of 18, quit the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS, because they felt this current administration was refusing to listen to them and they felt they could provide more help from outside the administration, than within. Much of this protest-via-resignation centered around the new Trumpcare AHCA bill; it’s allowance of insurance companies […]
fire Colbert? fire Trump.
05/05/2017caveat/warning: foul language So I guess the latest Trump-bashing from Colbert has gotten some people upset. I think the comment in question is that he said, regarding Trump: “The only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s c— holster.” Some are saying, presumably those on the right, that this goes too far […]
Specific Legislation
02/25/2017Latest updates (5/20/17), added new link under Related Links, 5/20/17: The following video is not intended to be pedantic, rather, for some levity and nostalgia (Dave Frishberg, Schoolhouse Rock!, 1976): *some caveats: With this Trump administration, there are so many issues to tackle. A woman at a meeting the other night described it like […]
identity
02/15/2017Laura Jane Grace interview on Daily Show with Trevor Noah, here (comedycentral) ——————————————————————————————————————— A two-part post tonight. I was watching various YouTube videos, videos on personal experiences with Aspbergers, among other things, and thought I’d share that. and then I thought about Laura Jane Grace, because I’d seen an interview with her on Daily Show […]
Wild West: hidden awesome people
01/25/2017I was just watching the latest episode of NBC’s Timeless, which features Bass Reeves, a historical figure I had never heard of before. I was intrigued and upon a little internet digging, this man, and Grant Johnson, were pretty amazing. They have to make a movie about Bass Reeves. Bass Reeves’ wikipedia Bass Reeves (catalystdc.com) […]
Action for the Day
01/25/2017Latest updates (5/06/17) . ——————————————————————————————————————— Given everything about the Trump administration, we all have to do more than we have been doing. How can we turn anger, frustration, and despair into progress; how can we turn a march into a movement, as protestors were saying? So I decided to start an action of the day […]
resistance is…
12/19/2016(futile?) What to do: Protests: Inauguration Day, January 20th, 2017: DC: US Capitol Building, (all day) Washington Peace Center Chicago: Buses to DC (answerchicago.org) 5pm, Trump Tower, 401 N Wabash Ave. (facebook.com) January 21st, 2017: DC: Million Women March, 10am, Independence Ave. and Third St. (facebook.com) WomensMarch.com ———————————————————————————————————————————– Petitions: My blog post: “Armchair activism: […]
Armchair activism: petition city
12/03/2016Trump’s competence: “I challenge Donald Trump to take the naturalization test,” by Senator Harry Reid, to Donald Trump (moveon.org) Harry Reid on Donald Trump, Steve Bannon, on Civil Rights, 11/15/16, CSPAN, YouTube Steve Bannon: (good luck finding anything non-partisan on Steve Bannon, he’s either painted as an anti-establishment populist hero, or a divisive extremely bigoted […]
LGBT rights and discrimination
11/21/2016Update: 12/9/16, links As I figured, it’s already happening. No, Trump nor Pence caused anti-LGBT discrimination. Just as they didn’t create racism. But they threw/continue to throw fuel on the fire, using fear and bigotry to obtain and maintain votes and power. I would like to live in a world where racism, bigotry, rape, […]
