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$12M S.F. POA, Buff Cop & Supe in Bed Together
We need accountability of the San Francisco Police Department and its officers; not glorification of cops with muscles.
For info about my campaign in the District 8 Supervisor race, please visit https://www.facebook.com/petrelis4supe8 ....
Posted: Wed, Aug 13, 2014 12:18pm PDT
Deep Disappointment in Derrick Jensen's Transphobic DGR
It really disturbs me that my once favorite "eco-warrior" author Derrick Jensen has turned on the trans community and is now promoting hatred against them instead of forging new allies to protect the wilderness. All that political energy directed against the trans community by Jensen et. al. is wasted, he could have used that voice to save forests from clearcutting, protect desert aquifers and many other needed battles. Now instead Jensen's "Deep Green Resistance" (DGR) is walking hand in han...
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2014 8:19am PDT
7/12/14 Event: What is "OJAH?” QueerYogaGathering.com w/Richelle Donigan
Join OJAH on 7/12/14 for yoga/local eats event! Listen for more info: What is "OJAH?” QueerYogaGathering.com Interview @Medium https://medium.com/jianda-monique-medium/what-is-ojah-queeryogagathering-com-interview-dad0de53ca81...
Posted: Thu, Jul 10, 2014 11:27am PDT
Marching for Manning at SF Pride
Chelsea Manning supporters marched in the Sunday June 29th parade. (Chelsea was formerly Bradley Manning) She is a soldier sentenced to 35 years for whistleblowing....
Posted: Fri, Jul 4, 2014 8:36pm PDT
Religious Right Trying to Make Schools Safe for Bullies and Dangerous for LGBTI Students
The religious right is trying to protect bullies that instigate with LGBTI students, claiming that the rights of the bullies to express themselves freely is being infringed. Instead of trying to make peace with students of different sexual orientations the religious right wishes to further increase suicide and violence in schools by becoming enablers of hostile bullies. The protectors of bullies will have more blood on their hands as school suicide and violence isn't getting better, now this ...
Posted: Thu, Jun 26, 2014 4:40am PDT
Victim of Hate Crime on UC Berkeley campus
On April 21, I was the victim of a hate criminal threat on the UC Berkeley campus. I identified the suspect who threatened me, and yet no arrest was made....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2014 1:08pm PDT
Lesbians, Women and Equality
The struggle for pay equity and equality for women continues as lesbians are being buried by invisibility in our own community....
Posted: Tue, Apr 22, 2014 11:20am PDT
Living Apart Together: Another Option
LGBT marriage didn't change my life at all. My spouse and I still live separately after 15 years. It complicates some things but it works for us. Traditional marriage is not the answer for everyone....
Posted: Fri, Feb 14, 2014 10:41am PST
Are Lesbians Being Written Out of the LGBT Community?
The more I read the end of the year wrap-ups of the queer community, the more I fear that XX chromosome lesbians are being marginalized....
Posted: Fri, Jan 3, 2014 12:35pm PST
Bad actions for good causes?
How often do bad actions promote good results?
How often is war the best path to peace?
Do means affect ends?
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Posted: Sat, Dec 21, 2013 2:53pm PST
Nudist travelers should boycott homophobic CROATIA
CROATIA is a travel destination for naturists --
and also a homophobic population,
as revealed by a recent referendum vote against marriage equality.
Jillian Page, a Canadian naturist blogger, proposes that naturist travelers
boycott Croatia. SUN, a California nudist committee, endorses her proposal.
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Posted: Wed, Dec 11, 2013 3:02pm PST
Mayor Lee asked to lower Milk Plaza rainbow flag for Nelson Mandela
Let's display San Francisco's LGBT solidarity with our South African brothers and sisters, as they mark the passing away of Nelson Mandela, and fly the rainbow flag at Harvey Milk Plaza at half staff, for as long as President Obama has ordered U.S. flags to fly in that respectful position for Mandela....
Posted: Fri, Dec 6, 2013 12:31am PST
surviving the CASHMAS season
personal thanks and whines in December 2013
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Posted: Wed, Dec 4, 2013 5:45pm PST
non binary history project - call for submissions
call for submissions to a publication documenting non binary/genderqueer identities...
Posted: Tue, Nov 26, 2013 5:46pm PST
November 2014 ballot measure threatens California's trans-kids
California's November 2014 ballot may include a proposal to repeal AB 1266,
which protects transgender kids in public schools.
Should our 2014 PRIDE celebrations, in California,
include massive [NON-partisan] drives to register voters?
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Posted: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 2:48pm PST
SF Pride: Honor the membership's vote
Read the Bay Area Reporter story about the disaster of the current SF Pride board members for background info related to the petition drive targeting SF Pride:
http://ebar.com/blogs/accountability-slate-leads-in-disputed-sf-pride-board-vote/...
Posted: Mon, Sep 16, 2013 9:13pm PDT
Death in June disrupted in San Fransisco. Solidarity to our comrades in Los Angeles
Last night at 9 PM sharp 20 anti-fascists marched to the Mezzanine to disrupt the Death in June show. Several people waiting in line were wearing fascist uniforms and flashing fascist tattoos at the Anfifas. The Mezzanine hired an all black security team who when told they were doing security for a fascist band decidec to step aside. At least 10 people wearing fascist uniforms and sporting fascist tattoos were beaten. Also the barricades of the Mezzanine were thrown into their fans and at thi...
Posted: Sat, Sep 14, 2013 6:08pm PDT
Antifa demolishes concert venue
On Friday 13th the Antifacist Toilet Smashers Brigade demolished bathroom facilities at event location Mezzanine in San Francisco to shut down the concert of facist and racist band Death in June...
Posted: Sat, Sep 14, 2013 4:56pm PDT
Demand More All-Gender Restrooms at the University of California!
Demand More All-Gender Restrooms at the University of California!
UC Student-Workers Union (UAW 2865) Petition: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/YP3MMP6...
Posted: Thu, Sep 12, 2013 12:52am PDT
The Tortures of Bradley Manning
Was Bradley Manning subjected to 'mind control programming' as humiliation?...
Posted: Fri, Aug 23, 2013 1:21pm PDT