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Being GLBTQ is a Great Experience!
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| True Colors |
[Jun. 24th, 2009|11:23 am] |
Happy gay life is seeing a little bit of yourself in history.
Happy Pride Month
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| Happy gay life... |
[Jun. 20th, 2009|04:16 am] |
Happy Gay Life is my mom being so totally awesome. Her best friend at work is gay, I told her about going to my first ever Gay Pride Parade and she commented back that it sounded like I had a lot of fun, and then proceeded to tell me about how her best friend at work went to Gay Pride in their area recently. :-)
And while I'm at it, something from a couple years ago (before I was a member here)= happy trans life is going shopping for femme clothes and a purse with my mom, me dressed in full femme mode, and Mom commenting that I pass better as a girl than I ever did as a guy. :-D
Now if only my dad were that awesome about it. He's okay about it, but prefers not to talk about it. |
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| THIS IS VERY EXCITING! |
[Jun. 3rd, 2009|01:21 pm] |
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Got this from my dad, who works for the government (emphasis mine). Spread the good news:
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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For Immediate Release June 1, 2009
LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans.
LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country's response to the HIV pandemic.
Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration -- in both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism.
The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect.
My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States.
These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third.
BARACK OBAMA
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| Happy Lesbian Life is... |
[May. 27th, 2009|05:35 pm] |
...![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) hyel and I have created ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) transficathon, which will be holding a transgender ficathon.
However, we aren't sure what groups of gender identities we should allow in the rules.
Please vote in our poll and comment on the entry, so we know what people think! And feel free to watch transficathon for when we end up holding the ficathon
Thanks! |
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| Happy Queer Life is... |
[Apr. 28th, 2009|08:26 pm] |
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...this post about how Dreamwidth, an up-and-coming LJ alternative, has a very, very inclusive diversity policy, including both gender identity and sexual orientation. I really suggest reading the post; it's quite interesting and touching. |
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| Happy LBGT life is... |
[Apr. 11th, 2009|07:34 pm] |
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...a question in TQC asking what you truly cannot understand someone believing and seeing multiple long threads about gay marriage and gay rights.
(Here!) |
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| Happy trans life is... |
[Apr. 3rd, 2009|11:19 am] |
Waking up in a really crappy mood because I have a throat bug, and turning on the computer to an email telling me my binder was shipped at 1:03 this morning. ♥ |
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| Happy queer life is... |
[Mar. 26th, 2009|03:03 pm] |
...seeing yet another state approach legalization of gay marraige, on top of the civil unions it already had.
...seeing how much of my community (even the straight folks) can get behind equal rights for me and mine. |
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| Happy queer life is... |
[Mar. 8th, 2009|07:00 pm] |
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...inviting my Facebook friends to a discussion about homosexuality and seeing the ones that said yes it's a choice yes it's a sin, get insanely pissed off that gays can't donate blood/organs, serve in the military, or visit their significant other in the hospital/ride in the ambulance with them.
It gives me hope in humanity again. |
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| Happy bi life is... |
[Mar. 7th, 2009|08:24 pm] |
A boyfriend who encourages me to be who I am.
He quizzed me about why I was at home with him and not marching in the Mardi Gras parade tonight. "Are you sure it's not because you're dating a man?" "Yes, it's just because I'm tired and stressed and not feeling very sociable." "That's ok then. *smile*" |
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| Happy bi life is... |
[Feb. 28th, 2009|09:16 pm] |
...receiving a SMS from your (straight) boyfriend to say "Men R so boring." LOL!
He was at a bucks' afternoon he was finding boring - too much talk of cars and sport, neither of which he's into. I replied, "So's dress shopping" - I was shopping for a dress to wear to the wedding and not having much luck, so this made me smile. |
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| Happy lesbian life is.... |
[Feb. 21st, 2009|07:25 pm] |
about to see one of my best friends dreams come true by marrying her fiance tomorrow.
Cant wait :) |
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| Happy queer life is... |
[Feb. 16th, 2009|01:36 pm] |
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Coming out to my grandmother, and having her tell me that as long as I was happy in my identity, she was happy. And yes, she did ask if me being bisexual meant that I was going to decide later whether I was straight or gay. But when I told her it didn't, she accepted it. And at the end of the day I realized that my family loves me so, so much. That's the best thing I could possibly want in my happy queer life.
That and my grandma telling me that she's thought I could have been "experimenting with lesbianism." Hearing her say that was really entertaining, but knowing that I had nothing to hide from her or -ANYONE- was even better. |
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