I totally get Bronski Beat now.  As a 20 year old living on my own all I knew was I loved the album and it spoke to my sense of isolation and pain not to mention defiance for being who I was.

Over on The Adams Report by JC Adams the post "Quotable: Pleasure Alone" contains this text:

"‘Homosexuality strikes at the heart of the organization of ( Read more... )

I saw some recent pictures of my father.  He is definitely getting up there in age.  I think he’s 70 this year.  He really fucked things up with me and so many other people in his life.  He thinks that shouting the name of Jesus somehow magically makes things better or maybe he doesn’t and he just simply doesn’t care.  I have never felt like I ( Read more... )

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In memoriam...

I was horrified to discover this morning that I’ve gained 20 pounds in the last two months. At the middle of March I was down to 237 which is good for me. I have been feeling heavier lately and so I got on the scale... shock and horror. I’m at 259 which is plus 22 pounds. I guess its back to smaller lo-carb portions and exercising. I hate ( Read more... )

Equality is marriage for all not marriage for some.

it just seems to me there's too much kvetching over Obama’s lack of action on behalf of the GLBT community.  The man has only been in office a little over 4 months.  There were/are larger more immediately important economic issues that need to be dealt with first.  The man has 4 years to keep his promises and If does keeps his promises, great he'll ( Read more... )

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Its about time.

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will soon announce that gay American diplomats will be given benefits similar to those that their heterosexual counterparts enjoy, U.S. officials said Saturday.

It’s been a year now since I left the employment of the City of Seattle and almost a year since Mike & I moved here.  Looking back and forward to this has been an important and positive step for myself anyway. It appears to me that has been a positive step for Mike as well.  We are both working in jobs we like or love in my case.  Just that we are ( Read more... )