(Originally posted by idiomagic here.)Through all of this work with Iranian protesters, I have come into contact and become friends with three people there ( Read more... )

(Originally posted by archanglrobriel here.)

I know this video is long, but it's worth watching anyway. I also know that I'm likely preaching to the choir on this one, but still...I thought it was so well done, I had to post it:

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As I type this, my husband is on a business trip to Utah. His company's biggest client is in Salt Lake City and most of the people he' ( Read more... )

Originally posted by rm here.I live in a country where it is illegal for me to have the same rights as a cisgendered person in a heterosexual relationship. That's what the Defense of Marriage Act and a host of other laws addressing the lives of GBLTQ people mean ( Read more... )

Original post by lienne, Aug. 19th, 2008 at 8:24 PM.

Even after two years, it's strange to remember that I know people who never met my mother.

It's even stranger, somehow, to remember I know people who didn't go to her funeral.

(LJ-cut to end of post - cut text: To give you an idea...)

To give you an idea: My mother was a part-time teacher at my high ( Read more... )

Originally posted by theuglyvolvo, here.The train slows and the automated woman’s voice goes, “This station stop is: Pearl River.” Peering out I see a vacant lot and a dumpster overflowing with discarded, wooden-framed windows, and I immediately think how nice it would be to have them ( Read more... )

Originally posted by rm, here.The first time I worked clinic defense was the month after I turned eighteen. Now, most people stood in a particular phalanx by the clinic door, especially during the worst of the protests. The phalanx was designed to make sure protesters couldn't crawl through our legs, that there would still be a barrier if they stuck ( Read more... )

originally posted by amazoniowan, here. Note that there is quite a bit of formatting in this; I've tried to replicate it as well as I can.


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originally posted by slammerkinbabe, here.

"I'm dead! I'm dead!The words came from a grizzled old man in a tan baseball cap, hollering at people through a few crooked yellow teeth. It was a beautiful day out, and I'd gone for a walk on the Commons on my lunch break. The grass was full of people lounging with sunglasses on and backpacks under their heads, or ( Read more... )

Originally posted by amenquohi, here.It was Saturday, and we were bouncing ( Read more... )