Seven queer couples are suing for the right to marry. I’m not sure why this tactic is being employed; both legislative committees and the state legislature have worked with marriage equality activists to bring about rewritten laws and the outcome’s been sensitive, thoughtful change. Gay couples have rights to shared hospitalization decision, second parent adoption,… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: August 2004
It's happening here in Connecticut…
Seven queer couples are suing for the right to marry. I’m not sure why this tactic is being employed; both legislative committees and the state legislature have worked with marriage equality activists to bring about rewritten laws and the outcome’s been sensitive, thoughtful change. Gay couples have rights to shared hospitalization decision, second parent adoption,… Continue Reading
What Cheney said…
Isn’t anywhere near enough to entice me to vote Republican. While I do believe he was sincere in his statements,* I sincerely believe it was a calculated move, part of the party’s effort to appear more moderate going into and through next week’s convention. It’s not only time to present a moderate facade, but to… Continue Reading
What is it with the New York Times?
They’ve been filling my mind tummy full of good reads. (Ha! Bet you thought I was gonna complain, huh? Ha!) First it reveals enough skeletons and strangeness to move the McGreevey situation clearly into a Peyton Place zone. Which, for me, serves as the cut-off point for following such news. (I’ve got daytime soaps for… Continue Reading
It didn’t take long did it?
For McGreevey’s coming out to intersect with his crony-isms and corruptions? I’d call it a car wreck but I’m trying not to rubber neck too much. I thought Time’s coverage put the various elements of this event into thoughtful scope and understanding the complexities of coming out may, in fact, have contributed to an initial… Continue Reading
It didn't take long did it?
For McGreevey’s coming out to intersect with his crony-isms and corruptions? I’d call it a car wreck but I’m trying not to rubber neck too much. I thought Time’s coverage put the various elements of this event into thoughtful scope and understanding the complexities of coming out may, in fact, have contributed to an initial… Continue Reading
Whoa! Did you see that coming?
I figured New Jersey Governor James E. McGreevey’s resignation would have everything to do with the scandals surrounding his donors, but imagine my radar going up when I heard him say, “From my early days in school, until the present day, I acknowledged some feelings, a certain sense that separated me from others.” My first… Continue Reading
On this day in 1999…
I doubt any daily almanac anywhere will note the debut of Pursed Lips, but indeed it (and I) saw its baptismal on this day, five years ago. In years past, I’ve written little diatribes — state of union rants, I suppose — but I must be getting mellow in my old age. I don’t feel… Continue Reading
Spike Lee and She Hate Me, spoilers included…
As I said in June, Spike Lee’s She Hate Me was likely to create controversy in the queer community — best seen in Rachel Krammer Bussel’s NY Blade article and a gay.com review — but I’m surprised it hasn’t been more widespread. Maybe’s it yet to snowball. Or perhaps it’s because Lee’s been doing a… Continue Reading
Spike Lee and <i>She Hate Me</i>, spoilers included…
As I said in June, Spike Lee’s She Hate Me was likely to create controversy in the queer community — best seen in Rachel Krammer Bussel’s NY Blade article and a gay.com review — but I’m surprised it hasn’t been more widespread. Maybe’s it yet to snowball. Or perhaps it’s because Lee’s been doing a… Continue Reading