Another read-worthy news story. It amazes me that so many Americans think that women have equal rights and need to sit down and get over it already.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30223599
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Friday, April 3, 2009
Great news
Follow this link for the great news that Iowa supreme court has shot down the ban on gay marriage. This makes Iowa the third state to legalize gay marriange! (Wouid be 4 if not for the goddamned Prop 8 in California).
Seriously??? Iowa? Wow!
All the married queers out there need to think about challenging their own states non-recognition and ban on our marriages. If enough couples take this on at their state supreme court level, imagine what could happen across the nation!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30027685
Seriously??? Iowa? Wow!
All the married queers out there need to think about challenging their own states non-recognition and ban on our marriages. If enough couples take this on at their state supreme court level, imagine what could happen across the nation!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30027685
Friday, March 13, 2009
"corrective rape"
South Africa gangs using rape to 'cure' lesbians
Gay support group cites 10 new cases of 'corrective rape' a week in one city
( Reprinted from Reuters)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29676829
JOHANESSBURG - Gangs of South African men are raping lesbians in the belief it will "cure" the women's sexual orientation, an aid agency said Friday.
NGO ActionAid said in a report titled "Hate Crimes: the rise of corrective rape in South Africa" lesbians were increasingly at risk of rape, particularly in South African townships where homosexuality is largely taboo.
South Africa has one of the world's most progressive constitutions and became the first country in Africa to allow gay marriage in 2006, but homosexuality is still widely frowned upon and same-sex unions are often decried as "un-African."
The brutal rape and murder last year of female soccer player Eudy Simelane, a lesbian, threw a spotlight on homophobic violence, particularly toward women.
"We get insults every day, beatings if we walk alone, you are constantly reminded that you deserve to be raped," ActionAid quoted one lesbian as saying. "They yell, 'if I rape you then you will go straight, you will buy skirts and start to cook because you will have learnt how to be a real woman'."
Homophobic attacksOne lesbian and gay support group told ActionAid it was dealing with 10 new cases of lesbians being targeted for what it called "corrective rape" every week in Cape Town alone.
Thirty one lesbians have been reported murdered in homophobic attacks since 1998, but support groups say the actual number is probably much higher because crimes on the basis of sexual orientation are not recognized in the South African criminal justice system, ActionAid said.
Of the 31 cases, only two cases were brought to South African courts and there has been only one conviction. South Africa has one of the world highest rates of rape but activists say very few cases end in conviction, and women's groups say police and the justice system have failed to tackle the problem.
ActionAid estimates there are 500,000 rapes in South Africa every year.
It said the police were particularly reluctant to investigate crimes against lesbians and said support for survivors was inadequate.
Gay support group cites 10 new cases of 'corrective rape' a week in one city
( Reprinted from Reuters)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29676829
JOHANESSBURG - Gangs of South African men are raping lesbians in the belief it will "cure" the women's sexual orientation, an aid agency said Friday.
NGO ActionAid said in a report titled "Hate Crimes: the rise of corrective rape in South Africa" lesbians were increasingly at risk of rape, particularly in South African townships where homosexuality is largely taboo.
South Africa has one of the world's most progressive constitutions and became the first country in Africa to allow gay marriage in 2006, but homosexuality is still widely frowned upon and same-sex unions are often decried as "un-African."
The brutal rape and murder last year of female soccer player Eudy Simelane, a lesbian, threw a spotlight on homophobic violence, particularly toward women.
"We get insults every day, beatings if we walk alone, you are constantly reminded that you deserve to be raped," ActionAid quoted one lesbian as saying. "They yell, 'if I rape you then you will go straight, you will buy skirts and start to cook because you will have learnt how to be a real woman'."
Homophobic attacksOne lesbian and gay support group told ActionAid it was dealing with 10 new cases of lesbians being targeted for what it called "corrective rape" every week in Cape Town alone.
Thirty one lesbians have been reported murdered in homophobic attacks since 1998, but support groups say the actual number is probably much higher because crimes on the basis of sexual orientation are not recognized in the South African criminal justice system, ActionAid said.
Of the 31 cases, only two cases were brought to South African courts and there has been only one conviction. South Africa has one of the world highest rates of rape but activists say very few cases end in conviction, and women's groups say police and the justice system have failed to tackle the problem.
ActionAid estimates there are 500,000 rapes in South Africa every year.
It said the police were particularly reluctant to investigate crimes against lesbians and said support for survivors was inadequate.
Monday, March 9, 2009
Monogamy
Monogamy. For me, this is a really confusing and frustrating topic, especially when it inevitably comes up in my intimate relationships. It seems that women who are not interested in monogamy are a minority, whether gay or straight.
Simply put, I cannot imagine having sex with one person for the rest of my life, and I cannot imagine a partner doing that either, it just seems very unrealistic and frankly a bit boring and restrictive. In my mind, it somehow breaks the untamed and wild sprit of the person that attracted you to begin with.
I wonder, do most people REALLY want to be monogamous. or do they just act that way out of insecurity, fear, or societal expectations? I also wonder if it would even be possible for a couple, especially two women, to have a degree of openess in their relationship that would not be ultimately catastrophic.
Simply put, I cannot imagine having sex with one person for the rest of my life, and I cannot imagine a partner doing that either, it just seems very unrealistic and frankly a bit boring and restrictive. In my mind, it somehow breaks the untamed and wild sprit of the person that attracted you to begin with.
I wonder, do most people REALLY want to be monogamous. or do they just act that way out of insecurity, fear, or societal expectations? I also wonder if it would even be possible for a couple, especially two women, to have a degree of openess in their relationship that would not be ultimately catastrophic.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Armeggeddon!!!!!
So, i live in South Carolina. There are some awesome things about living here, the beautiful rolling countryside, the southern hospitatlity. There are some equally appalling things about living here, the bigotry, the open racism, the white trash run rampant.
Here are a few facebook staus copied and pasted for your enjoyment or hopefully, your disgust, unedited:
Sadly, i know these folks.... Well thankfully not since high school.
Jennifer Dellinger Daniels can't wait to start sharing my money with people who are never gonna have jobs!!!
about an hour ago
- Comment
Trish Mason Frasier is moving to Canada (right after she goes and throws up).
17 hours ago
- 7 Comments
Jennifer Davis knows what the Bible says about the Anti-Christ but is curious to see if Nostradameus predicted anything about our new President?
2 hours ago
Then this one...
Jennifer Davis's friend made a very valid point. Obama is not the anti-christ but IS A percusor the this person. Warriors, start preparing for Armeggedon!!
4 hours ago
Check out how armageddon is spelled! Percursor! you fucking hick.
Here are a few facebook staus copied and pasted for your enjoyment or hopefully, your disgust, unedited:
Sadly, i know these folks.... Well thankfully not since high school.
Jennifer Dellinger Daniels can't wait to start sharing my money with people who are never gonna have jobs!!!
about an hour ago
- Comment
Trish Mason Frasier is moving to Canada (right after she goes and throws up).
17 hours ago
- 7 Comments
Jennifer Davis knows what the Bible says about the Anti-Christ but is curious to see if Nostradameus predicted anything about our new President?
2 hours ago
Then this one...
Jennifer Davis's friend made a very valid point. Obama is not the anti-christ but IS A percusor the this person. Warriors, start preparing for Armeggedon!!
4 hours ago
Check out how armageddon is spelled! Percursor! you fucking hick.
Gross People at the Polling Place
What an awesome freaking night! I waited for an hour and 20 minutes yesterday to vote in a small country church, in Taylors SC. I'm pretty sure that i was one of only a handful of Obama voters there, but then again, who knows... In front of me in line was this massive woman, dripping sweat and loudly telling a story about how she had been mugged by some black men last month. I thought, Oh fuck, we're gonna have to listen to this sweating sack of crap for at least an hour. Thankfully she had someone save her place in line while she plopped down dramatically onto one of the pews occupied mostly by elderly folks.
Then, of course, she started praying, like the way you might "pray were you playing charades and trying really hard for preople to guess what you were doing. Except, she prayed, of course OUTLOUD... about the status of the country, and what the world was coming to and a whole bunch of other crap that i couldn't quite hear. As she prayed she pulled out a few of those offering envelopes and made a little fan to cool herself with, and she sort of rolled her eyes back into her head occassionally and took some deep gasping breaths while clutching at her chest. She was really pouring it on.
I suddenly pictured her as one of those swine in Animal Farm, and I thought I hate this lady and I wish she would drop dead right here. What an awful thought, i told myself. Then i looked around and noticed that there were at least two other people with similar fantasies bearing looks of disgust toward the lady.
We approached the room where we could actually vote! The older woman behind me struck up an enjoyable and appropriate conversation, nothing about politics, and i enjoyed her sing-song southern accent and old people wording. "Well i declare", etc. Then the heaving, self suffocating mass reclaimed her place in line right in front of us. She had on these tight pants, and from the back looked like a melting candle. She announced to the room that 4 years ago when she voted for George Bush she only had to wait for 20 minutes. And that she couldn't believe that so many people were out voting becuase this time ALL the candidates are too liberal.
Right.
I bet she is sweating even more today.
Then, of course, she started praying, like the way you might "pray were you playing charades and trying really hard for preople to guess what you were doing. Except, she prayed, of course OUTLOUD... about the status of the country, and what the world was coming to and a whole bunch of other crap that i couldn't quite hear. As she prayed she pulled out a few of those offering envelopes and made a little fan to cool herself with, and she sort of rolled her eyes back into her head occassionally and took some deep gasping breaths while clutching at her chest. She was really pouring it on.
I suddenly pictured her as one of those swine in Animal Farm, and I thought I hate this lady and I wish she would drop dead right here. What an awful thought, i told myself. Then i looked around and noticed that there were at least two other people with similar fantasies bearing looks of disgust toward the lady.
We approached the room where we could actually vote! The older woman behind me struck up an enjoyable and appropriate conversation, nothing about politics, and i enjoyed her sing-song southern accent and old people wording. "Well i declare", etc. Then the heaving, self suffocating mass reclaimed her place in line right in front of us. She had on these tight pants, and from the back looked like a melting candle. She announced to the room that 4 years ago when she voted for George Bush she only had to wait for 20 minutes. And that she couldn't believe that so many people were out voting becuase this time ALL the candidates are too liberal.
Right.
I bet she is sweating even more today.
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