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The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami
First Posted: 10-21-09 08:56 PM | Updated: 10-21-09 09:31 PM
Philip Spooner is a lifetime Republican, World War II veteran and, to everyone's surprise, a gay marriage supporter. The 86-year-old gave a heartfelt s…
Beyond Marriage at SF LGBT CENTER
October 29, 2009 from 6pm to 7:30pm
The LGBT Advisory Committee of the San Francisco Human Rights Commission invites the public to participate in a forum to discuss how to recognize alternative kinship structures among people who are not related by blood or legal adoption. Emancipated…
Abraham, Dave & Heather
WoW - incredible piece...keep it up!
Great article. I love the fact that in all fronts, but in this case the Church is meeting big challenges. I love the fact that peoples are making their voices heard in very creative ways.
$250 a plate? That's a car payment, insurance and some groceries for me! As a poor grad student who doesn't have to worry about rent or food today - living on campus with a meal plan - I could not afford to go to something like this. HRC speaks for…
The Washington Post
(see article here)
I Didn't Tell. It Didn't Matter.
Trying to serve his country, a young man faced bigotry and abuse
By Joseph Rocha
Sunday, October 11, 2009
I was 18 years old when I landed in the kingdom of Bahrain, off the…
I have been here in Berkeley for over a month now and it does not feel like I actually live here yet. I thought that once classes started after Labor Day, it would no longer feel like a vacation but it hasn't. I've made numerous ventures out into Be…
MEDIA RELEASE: September 22, 2009
GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION STUDENTS
MEDIA CONTACT: Paul Arensmeyer paularensmeyer@gmail.com
Seminarians Challenge Bishop on Marriage Equality
Seminarians, faith leaders and one of the seminary presidents of the…
MEDIA RELEASE: September 22, 2009
GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION STUDENTS
MEDIA CONTACT: Paul Arensmeyer paularensmeyer@gmail.com
Seminarians Challenge Bishop on Marriage Equality
Seminarians, faith leaders and one of the seminary presidents of the…
Pray for Marriage Equality
The GTU Student Movement
We are people of faith.
We are faculty, staff, students, and friends of the diverse religious community that is the Graduate Theological Union. We are here to welcome the Catholic Bishop of Oakl…
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- Who are you? (Creative answers encouraged!)
- I recently graduated from the University of Arizona with a BA in Anthropology with a focus in Religious & Queer Studies. I am now attending the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, CA where I will be working on my MA with a focus on Ethics and Social Theory & Religion and Society...
The school's website is here: http://www.psr.edu/
- Activism & Interests?
- It is my intention to work towards social justice issues as they pertain to the Queer Community. I will post more later.
"The Nonexistent Language of Men’s Romantic Friendships of the 1800s"
Excerpt from page 3:
No Two Men Were Ever More Intimate
In 1837, Abraham Lincoln was not yet considering to run for President of the United States. This was a time when men and women did not socialize together as they do today. Men associated with other men and women associated with other women. During the time men spent together, their conversations were not always of the state of affairs of the nation or of the more intellectual discourse; they discussed sex and sometimes did it through the telling of jokes. Lincoln was noted for telling some “very nasty” sex stories to men that would be drawn to him on a regular basis (Katz 2001: 7). Part of the culture of the time and continued discourse that ensued around Lincoln at this time was with other young men and it was typically about women due to the lack their presence.
No Two Men Were Ever More Intimate
In 1837, Abraham Lincoln was not yet considering to run for President of the United States. This was a time when men and women did not socialize together as they do today. Men associated with other men and women associated with other women. During the time men spent together, their conversations were not always of the state of affairs of the nation or of the more intellectual discourse; they discussed sex and sometimes did it through the telling of jokes. Lincoln was noted for telling some “very nasty” sex stories to men that would be drawn to him on a regular basis (Katz 2001: 7). Part of the culture of the time and continued discourse that ensued around Lincoln at this time was with other young men and it was typically about women due to the lack their presence.
[I]n the early nineteenth century, physical intimacy between men may well have been normative, although the language men used to explore it was more physical than women's romantic discourse. Men seemed to be much more comfortable describing their physical relations, although they did so with a self-distancing jocularity, interspersed with longings for women's bodies. Nonetheless, no "deviant" identity characterized these early descriptions of male-male physical intimacy. (Freedman and D'Emilio 1990: 487)
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Hate Crimes Bill Approved By Congress, Extends Protection To Gays
JIM ABRAMS | 10/22/09 06:00 PM | AP
WASHINGTON — Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.
A priority of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., that had been on the congressional agenda for a decade, the measure expands current law to include crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. The… Continue
WASHINGTON — Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved Thursday and sent to President Barack Obama.
A priority of the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., that had been on the congressional agenda for a decade, the measure expands current law to include crimes based on gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability. The… Continue
Posted on October 22, 2009 at 10:39pm —
Philip Spooner VIDEO: WWII Veteran Makes Case For Gay Marriage
The Huffington Post | Gazelle Emami
First Posted: 10-21-09 08:56 PM | Updated: 10-21-09 09:31 PM
Philip Spooner is a lifetime Republican, World War II veteran and, to everyone's surprise, a gay marriage supporter. The 86-year-old gave a heartfelt speech in support of gay marriage to Maine's Judiciary Committee back in April, and the video has just now become an internet hit.
Spooner's voice wavers often as he weaves his own life story into the speech, using his experience as a soldier as his m… Continue
First Posted: 10-21-09 08:56 PM | Updated: 10-21-09 09:31 PM
Philip Spooner is a lifetime Republican, World War II veteran and, to everyone's surprise, a gay marriage supporter. The 86-year-old gave a heartfelt speech in support of gay marriage to Maine's Judiciary Committee back in April, and the video has just now become an internet hit.
Spooner's voice wavers often as he weaves his own life story into the speech, using his experience as a soldier as his m… Continue
Posted on October 21, 2009 at 11:40pm —
I Didn't Tell. It Didn't Matter - Washington Post Article
The Washington Post
(see article here)
I Didn't Tell. It Didn't Matter.
Trying to serve his country, a young man faced bigotry and abuse
By Joseph Rocha
Sunday, October 11, 2009
I was 18 years old when I landed in the kingdom of Bahrain, off the coast of Saudi Arabia, in the winter of 2005. It was the first time I'd ever left the continental United… Continue
(see article here)
I Didn't Tell. It Didn't Matter.
Trying to serve his country, a young man faced bigotry and abuse
By Joseph Rocha
Sunday, October 11, 2009
I was 18 years old when I landed in the kingdom of Bahrain, off the coast of Saudi Arabia, in the winter of 2005. It was the first time I'd ever left the continental United… Continue
Posted on October 12, 2009 at 3:23am —
Why don't I feel like I actually live in Berkeley yet?
I have been here in Berkeley for over a month now and it does not feel like I actually live here yet. I thought that once classes started after Labor Day, it would no longer feel like a vacation but it hasn't. I've made numerous ventures out into Berkeley and the surrounding East Bay and am making friends here but it still feels transitory to me. I've gone into the city to meet some old friends and some new ones and I thought that would help me to feel more connected to the SF Bay Area as my new… Continue
Posted on October 2, 2009 at 1:45am —
Seminarians Challenge Bishop on Marriage Equality
MEDIA RELEASE: September 22, 2009
GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION STUDENTS
MEDIA CONTACT: Paul Arensmeyer paularensmeyer@gmail.com
Seminarians, faith leaders and one of the seminary presidents of the Graduate Theological Union stood outside a convocation at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley on Tuesday to publically challenge one of the presenters, Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, because of his work against marriage equality for same-… Continue
GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION STUDENTS
MEDIA CONTACT: Paul Arensmeyer paularensmeyer@gmail.com
Seminarians Challenge Bishop on Marriage Equality
Seminarians, faith leaders and one of the seminary presidents of the Graduate Theological Union stood outside a convocation at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley on Tuesday to publically challenge one of the presenters, Bishop Salvatore Cordileone, because of his work against marriage equality for same-… Continue
Posted on September 25, 2009 at 11:30am — 1 Comment
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- At 10:33am on December 13, 2009,
Paul F. Cogan said… - Blogs and blogging have made a tremendous impact within the gay movement. Through our use of blogs such as Queer Today I would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who has joined me in blogging on Queer Today and I hope collectively we will continue to help to make future significant contributions to the movement.
As has become clear over the past few years, blogs such as ours provide journalists and activists like us an opportunity to effectively report on issues that mainstream and print media do not cover. Our online commentary not only raises awareness and visibility to issues important to the movement but also allows us to force a more nuanced and deeper reporting on these often complex and difficult issues.
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- At 2:07am on July 9, 2009,
Mark Daniel Snyder said… - Cool book! You should feel free to post excerpts in blog post form, and I will feature on the front page of queertoday :)
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