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ENDA: Urgent Action Needed!

A vote on ENDA may be delayed... indefinitely. Take action now! Call (202) 224-3121 and ask the House operator to connect you to Representative Jared Polis of Colorado. When you get his office, here's what to say: "Please tell Rep. Polis that I would like him/her to ask Chairman George Miller for an immediate markup on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, HR 3017, under House Rule 11-2-c-2." You should probably repeat the message so the receptionist can get it all down. You might wan… Continue

Added by Mark Daniel Snyder on December 1, 2009 at 6:39pm — No Comments

Get tested in honor of World AIDS Day

Dec. 1 marks the 21st celebration of World AIDS Day, an international day to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS. Worldwide 33.4 million people live with HIV/AIDS, according to international AIDS charity, AVERT. Of those 33.4 million people, 1 million live in the United States. Every year the United States adds 56,000 people to that number. To bring the number closer to home, 15,412 Ohioians live with HIV/AIDS, according to the Ohio Department of Health. In Hamilton County, 1,949 people live with H… Continue

Added by Jamie on December 1, 2009 at 2:30pm — No Comments

Could Large Numbers of Older LGBTTI2QA People Become Homeless?

Do Older LGBTTI2QA’S Need To Seriously Downsize To Survive? If you are psyched to spend a fortune on a fortune worth of stuff on Black Friday, you should read this. Today, I read a report from the Center for Retirement Research from Boston College. They do a National Retirement Risk Analysis for North America It measures the share of North American older LGBTTI2QA households who are ‘at risk’ of being unable to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living in retirement. Th… Continue

Added by GRAY QUEERS ASSOCIATION on December 1, 2009 at 10:39am — No Comments

My photo

You can see a photo of me here , in drag, in 1989. I found this photo amongst my theatre designs and couturier works. I was going to throw it away but my partner said no, keep it, put it on facebook and on Queer Today, so here it is a major step for me. What I remember of that time is that wearing a crinoline was divine a wonderful sensual activity, as the skirt would sway even with my breathing. I LOVED IT Continue

Added by simon arrowman on December 1, 2009 at 7:32am — No Comments

Homoeroticism in Church art

This is the beginning of a blog which I hope will lead to a longer article and then to a book. It will explore the work of Sir Ninian Comper and others, all church architects and furnishers, all Anglo-Catholics or Episcopalians, in the early part of the 20th century. The premise being that all were either homosexual or had a sensibility to the homoerotic needs of many priests and brotherhoods in these two parts of the Anglican Communion, which even now is torn with strife over the gay priest iss… Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 27, 2009 at 10:43am — 5 Comments

Disappeared family, well almost

Estranged as I am from my family because of my queerness, it is heartening to have received today a birthday card and gift from my uncle the only person in the family who takes a rational, humanist and loving approach to me as a person, no matter what or who I am. I am touched by his commitment to me and thrilled that I can still count him amongst my wider family, almost exclusively made up of friends and some distant relatives. If families can't hack their queer children then fuck em. Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 27, 2009 at 7:21am — 1 Comment

Adam Lambert: It's a Double Standard.

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Added by QueerToday on November 26, 2009 at 1:49am — 3 Comments

THIS QUEER IS FIFTY

AT LAST ALL THE WORRYING AND DOUBT IS OVER. I AM FIFTY. IT'S ARRIVED AND SO HAVE I. I AM GONNA BE EVEN MORE OUTRAGEOUS THAN I HAVE BEEN BEFORE. I HAVE A LIFE OF LOVE WITH MY MAN, A FAMILY WHO HAVE LEFT MY LIFE FOR GOOD, BETTER IN MY VIEW FOR ME TO BE WITHOUT THEM RATHER THAN BE THE QUEER SECOND CLASS CITIZEN IN THAT GROUPING. I ALSO HAVE A GREAT LIFE HERE IN RURAL FRANCE, WRITING AND HEALING AND BEGINNING A NEW PHASE OF MY ARTISTIC LIFE. WATCH THE NEXT FIFTY YEARS Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 25, 2009 at 3:58am — 2 Comments

OLDER LGBTTI2QA "POT HEADS"!

Smoking pot isn’t what it used to be for older LGBTTI2QA people. In the late 1960’s, LGBTTI2QA people would keep their landlords in a constant state of suspicion, with clouds of marijuana smoke poorly masked by clouds of incense. These days, after four decades of regular use, cannabis is a smaller deal. Most LGBTTI2QA people take a few hits every other day or so, when they want to listen to music or laugh with a few friends. And they are happy to talk about it. Most simply believe that there is… Continue

Added by GRAY QUEERS ASSOCIATION on November 24, 2009 at 5:33pm — No Comments

University College London, homophobic insitution

I was sent an article today written by Peter Tatchell and Fran Singh of the Inquirer which detailed another 'politically correct' disaster. It seems that with the hosting of Abu Usamah, the extremist Islamist preacher by University College London to address the Islamic Society of the University, this educational institution has gone a step too far. It seems that City University had beaten University College to it though, having invited the cleric to their establishment a few weeks ago. If the Un… Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 24, 2009 at 6:30am — 1 Comment

Am I queer today

It's the day before my 50th birthday, and I am writing a couple of science fiction screenplays and polishing off blogs on my own websites. I have been in two minds about what it is like to be queer at 50 and now I know. Despite a degree of disquiet over the last few months I know now I am in good shape, happy, sorted and at the height of my creative powers. It feels good and I feel like there is even more queerness to come out......watch this space!!! Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 24, 2009 at 4:41am — 3 Comments

“The Coming Out Party Is Over. Where Do We Go from Here?”

“The Coming Out Party Is Over. Where Do We Go from Here?” Mona Rae Mason Keynote Address Fantasia Fair October 24, 2009 Provincetown, MA For Loubriella Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Mona Rae Mason. Just so you have an idea of my background, I’m from New York City, where I recently completed work on an NIH funded study of the male to female population in the NY Metro area. It was a 5 year, longitudinal study, with almost 600 volunteer transgender participants. That’s a huge number for… Continue

Added by Mona Rae Mason on November 24, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Palin Fans: Just Sad :(

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Added by Mark Daniel Snyder on November 23, 2009 at 8:30am — No Comments

HRC issues one of the most unethical shopping guides ever

HRC encourages you to purchase products from companies that poison the environment, test on animals, profit from war and the sick, and are regularly sued for unethical practices like marketing drugs to people who don't need them or charging them too much for drugs they need to keep… Continue

Added by Mark Daniel Snyder on November 23, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

A visit from straight strangers

Today we are visited by straight strangers who are buying a camera from us and giving us advice and quotes about our house renovations. As always with these meetings I wonder how we, a gay and very queer couple will be perceived, not in a, 'oh, my God will they like us or approve of us" way, just more how we are perceived and what gives for them and how the work might go if we take them on. You never do know I guess but it will be interesting to watch which one of us will be singled out as the… Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 23, 2009 at 4:55am — 2 Comments

Lets here it for the LGBTQ elder housing initiatives across the water

Its 6 years since I last undertook national research in the UK on elder LGBTQ housing and social care. As far as I am aware there still remain no significant elder housing and social care schemes there, unlike the many springing up all over the US and Canada, some of them even funded by the government of individual States. I wonder when the needs of the LGBTQ community will be recognised in the UK as the priority it undoubtedly is, given that 10% of the population is now recognised to be LGBTQ… Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 22, 2009 at 4:06pm — 1 Comment

A little light relief

I am aware that my posts here have all been serious in nature and today I want to talk about a new job I have which for me and many of my friends, that I have told, is definitely 'queer'. I am doing some professional blogging for of all things an online shop and advice centre for parrots and their owners. I spend a large chunk of today writing about various parrot breeds (many resplendent in multi-coloured plumage), a series of parrot accessories (including a Parrot Wrapz) the garment that all t… Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 22, 2009 at 10:09am — No Comments

A dialogue is at least worthwhile between HIV/AIDS scientists and denialists

It is strange to me, given that I know quite a few denialists, that few HIV/AIDS scientists will speak with the denialists. Surely if they have concrete, verifiable and rigourous evidence to positively identify the HIV virus and connect it to AIDS, and also explanations about what is in retrovirals and the long term side-effects of same, wouldn't they be willing to speak to the denialist. They could throw open their research for proper scrutiny. Instead what ensues after a denialist raises his o… Continue

Added by simon arrowman on November 21, 2009 at 8:30am — 3 Comments

AIDS denialist agenda presented as being a legitimate scientific perspective.

House of Numbers looks at the link between HIV and AIDS A film about HIV and what causes AIDS has been attacked for being misleading and even dangerous. According to producer and director Brent Leung, House of Numbers is an objective and unbiased look at the question of what causes AIDS. But HIV experts are saying that it misrepresents the scientists featured and the ideas promoted perpetrate medical "myths". Since the film's release, 18 of the doctors interviewed have released a statement say… Continue

Added by GRAY QUEERS ASSOCIATION on November 20, 2009 at 2:35pm — No Comments

Day Of Remembrance, And Remembering What It's About

"Heard of a van that is loaded… Continue

Added by Vanessa Edwards Foster on November 20, 2009 at 2:26pm — No Comments

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