News from The Hill: Water down gun control bill

Groups worry Schumer, Manchin watering down gun-control bill
By Alexander Bolton

Gun-control groups say Sens. Charles Schumer (N.Y.) and Joe Manchin (W.Va.) are watering down a bill that expands background checks on gun purchases.

The groups say the two Democratic senators are going too far in a bid to win Republican support for gun-control legislation expected to hit the Senate floor next week.

Read the story here.

Equality NC show their incompetence not being able to setup Townhall Meeting.

see they posted this way back in December,

Equality NC will be coming to a town near you starting in January 2013. Suggest or attend a town hall and make your voice heard!

Check back soon. Specific dates, times and locations TBA.

Asheville (January 2013)

Bakersville (January 2013)

Boone (January 2013)

Hickory (January 2013)

Greenville (January 2013)

Fayetteville (January 2013)

Don't see your city listed? Request a town hall or campus meetup in your area for 2013. E-mail Chris@equalitync.org.

Since Chris and the other were so in incompetent and unable to set any of these dates, for god knows why, they now are trying for February,

Equality NC will be coming to a town near you starting in January 2013. Suggest or attend a town hall and make your voice heard!

Check back soon. Specific dates, times and locations TBA.

New Bern (February 2013) Addressing recent incident at a local restaurant and moving forward.

Greenville (February 2013) Addressing workplace non-discrimination and efforts in the city to protect LGBT public employees.

Fayetteville (February 2013) Addressing recent incidences of discrimination against service members and their spouses.

Don't see your city listed? Request a town hall or campus meetup in your area for 2013. E-mail Chris@equalitync.org.

yes now they list the issues they want to discuss at each stop, but notice its 3 stops now not six.. I guess donations are down..

so its either Chris’s inability or the group just don’t care.

However their new Director has the time to email everyone about us being in Obama Inaugural address and to beg for money.. see below

Dear supporter,

President Obama's historic inaugural address yesterday – marking the first time a President has explicitly mentioned "gay" Americans in inaugural remarks – not only spoke volumes about the progress we've made, but also to the work we have yet to do.

In his speech, the President reminded the country:
"Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law – for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well."

Help us complete the journey:

• DONATE NOW to Equality NC, and become a part of our movement to make lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender North Carolinians equal under the law.
• GET INVOLVED by volunteering your time today.
• TELL A FRIEND to join you in your commitment to never stop fighting for Equality.

Let's finish the journey we started...together.

Stuart Campbell
Executive Director
Equality NC

Equality NC has a Survey Out and need your Help

Equality North Carolina (ENC), in order to meet its 2013 New Year’s resolution to serve its supporters, communities and state like never before, is asking for participants in a quick survey.

ENC has promised to take the results and turn them into positive changes in how the statewide LGBT advocacy organization works for its constituents in 2013.

To join in the survey, visit equalitync.org/survey/.

please be completely honest, let them know their downfalls too.

Like these Town hall Meetings, which as of today still no dates sets for January, See here and here.

I can only guess Chris, Jen, Stuart are just fucking around or looking for someone else ideal to steal.. Hell they won’t even reply to emails asking about the town hall meeting.. I’m sure all these meeting will be at last minute with one or two day notice, which mean low turn out..

Whatever, I just don't care..

Send those nasty little email, defending Matt and ENC, I don't care. I have the right to my Opinions, just like every one else.

However I see that most of you are using Gay Inc playbook..

Its ok to Attack me through my Partner of 15, while the attacker sleeps his ass around Charlotte.

Its Ok for a Str8 fucker who is running ENC to team up with Matt.. I have to wonder just how well they KNOW each other..

But Please do send me those emails and comments... Unlike the one who got his sorry ass kick out of BS for coming at 14, you made yourself a victim just to get attention at that age.. you use that every since... Give it a fucking rest, its old hat..

Letter From Equality NC

Dear Friend,

Hi!  My name is Josh Wynne and I’m one of Equality NC’s new organizers working against the anti-LGBT constitutional amendment.

During the past few weeks, we’ve shared scary news of the anti-LGBT amendment that was filed in the NC Senate.  Here’s something you can do about it.  We’ve also learned encouraging news about polling that says many North Carolinians are in favor of some form of same-sex relationship recognition.  With your help, we can mobilize fair-minded North Carolinians against this mean-spirited amendment. 

Whether you’re new to Equality NC or have been involved with us for years, we know you care about this issue and are dedicated to this cause.  You know the damage this amendment would do to LGBT individuals, youth, families, and allies.  Getting postcards signed by your friends, neighbors, family, and coworkers is a great way to both bring the issue to light and to let NC senators and representatives know that voters in their district care about equal rights. 

In order to make a bigger impact, we're asking that each of you gather at least 25 postcards from your social circles, families, friends, co-workers, organizations, and faith communities.  Collect the postcards as they are signed, and we'll include a return envelope with postage for you to send them back to us.  We will duplicate each postcard so that each person's representative and senator receives one.

When we provide legislators with a stack of our postcards urging them not to vote for the anti-LGBT amendment, it not only makes a powerful statement but also proves there are fair-minded North Carolinians in their district. 
Won't you help us make that statement?
Additionally, we need volunteers in our Raleigh office to help us process postcard requests, track outstanding postcard kits, do data entry as we receive completed postcards, duplicate postcards in order to reach the signer's representative and senator, and organize postcards by legislative districts!  
SIGN UP HERE to join this campaign!  Remember how much our collective voices can make a huge impact in North Carolina! 
Thank you for all that you do every day to make North Carolina a better place for LGBT people!
In solidarity,
Josh Wynne
PS:  Support Equality NC financially in our campaign against the Anti-LGBT Amendment!

Town Hall Meeting host by Equality NC

Please join Equality NC Executive Director Ian Palmquist for a discussion on LGBT rights in our state.

What	Advocacy Event Community Meeting Educational Program
When	Apr 06, 2011 from 07:00 PM to 09:00 PM
Where	Greenville
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There's so much going on with the NC Legislature these days that Equality NC is hitting the road to tell you all about it, and to enlist your help in what may be the largest campaign for LGBT rights in our state's history! We'll talk about the anti-LGBT constitutional amendment, as well as other policy that will potentially impact all of us who care about equal rights, and what you can do about it.

It's all happening on Wednesday, April 6th at 7pm at the Tipsy Teapot (409 South Evans Street, Greenville, 27858).

Please join us for this informative and empowering evening.

 

Not Surprising at all, OBAMA NOT FULFILLING TRANSPARENCY PLEDGE

From the Net,  

 

In theory, a Freedom of Information Act request should be the "Free Space" on the bingo card of political journalism (just hear us out). If fully enforced, the 1966 law -- compelling the government to produce information about nearly any aspect of its operation if asked -- could allow a reporter, no matter how green, to gain access to previously undisclosed documents and information. While seasoned D.C. journalists might have a stable of sources thanks to years of meeting people at book parties or dating people who room with Financial Services staffers (or whatever qualifies as pavement-pounding in this city), a FOIA request could, if properly exploited, provide a young D.C. journalist with a much-needed starter-scoop (See?! It's the space that everyone gets! NAILED. IT.). However, a new report from George Washington University's National Security Archive indicates that the law continues to be haphazardly enforced, despite an executive order from President Obama on his first full day in office to streamline its implementation. Writes Time's Adam Sorensen: "The review of the 28 government agencies that handle most FOIA requests showed only 4 releasing more information, 5 are withholding even more data, and another 18 have showed "mixed" results. Only 13 of 90 agencies across the government produced documentation proving changes to FOIA practices since Obama signed his order in 2009."

EDITORIAL: Big government in your browser

Administration officials are determined to grab hold of the Internet - for your protection. The latest scheme will be the subject of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing Wednesday on "The State of Online Consumer Privacy." Regulators claim various online nuisances such as spam, identity theft and other privacy invasions cry out for government intervention. It's a classic Washington power grab for the digital era.

Driving back to Wisconsin

This is Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson -- and today, I'm heading home to Wisconsin to join the fight in person.
The last three weeks have shown what progressive strength and worker solidarity look like. 


My fellow senators and I know that thousands of PCCC members in Wisconsin and across the nation have been fighting right alongside us -- attending rallies, making phone calls, donating to some great TV ads, and telling your friends about the Republican war on workers.


I want to say thank you. I also want to let you know that the fight's not over. 


Republicans need to learn what accountability feels like. It's time for Republican senators to be recalled from office.
The PCCC just opened up an official Recall Committee in Wisconsin -- which will mobilize volunteers and run new ads against vulnerable Republicans. Please chip in $3 to help fund this vital work.

Wisconsin Republicans brazenly stampeded over the will of the people as they engaged in their right-wing attack on workers.  


They shut down the public hearings, they shut down the legislative hotline, they shut down debate in the Assembly in the middle of the night, and they tried to lock citizens out of the Capitol. And on Wednesday night, when they had their last chance at redemption, Republican senators chose to bend the rules and join Governor Walker's war on working families.
The citizens of Wisconsin are rising up and engaging in the democratic process like never before. Recalls of the Republicans are kicking into high gear as clipboards begin to replace protest signs in neighborhoods across the state.


Governor Walker and Republican senators refused to listen to the public -- but now the people will be heard all across the state at the ballot box. 

Please help us win this fight by chipping in $3 to the PCCC's Recall Committee. Click here.

Thanks again for standing with us in solidarity, and for being a bold progressive.
-- Senator Chris Larson, Wisconsin's 7th District (Twitter.com/ChrisJLarson)

Md. House effectively kills same-sex marriage bill

The Maryland House of Delegates has voted to effectively kill a bill for the year that would have allowed same-sex marriage in Maryland.

The House approved on voice vote a motion to send the bill back to the Judiciary Committee, an acknowledgment by supporters that it did not have sufficient votes to pass on the floor.

The bill cleared the Senate two weeks ago on a 25-to-21 vote, and Gov. Martin O'Malley (D) had pledged to sign it.

Advocates for the bill had hoped Maryland would join five other states and the District in allowing same-sex marriages. The bill had significant momentum coming out of the Senate but ran into resistance in the Democat-led House from African-American lawmakers from Prince George's County, who cited religious opposition in their districts, and conservative Democrats in Southern Maryland and the Baltimore suburbs.

Press Release Criminalization of Gay and Lesbian Kansans

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:
Jon Powell, Chapter Chair
Kansas Equality Coalition, Hutchinson Area Chapter
916-761-8984
Powell462@gmail.com

Thomas Witt, State Chair
Kansas Equality Coalition
316-683-1706
chair@kansasequalitycoalition.org

STATE REPRESENTATIVES CALL FOR CONTINUED CRIMINALIZATION OF GAY AND LESBIAN KANSANS

Topeka, Kans, March 8, 2011 -

State Representatives Jan Pauls (D, Hutchinson), and Lance Kinzer (R, Olathe) said yesterday that being gay or lesbian should remain a crime in Kansas. Pauls made, with Kinzer’s support, the successful motion in the Kansas Legislature’s Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee to keep the criminalization of gay and lesbian relationships on the books. Their action removed key language from HB2321, proposed by the Kansas Judicial Council, which would have resolved inconsistencies in Kansas criminal code, as well as remove unconstitutional laws.

“Jan Pauls was trusted to be a judge before becoming a state representative, and should know better than to support unconstitutional laws, breaking her oath to defend the Constitution,” said Jon Powell, Chair of the Hutchinson Area chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition. “We are fed up with her obvious support of harassment of gays and lesbians. We will not be bullied.”

Although one remains on Kansas’ books, all state laws criminalizing gay and lesbian relationships were struck down by the United States Supreme Court in 2003. Writing for the majority in the case of Lawrence v. Texas, Justice Anthony Kennedy said “if protected conduct is made criminal and the law which does so remains unexamined for its substantive validity, its stigma might remain even if it were not enforceable as drawn for equal protection reasons. When homosexual conduct is made criminal by the law of the State, that declaration in and of itself is an invitation to subject homosexual persons to discrimination both in the public and in the private spheres.”

Disregarding the US Supreme Court, the President of the Kansas County and District Attorneys Association, John Wheeler, said in 2008 that “even to this day, homosexuality is a crime in Kansas." His warning, made to a group of adult college students and caught on video, raised questions about the ability of gay and lesbian Kansans to live free from arrest, and to receive fair trials in our courts.

“Representatives Pauls’ endorsement of an unconstitutional statute that’s used to threaten and discriminate against law-abiding Kansas citizens is an outrage,” said Thomas Witt, state Chairman for the Kansas Equality Coalition. “She took an oath as both judge and state representative to uphold the Constitution. We insist that Representative Kinzer and she be immediately removed as Chair and Ranking Minority from the House Judiciary Committee. Legislators who willfully ignore the Constitution should never be in positions of leadership and responsibility.”

The Hutchinson Chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition is organizing a peaceful demonstration to raise awareness of Representative Pauls’ actions, to take place Thursday, March 17, in downtown Hutchinson. The demonstration will begin at 6pm, and will take place at the intersections of Main and Avenues A and B.

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PFlag Meeting Set up

PFLAG Meeting - (Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays) meets Tuesday, Mar 15,. For meeting details, contact pflagrm@aol.com, call 252-443-0345, or visit www.pflag.org.

March 8 Call-in Day: Stop the Grand Jury Witch Hunt

NATIONAL CALL-IN DAY

to Fitzgerald, Holder and Obama

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

The Grand Jury is still on its witch-hunt and the FBI is still harassing activists. This must stop.

Please make these calls:

1. Call U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald at 312-353-5300. Then dial 0 (zero) for operator and ask to leave a message with the Duty Clerk.
2. Call U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder 202-353-1555
3. Call President Obama at 202-456-1111 

Suggested text: “My name is __________, I am from _______(city), in ______(state). I am calling _____ to demand he call off the Grand Jury and stop FBI repression against the anti-war and Palestine solidarity movements. I oppose U.S. government political repression and support the right to free speech and the right to assembly of the 23 activists subpoenaed. We will not be criminalized. Tell him to stop this McCarthy-type witch hunt against international solidarity activists!” 

If your call doesn’t go through, try again later.

Update: 800 anti-war and international solidarity activists participated in four regional conferences, in Chicago, IL; Oakland, CA; Chapel Hill, NC and New York City to stop U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald’s Grand Jury repression. 

Still, in the last few weeks, the FBI has continued to call and harass anti-war organizers, repressing free speech and the right to organize. However, all of their intimidation tactics are bringing a movement closer together to stop war and demand peace.

We demand:

• Call Off the Grand Jury Witch-hunt Against International Solidarity Activists!
• Support Free Speech!
• Support the Right to Organize!
• Stop FBI Repression!
• International Solidarity Is Not a Crime!
• Stop the Criminalization of Arab and Muslim Communities!

Background: Fitzgerald ordered FBI raids on anti-war and solidarity activists' homes and subpoenaed fourteen activists in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Michigan on September 24, 2010. All 14 refused to speak before the Grand Jury in October. Then, 9 more Palestine solidarity activists, most Arab-Americans, were subpoenaed to appear at the Grand Jury on January 25, 2011, launching renewed protests. There are now 23 who assert their right to not participate in Fitzgerald’s witch-hunt. 

The Grand Jury is a secret and closed inquisition, with no judge, and no press. The U.S. Attorney controls the entire proceedings and hand picks the jurors, and the solidarity activists are not allowed a lawyer. Even the date when the Grand Jury ends is a secret.

So please make these calls to those in charge of the repression aimed against anti-war leaders and the growing Palestine solidarity movement.

Email us to let us know your results. Send to info@StopFBI.net

**Please sign and circulate our 2011 petition at http://www.stopfbi.net/petition

In Struggle,

Tom Burke,

for the Committee to Stop FBI Repression

FFI: Visit www.StopFBI.net or email info@StopFBI.net or call 612-379-3585.

HOUSE ENDS UNNECESSARILY LONG DEBATE ON UNNECESSARY REGULATIONs

After much fanfare over John Boehner and Eric Cantor's reforms of how the House of Representatives conducts its business, the Republican leadership really shined today when the lower chamber finished its nine-and-a-half hour debate on a resolution that would instruct ten House committees to investigate unnecessary regulations. 


After two days of debate, the chamber barely passed the measure, 391-28...a real squeaker. Some Democrats had voiced concerns that the vote was unnecessary, as each committee has the agency to undertake the investigations themselves. All 28 "nay" votes were from Democrats, the rest (142) voted for the bill. [The Hill]

Email from Equality NC

Dear XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX:

The 2011 Session of the North Carolina General Assembly began at noon today, and Equality North Carolina is there fighting for our values of freedom, family, and fairness.

I have to be honest with you: we have a tough year ahead of us.

The composition of the legislature has changed dramatically, and the leaders we have counted on to help us stop anti-equality bills are no longer in power. This makes the threat of an anti-LGBT constitutional amendment on marriage very real. There are right-wing legislators who want to write bigotry and discrimination into our state constitution, and it will be harder than ever to hold them at bay.

Here are two things you can count on:

1. Equality NC will fight the marriage discrimination amendment and other attacks on LGBT North Carolinians as hard as we can, with every smart strategy we believe will make a real difference. At the same time, we will continue to shepherd our resources wisely.
2. We can't do it without you.
Fighting the amendment and attempts to roll back our victories means we have to do things in new ways. We have to engage new partners. And we have to organize our fellow North Carolinians like never before.

Here are two ways you can help today:

1. Please make your most generous contribution to Equality NC. We need to raise $2,000 by January 31. If you can become a monthly donor, all the better. We need to be armed for the fight every day.


2. Register to attend this year's early Day of Action on Tuesday, February 15, and show your legislators that our state won't stand for discrimination.


It won't be easy. But if we stand together—if you stand with us today and in the months ahead—we can fight bigotry in the halls of the North Carolina General Assembly and at the ballot box and keep making our state better for all its people.

For equality,
Ian Palmquist, Executive Director

P.S. This fight will cost real money. Won't you please make your contribution to Equality NC today?

I agree this year will be a Year to remember… That is if the bigots that we elected to legislature get their way to have the citizens of North Carolina to vote on an Marriage Amendment to the State’s Constitution.

For Years this action has been block, as I have told both by the actions of ENC and The House Speaker. So much that this has almost been a non-issue for ENC. They want us to attend their day of Action, alright fine. We all know you can talk to these bigots till the damn cows come home it won’t change their minds on this issue.

Back in March of 2009, our local bigot group NC4Marriage held a Marriage Rally in Raleigh (where they bus them in by the hundreds), a very small group of local activist held a counter-protest (15 members). ENC was aware of this Rally and that there would be a counter-protest, they (ENC) didn’t want the community to attend this rally. However Ian and couple of members of ENC did show up at the Rally and had a nice little chat with a few of the NC4Marriage group..

Instead they (ENC) wanted us to Attend the Day of Action, for that year. Note that at the NC4Marriage Rally they ask their members to attend (action of day) as well. So we had those for and against marriage speaking to their Representatives the same day. So what was really accomplished that day, we may never know.

Now its 2011 and the GOP is in Charge in Raleigh, they are aiming to but Marriage Amendment to a vote by the citizens of NC.

The only problem I have with the Email that ENC sent out is that solicitation of funds should have been the second way to help, and register to attend the Day of Action should have been first.

Gay Shame at work

One of the folks in the above picture seem to have wish there weren't there..

Yes I have receive an email ask the following

Hi Sickntired

I would like to make the following request regarding this album.
Please don't share this with anyone
Please don't make this public
Please don't display name tags

Please contact me if you would like any additional information. Thank you for your consideration.

Now this person could be a str8 support, if so then they must nolonger what to be.
Then again this person might have jump the fence for a while.
What ever the case, I did untag, and remove their name. I shouldn't have since this was a public protest, and privacy issues doesn't apply.

Better yet this person is searching for a job and doesn't want anyone to know they attend public protests.

What our community doesn't need

If the only way this company can sell it's ugly sun glasses then they need to crash and burn..
This ad make us out to sex addicts. That every thing we do must include a cock.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Sir Vaughn Releases “Gay Sex Sells” 2010 Ad Campaign.

[NYC, New York, June 7th, 2010] – Sir Vaughn, (www.SirVaughn.com) an online store dedicated to selling custom made sunglasses, and accessories, has released an ad campaign directed toward its target market: Gay men ages 18-35.

About the Ad Campaign: The “Gay Sex Sells” 2010 Ad Campaign features one man, performing oral sex on another man, while wearing “Rockstar Warrior” Sunglasses from the Summer 2010 Sir Vaughn Collection. “The idea behind the campaign is to remind the viewer that although they, and their partner may look attractive to one another naked, and during sex; they’d look much better with Sir Vaughn sunglasses on”, said Fashion Photographer Giana Evolee, who shot the Ad Campaign. Genitals were tastefully blurred out so that the ad campaign may reach a broader audience.

A similar ad campaign featuring a heterosexual couple will be released later this month.


For more information, please email us, or visit www.SirVaughn.com

I hate to see the so call str8 ad, what will be a women giving the bj, or a guy licking some boobs.. I notice they have come out with one for our gay sisters..

I recieved this in my email, it won't be move at all..

Better yet, I'll make sure we add you to the top of our mailing list.

-Geo Vaughn

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: sickntired08@gmail.com
From: Sick n Tired
Date: Fri, June 11, 2010 11:38 am
To:
Crap like is not what our community needs… and don’t ever spam me again

From: geo@sirvaughn.com [mailto:geo@sirvaughn.com]
Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 11:26 AM
To: sickntired08@gmail.com
Subject: sickntired08@gmail.com

Pam has gotten a very vital Email from a Fruitloop off his/her meds....

Pam Should have posted the email address of this sick fuck, but Pam being the lady that she is chose not to..

------- Original Message --------
Subject: Prop 8!
Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 23:41:39 -0700 (PDT)
From: redacted email
To: tips at phblend.com
Lady...oh excuse me "DYKE!"
I've just spent the last humorous hour reading some of the rubbish on that site of yours. I find it overwhelmingly pleasing to know that the Gay rights agenda, or movement as you'd probably prefer to call it, has such a distasteful hatred for the religious right.
You despicable parasites are just as bigoted as the ones you choose to accuse!
The Prop 8 situation in California is a prime example. You all cry about the rule of law and how you feel that all you freaks are being treated like 2nd class citizens...yet, when Prop 8 comes along and is done in a legal manner by way of the voters of your state...you just cannot agree with it.
The absolute funniest damn part of this whole thing is that the Supreme Court of our most LIBERAL STATE...upheld Prop 8 by a 6-1 vote....now THAT IS FUNNY!!
If someones beliefs don't jive with the way you think they should...the extremists within the queer movement resort to all sorts of vial tactics to make a point. Case in point...you sick repulsive sodomites vandalized and disturbed a Mormon Church service protesting the fact that the church openly backed Prop 8!
It didn't matter that there might have been a possibility that NONE OF those particular church goers had any direct connection to anything Prop 8, let alone even voted for it. You sick bastards decided to act out your frustration on innocent people with your vial crap!
You sick repulsive bastards even try to push your sick agenda even within public schools any chance you get.
The Constitution does NOT grant you special treatment...and that INCLUDES the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment, you stupid ignorant morons!
When I was younger and in school...I never really took sides on this issue, let alone, strongly voiced my OPINION! Back then I could really care less.
As I've matured with age though, and especially having seen the vial crap your movement has dished out for the past couple of decades, I have stepped forward and changed my ways.
Now, if that makes me a BIGOT, then FINE!! I wear that with a badge of honor!
When the closet door swung open and all you HIV infested sodomites walked through the door...you all left the door ajar and open...I think it is time you all went back into the closet and closed the door behind you. America was a far better place back then...we can have peace and tranquility yet again!!
Sincerely,
bushflying62

---

This email had to have been written by one of the kids from one of those religious fanatics cult that you hear about after the Feds bust them on weapons charges.. I can smell Waco,TX from here..

Wait I know this person's parent must of been one of those who survive the punch at Jone's town.

Obsessed, who me, I might be

A recent email for an email buddy has informed me that I’m getting a bit obsessed over the Mr. Gay World contest in Canada.

He could be right, maybe I am, however when you bill an event where you are looking for a representative for the gay community, then I truly believe that those who are choose to participate in the said event should represent the whole community, not just the pretty section of the community.

If their goal it to have someone to be a role model for the community then please show me where it is written that you must well built and almost perfect in appearance.

If I was to choose a person who I thought would be a good role model for the community it would be those that have been out in the public eyes for a while, one who has their own style and personality. A person whom have been there and done that. I know my choices would be for those that are well known in the community.

To have a modeling company to say it about style and appearance is just completely wrong.

I’m willing to bet the winner of this event will have to perform many events where style and fashion will be at the center of the event.

We as a community are more than our fashion style and skills, more than who looks the best in a tuxedo or a damn swim suit.

I’m sure we all know someone who can do this job to the letter and beyond with complete perfection, that would not even make the application with photo screen part of this contest.

I guess this is my soap box issue. I’m tired and sick being told that I don’t count or matter in our community unless I can fit in with the so-called 9’s and 10’s of our community. Cause in our community the 5’s, 6’s and 7’s do the most for our community why the 9’s and 10’s reap in all the benefits.

Emails and Comments about Ms Burgess

Ok, lets get this started. I was raise to respect my elders, ok more or less my female elders. This is the was I was raise.

I was told in the many emails and those few comments that were posted that  I didn't have all the facts when it come to Ms Burgess. Click here for the Comments.

The little old lady with the Cross, Phyllis Burgess, wasn't just an innocent bystander,

true maybe she wasn't so innocent, maybe she is the long lost sister of Jessie Helms, beside that, how we as a group attacked her while the cameras were rolling is unexcusable. The attack on her makes us look bad in the eyes of those who already hate us. I wouldn't be surprise if Bill O'Reilly or any other religious groups use that footage to describe us in the future. I'm sure there is money hungry lawyer trying to get MS Burgess to sue those who was involved.

If this was reverse we would have been outrage and calling for hate crimes laws to be enforce.. and those involved arrested on the spot.... WE CAN'T HAVE IT BOTH WAYS...