Pine died last week at the age of 91. There are some who would say good riddance, but in 2004 he remarked on the raid and stated that he did not know what ‘Gay’ was about and that he was ’sorry’. Again, here is a point where the lack of education regarding your fellow citizens can start a revolution or evolution that will forever change things.  We would not want to say ‘good riddance’ but more importantly, we could say ‘thank you for your major misunderstanding’. Where would the LGBT community be with out the Stonewall Riots? Yes, there were other communities, such as LA, and Chicago that opened up doors for the Gay community, but the battle in NY is what gained notoriety.

It always takes two to tango in the battle of evolution and due to the loss of a partner, we hope that Pine’s legacy will teach others, especially in the police community, to accept our community as equals. No more prejudice, no more hate. In one of Pine’s last interviews he stated, ‘If what I did helped gay people, then I’m glad.’ To error is human, forgive divine.

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Over the weekend, everyone learned about Terry Jones, pastor of Dove World Outreach Church in Gainesville, Florida who will be holding a Quran burning on September 11th. We DO NOT DO THIS!  Who does this person think he is? Well, he has his attention. We don’t believe in book burning, especially books that are holy and sacred to others.

Burning books will not reverse September 11, 2001. It will not bring those victims back that died 9 years ago. All of our questions will not be answered. It seems that the only way to move forward is heading in a backward direction???  Time is still on your side Pastor Jones. You can end this act of hate. If we all decided to hold a hate filled ceremony everyday to ‘honor’ a horrible tragedy…there would not be enough days in the year. We would have to extend our orbit around the sun to make the year longer past the planet formerly known as Pluto.

We know, we were not supposed to forget, but the best thing we can all do is move forward knowing we all still have a heart and share one Earth. We can knit pick at each other til we are blue in the face, but truth is the more you fight hate with hate, there’s really not much of a difference between the borders. Follow your good heart. We have to research again what is mightier than the sword.

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The parliament of Tasmania agreed to approve of same sex marriages and civil unions of all countries and other Australian states.

attorney general Lara Giddings said, “This is really a small step, but a significant and important step for those people who have registered or been through a civil union process elsewhere around the world and want us to recognise that relationship as indeed being in existence.”

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First openly Gay lawmaker Sunil Babu Panta was the grand marshall as he (get this) rode on an elephant down the parade route…how amazing! Sunil Babu Panta is head of the Blue Diamond Society which fights for LGBT rights in Nepal.  Closely marching by him was Nepal’s first Transgender politician, Bhumika Shrestha, marching down the street in a purple sari – the color representing change

This year’s parade aims at ending all forms of discrimination, ending poverty and – promoting tourism.

‘It’s about promoting tourism, in line with the upcoming Tourism Year 2011, while also taking the unique festival to international level,’ Panta said.

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According to the Mirror, “he was attacked by two drunken thugs over his controversial role as a gay teenager.”

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If you are in the LA area, West Hollywood will be holding a rally at Santa Monica/San Vicente from 6 to 8pm in support of same sex marriage.

Although Judge Walker’s decision was a victory for Prop 8 opponents, the fight is NOT over. Do not let that victorious feeling make you complacent! Let it be known that we will remain vigilant and active until marriage equality is restored in California!

Thursday was the day that many were planning on getting married. Please come to Santa Monica Blvd and San Vicente in West Hollywood for a rally to show your support for marriage equality. We know you can all mobilize a lot of bodies- we’ve seen you do it!

Wasn’t it a rule from primary school that if you pulled out a piece of candy during class, you better have brought enough for the rest of the class. So again, Cali has part of the class with candy and part without. Lets get this figured out.

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