Young, Latino, Openly Gay student and intern to Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords gave an amazing speech at the Tucson Memorial Service. His bravery and actions saved Giffords’ life.
We were excited to attend a beautiful commitment ceremony of our friends in Los Angeles. The weather cleared up for the ceremony at the private Los Angeles Athletic Club. As we entered the third floor we were greeted by many family and friends of the Gay couple. As we entered the opulent, wood paneled rooms, we were amazed by the historic detail of the venue.
When the ceremony commenced, 4 family and friends gave beautiful, heartfelt, speeches each sharing tears of joy and happiness. The grooms dressed in matching brown, well-tailored suits (both of them are good looking, tall, and thin so anything would have looked good on them) exchanged vows and rings each sharing their love and commitment to one another.
We wish them the best and even when its great…it gets even better! The best advice we can give is have fun and make each other laugh, the rest will work itself out.
Today’s monsoon afternoon in Nepal brought rainbows of color to a gray day as they celebrated their ninth LGBT PRIDE.
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.
Well, even though a carry-on caused a major amount of publicity last week, at least that passenger didn’t have to pay for his carry on. But he probably should from now on. Anyway. If you need a flight…treat yourself to JetBlue.
JetBlue happily sponsors the Pride parade in Utah. Each Jet Blue seat has its own satellite television so that you may have your own little living room at 35,000 ft! As they say…Happy Jetting!
Also, they are one of the 5 airlines that vowed NOT to charge for carry-ons Go Jet Blue!
We have been traveling across country and have noticed some positive changes. Even in the heartland of Kansas, USA we saw a Pride flag waving in the open air. It was beautiful! There’s definitely an increase in Pride in the country.
UPDATE: Unfortunately its a NO for Civil Unions in the Aloha State. Governor Linda Lingle VETOED Civil Unions today and stated her reason:
Gov. Lingle stated, a civil union “is essentially ‘marriage’ by another name,” adding, “I want to be clear that my personal opinion is not the basis” for her decision; Lingle does not personally believe gay marriage should be legal. There is no piece of legislation she has thought “more deeply about” than HB 444, but ultimately it is voters and not lawmakers who should have the final say. I feel very comfortable with my decision.”
Storme-a force of nature, who now resides in Room 609 of a nursing home in Brooklyn. She’s a Lesbian who was there that night working as a bouncer at the Stonewall Inn in 1969. Storme DeLarverie fought for her rights, and is allegedly The cross-dressed bouncer who was first beaten by the police which commenced the riots (that lady was never identified). Unfortunately, Dementia has taken over the 89 year old heroine, but does remember things here and there. DeLarverie remembers being a Jewel Box Revue performer at the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Clearly, if Ms. DeLarverie’s memoirs existed, it would be something to sink yourself into and marvel at this woman’s fight for rights before the fight started.
Even though she was weak on the Pride holiday, DeLarverie had her mind focused to go to the parade. During the interview she took off her slippers and looked for her walking shoes with the intentions to attend, however her body is too weak to participate, but her heart still marches onward. Thank you Storme DeLarverie, you are a true inspiration. To read more CLICK HERE
1/2 of our family is Czech and we are so proud that the city of Brno will continue with its Pride parade regardless of the violence it has encountered in the past couple of years. Unfortunately, there are not many supporters for this parade, but the LGBT’s of the Czech Republic will be marching strong with a motley audience.
In a press release the organisers said, “Sadly, there is not only support for the parade. Several counter-events are planned. Among them the illegal gatherings of far right-wing groups.”
Since we have LGBT family in the Czech Republic, we wish them the best and hope they stay safe and stay strong!
We were excited to attend a beautiful commitment ceremony of our friends in Los Angeles. The weather cleared up for the ceremony at the private Los Angeles Athletic Club. As we entered the third floor we were greeted by many family and friends of the Gay couple. As we entered the opulent, wood paneled rooms, we were amazed by the historic detail of the venue.
Today’s monsoon afternoon in Nepal brought rainbows of color to a gray day as they celebrated their ninth LGBT PRIDE.
Well, even though a carry-on caused a major amount of publicity last week, at least that passenger didn’t have to pay for his carry on. But he probably should from now on. Anyway. If you need a flight…treat yourself to 
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Storme-a force of nature, who now resides in Room 609 of a nursing home in Brooklyn. She’s a Lesbian who was there that night working as a bouncer at the Stonewall Inn in 1969. Storme DeLarverie fought for her rights, and is allegedly The cross-dressed bouncer who was first beaten by the police which commenced the riots (that lady was never identified). Unfortunately, Dementia has taken over the 89 year old heroine, but does remember things here and there. DeLarverie remembers being a Jewel Box Revue performer at the famous Apollo Theatre in Harlem. Clearly, if Ms. DeLarverie’s memoirs existed, it would be something to sink yourself into and marvel at this woman’s fight for rights before the fight started.
1/2 of our family is Czech and we are so proud that the city of Brno will continue with its Pride parade regardless of the violence it has encountered in the past couple of years. Unfortunately, there are not many supporters for this parade, but the LGBT’s of the Czech Republic will be marching strong with a motley audience.
