Game of Throne is what my sweetheart calls the nightly battle between our cat and me over Big Blue. Bolo is our gray, fourteen year old, lesbian-required cat. Sadly, we’re down to just one kitty and no dogs. We can’t add either to our household because Bolo has diabetes. Her symptoms are triggered by, among…
https://youtu.be/3mKzYPt0Bu4 Friday, Donald Trump’s campaign aired its first general election ad. The ad which depicts a dystopian and bleak image of the United States will run through Aug. 29 in key battleground states like Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Pennsylvania and is steeped in anti-immigrant rhetoric and imagery. The ad even cites Center for Immigration…
The NBA has decided to move the 2017 All-Star Game to New Orleans The Associated Press reported Friday. Citing the hostile environment created by North Carolina’s discriminatory HB2 law, and after repeated warnings the league would move the event if the law remained on the books, the NBA recently announced it was moving the game…
A federal judge in Michigan ruled Thursday in favor of a Detroit-based funeral home who fired a transgender employee due to her gender identity. U.S. District Court Judge Sean Cox ruled that the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) could be used as a defense in a sex discrimination claim under Title VII — exempting the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Human Rights Campaign has criticized the Trump campaign after the announcement that its new leadership team will include Steve Bannon and Kellyanne Conway, two political operatives with histories of anti-LGBTQ activism. Bannon, who was named CEO of the Trump campaign Wednesday, launched a vile smear against transgender people during a May…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The National LGBTQ Task Force is welcoming the decision by the Department of Justice (DOJ) to stop using private prisons. Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates announced the decision on Thursday in a memo that instructs officials to either decline to renew the contracts for private prison operators when they expire or “substantially reduce” the…
SEATTLE— Teamsters from Local 117 in Tukwila, Wash. conducted a hand billing action at Starbucks corporate headquarters in Seattle on Wednesday, demanding that the company hold its food supplier Taylor Farms accountable for human rights violations at its Tracy, Calif. plant. Passing out leaflets that read “Starbucks: Silence Equals Abuse,” members of the Teamsters along with…
As a progressive Christian, I believe there are many names for God and many ways to a loving God; this article reflects one of those ways. Take from here what works for you. Celebrate life with joy and peace! In June 1970, Howard Williams and a group of 12 people who had been meeting in…
“A bathroom battle! Transgender students can choose which bathroom or locker room to use at schools, but now a women’s group is suing,” began Lisée Mitri for her Aug. 12 KRQE News report . Its easy shorthand to think of the battle enemy of LGBT civil rights as being religious right aligned organizations. Sometimes it’s…
We turn once again today to our mortgage man-in-the-know Matt Young, loan officer with MDC Financial Service Group, to take the temperature of today’s mortgage market. We all know what an enormous effect loan availability and terms have on the real estate market in general, and Matt is on the front lines and has kindly…
