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Wednesday, December 28, 2005
Sorry Guys!!!
Sorry for the delay. I will have a new show tomorrow. I will post it Thursday night after 8 p.m. Eastern time.
Monday, December 26, 2005
Anti Marriage Law
Anti Marriage Law.
This is very important. Everyone's rights are going to be violated. This new amendment will bar same-sex couples from marrying but also prevent the state of Pennsylvania from recognizing civil unions. The worst part of this amendment is that is going to affect common law marriages in Pennsylvania. You might be asking yourself why is this important, well, if enough states pass an Anti Marriage Law they can make they can make it a constitutional amendment. So please get involve it’s simple.
Please send a letter to your state legislator: Information is below:
To locate and contact your state legislator, call (717) 787-6810 or
Website:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/home/find.cfm
This is very important. Everyone's rights are going to be violated. This new amendment will bar same-sex couples from marrying but also prevent the state of Pennsylvania from recognizing civil unions. The worst part of this amendment is that is going to affect common law marriages in Pennsylvania. You might be asking yourself why is this important, well, if enough states pass an Anti Marriage Law they can make they can make it a constitutional amendment. So please get involve it’s simple.
Please send a letter to your state legislator: Information is below:
To locate and contact your state legislator, call (717) 787-6810 or
Website:
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/home/home/find.cfm
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Presenting Shinjuku Zulu!!!
Shinjuku Zulu (also know as K.I.A.) is the official band of The Gay Experience.
So Support the band by buying their album.
Click on the link below to check them out.
Their album is also available on itunes.
Click to check them out!!!
Show # 10 (Yes the Stereotypes are true)
Click to find out!!!
I found an official band for the gay experience. I talk about my new pet (help me name her). I talk about shit that pisses me off about philly and we talk about stereotypes. Music by Hardmoon.
The official band for The Gay Experience is Shinjuku Zulu. Listen to the prom clip.
Check out my boys blog http://mainstreampropaganda.blogspot.com
I found an official band for the gay experience. I talk about my new pet (help me name her). I talk about shit that pisses me off about philly and we talk about stereotypes. Music by Hardmoon.
The official band for The Gay Experience is Shinjuku Zulu. Listen to the prom clip.
Check out my boys blog http://mainstreampropaganda.blogspot.com
Sunday, December 18, 2005
Seniors Charged With Selling Prescriptions
This is not necessarily gay news ,but, just tells us how bad the society we live in is getting.
Seniors Charged With Selling Prescriptions
By ROGER ALFORD, Associated Press Writer / 12.12.2005
Dottie Neeley, 87, was fingerprinted, photographed and thrown in jail,
imprisoned as much by the tubing from her oxygen tank as by the concrete and steel
around her.
The woman — who spent two days in jail after her arrest last December — is
among a growing number of Kentucky senior citizens charged in a crackdown on a
crime authorities say is rampant in Appalachia: Elderly people are reselling
their painkillers and other medications to addicts.
"When a person is on Social Security, drawing $500 a month, and they can sell
their pain pills for $10 apiece, they'll take half of them for themselves
and sell the other half to pay their electric bills or buy groceries," Floyd
County jailer Roger Webb said.
Since April 2004, Operation UNITE, a Kentucky anti-drug task force crated
largely in response to rampant abuse of the powerful and sometimes lethal
painkiller OxyContin, has charged more than 40 people 60 or older with selling
primarily prescription drugs in the mountains.
"It used to be a rare occasion to have an elderly inmate," Webb said. "Five
years ago it was a rarity."
Local jails are having to bear the increased cost of caring for old and often
sickly inmates.
"You've got to give them more attention," Webb said. "It's putting a strain
on my deputies. We're understaffed anyway. You've got to get them doctors, and
meet their medical needs."
Researchers suspect the problem is not limited to Appalachia.
Elderly people "may be looking for a way to bring in a little extra money,"
said Erin Artigiani, deputy director of the University of Maryland Center for
Substance Abuse Research. "We haven't heard a lot about senior citizens being
a source of those drugs. We know college students do this. It's not much a
stretch to think that seniors could do it, too."
Dr. Anita Cornett, a physician in Hyden, said one of her patients, a reformed
drug addict, told her that he bought all his drugs not from a known dealer,
but from elderly people.
Cornett said she does random drug screenings to make sure her patients are
taking their prescription drugs instead of selling them. In addition, staffers
routinely call patients and ask them to bring their prescription bottles in
so that the pills can be counted.
The Rev. Doug Abner, pastor of Community Church in Manchester and an
anti-drug activist, said senior citizens may not understand the seriousness of
selling prescription drugs.
"They justify it because they're having a hard time financially," he said.
"Left to ourselves, we can justify anything, but they're really part of the
problem."
However, Dan Smoot, a former state police drug detective who heads the task
force, said the elderly people being charged are not necessarily struggling to
put food on the table.
"Most of the elderly we arrest are merely continuing a family tradition," he
said. "It has been part of their culture for a long time."
Neeley, the old woman who was arrested along with her son and his girlfriend,
faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of trafficking in prescription
drugs as well as marijuana.
However, a prosecutor has agreed not to oppose "shock probation" if Neeley
enters a guilty plea at her next court appearance, Dec. 29. Under shock
probation, a defendant who is unlikely to repeat the crime is released after
getting a brief taste of life behind bars.
Her attorney, Terry Jacobs, said the plea bargain would be a gamble, because
the judge could decide not to grant her shock probation, and "six months is a
death sentence for her."
In a telephone interview, Neeley denied selling drugs. She said she suffers
from emphysema and asthma and sometimes uses a wheelchair. She said she was
shocked when police arrived to arrest her and made the 4-foot 8-inch, 120-pound
woman walk from her house to a cruiser.
"I had to hold my hands up all the way," she said. "They wouldn't let me hold
them down."
Her lawyer declined to discuss specifics of the charges. But speaking
generally, he said: "You've got a depressed economy. You've got an opportunity for
these folks to make money. If you're seeing a disproportionate number of
elderly, it's because they are the people who are going to be prescribed most of
the drugs."
Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
Seniors Charged With Selling Prescriptions
By ROGER ALFORD, Associated Press Writer / 12.12.2005
Dottie Neeley, 87, was fingerprinted, photographed and thrown in jail,
imprisoned as much by the tubing from her oxygen tank as by the concrete and steel
around her.
The woman — who spent two days in jail after her arrest last December — is
among a growing number of Kentucky senior citizens charged in a crackdown on a
crime authorities say is rampant in Appalachia: Elderly people are reselling
their painkillers and other medications to addicts.
"When a person is on Social Security, drawing $500 a month, and they can sell
their pain pills for $10 apiece, they'll take half of them for themselves
and sell the other half to pay their electric bills or buy groceries," Floyd
County jailer Roger Webb said.
Since April 2004, Operation UNITE, a Kentucky anti-drug task force crated
largely in response to rampant abuse of the powerful and sometimes lethal
painkiller OxyContin, has charged more than 40 people 60 or older with selling
primarily prescription drugs in the mountains.
"It used to be a rare occasion to have an elderly inmate," Webb said. "Five
years ago it was a rarity."
Local jails are having to bear the increased cost of caring for old and often
sickly inmates.
"You've got to give them more attention," Webb said. "It's putting a strain
on my deputies. We're understaffed anyway. You've got to get them doctors, and
meet their medical needs."
Researchers suspect the problem is not limited to Appalachia.
Elderly people "may be looking for a way to bring in a little extra money,"
said Erin Artigiani, deputy director of the University of Maryland Center for
Substance Abuse Research. "We haven't heard a lot about senior citizens being
a source of those drugs. We know college students do this. It's not much a
stretch to think that seniors could do it, too."
Dr. Anita Cornett, a physician in Hyden, said one of her patients, a reformed
drug addict, told her that he bought all his drugs not from a known dealer,
but from elderly people.
Cornett said she does random drug screenings to make sure her patients are
taking their prescription drugs instead of selling them. In addition, staffers
routinely call patients and ask them to bring their prescription bottles in
so that the pills can be counted.
The Rev. Doug Abner, pastor of Community Church in Manchester and an
anti-drug activist, said senior citizens may not understand the seriousness of
selling prescription drugs.
"They justify it because they're having a hard time financially," he said.
"Left to ourselves, we can justify anything, but they're really part of the
problem."
However, Dan Smoot, a former state police drug detective who heads the task
force, said the elderly people being charged are not necessarily struggling to
put food on the table.
"Most of the elderly we arrest are merely continuing a family tradition," he
said. "It has been part of their culture for a long time."
Neeley, the old woman who was arrested along with her son and his girlfriend,
faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of trafficking in prescription
drugs as well as marijuana.
However, a prosecutor has agreed not to oppose "shock probation" if Neeley
enters a guilty plea at her next court appearance, Dec. 29. Under shock
probation, a defendant who is unlikely to repeat the crime is released after
getting a brief taste of life behind bars.
Her attorney, Terry Jacobs, said the plea bargain would be a gamble, because
the judge could decide not to grant her shock probation, and "six months is a
death sentence for her."
In a telephone interview, Neeley denied selling drugs. She said she suffers
from emphysema and asthma and sometimes uses a wheelchair. She said she was
shocked when police arrived to arrest her and made the 4-foot 8-inch, 120-pound
woman walk from her house to a cruiser.
"I had to hold my hands up all the way," she said. "They wouldn't let me hold
them down."
Her lawyer declined to discuss specifics of the charges. But speaking
generally, he said: "You've got a depressed economy. You've got an opportunity for
these folks to make money. If you're seeing a disproportionate number of
elderly, it's because they are the people who are going to be prescribed most of
the drugs."
Copyright © 2005 The Associated Press. All rights reserved
Monday, December 12, 2005
Soccer players expelled for gay sex
Now, it's a sad day when we can't even enjoy the news!
Soccer players expelled for gay sex
In an incident that was described by some reports as scandalous, four soccer players were expelled from their club in Varna, Bulgaria, for having sex in the team locker room. The four were apparently expelled from the MAX club after being caught in a sex foursome in the changing room, according to the Sofia News Agency.
Coach Georgi Dimov confirmed the disclosure, saying that the gay players were kicked out for damaging the club's reputation, according to 7 Dni Sport newspaper. MAX is currently struggling to enter professional football and is negotiating with potential sponsors, the report said.
Outsports.com reports that Bulgaria has some pro-gay antidiscrimination laws. However, according to the International Lesbian and Gay Association, the Bulgarian penal code prohibits "scandalous homosexuality," homosexuality in public, and activities that may "lead to perversion." Violation of these laws can be punished with one to five years imprisonment and "social disgrace."
Early reaction from soccer fans on the SNA Web site range from outrage that gay players would be kicked off a team to understanding that sex in the workplace, gay or straight, is unacceptable. (Advocate.com)
In an incident that was described by some reports as scandalous, four soccer players were expelled from their club in Varna, Bulgaria, for having sex in the team locker room. The four were apparently expelled from the MAX club after being caught in a sex foursome in the changing room, according to the Sofia News Agency.
Coach Georgi Dimov confirmed the disclosure, saying that the gay players were kicked out for damaging the club's reputation, according to 7 Dni Sport newspaper. MAX is currently struggling to enter professional football and is negotiating with potential sponsors, the report said.
Outsports.com reports that Bulgaria has some pro-gay antidiscrimination laws. However, according to the International Lesbian and Gay Association, the Bulgarian penal code prohibits "scandalous homosexuality," homosexuality in public, and activities that may "lead to perversion." Violation of these laws can be punished with one to five years imprisonment and "social disgrace."
Early reaction from soccer fans on the SNA Web site range from outrage that gay players would be kicked off a team to understanding that sex in the workplace, gay or straight, is unacceptable. (Advocate.com)
Show # 9
Click to enjoy my fresh podcast!!! I interview the only true bisexual girl I know and I talk about other shit that pissed me off this week!!!
Saturday, December 10, 2005
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1) This is the easiest way. Check my blog for the most recent podcasts. Then click on the link provided and they will download automatically. If you subscribe to my blog via email you will be notified when a new podcast is posted.
2) The second way is to download an RSS reader and paste my feed address (it’s listed below or click on Subscribe to The Gay Experience located on top of the page). I have provided an easy way to download an RSS reader. Just click on the images below (one for Windows and one for Mac). The links are also located on the left side of the blog.
My Feed address is: http://feeds.feedburner.com/thegayexperience
Download for windows
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Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Reader Feedback
Reader Feedback
Putting this on the blog to see what you guys can recommend or just tell me what you think? I already answer it on my podcast (#8) so download it girls.
Hello, my name is (Mr. Thoughts), I am a 41 year old swm. I am 6’1, 220, and have lots of hair everywhere but my head, which I keep close, buzzed. So… How does a curious virgin explore the other side?
Please get back to me with some ideas.
Thank You
Putting this on the blog to see what you guys can recommend or just tell me what you think? I already answer it on my podcast (#8) so download it girls.
Hello, my name is (Mr. Thoughts), I am a 41 year old swm. I am 6’1, 220, and have lots of hair everywhere but my head, which I keep close, buzzed. So… How does a curious virgin explore the other side?
Please get back to me with some ideas.
Thank You
Tuesday, December 06, 2005
Blogger's Rant (Happy Holidays to all of my Readers)
First I want to start with thanking all of my readers/listeners for giving me a great first month (really three weeks but who's counting). As I look back in how much has happen in the last month and I can't help but wonder are things going to get better for us in the gay community. We started November with one of our own trying to defend himself from gay bashing and in the process landed himself in jail. In the same month the Vatican has declared a full out war on gay priests. Then to top it all off a transgender person get wrongly accused and targeted for a crime she claims she didn't commit.
Then I saw something that made me realize that we don't have it so bad. I was walking down the street and I saw a gay couple walking holding hands down the street and no one seem to care. Then to my amazement they kissed in plain daylight. Not a little kiss but a full blown kiss. There were no stares (except for me), no one calling them fag, and no gay bashing. In the same day I was watching Made on MTV (yes I still watch MTV) and I saw how a boys soccer team embraced their new player and told him that they accepted him the way he is. This made me think. For the most part we as a gay community have it pretty good. Yes we still don't have the same rights as straight people do but we fail to realize that it took blacks a few hundred years to reach what we have. I know that there is gay bashing and discrimination out there but if we can change the mind of the youth we can accomplish anything. Isn't the youth the future of this nation? Who care if those old fags don't accept us they will be dead in a few years anyway (kidding).
J. Manuel
Saturday, December 03, 2005
Thursday, December 01, 2005
Music Podcast!!!
My Very First Music Podcast!!!
Music By
Latin Chino (Latin Chino), Internet Ho (Flo White), Worst of all possible Worlds (The Platonics), Sing me a Song (J.P. and the Truly Richards), Hip Hop Inomix (Introspect)
Wednesday, November 30, 2005
Monday, November 28, 2005
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Casting Stones At Baylor
Casting stones at Baylor
The author donated thousands of dollars and hours to his Texas alma matter. Then the supposedly Christian university turned him away, citing his “alternative lifestyle.” No thank-yous, no apologies, and no refunds By Tim SmithAn Advocate.com exclusive posted, November 23, 2005
“To whom much is given, much is required.”
“Service without recognition.”
“Anything for Baylor.”
I internalized these credos as a member of the fall 1981 pledge class of the Baylor University Chamber of Commerce—the BU service fraternity known for championing all things green and gold.
Serving in this fraternity, I grew to love Baylor and developed an enduring commitment to help make the university the best it could be. When I was a student, from 1979 to 1983, Baylor taught me many critical life lessons: People come first, integrity matters, service makes a difference, and leadership counts. Most important, Baylor taught me the value of friendships—friendships that are like family. Because of all this Baylor helped make me a better person, so as an alumnus I wanted to give back.
After all, to whom much is given, much is required.
Since graduation, I have given Baylor my time, talent, and money. For almost a decade I returned to campus once a semester to lead case studies in the entrepreneurial finance classes—sharing some of my experiences with tomorrow’s business leaders. I also have given about $65,000 to Baylor in the past decade. I raised another $60,000 to endow a scholarship fund honoring a close business colleague and his wife, who met at Baylor almost 50 years ago.
Anything for Baylor.
I was thrilled in 2001 when Terry Maness, dean of Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business, asked me to serve on its advisory board. The board includes three dozen businesspeople who meet once each semester to provide real-world insight into issues affecting the vision and direction of Hankamer. I enjoyed giving back to the place that laid a solid foundation for my business career.
After such involvement at Baylor, you can imagine how my heart sank when Dean Maness called in September to kick me off the advisory board. His reason? He learned from another professor that I am gay.
Maness told the media he dismissed me from the advisory board because of my “alternative lifestyle.” We know more about the genetic origins of sexual orientation than we do about why someone is left-handed, but we don’t say someone lives “an alternative left-handed lifestyle.” Everyone is created in God’s image. Everyone.
At first Baylor’s rejection deeply saddened me. I felt much like some friends whose religious parents rejected them because of their sexual orientation. My past work for Baylor didn’t matter. My commitment and love for this university didn’t matter. My contributions of time and talent didn’t matter. Only my sexual orientation mattered.
Eventually my sadness turned to anger. How could the Hankamer School of Business, an academic institution charged with developing tomorrow’s business leaders, set this kind of example for its students? What message does this send to its gay and straight students alike? It tells them gay people are substandard and unworthy. It teaches straight students to turn their backs on the gay members of the Baylor family.
Furthermore, by its example, Baylor is failing to prepare its students for the real world, where this type of discrimination is already prohibited by written policies at about 80% of Fortune 500 companies. Baylor and especially its business school should be leading the way on issues of basic fairness in the workplace, not lagging woefully behind corporate America.
My rejection by Baylor stands in stark contrast to how my partner, Doug, has been treated by his alma mater, a church-affiliated college in conservative South Carolina. Doug recently served as president of his college’s alumni association. Together, Doug and I regularly attend events at his college, where we are welcomed with open arms by administrators, faculty, alumni, and students. They accept us as valued members of their school family. They accept us as valued members of God's family. All this in a church-affiliated school in a red state that’s even more conservative than Texas.
People often ask, “What would Jesus do?” I also like to ask, “What would the Pharisees have done?” The Pharisees were the self-righteous, legalistic religious leaders who drew Jesus’ contempt because they cared more about finding fault in others than in recognizing and correcting their own shortcomings. When I compare my rejection at Baylor to the open arms at Doug’s college, I must ask, “Who acted like Jesus? Who acted like the Pharisees?”
To whom much is given, much is required. Gay alumni, faculty, and students have given much to Baylor over the years, yet Baylor blatantly advocates intolerance and discrimination against gay people.
What would Jesus do? What would the Pharisees do?
Baylor’s decision to openly discriminate against me, and to do so in the name of God, is shameful. Just because Baylor has the legal right to discriminate doesn’t make it right.
Tim Smith earned a bachelor’s degree from Baylor University in 1983 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1989. He served four years as CEO of a technology company with $130 million in revenues and 12 years as vice president of a Dallas-based venture capital firm. He now lives in Charleston, S.C., with his partner, Doug Warner. He can be reached at trumansmith@yahoo.com.
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
Monday, November 21, 2005
Friday, November 18, 2005
Why does society let this happen?
Why does society let things like this happen? In the following article you experience a little bit of what Lucas went through. Lucas was a victim of a hate crime, seven guys attack him and in self defense he killed one of them. Now this should be the end of the story right? Well its not. He spend a long time in jail and almost faced murder charges. Now was this because he was gay or a black gay men? Would he had been in the same situation if he was a rich white boy? Who knows? In any way this still a sad story that should be told.
J. The Gay Experience
Posted on Thu, Nov. 10, 2005
Gay man freed in killing
By ALYSHA BRENNAN & THERESA CONROY
abrenna@phillynews.com
LUCAS Dawson began carrying a knife after being attacked while kissing his male lover in a South Philadelphia Park four years ago.
Now, after a second assault by gay bashers - one of whom he killed in self-defense - Dawson's thinking about getting a gun.
The 21-year-old was cleared yesterday of charges in the fatal stabbing of a 17-year-old boy who was among a group that attacked him near his East Mount Airy home on Oct. 29.
There was great relief at the Dawson home yesterday after the decision by a Municipal Court judge, but now the concern is his safety.
Last night, Dawson packed to leave home for fear of retaliation.
"I mean, seven guys jumped me, and one guy died," he said. "There's still six other people that want to hurt me.
"I fear for my safety, and that's why I'm moving away," he added. "I won't carry a knife on me anymore, but I am considering getting a gun permit."
David Diggs, the boyfriend of Lucas' mother, Lisa, said Lucas was not safe in the neighborhood any longer.
Lucas had been in jail since he was arrested after the stabbing of Gerald Knight, who was one of five to seven teens - all strangers to Dawson - who beat him and who he said called him a "faggot."
"My mom missed me while I was gone because I was always singin' up a storm," Dawson said.
Yesterday, he flashed a weary smile after Municipal Judge Gerard Kosin-ski dismissed the manslaughter charge.
Dawson, wisp-thin, frightened and frail, was released after the hearing.
Defense attorney Kevin Birley said Dawson had acted in self-defense.
"We can't forget that my client was a victim of a hate crime," Birley said.
"They wanted to hurt him. It wasn't that they were trying to get money or they had an argument with him," Birley said. "They simply wanted to hurt him so they kicked him and punched him... Even the first stab didn't stop the attack. It took a second stab to stop the attack."
Prosecutor M.K. Feeney said a jury should decide whether it was manslaughter or self-defense, but Kosinski disagreed.
"Looking at the circumstances here, I agree with the defense," Kosinski said after the preliminary hearing.
It was an unusual move for the district attorney's office to charge Dawson with voluntary manslaughter instead of a general murder charge. Feeney said in court that her office had made that decision after looking at all the facts.
"This is truly a tragic situation for everybody involved, and nobody should have to worry that when they walk down the street they should be attacked for their sexuality or any other reason," she said.
Dawson said the teens followed him as he headed for a bus stop. The teens taunted him for being gay and repeatedly threw a basketball at him, he said.
"One of them punched me in my lip," Dawson said in his statement. "Then, they all started punching me and knocked me to the ground. I was scared and I felt like if I didn't get up they would probably kill me. I felt a wave of strength and I got up... I took out the knife and waved it."
When Knight punched him, Dawson said he thrust the knife into his chest.
"I didn't think the knife went in because he kept punching me, so I stuck the knife in him again," Dawson said.
After the hearing, Diggs said the family felt sorry for the Knight family. "They lost their kid," he said.
The pain of that loss was evident on the face of Knight's father. When the judge announced the dismissal of charges, he exclaimed, "That's my son!" When approached outside the courtroom, he yelled angrily at a reporter, saying he didn't want to talk about his son.
"If you really wanted to know who he was, you should have come to the funeral," he
shouted.
At the Dawson home yesterday, Lucas said, "I want to put this all behind me. My life has been turned upside down and I have to start over."
"It makes me sad," Dawson added. "I broke down in court today. I never wanted to hurt anybody... . I was trying to get these guys away from me.
"My mom said, 'You might feel bad about killing someone, but if you didn't have that knife, somebody would be knocking on my door telling me my son's dead.' "
Lisa Dawson, 40, said she is happy to have Lucas back at home, and is looking forward to finally being able to sleep through the night.
"I'm relieved," she said. "The air feels clean again."
Dawson says he'll continue pursuing an acting and modeling career. "When I was in prison,
I got to thinking what I was going to do with my life," he said.
"I would like to help gay people so that this type of thing won't happen again," he said.
"It's just about ignorance, you know? I believe what you put out, you get back. And I want to give back."
Sunday, November 13, 2005
Thursday, November 10, 2005
Bloggers Rant Nov. 10
Blogger's Rant
Well it’s that time of year. Every time there is an election there is someone out there that’s is trying to take our rights away. Well another election and another thing lost. Those Texas’ retards banned same sex marriage. I hate to say this but this doesn’t surprise me. The president we elected to protect our rights comes from Texas. Now you might say what’s the big deal. Well in the following article this explain how the Hispanics would benefit from marriage (or suffer). Well read on and get educated in the subject before it happens to you.
J. Nieves
The Gay Experience
Hispanic gay couples struggle more than white counterparts
A proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Texas could hurt gay Hispanic couples more than Anglos because they have more children, make less money, and are less likely to be U.S. citizens, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force said Tuesday. The group issued a report derived from 2000 U.S. Census data on Hispanic self-identified same-sex couple households a week before Texans vote on amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, which is already against state law.
The Census found about 105,000 U.S. same-sex couple households in which at least one partner was Hispanic. Most were in the Los Angeles, New York, and Miami areas, but Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio were among the top 10. The study concluded that the many benefits of marriage, such as tax advantages, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and Social Security survivor benefits, would be especially helpful to a large number of Hispanic same-sex couples.
T
he data showed that 66% of Hispanic female couples and 58% of Hispanic male couples were raising at least one child. That compares with 32% of Anglo lesbian couples and 19% of Anglo male couples, report author Jason Cianciotto said. Gay and lesbian couples in which both partners were Hispanic reported annual household incomes in the high $30,000s, more than $20,000 less than same-sex couples who were either white or had just one Hispanic partner. "Certain Americans are disadvantaged because of their racial or ethnic heritage," Cianciotto said. "When you combine that with the disadvantages people face because they are gay or lesbian, it becomes this double-edged sword."
But Pastor Adalid Verastegui of New Life United Methodist Church in Houston said his Hispanic congregants believe the proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage is a good idea. "The Hispanic tradition is to always have in the family a man and a woman in the home," he said. "Our culture doesn't accept this kind of behavior."
In Hispanic same-sex couples, 51% of the men and 38% of the women were not U.S. citizens, compared with less than 10% each for Anglo gays and lesbians. Sergio Sarmiento, a Colombian immigrant, said his six-year relationship nearly ended because of his immigration status. Immigration policy does not give status to same-sex partners of U.S. citizens. "Living day by day with the worry that your family can be broken apart is a very difficult situation," said Sarmiento, who got his immigration status resolved last year. "People in the Hispanic community, like me, are more vulnerable." (Associated Press)
Well it’s that time of year. Every time there is an election there is someone out there that’s is trying to take our rights away. Well another election and another thing lost. Those Texas’ retards banned same sex marriage. I hate to say this but this doesn’t surprise me. The president we elected to protect our rights comes from Texas. Now you might say what’s the big deal. Well in the following article this explain how the Hispanics would benefit from marriage (or suffer). Well read on and get educated in the subject before it happens to you.
J. Nieves
The Gay Experience
Hispanic gay couples struggle more than white counterparts
A proposed constitutional ban on same-sex marriage in Texas could hurt gay Hispanic couples more than Anglos because they have more children, make less money, and are less likely to be U.S. citizens, the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force said Tuesday. The group issued a report derived from 2000 U.S. Census data on Hispanic self-identified same-sex couple households a week before Texans vote on amending the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage, which is already against state law.
The Census found about 105,000 U.S. same-sex couple households in which at least one partner was Hispanic. Most were in the Los Angeles, New York, and Miami areas, but Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio were among the top 10. The study concluded that the many benefits of marriage, such as tax advantages, the Family and Medical Leave Act, and Social Security survivor benefits, would be especially helpful to a large number of Hispanic same-sex couples.
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he data showed that 66% of Hispanic female couples and 58% of Hispanic male couples were raising at least one child. That compares with 32% of Anglo lesbian couples and 19% of Anglo male couples, report author Jason Cianciotto said. Gay and lesbian couples in which both partners were Hispanic reported annual household incomes in the high $30,000s, more than $20,000 less than same-sex couples who were either white or had just one Hispanic partner. "Certain Americans are disadvantaged because of their racial or ethnic heritage," Cianciotto said. "When you combine that with the disadvantages people face because they are gay or lesbian, it becomes this double-edged sword."
But Pastor Adalid Verastegui of New Life United Methodist Church in Houston said his Hispanic congregants believe the proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriage is a good idea. "The Hispanic tradition is to always have in the family a man and a woman in the home," he said. "Our culture doesn't accept this kind of behavior."
In Hispanic same-sex couples, 51% of the men and 38% of the women were not U.S. citizens, compared with less than 10% each for Anglo gays and lesbians. Sergio Sarmiento, a Colombian immigrant, said his six-year relationship nearly ended because of his immigration status. Immigration policy does not give status to same-sex partners of U.S. citizens. "Living day by day with the worry that your family can be broken apart is a very difficult situation," said Sarmiento, who got his immigration status resolved last year. "People in the Hispanic community, like me, are more vulnerable." (Associated Press)
Monday, November 07, 2005
The Speech that didn't happen
Here’s the speech I promised.
The Speech That Didn't Happen
By Keith Boykin
http://www.keithboykin.com/October 15, 2005 04:18 PM
After eight months of discussion, four productive conversations with Minister Farrakhan and a heated exchange with Rev. Willie Wilson, the Millions More Movement March took place today and I was not allowed to speak. Although I believe we have opened the door for historic and positive dialogue with Minister Farrakhan, Rev. Wilson does not appear to be ready for such dialogue.
This is what happened today. After I arrived at the VIP tent shortly after 8 in the morning, my colleague Donna Payne spoke directly to Rev. Willie Wilson backstage, and he informed her that no one from the National Black Justice Coalition would be speaking today. Donna told Rev. Wilson that he was violating our agreement, and Wilson replied that the agreement was void because the Coalition had not responded by Friday. That was not true.
Rev. Wilson's excuse seemed a mere pretext to prevent us from speaking. Sadly, I am not surprised. He has been an obstacle to this process all along. Ever since his controversial July 3 sermon in which he blamed the rise of lesbianism for the problems in the black community, Rev. Wilson seems to have developed ill feelings toward the black gay community for responding to his attack. That was three months ago, and I had hoped to use my speech today to extend an olive branch to Rev. Wilson to move beyond our differences and heal our wounds, but his actions this morning made that impossible.
Today I am publishing the remarks I would have given at the Millions More Movement March had I been allowed to speak. The complete text is below.
Remarks Prepared for DeliveryThe Millions More March Saturday, October 15, 2005By Keith Boykin
Good Afternoon. Today I am honored to stand here at the Millions More Movement March as a representative of the National Black Justice Coalition, the country’s only national civil rights organization for Black lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people. The National Black Justice Coalition strongly supports the goals of the Millions More Movement for unity and inclusion of our entire community.
In February of this year, Minister Farrakhan and I participated in Tavis Smiley’s annual “State of The Black Union” event in Atlanta. During a press conference that day, Minister Farrakhan announced that women and gays would be encouraged to participate in today’s March. “The makeup will be our people, whoever we are,” he said. Then he added, “Male, female, gay, straight, light, dark, rich, poor, ignorant, wise. We are family. We will be coming together to discuss family business.”
After the press conference, I spoke to the Minister and I introduced myself. “Minister Farrakhan,” I said, while shaking his hand, “My name is Keith Boykin, and I am a Black gay man. And I want to thank you for your inclusive comments about gays in the Million Man March.” Without missing a beat, Minister Farrakhan responded to me with a long, warm embrace. “Brother, I love you,” he said as we hugged. “We are all part of the family. We are all part of the same community.” That was an historic moment.
Ten years ago, I joined more than a million of my brothers on this very location for the Million Man March. At that time, there were no openly gay, lesbian or bisexual speakers at that March. This time, however, I am able to speak here today as an openly gay man because of the courageous leadership of one man – Minister Louis Farrakhan. I publicly and honestly thank him and salute him for the invitation to speak. The diversity of speakers assembled here today is a powerful signal that we in the Black community will not allow ourselves to be divided by differences of opinion, religion, gender, class or sexual orientation ever again.
As Minister Farrakhan himself said in August, “we must not allow painful utterances of the past or present, based on sincere belief, or based on our ignorance, or based on our ideology or philosophy to cripple a movement that deserves and needs all of us—and, when I say all, I mean all of us.”
Earlier this week, two of my colleagues and I sat with Minister Farrakhan, his wife, his daughter, and his son, and with Rev. Willie Wilson, the executive director of this March. Minister Farrakhan said it was the first time he had ever sat down with a group of openly gay and lesbian African Americans. Let me be honest. It was an intense, passionate and candid meeting where both sides shared their pain and frustration with the other. At the end of the discussion, however, we made progress. We realized that there are no “both sides” of the table. There is only one side, and that is the side of justice.
So today I accept the olive branch offered by Minister Farrakhan and Rev. Wilson and offer an olive branch of my own. We acknowledge the hurt and pain that has been caused by both sides in our past conflicts, and we fully commit ourselves to heal the deep wounds that have hurt us. Thank you, Minster Farrakhan and Rev. Wilson for the love.
We have disagreed in the past and we may disagree in the future, but we all agree that we must move forward together. We all agree that we will not allow ourselves to be manipulated by the media to create divisions among us. We all agree that we are stronger together than we are apart. And we all agree that the struggle for the liberation of our people is more important than our individual differences of opinion.
Fifty years ago, Ralph Ellison wrote, "I am an invisible man. . . I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. . . . When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination -- indeed, everything and anything except me." Ralph Ellison was talking about the invisibility of the African American, but the same could be said of Black gays and lesbians.
When Dr. King spoke at the 1963 Civil Rights March, he called on one person, Bayard Rustin, a Black gay man, to organize that march. When Duke Ellington performed “Take The ‘A’ Train,” he called on one person, Billy Strayhorn, a Black gay man to serve as his composer. And when Black actors and directors put on performances of “A Raisin In The Sun,” they call on one person, Lorraine Hansberry, a Black bisexual playwright, to serve as their muse.
Black culture as we know it today would not exist without the words of James Baldwin, the poetry of Audre Lorde, or the choreography of Alvin Ailey. That is why I am here today – to honor their legacy.
But I am also here to honor the living heroes and sheroes of today. My good friend Phill Wilson likes to say that our people cannot love us if they do not know us. So I want you to know who we are. I want you to know the activist Angela Davis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Alice Walker, the Grammy-nominated recording artist Me'Shell Ndege'Ocello, Editor-at-Large and former executive editor for ESSENCE magazine Linda Villarosa, and the former Adviser to New York Mayor David Dinkins, Dr. Marjorie Hilll.
And I want you to know the living male heroes. Men like New York City Council Member Phillip Reed, Former Mayor of Cambridge Ken Reeves, Mayor of Palm Springs Ron Oden, Bestselling Author E. Lynn Harris, and Harvard University Chaplain Rev. Peter Gomes.
And finally, I want you to know that we are your brothers and sons and fathers. We are your sisters and daughters and mothers. And we are your cousins and nieces and nephews as well. We cannot separate ourselves from the larger Black family because we are an integral part of the Black family. We raise our families, we send money to our nephews, and yes we sing in the choir as well.
The issues that affect Black gays and lesbians are issues that affect all Black people. Last year I sat in the living room of a young mother who had lost her child to violence in Newark, New Jersey. Her 15-year-old daughter, Sakia Gunn, was murdered because the killer thought she was gay. When black homosexuals and bisexuals are murdered, black heterosexual family members still have to bury their kin. What happens to Black gays and lesbians directly affects black straight people as well.
HIV and AIDS is the leading cause of death for young Black people, gay or straight. Forty-five million Americans do not have health insurance, and too many of this group are Black, gay or straight. Unemployment is still too high among Black people, gay or straight. We are all connected.
When Black people were forced to sit in the back of the bus, Black gay people were forced to sit in the back of the bus. When Black people could not vote, Black lesbians could not vote. And when Black people are beaten and abused by the police, Black bisexuals are beaten and abused by the police.
We share the same goals and aspirations as the rest of the Black community, but none of us can accomplish those goals without unity and courage. We all need courage in our lives. It took courage for you to come here today. It took courage for Minister Farrakhan to invite me to speak today. And it will take courage to heal the wounds that have divided us for far too long.
In the timeless words of Audre Lorde, "When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision – then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." So I say to you today: Be strong, be proud, be courageous.
The Speech That Didn't Happen
By Keith Boykin
http://www.keithboykin.com/October 15, 2005 04:18 PM
After eight months of discussion, four productive conversations with Minister Farrakhan and a heated exchange with Rev. Willie Wilson, the Millions More Movement March took place today and I was not allowed to speak. Although I believe we have opened the door for historic and positive dialogue with Minister Farrakhan, Rev. Wilson does not appear to be ready for such dialogue.
This is what happened today. After I arrived at the VIP tent shortly after 8 in the morning, my colleague Donna Payne spoke directly to Rev. Willie Wilson backstage, and he informed her that no one from the National Black Justice Coalition would be speaking today. Donna told Rev. Wilson that he was violating our agreement, and Wilson replied that the agreement was void because the Coalition had not responded by Friday. That was not true.
Rev. Wilson's excuse seemed a mere pretext to prevent us from speaking. Sadly, I am not surprised. He has been an obstacle to this process all along. Ever since his controversial July 3 sermon in which he blamed the rise of lesbianism for the problems in the black community, Rev. Wilson seems to have developed ill feelings toward the black gay community for responding to his attack. That was three months ago, and I had hoped to use my speech today to extend an olive branch to Rev. Wilson to move beyond our differences and heal our wounds, but his actions this morning made that impossible.
Today I am publishing the remarks I would have given at the Millions More Movement March had I been allowed to speak. The complete text is below.
Remarks Prepared for DeliveryThe Millions More March Saturday, October 15, 2005By Keith Boykin
Good Afternoon. Today I am honored to stand here at the Millions More Movement March as a representative of the National Black Justice Coalition, the country’s only national civil rights organization for Black lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgendered people. The National Black Justice Coalition strongly supports the goals of the Millions More Movement for unity and inclusion of our entire community.
In February of this year, Minister Farrakhan and I participated in Tavis Smiley’s annual “State of The Black Union” event in Atlanta. During a press conference that day, Minister Farrakhan announced that women and gays would be encouraged to participate in today’s March. “The makeup will be our people, whoever we are,” he said. Then he added, “Male, female, gay, straight, light, dark, rich, poor, ignorant, wise. We are family. We will be coming together to discuss family business.”
After the press conference, I spoke to the Minister and I introduced myself. “Minister Farrakhan,” I said, while shaking his hand, “My name is Keith Boykin, and I am a Black gay man. And I want to thank you for your inclusive comments about gays in the Million Man March.” Without missing a beat, Minister Farrakhan responded to me with a long, warm embrace. “Brother, I love you,” he said as we hugged. “We are all part of the family. We are all part of the same community.” That was an historic moment.
Ten years ago, I joined more than a million of my brothers on this very location for the Million Man March. At that time, there were no openly gay, lesbian or bisexual speakers at that March. This time, however, I am able to speak here today as an openly gay man because of the courageous leadership of one man – Minister Louis Farrakhan. I publicly and honestly thank him and salute him for the invitation to speak. The diversity of speakers assembled here today is a powerful signal that we in the Black community will not allow ourselves to be divided by differences of opinion, religion, gender, class or sexual orientation ever again.
As Minister Farrakhan himself said in August, “we must not allow painful utterances of the past or present, based on sincere belief, or based on our ignorance, or based on our ideology or philosophy to cripple a movement that deserves and needs all of us—and, when I say all, I mean all of us.”
Earlier this week, two of my colleagues and I sat with Minister Farrakhan, his wife, his daughter, and his son, and with Rev. Willie Wilson, the executive director of this March. Minister Farrakhan said it was the first time he had ever sat down with a group of openly gay and lesbian African Americans. Let me be honest. It was an intense, passionate and candid meeting where both sides shared their pain and frustration with the other. At the end of the discussion, however, we made progress. We realized that there are no “both sides” of the table. There is only one side, and that is the side of justice.
So today I accept the olive branch offered by Minister Farrakhan and Rev. Wilson and offer an olive branch of my own. We acknowledge the hurt and pain that has been caused by both sides in our past conflicts, and we fully commit ourselves to heal the deep wounds that have hurt us. Thank you, Minster Farrakhan and Rev. Wilson for the love.
We have disagreed in the past and we may disagree in the future, but we all agree that we must move forward together. We all agree that we will not allow ourselves to be manipulated by the media to create divisions among us. We all agree that we are stronger together than we are apart. And we all agree that the struggle for the liberation of our people is more important than our individual differences of opinion.
Fifty years ago, Ralph Ellison wrote, "I am an invisible man. . . I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me. . . . When they approach me they see only my surroundings, themselves, or figments of their imagination -- indeed, everything and anything except me." Ralph Ellison was talking about the invisibility of the African American, but the same could be said of Black gays and lesbians.
When Dr. King spoke at the 1963 Civil Rights March, he called on one person, Bayard Rustin, a Black gay man, to organize that march. When Duke Ellington performed “Take The ‘A’ Train,” he called on one person, Billy Strayhorn, a Black gay man to serve as his composer. And when Black actors and directors put on performances of “A Raisin In The Sun,” they call on one person, Lorraine Hansberry, a Black bisexual playwright, to serve as their muse.
Black culture as we know it today would not exist without the words of James Baldwin, the poetry of Audre Lorde, or the choreography of Alvin Ailey. That is why I am here today – to honor their legacy.
But I am also here to honor the living heroes and sheroes of today. My good friend Phill Wilson likes to say that our people cannot love us if they do not know us. So I want you to know who we are. I want you to know the activist Angela Davis, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Author Alice Walker, the Grammy-nominated recording artist Me'Shell Ndege'Ocello, Editor-at-Large and former executive editor for ESSENCE magazine Linda Villarosa, and the former Adviser to New York Mayor David Dinkins, Dr. Marjorie Hilll.
And I want you to know the living male heroes. Men like New York City Council Member Phillip Reed, Former Mayor of Cambridge Ken Reeves, Mayor of Palm Springs Ron Oden, Bestselling Author E. Lynn Harris, and Harvard University Chaplain Rev. Peter Gomes.
And finally, I want you to know that we are your brothers and sons and fathers. We are your sisters and daughters and mothers. And we are your cousins and nieces and nephews as well. We cannot separate ourselves from the larger Black family because we are an integral part of the Black family. We raise our families, we send money to our nephews, and yes we sing in the choir as well.
The issues that affect Black gays and lesbians are issues that affect all Black people. Last year I sat in the living room of a young mother who had lost her child to violence in Newark, New Jersey. Her 15-year-old daughter, Sakia Gunn, was murdered because the killer thought she was gay. When black homosexuals and bisexuals are murdered, black heterosexual family members still have to bury their kin. What happens to Black gays and lesbians directly affects black straight people as well.
HIV and AIDS is the leading cause of death for young Black people, gay or straight. Forty-five million Americans do not have health insurance, and too many of this group are Black, gay or straight. Unemployment is still too high among Black people, gay or straight. We are all connected.
When Black people were forced to sit in the back of the bus, Black gay people were forced to sit in the back of the bus. When Black people could not vote, Black lesbians could not vote. And when Black people are beaten and abused by the police, Black bisexuals are beaten and abused by the police.
We share the same goals and aspirations as the rest of the Black community, but none of us can accomplish those goals without unity and courage. We all need courage in our lives. It took courage for you to come here today. It took courage for Minister Farrakhan to invite me to speak today. And it will take courage to heal the wounds that have divided us for far too long.
In the timeless words of Audre Lorde, "When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision – then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid." So I say to you today: Be strong, be proud, be courageous.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
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