OutServe Magazine on "The New DADT: Transgender Service''
OutServe is an organization for LGBT military servicemembers that was created in response to anti-gay harassment that servicemembers were receiving under the Don't Ask, Don't Tell policy. They became a...
View ArticleH.R. 1981: "Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011"
Crossposted at burn after writingRep. Lamar Smith (R-TX) is back with a new anti-privacy bill that's been on the radar of civil liberties organizations for several months now, though it hasn't yet...
View ArticleAnti-gay TN State Senator compares being told to eat at a different...
So, Stacey Campfield, a state senator in Tennessee, was refused restaurant service after sponsoring anti-gay legislation and spouting hateful rhetoric:Martha Boggs, owner of The Bistro at the Bijou,...
View ArticleKosAbility: Suppressing the votes of disabled people
KosAbility is a community diary series posted at 5 PM ET every Sunday and Wednesday by volunteer diarists. This is a gathering place for people who are living with disabilities, who love someone with a...
View Article'Sit-ins for Stacey' Campfield, anti-gay TN state senator who was denied...
Note: this is going up a lot later than I had hoped, since my article just now got postedOver at The Huffington Post, I've written a follow-up [and you should definitely read it] to the story I called...
View ArticleSit-ins for Stacey: Our movement is growing!
Yesterday I alerted you to my new efforts to raise awareness for civil rights violations in this country. Stacey Campfield, a white, male, heterosexual Christian state senator in Tennessee, was denied...
View ArticleRE: Komen scandal, Stacey Campfield says abortion causes breast cancer. w/...
UPDATE: Oh, and donate to Planned Parenthood, obviously.Lolwut:Commenting on the Komen reversal RE breast cancer screening at Planned Parenthood, Senator Campfield makes the claim that abortion causes...
View Articlew/Updatex3 Right-wing preacher attacks Pam Spaulding
Patrick Wooden, a preacher in North Carolina who was recently called out for some bizarre homophobic remarks he made on a radio show has decided to attack LGBT activist Pam Spaulding of Pam's House...
View ArticleKosAbility: Open Thread, Austerity and budget cuts
Programs for the disabled are among the first to go, when states trim their budgets. This puts a lot of people in danger across the country.-Now, families and advocates say Pennsylvania is withdrawing...
View ArticleThis is the last diary I will ever write at Daily Kos
...under this name, because I'm switching to my real name: Scottie Thomaston. If you follow me, you should start following that username, since as soon as I post this I'll be logging off this name....
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