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Neo-Confederate - the other "N" Word

To my knowledge, no one has ever called me a “Nigger,” but a few misguided, uncouth rednecks have called me "Nigger-lover."  That was back in the 1960s and early 1970s, when I was a young man, very active...

Norm Kent On the Suicide of Transsexual Sportswriter Mike Penner

Fort Lauderdale based criminal defense lawyer and member of the board of directors of NORML, Norm Kent's article On the Suicide of Mike Penner points out Why the Transgendered Need Civil Rights Protections. Mike...

Human rights groups blast Uganda's Anti-Homosexuality Bill 2009

Human rights groups blast Uganda's anti-homosexuality bill, which includes a section that would introduce the death penalty for the offence of "aggravated homosexuality."  The draft Anti-Homosexuality Bill was...

Straight couple to apply for civil partnership

"Tom Freeman and Katherine Doyle, from Holloway, London, hope to make history tomorrow morning by becoming the first straight couple to apply for a civil partnership in Britain. Their application is a protest against discriminatory UK laws that segregate couples by their...

Influence & publicity concern for NYS OCFS Commissioner Carrion

Influence and publicity are apparently a major concern for  New York State Office of Children and Family Service's (NYS OCFS) Commissioner Gladys Carrion who recently came under fire by the U.S. Department of...

WI: Judge jails mother over daughter's refusal to visit father

On November 12, Marinette County Circuit Court Judge David Miron sentenced a mother to 30 days in jail for her daughter's repeated refusal to comply with court ordered visitation with her father.  Loraine...

Gay Apartheid: The real campaign against gays & lesbians?

The defeat in Maine on same-sex marriage continues to bother many and opinions differ on why Maine residents voted for or against same-sex marriage. Some believe Rural-Urban divide was at work in Maine's repeal...

The price of hiding in the shadows: Black & Gay in America

In Black men in America: The Obama effect, a reader wondered why everytime the gay issue is raised in the black community, everybody can't wait until it's time for the next subject. It was brought to my attention...

The 4th of July only for those that can tweet.

By, Uwe Paschen. The forgotten people by Tweeter on the fourth of July may be fund in Niger. Wile the USA celebrates ideals such as Liberty and Freedom as well as Equality and Justice, most of the World Citizen...

Latter Day Saint: Prop 8 backlash compared to civil rights war

In the inevitable clash between cultures,  an Apostle of the Church of the Latter Day Saints in Salt Lake City,  Utah,  compares the post-proposition 8 backlash with the civil rights era of African...

Screen Actors Guild Supports National Equality March

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. —...

Speakers Announced for National Equality March

Speakers for National Equality March to be held in Washington, DC, October 10-11, have been announced. The event is seeking equal protection for lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender people in all matters...

September 12 Protest Signs in Washington, racism?

You look around - and through the eyes of a foreigner, looking in on the USA is not looking into a jar of wonderment and awe.People I speak to who are not American ask me, for I am sincerely interested in US politics, "Why do those people act like that? All that black guy is...

I ROBOT! Do we need international rules?

Isaac Asimov set some rules that he thought that Robot’s if existed should obey.  The point is now that science fiction has started to become a reality we are seeing robotic technology and robots being...

JUSTICE FOR SALE vs. DEEP US GOVERNMENT & TURKISH CONNECTIONS

THE STORY...   BEHIND THE STORY... I am not Journalist, I am a victim of theft. I am here by necessity, fighting forces much larger than us. Before we were aware of what Sibel Edmonds was doing... We have been...

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