This, with an overly-emphasized virtual h/t to my friend Rainlillie for the bestest find ever. Like the guy says, "Stepping outside the norm is the greatest liberation that most people can find." You go, Sir John Whitmore! Nic Askew go, too.
Like most other gay folks, I was gratified the other night to hear President Obama announce at the State of the Union address his intention to put repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell on the agenda for 2010. Of course we were all hyped when we heard it the first time, too. Back when he was pandering the rainbow coalition for votes during his campaign, pledging to be a "fierce advocate" for LGBT rights. To start working toward getting rid of DADT during his first year as president was part of that promise. Not that he has totally snubbed us, I guess, but tagging him a "fierce advocate" is probably a stretch . It's really little wonder that much of the queer community reacted approvingly, but also with a fair amount of skepticism, the other night after hearing him vow again to do what he vowed once before with nothing gotten done so far. This DADT thing, I wouldn't think, should be such a big ordeal to get over and done with in short order. Even military p...
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ReplyDeleteI'm so glad you liked the film. I told you who I thought of when I watched it. It's the whole connection thing.. you know.
Afraid to click the video, computer bug here, BUT I certainly agree with the sentiment. Ricky Martin came out? He is gay? ____0 <<<<<that is me fainting.
ReplyDeletevery shocking, i KNOW!! who would have thought that would be his own path? :)
ReplyDeleteMy conundrum: I usually don't want to fit it in, but I hate the attention that not fitting in sometimes gets me.
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