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I can't say how proud I am of the good folks up in Montana who have organized such a tremendous response. :)

A Reversal of Questions

Homophobia: A Self-Assessment

1. What do you think caused your heterosexuality?


2. When and how did you first decide you were a heterosexual?


3. Is it possible your heterosexuality is just a phase you may grow out of?


4. Is it possible your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of people of the same sex?


5. Isn't it possible that all you need is a good, gay lover?


6. Heterosexuals have histories of failures in gay relationships. Do you think you may have turned to heterosexuality out of fear of rejection?


7. If you've never slept with a person of the same sex, how do you know you wouldn't prefer it?


8. If heterosexuality is normal, why are a disproportionate number of mental health consumers heterosexuals?


9. To whom have you disclosed your heterosexual tendencies?


10. Your heterosexuality doesn't offend me as long as you don't try to force it on me. Why do you feel compelled to seduce others into your sexual orientation?


11. If you choose to nurture children, would you want them to be heterosexual, knowing the problems they would face?


12. The great majority of child molesters are heterosexuals. Do you really consider it safe to expose your children to heterosexual teachers?


13. Why do you insist on being so obvious and making a public spectacle of your heterosexuality? Can't you just be what you are and keep it quiet?


14. How can you ever hope to become a whole person if you limit yourself to a compulsive, exclusive heterosexual object choice and remain unwilling to explore and develop your normal, God-given homosexual potential?

Daily Dose of E-Activism

From the Human Rights Campaign:

Matthew Shepard Act in Serious Jeopardy

Right now, the fate of the Matthew Shepard Act depends on you.

House and Senate leaders could decide in the coming days to detach the bill from a larger Department of Defense bill, where it currently resides. The move would almost certainly eliminate its chances of becoming law, setting back our progress by months or years. We likely have less than a week to convince them.

We've spent a decade fighting tooth and nail for a Federal hate crimes bill – we cannot let last-minute political challenges defeat us now. It's time to make a ruckus. Write your lawmakers today, then spread the word.

Then, sign this petition. It doesn't matter if you don't live in Montana. Representative Rehberg needs to hear from people all over the country. Let's send him a clear message: "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." So far, he's been silent on this very important matter, and we need his support to finally pass comprehensive, inclusive, hate crimes legislation in Montana.

Happy Pride!

Today was our annual Palm Springs Pride Parade. The weather was wonderful, the crowd was amazing, and the atmosphere, well, see for yourself:

Audre Lorde said, “It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences." Today my community celebrated the rich diversity it contains and I was so proud.

(More pictures coming soon!)

Marriage = Love

Today is National Freedom To Marry Day, set aside in 1999 as a day of advocacy in support of the right of same-sex couples to be legally wed. This blog strongly supports the expansion of ALL civil rights to America's citizens, regardless of sexual identity or orientation.

Without the legal sanction of marriage, same sex couples:

• lose any potential income tax benefits that apply to married partners.
• experience increased difficulty adopting children. In fact, some states still forbid the practice.
• are frequently denied employment benefits such as heath or life insurance for their partners.
• do not receive Social Security benefits upon the death of the partner, benefits to which the surviving partner in a heterosexual couple is eligible.
• do not enjoy the legal right of survivorship. For people without wills, state law provides that property moves directly to the spouse. In same-sex partnerships, when one person dies, his or her relatives can demand all of the deceased partner's assets. Even wills can be challenged under a legal loophole called "undue influence."
• do not automatically have decision-making rights when partners are seriously ill and unable to make decisions for themselves.

Granting the legal right to marry, and thus affording specific privileges so some groups and not others has been used as a form of social control in this country for long enough.

Want to do something? Sign the petition here.