Sunday, May 13, 2012

Current Events: Petraeus

General David Petraeus speaks out about the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"


Current Events: Biden

Joe Biden Endorces Gay Marriage




On Sunday May 6th Joe Biden Endorsed Same-Sex Marriage. 

Current Events: Stephen Colbert and Eric McCormack




More good news on the expanding acceptance of gender differences here's a great example from The Colbert Report .

I can't embed this video clip but it's worth going over to The Huffington Post to check out Stephen Colbert interviewing Eric McCormack (from Will and Grace).

Friday, May 11, 2012

Census We All Count

Here's an example of how the times they are a changin' 
The most recent census actually counts and categorizes for the purposed of allocating federal funds as seen in this video...


A Historic Day...

The future of my community looks bright.
 Bellow is a clip of President Obama making his historic statement as the highest official ever to support same-sex marriage.




It Gets Better...


Here's a link to a video I found really wonderful that might be helpful, particularly to the younger members of the LGBT community, called "It Gets Better". I love this video because Dan Savage and his partner relate their personal stories of their struggles with bullying followed by a touching and inspiring account of how much their lives improved once they got out of high school where much bullying takes place. 



While this video on its own is quite wonderful, the viral storm that followed is nothing short of amazing so be sure to follow up on a few of the thousands of videos posted by people both famous and not. 

Here are a few examples that I found interesting: 




I especially like the ones by Stephen Colbert and Kermit the Frog