It's Friday! The last Friday in June! Tomorrow is the 45th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, generally accepted as the start of the modern gay rights movement. That means that tomorrow is the 44th Anniversary of the first ever Gay Pride March! Happy Pride!
In case you have managed to get to this blog without knowing this, I'm a gay man, married to a gay man, so this is basically our High Holy Days. Pardon us if we take to heart the words of Miss Coco Peru: "...live a life that's out, proud, and just a little bit ridiculous." So be warned, this week's links are even more rainbow-colored than usual.
Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:
12 Kick-Ass Gay Women In Comics And Graphic Novels.
The Moment A Gay Couple Dared To Kiss In The Face Of Hate .
Dr. McMurtrie and the Gay Kiss. How a doctor studying sexuality in 1914 described and defined the relationships.
Op-ed: My First Grand Marshal Experience and the Meaning of LGBT Pride. Being Key West's grand marshal gave Rob Smith a new perspective on small-town America.
Photographs Document Hidden LGBT Relationships From The Early 20th Century.
Tenth Circuit Court Rips Apart Right-Wing's Bogus 'Religious Freedom' Argument Against Gay Marriage.
Transgender People: Strangers in Gay Land.
LOUISIANA: Judge Surprises By Deciding To Consider Full Marriage Equality As Well As Out-Of-State Recognition.
WATCH INDIANA'S FIRST GAY MARRIAGE: VIDEO. Note: the website has the video set to auto-play
Gay Pride in the 1950s: The Photo Booth as a Safe Space.
Kidnapped for Christ: New film exposes the horrors of gay conversion therapy.
Internalized Homophobia: The Next LGBT Fight After Same-Sex Marriage.
Gay marriage battle hinged on a great love story. Edie and Thea...
A Photographic Look at the Birth of Gay Pride.
Fabulous Photos From One of America's Longest-Running Gay Prom.
PHOTOS: Meet the First Trans Man Crowned 'Mr. Gay Philadelphia'
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The Mormon Church Just Excommunicated Another Feminist.
Last Month Was The Hottest May In Recorded History.
GOP House Candidate: Islam Not A Religion, Not Protected By Constitution.
Black Parents, Gay Sons, and Redefining Masculinity.
College student at LGBT rally: It's OK to be gay in Huntsville, not rest of state.
Making Comics More And More Gay – The Hernandez Brothers, Kate Leth, And Terry Moore Talk LGBT Characters At Heroes Con 2014.
FRC is an extremely deceitful org: Example #1,234,234,921.
Social Security agency shows why Supreme Court must act on gay marriage.
Almost No Night in the Northwest.
Why Believing In Astrology Is Not As Harmless As You Think.
Black hole made peek-a-boo galaxy go mysteriously dark.
6 Amazing Cephalopod Species You Didn't Know Existed.
Show Me Your Pride - By Miss Coco Peru:
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International Guardians of the Galaxy Trailer is awesome:
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Boyinaband -You look like a girl:
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Ferras - Speak In Tongues:
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Eli Lieb - Safe In My Hands:
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Friday, June 27, 2014
Saturday, June 21, 2014
Weekend Update (Seth Meyer not reading, alas)
I’m sorry that I’m not going to be as funny as the Saturday Night Live crew, but I had to share a few updates on some of the things I linked to just yesterday...
(The updates, some quite funny, and my comments are at FontFolly.Net
(The updates, some quite funny, and my comments are at FontFolly.Net
Friday, June 20, 2014
Friday Links (with action and adventure)!
Thank the great flying spaghetti monster, it's Friday! I don't know about you, but I have had a grueling week. Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:
Captain America Isn’t Just Any Hero. "...given the era he was born in and his class and religious/ethnic background, there is no way in hell Steve Rogers didn’t grow up as a Democrat, and a New Deal Democrat at that, complete with a picture of FDR on the wall."
Glenn Beck: ‘Liberals, You Were Right,’ We Should Never Have Gone into Iraq. And this is not the Onion!
Spacetime Might Be a Superfluid, and That Could Help Explain Gravity.
Poll: No gay marriage ‘revolt’ coming.
Americans Think It Should Be Illegal To Fire Someone For Being Gay, Don't Realize It's Not Already.
Animation's gay revolution isn't as progressive as you think.
Rick Perry, This Is What Happens When People Are Forced to Live in the Closet.
Hillary Clinton Meets The Republican Squirrel, Responds In The Best Way Ever.
Jason Hanna And Joe Riggs, Texas Gay Fathers, Denied Legal Parenthood Of Twin Sons.
A Victory in the Long War Over Seattle Math Education.
At the Supreme Court, the NRA Finally Loses One.
Marriage Equality Opponent Admits ‘No Difference’ Between Same Sex And Heterosexual Families.
We’re losing all our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome. (Thanks to @JayelleAnderson for the link!)
Why Gay Pride Still Matters And Isn't Just About Parades And Parties.
How One Student Uncovered Multiple Constitutional Violations at His High School.
Scientists Discover Massive “Ocean” Near Earth’s Core.
Focus on the Family falls off the wagon, returns to its anti-gay addiction.
How to Win at Bridge Using Quantum Physics.
Gun violence and mental illness: Study addresses perception vs. reality.
Is There Life on Charon?.
How to build a quantum-entangled superclock.
And I wrote about guys who are Faking it (badly) and I disproved one relative's theory of why I'm gay (but more importantly recalled a beloved toy) in Action Boy!
In case you haven't already seen this tripping video shot in a single take, OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall -:
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NPR StoryCorps animates a story of a big brother (you made need a kleenex):
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David Letterman - Sam Smith: "Stay With Me":
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The Game of Thrones Title Sequence You Didn't Know You Needed (it's a parody, and I know nothing about the show, but found it quite funny):
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Captain America Isn’t Just Any Hero. "...given the era he was born in and his class and religious/ethnic background, there is no way in hell Steve Rogers didn’t grow up as a Democrat, and a New Deal Democrat at that, complete with a picture of FDR on the wall."
Glenn Beck: ‘Liberals, You Were Right,’ We Should Never Have Gone into Iraq. And this is not the Onion!
Spacetime Might Be a Superfluid, and That Could Help Explain Gravity.
Poll: No gay marriage ‘revolt’ coming.
Americans Think It Should Be Illegal To Fire Someone For Being Gay, Don't Realize It's Not Already.
Animation's gay revolution isn't as progressive as you think.
Rick Perry, This Is What Happens When People Are Forced to Live in the Closet.
Hillary Clinton Meets The Republican Squirrel, Responds In The Best Way Ever.
Jason Hanna And Joe Riggs, Texas Gay Fathers, Denied Legal Parenthood Of Twin Sons.
A Victory in the Long War Over Seattle Math Education.
At the Supreme Court, the NRA Finally Loses One.
Marriage Equality Opponent Admits ‘No Difference’ Between Same Sex And Heterosexual Families.
We’re losing all our Strong Female Characters to Trinity Syndrome. (Thanks to @JayelleAnderson for the link!)
Why Gay Pride Still Matters And Isn't Just About Parades And Parties.
How One Student Uncovered Multiple Constitutional Violations at His High School.
Scientists Discover Massive “Ocean” Near Earth’s Core.
Focus on the Family falls off the wagon, returns to its anti-gay addiction.
How to Win at Bridge Using Quantum Physics.
Gun violence and mental illness: Study addresses perception vs. reality.
Is There Life on Charon?.
How to build a quantum-entangled superclock.
And I wrote about guys who are Faking it (badly) and I disproved one relative's theory of why I'm gay (but more importantly recalled a beloved toy) in Action Boy!
In case you haven't already seen this tripping video shot in a single take, OK Go - The Writing's On the Wall -:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
NPR StoryCorps animates a story of a big brother (you made need a kleenex):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
David Letterman - Sam Smith: "Stay With Me":
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
The Game of Thrones Title Sequence You Didn't Know You Needed (it's a parody, and I know nothing about the show, but found it quite funny):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Friday, June 13, 2014
Friday Links!
Once more, Friday is upon us. Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:
How One Trip to the Airport Made Me a Feminist.
Police Bring Wedding Cakes For Wisconsin Gay Couples.
The end of gay history.
No Skynet: Turing test 'success' isn't all it seems.
This map shows every school shooting since Sandy Hook.
Dispelling Myths, Misconceptions and Lies About Gender-Nonconforming Children.
Seattle's Central District Community Mourns Loss of Two Young Men, Both Reportedly Gay.
Top Anti-Gay Marriage Group And Allies Can’t Handle The Truth .
Earth’s Magnetic Flips May Have Triggered Mass Extinctions.
The Catholic Archbishop of Minnesota Claims He Didn't Know Whether Raping a Child was a Crime in 1984.
Tiny Moon Prometheus Rips-Up Saturn's Outer Ring.
Oklahoma Tea Party Candidate Supports Stoning Gay People to Death.
Cop Kisses Boyfriend To Piss Off Westboro Baptist Church At D.C. Pride.
Anti-Defamation League Condemns Tony Perkins For 'Using Holocaust Imagery' To Attack Gay Rights.
How My Eleven Year Old Son Taught Me That Having a Gay Character in ‘Train Your Dragon’ is Important.
An Astronomical Eloping: How Rare is a “Friday the 13th Honey Moon?"
The Planet With the Seemingly Never-Ending Year.
Two Activists in Mormon Church Threatened With Excommunication.
Southern Baptists Vote: Are Trans People Part of God's Design?
LGBT struggles go beyond marriage equality.
Van Hollen: Clerks issuing licenses to gay couples could be charged.
“That’s My Baby Til The Day I Die”: Andrea Kelly Speaks On Youngest Child Coming Out As Transgender Male.
Earth's Moon --"Made the Emergence of Complex Multi-Cellular Life Possible."
Making new species without sex: Plants can transfer their entire genetic material to a partner in an asexual manner.
Watch: Famous Designers Disown The World's Most Recognizable Typeface.
I wrote about the bigoted history of the Southern Baptist Convention and my person history thereof: Leopard spots and sheep's clothing.
And I wrote about, among other things, my first celebrity crush: Speaking of childhood memories….
"See U Next Tuesday" - MARGARET CHO & ADAM BARTA :
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Neil Patrick Harris stole the show at the tonies::
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Ryan Adamés - As Long As You Love Me:
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DANIEL ROBINSON - "Not Your Boy" :
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How One Trip to the Airport Made Me a Feminist.
Police Bring Wedding Cakes For Wisconsin Gay Couples.
The end of gay history.
No Skynet: Turing test 'success' isn't all it seems.
This map shows every school shooting since Sandy Hook.
Dispelling Myths, Misconceptions and Lies About Gender-Nonconforming Children.
Seattle's Central District Community Mourns Loss of Two Young Men, Both Reportedly Gay.
Top Anti-Gay Marriage Group And Allies Can’t Handle The Truth .
Earth’s Magnetic Flips May Have Triggered Mass Extinctions.
The Catholic Archbishop of Minnesota Claims He Didn't Know Whether Raping a Child was a Crime in 1984.
Tiny Moon Prometheus Rips-Up Saturn's Outer Ring.
Oklahoma Tea Party Candidate Supports Stoning Gay People to Death.
Cop Kisses Boyfriend To Piss Off Westboro Baptist Church At D.C. Pride.
Anti-Defamation League Condemns Tony Perkins For 'Using Holocaust Imagery' To Attack Gay Rights.
How My Eleven Year Old Son Taught Me That Having a Gay Character in ‘Train Your Dragon’ is Important.
An Astronomical Eloping: How Rare is a “Friday the 13th Honey Moon?"
The Planet With the Seemingly Never-Ending Year.
Two Activists in Mormon Church Threatened With Excommunication.
Southern Baptists Vote: Are Trans People Part of God's Design?
LGBT struggles go beyond marriage equality.
Van Hollen: Clerks issuing licenses to gay couples could be charged.
“That’s My Baby Til The Day I Die”: Andrea Kelly Speaks On Youngest Child Coming Out As Transgender Male.
Earth's Moon --"Made the Emergence of Complex Multi-Cellular Life Possible."
Making new species without sex: Plants can transfer their entire genetic material to a partner in an asexual manner.
Watch: Famous Designers Disown The World's Most Recognizable Typeface.
I wrote about the bigoted history of the Southern Baptist Convention and my person history thereof: Leopard spots and sheep's clothing.
And I wrote about, among other things, my first celebrity crush: Speaking of childhood memories….
"See U Next Tuesday" - MARGARET CHO & ADAM BARTA :
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Neil Patrick Harris stole the show at the tonies::
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Ryan Adamés - As Long As You Love Me:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
DANIEL ROBINSON - "Not Your Boy" :
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Saturday, June 7, 2014
How are those goals progressing?
When I set my goals for the year, I tried to set very concrete steps for achieving. Inspired by a friend's suggestion, I tried to identify a better habit to replace each bad habit.
I said I'd do regular check-ins on the goals I set for the year, and it's another month, so how am I doing?
Goal: Reduce the outrage.
Step: Listen to the Wait! Wait! Don't Tell Me podcast once a week, limit the amount of time I read news during work breaks.
Progress:I was tempted to skip some weeks of Wait! Wait!..., simply because beloved scorekeeper Carl Kasell decided to retire, and I wanted to save some episodes. But I decided it was better to listen to Carl's final episodes as they were released. I listened every week. In addition to Wait! Wait..., I listened to the new Dresden book as an audiobook twice. I'm also listening to a lot of music.
Goal: Write more regularly.
Step: Spend the reclaimed break time writing. Find other ways to motivate myself to write rather than twiddle the keys.
Progress: I didn't do as much writing as I would have liked. Most of my lunchtime writing was re-reading and revising, rather than writing new stuff. But that's good, too.
Goal: See friends for fun more, as opposed to all of my social interactions being driven by various projects.
Step: I tried to just plan a few things.
Progress: I finally saw people... at an editorial board work party. I still think doing more fun things with friends is a good goal.
Goal: Paint, draw, and make music.
Step: Go to the Drink 'n' Draw gathers. Set aside some time to sketch each week.
Progress: Michael and I were out of town for the Drink 'n' Draw, and the other usual Drink 'n' Draw folks all had other conflicts. I haven't gotten any drawing down this year other than the map for my fantasy setting for my novels.
I'm still not willing to drop any of the goals, even though I haven't been making progress on these last two.
(This post originally published at FontFolly.Net.)
Friday, June 6, 2014
Friday Links!
Once more, Friday is upon us. Here's a collection of news and other things that struck me as worthy of being shared:
What Does This Mean?. A great article about deciphering a 1903 trade magazine advertisement.
It's three times cheaper to give housing to the homeless than to keep them on the streets.
Don’t Worry So Much: How Not To Review Women’s Writing.
Catholic Parents Furious Same-Sex Couple Has Adopted The Children They Abused.
Why It Matters That Politicians Have No Experience of Poverty.
Judge: Conservative groups cannot become co-defendants in Miami-Dade gay marriage lawsuit.
Star Within a Star: Weird Stellar 'Hybrid' Discovered.
Marvel At The 'Most Colorful View of Universe' Ever Seen By Hubble Telescope.
Science Confirms: Yup, This Book Really Is Bound in Human Skin.
LEGO's new toys celebrate women in science.
GOP Homophobia So Bad Not Even GOProud Can Stand It Anymore.
It Shouldn't Take Magic to Be Accepted.
The Missing Neutrino Evidence --"A Clue to the Origin of the Universe and Matter".
FLORIDA: Backlash Grows Against AG Pam Bondi For Supporting Marriage Ban.
The Zero Gravity Cocktail Project, Boldly Designing a Cocktail Glass for Space.
My alma mater, Seattle Pacific University, was the site of a multiple-shooting yesterday. This occurred just two miles from my house: Mayor, County Executive, and Governor Respond to Seattle Pacific University Shooting and Call for Action on Gun Violence.
I wrote about a troubling event in my childhood, among other things:We aren't the ones recruiting.
Ryland's Story (I needed a hanky...):
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ASAP Science - Can You Trust Your Ears?:
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Sam Smith - Stay With Me ft. Mary J. Blige:
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Show Me Your Pride - By Miss Coco Peru:
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What Does This Mean?. A great article about deciphering a 1903 trade magazine advertisement.
It's three times cheaper to give housing to the homeless than to keep them on the streets.
Don’t Worry So Much: How Not To Review Women’s Writing.
Catholic Parents Furious Same-Sex Couple Has Adopted The Children They Abused.
Why It Matters That Politicians Have No Experience of Poverty.
Judge: Conservative groups cannot become co-defendants in Miami-Dade gay marriage lawsuit.
Star Within a Star: Weird Stellar 'Hybrid' Discovered.
Marvel At The 'Most Colorful View of Universe' Ever Seen By Hubble Telescope.
Science Confirms: Yup, This Book Really Is Bound in Human Skin.
LEGO's new toys celebrate women in science.
GOP Homophobia So Bad Not Even GOProud Can Stand It Anymore.
It Shouldn't Take Magic to Be Accepted.
The Missing Neutrino Evidence --"A Clue to the Origin of the Universe and Matter".
FLORIDA: Backlash Grows Against AG Pam Bondi For Supporting Marriage Ban.
The Zero Gravity Cocktail Project, Boldly Designing a Cocktail Glass for Space.
My alma mater, Seattle Pacific University, was the site of a multiple-shooting yesterday. This occurred just two miles from my house: Mayor, County Executive, and Governor Respond to Seattle Pacific University Shooting and Call for Action on Gun Violence.
I wrote about a troubling event in my childhood, among other things:We aren't the ones recruiting.
Ryland's Story (I needed a hanky...):
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
ASAP Science - Can You Trust Your Ears?:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Sam Smith - Stay With Me ft. Mary J. Blige:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
Show Me Your Pride - By Miss Coco Peru:
(If embedding doesn't work, click here.)
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