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		<title>Equality Across America &#8211; Texas Conference.  Are &#8220;Ya’ll&#8221; Ready to Rumble?</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/04/eaa-texasconf2010/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can stop asking what you can do to help further equality in the United States (and beyond) now.  As previously discussed on Closet Talk with Tanner Efinger, Equality Across America has made a call to action for the week of Harvey Milk Day (May 22).  In response, grassroots organizations and activists have been popping up all over the country. 

Organizing of the EAA - Texas conference is well underway, with most of the logistics already worked out.  Now, we get to do the fun stuff.  Remember though, even if you can't help organize, you can start planning to attend. 


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://jaysays.com/2010/06/mgeats/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Anti-Equality Messiah, Maggie Gallagher, Wants Her Equal Protection and to Eat it Too!'>Anti-Equality Messiah, Maggie Gallagher, Wants Her Equal Protection and to Eat it Too!</a></li>
<li><a href='http://jaysays.com/2010/07/nom-bus-driver-signs-up-for-marriage-equality-counter-protest/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: NOM Bus Driver Signs Up for Marriage Equality Counter-Protest'>NOM Bus Driver Signs Up for Marriage Equality Counter-Protest</a></li>
<li><a href='http://jaysays.com/2010/06/texas-gop-official-platform-calls-for-imprisonment-of-homosexuals-and-supportive-heterosexuals/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Texas GOP Official Platform Calls for Imprisonment of Homosexuals and Supportive Heterosexuals'>Texas GOP Official Platform Calls for Imprisonment of Homosexuals and Supportive Heterosexuals</a></li>
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		<title>GetEQUAL Goes to Jail, But Passes Go.</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/03/getequal/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 02:27:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, I learned that action is inspiring.  Tomorrow, I hope to learn that it's also contagious.

As my facebook, twitter and email exploded today with little clips of the DADT Rally, I marveled at an act of well timed genius.  While the HRC was negotiating equality with the well-oiled political machine, the people were speaking.  Grassroots activists took to the streets refusing to negotiate their rights... our rights.  


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		<title>For the New Year &#8211; Love Takes Over.</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2010/01/for-the-new-year-love-takes-over-win-will-and-grace-season-3-on-dvd/</link>
		<comments>http://jaysays.com/2010/01/for-the-new-year-love-takes-over-win-will-and-grace-season-3-on-dvd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 18:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We've written a lot of letters, most of which have been to our elected officials and representatives.  While those letters have made a difference, we have to ask ourselves, "How do we reach the people?"

Our friend from the Nationwide Chalk Message Project, Jen Dugan, came up with a fantastic idea a couple of months ago to do just that.


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://jaysays.com/2010/06/2010yearlesbianparent/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: 2010 – The Year of the Lesbian Parent.'>2010 – The Year of the Lesbian Parent.</a></li>
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		<title>ARE YOU SPEAKING?  Information on How to Speak Out.</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2009/12/are-you-speaking-information-on-how-to-speak-out/</link>
		<comments>http://jaysays.com/2009/12/are-you-speaking-information-on-how-to-speak-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:43:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geekgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lady Gaga asked President Obama at the National Equality March "ARE YOU LISTENING?"

I ask you. "ARE YOU SPEAKING?"

Today the Examiner reported that Reps. Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jared Polis (D-CO)

"...said the House is set to pass bills to provide health coverage for the same-sex partners of gay federal workers and to protect all gay and transgender employees from job discrimination. They said they expect a domestic partner benefits bill to come up for a vote by the end of the year and the employment bill to reach the floor early in 2010.

Baldwin and Polis said they are also confident that the House will include a provision in the military spending bill to repeal the Clinton-era "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", which prohibits LGBT people  from serving in the U.S. military."


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		<title>ENDA: Call to Action NOW</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2009/12/enda-call-to-action-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>geekgirl</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 29 states, it's still legal to fire someone because they're gay; in 38 states it is legal to fire someone for being transgender. ENDA will make it illegal to fire a person based on their sexual orientation or genetic identity (as usual, some restrictions apply). Here is a  Summary of legislation and cosponsors.


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		<title>Closet Talk: Dr. Michael T. Schmitt &#8211; Same-Sex Marriage&#8217;s Threat to Heterosexual Identity</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2009/11/heterosexualsupremacists/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:35:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was first introduced to Dr. Michael T. Schmitt's work by way of jaysays.com's resident scientist, Jude.  After seeing his video presentation, I knew I had to have him on the show.  Dr. Schmitt, along with Dr. Justin Lehmiller and Dr. Allison Walsh, published the article, "The Role of Heterosexual Identity Threat in Differential Support for Same-Sex 'Civil Unions' veruses 'Marriages' in the journal Group Processes and Intergroup Relations.


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		<title>Closet Talk: Ami and Ruby &#8211; Are We Married?</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2009/10/closet-talk-ami-and-ruby-are-we-married/</link>
		<comments>http://jaysays.com/2009/10/closet-talk-ami-and-ruby-are-we-married/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:12:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ami and Ruby were married in a ceremony that was not recognized by their state; however, once marriage was allowed in California, and knowing that Proposition 8 was looming, the couple headed south and tied the knot. Now, they are trekking around the country through many states that don't recognize their marriage with the goal of visiting all states that do (including the District of Columbia).


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		<title>Closet Talk: Author Susan Parker &#8211; Walking in the Deep End</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2009/10/closet-talk-author-susan-parker-walking-in-the-deep-end/</link>
		<comments>http://jaysays.com/2009/10/closet-talk-author-susan-parker-walking-in-the-deep-end/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 20:47:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Susan Parker joined me last night on Closet Talk to discuss her new book, Walking in the Deep End, a memoir.  Parker is a passionate advocate for the needs of people suffering from depression and eating disorders and confronts these often taboo subjects head on in her memoir.

We discussed Parker's growing up in an evangelical family, her bulimia, coping with the suicides of family members and dealing with depression, Susan's early homophobia (which resulted in unkindness toward her friends who would come out to her), and how, after discovering she wasn't a zero on the Kinsey scale of sexual orientation, her relationships with those people changed.


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		<title>National Equality March Song Competition Finalists: Vote Now!</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2009/09/national-equality-march-song-competition-finalists-vote-now/</link>
		<comments>http://jaysays.com/2009/09/national-equality-march-song-competition-finalists-vote-now/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Equality March is fast approaching.  Organizers launched the National Equality March Song Contest weeks ago and four finalists have been chosen and I must say the finalists are as diverse as our community.  In them you'll here the influence of show tunes, blues, jazz and new age.

Here's your chance to vote for your favorite. Voting will end at 5:00 p.m. PST on October 1, 2009.  You may vote via YouTube or Facebook simply by rating the song on YouTube or giving it a thumbs up/thumbs down on Facebook.

Congratulations to all finalists.  Great songs! [songs after the jump]


Related posts:<ol><li><a href='http://jaysays.com/2010/03/pasb707/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Quick Bit: Blog for Equality Day against PA Senate Bill 707'>Quick Bit: Blog for Equality Day against PA Senate Bill 707</a></li>
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		<title>Closet Talk: Nathan and Johnnie Discuss the Atlanta Eagle Bar Raid</title>
		<link>http://jaysays.com/2009/09/closet-talk-nathan-and-johnnie-discuss-the-atlanta-eagle-bar-raid/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jaysays</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a scene reminiscent of this summers bar raid in Ft. Worth, Texas, on September 10, 2009, police raided the Eagle in Atlanta after an anonymous complaint from a neighboring residential building claimed the bar was promoting public sex and drug use. Police entered the bar and made patrons lay on the floor, some for over an hour, while they illegally searched their pockets and refused to state why they were detaining the bar goers. Since the raid, many rumors have found their way into the conservative and liberal blogosphere.

Witnesses Nicholas and Johnnie joined me on Closet Talk to discuss the raid, the reaction and what was said.  Johnnie confirmed perhaps one of the most terrible comments overheard by police which I had hoped was a sick rumor: "... this is more fun than raiding niggers on crack."


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