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Pride (and Prejudice)
So far, this year’s Pride Month has been a bizarre microcosm of living life as a queer person in the United States, and our experience is a microcosm of minority communities in general. This month, the queer community has … Continue reading
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Tagged abortion, African-American, allies, America, Black lives matter, black trans women, bombing, Capitol, Dallas, death, Detroit, Dignity, discrimination, Donald Trump, equal rights, Equal Rights Amendment, equality, gender, Governor Tony Evers, hate groups, hatred, homophobes, human being, immigrants, Israeli, Jew, LGBT community, life, love, marginalized communities, mass shooting, minority communities, mosque, Muslim, Nazis, politcal gains, politcal losses, prejudice, pride, pride month, privileged class, progress, queer, race, racist, rainbow flag, religion, right to vote, right-wingers, rights, same-sex couples, status quo, struggle, suicidal, trans, United States, Wisconsin, women
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On Trump and Racism
Donald Trump is a racist. That is it. Period. Donald Trump is a racist. There should be no further discussion. It is a fact. But in this day and age there apparently are no “facts,” only “fake news,” lies, … Continue reading
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Tagged Africa, African countries, African-Americans, America, apologists, Aryans, black communities, capitalism, Charlottesville, Chinese, co-workers, colonialism, culture, Donald Trump, economy, emigrate, Europe, exploitation, fake news, friends, Haiti, Hmong, huddled masses, human, immigrants, Irish, Italians, Lady Liberty, melting pot, Mexicans, Muslim, neighbors, neo-Nazi, newspapers, Norway, politiicians, Presidents, race, racism, racist, Richard Nixon, shithole countries, the F word, Twitter, United States, Watergate, websites, white nationalists
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On the Pulse Nightclub Massacre
Within a couple minutes of waking up on Sunday morning several posts on Facebook had alerted me to yet another mass shooting in the United States. A moment later I saw that it had taken place at a gay nightclub … Continue reading
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Tagged Allen Schindler, Atlanta, bigotry, Billy Jack Gaither, bisexual, Brandon Teena, Capitol Square, Christian, closet, Earl Greeley, fear, gay, gay club, gender, Harvey Milk, hate, homophobic, Islamist extremist, justice, Latino night, lesbian, LGBT, life partner, love, Madison, mass shooting, Matthew Shepard, Muslim, Native American, New Orleans, Orlando, other, Otherside Lounge, place of origin, pulse, Pulse Nightclub, queer, race, religion, right-wing, sexuality, status, Superior, transgender, University of Wisconsin, Upstairs Loung, Wisconsin
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Dear Tom
Dear Tom, I finally unfriended you on Facebook. I’m sorry, but I simply do not want to be friends with someone like you any more. You know I tried. When I would post items that promoted my political point-of-view you … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-Muslim, Catholic, Catholic school, Christian, citizen, conservative, ethics, Facebook, friend, gay, hatred, hometown, homophobic, humanity, lefties, liberal, love, Muslim, political party, racist, religion
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Candlelight
When I arrived at the candlelight vigil for Trayvon Martin there was one other person there, a young African-American male who asked my name and then introduced himself as Ibraham, the Muslim variation of the Judeo-Christian prophet Abraham. Shortly two … Continue reading
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Tagged African-American, bigots, black, blood, Bo Morrison, candlelight vigil, Derek Williams, drugs, Emmeett Till, gang, hatred, Hmong, hope, Ibraham, incarceration, James Byrd, Jim Crow, Jr., Judeo-Christian, Latino, love, lynch, Martin Luther King, masters, Medgar Evers, minorities, Muslim, oppression, prejudice, prison, privilege, queer, racism, Trayvon Martin, Troy Davis, voting, whites
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Profiling
Someone I know posted this online today along with a screed about how profiling is justified and that liberals and pacifists (like me) are as guilty of murder as “the Muslims” by not agreeing with the logic of their racism. … Continue reading
Why Marriage Equality is Important
As the U. S. Supreme Court hears arguments on the constitutionality of California’s proposition 8, which overturned same-sex marriage in the state, the question arises, “Why is marriage equality important?” Some would argue that it is not, that married couples … Continue reading
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Tagged 14th amendment, African-American, bigots, Constitution, discrimination, employment discrimination, equal protection, equality, housing discrimination, Human Rights Campaign Fund, immigratn, LGBT, love, marriage equality, Mildred Loving, Muslim, prop 8, Proposition 8, queer community, same-sex marriage, sexual identity, sexual orientation, Sharon Kowalski, straight, Supreme Court
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A Single Bluebird 