November 2011
4 posts
Personal story about the hardships of LGBT teens.
I was thinking about something to write about for my second blog entry for the week, and I decided to write about something personal about LGBT teens. I decided to tell my story. I don’t hide the fact that I am part of the LGBT community. However, it isn’t the first thing I tell people when I meet them.
I’m bisexual. I only just recently came out in February of this year, so I...
Catholic Charities Loses Same-Sex Couple Adoption... →
Illinois judge John Schmidt ruled on August 18th, 2011 that the state could terminate adoption and foster-care services with Catholic Charities when the church-run organization refused to comply with a new civil unions law that required the agency to place children in homes with same-sex couples.
Personally, I see that this ruling has good intentions. I do not agree with the church on their...
So I was taking this survey for reslife...
And for gender they had three options: male, female, and transgender. I nearly stood up and clapped for reslife. I was very happy to see that they included transgender as a gender. This shows that progress is being made in various aspects of society, not just politically or religiously. I know transgender students, and it is very difficult for them to live a normal life without being ridiculed....
To Quote a Queer by John Lessard
This book is very interesting. It is compiled of thousands of quotes from regular people to actors and actresses to musicians to poets to politicians to activists to authors all of whom identify as under the queer umbrella (meaning within the LGBTQQIAA community). Some names that pop out are Sir Elton John, Virginia Woolf, and Oscar Wilde. The subjects range from religion to politics to sex to...
