MSNBC Keith Olbermann : Gay Marriage Whats it to you?

MSNBC - Countdown with Keith Olbermann Comment on Gay Marriage Defeat
November 10, 2008

Protest Dallas First Baptist November 16 2008

Protest Dallas First Baptist November 16 2008


Rev. has refused to at least consider the timing of his unfortunate anti gay sermon "Politically Incorrect" ~read Intentionally insulting demeaning, denigrating and marginalizing~ so there will be a protest Sunday.

Starting at 10:00 am
1707 San Jacinto St., Dallas, TX 75201

Driving Directions (From first baptist web site. I used them takes ya right to a parking garage next to the church)

From the North
I-35E
Take Houston I-45 exit (Woodall Rogers Frwy.)
Exit on Field/ Griffin Street. Follow Griffin Street.
Turn left on Ross Avenue.
Turn right onto St. Paul to Ross Avenue Parking Garage.

Hwy. 75 (Central Expressway)
Take I-35E Waco exit (Woodall Rogers Frwy).
Take St. Paul exit
Follow St. Paul to Ross Avenue Parking Garage.
Dallas Tollway
Follow Harry Hines Blvd. to St. Paul
Follow St. Paul straight ahead to Ross Avenue Parking Garage.

From the South
I-35E
Take Sherman exit #428B (Woodall Rogers Frwy.)
Exit Field/ Griffin Street. Follow Griffin Street.
Turn left (east) on Ross Avenue.
Turn right on St. Paul to Ross Avenue Parking Garage.
I-45
Follow Hwy. 75N to I-35 exit (Woodall Rogers Frwy.)
Take St. Paul exit
Follow St. Paul straight ahead to Ross Avenue Parking Garage.

From the East
I-30
Follow Hwy. 75N to I-35E exit (Woodall Rogers Frwy.)
Take St. Paul exit.
Follow St. Paul straight ahead to Ross Avenue Parking Garage

From the West
I-30
Take I-35E Denton exit.
Take Hwy. 75 (Sherman exit #428B and Woodall Rogers Frwy.)
Exit Field/ Griffin Street. Follow Griffin Street.
Turn left (east) on Ross Avenue.
Turn right onto St. Paul to Ross Avenue Parking Garage.





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Dr. Jeffress You should just sit in your tower and jet hard cover Bibles at people. Safe and economical. What jury could possible convict a minister for offering the word of god?

By Kelli Busey
Nov. 15, 2008
planetransgender

Dallas Gays, Lesbians, Bisexuals, Transgender and Queers SHOUT "YES WE CAN"

The crisp clear air stired emotion excitement and passion.......









Uniting GLBT and Allies young and old. This is America at its finest. Proud and Brave.

Thoughts on Joe Sellout

Thoughts on Joe Sellout

By Tina Seitz
contributor planetransgender
Originally posted on Joe Sellout
Nov. 15, 2008

Over the last year, I have struggled. I have tried to think positively about the HRC and Joe Solmonese in regard to their representation, or lack thereof, as it pertains to transgender people. I have looked for a change in direction or at least some remorse over the lies (my opinion) told to the transgender community but that has never happened. Joe did apologize for “misspeaking” at the Southern Comfort Convention in 2007, but he has never apologized for lying to the transgender community, he has never apologized for a policy where he sold us out. In fact, to this day, he is adamant that he, along with the HRC took the correct course of action by ignoring the needs of the transgender community despite the tremendous backlash from all the other LGBT organizations that continued to stand with the transgender community after the announcement from HRC.
What really brought this to light once again, was the article that Joe Solmonese wrote last week about the passage of prop 8 in California. I know that this has been written about and commented on before, but I feel the need to expand upon what I have already read. In his article; Proposition 8 broke our hearts, but it did not end our fight Joe wrote “We have to say to the man with the Yes on 8 sign -- you disrespected my humanity, and I am not giving you a pass. I am not giving you a pass for explaining that you tolerate me, while at the same time denying that my family has a right to exist. I do not give you permission to say you have me as a "gay friend" when you cast a vote against my family, and my rights.”
I fully support same sex marriage and I feel that this is an issue that transgender people need to pay more attention to. It is difficult to concentrate on marriage however when so many transgender people are more concerned about having a roof over their heads, about having something to eat, about being able to get a job that will keep them out of the sex trades. So many in our community are placed in life and death situations every day in the streets. This is because they can’t find work; they are denied jobs due to discriminatory practices that a fully inclusive ENDA would begin to solve. To Joe I have to say; you disrespected my humanity, along with that of the entire transgender community. I do not give you permission to represent me as a transgender person when you decided that our rights don’t matter now, when you decided that transgender lives are not as important. You cast a vote against me, my family, and my very life. You did this for political expediency at the expense of more transgender lives and you don’t even have any remorse over those lives. You went on to donate money to the Log Cabin Republicans so that money, money that is supposed to be used to obtain equality for the LGBT community, was used to promote the candidacy of someone who has continually shown his highly bigoted point of view. How many of the transgender dead whose names will be read off at this year’s Day of Remembrance wouldn’t be on that list if they had a job. You ask the transgender community to stand with you to demonstrate we are in this together for same sex marriage and you have shown that you don’t think that my very life is worth standing up for.
Joe, I cannot accept your views on ENDA, your views which demonstrate once again to society that transgender people’s lives don’t matter. Your views tell society that transgender peoples very LIVES aren’t important enough for even the gay, lesbian, bisexual community to pay attention to. Your version of ENDA is so bad that it fails even at protecting those same gay, lesbian and bisexual communities. Your version of ENDA still allows for anyone to be fired if they don’t adequately fulfill their birth gender roles. The slightly effeminate male and the butch female will have no protection what-so-ever with your version of ENDA. All this for the sake of saying you got a bill passed, you have sold out the entire LGBT community. Still there is no apology, no remorse. How can I or the rest of the transgender community forgive, forget and move forward with your hypocritical views. Your placement of the needs of same sex marriage well above those of my very life demonstrates what you truly feel about transgender people. Joe speaks of denying the right for his family to exist. What Joe did to the transgender community is to deny them the very right to exist. Joe, I will not forgive you. I will not give you a pass on this issue, I can’t. My life is more important than that.

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Dallas TX Proposition 8 Protest Rally

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Dallas TX Proposition 8 Protest Rally
Saturday, November 15th 12:30 to 2:00pm
Dallas City Hall
1500 Marilla St
Dallas, TX 75201


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On Election Day of this year while the world celebrated a historical moment, LGBT inequality was being written into the California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas constitutions. In California where LGBT people had enjoyed marriage equality since June our rights were ripped away from us over night.

Since the elections, tens of thousands of people have been pouring into the streets throughout California in protest over the passing of Prop 8. Dallas' Protest is part of a nationwide peaceful day of action against Prop 8. This effort coordinated through the website www.JoinTheImpact.com will take place at exactly the same time this coming Saturday in front of City Halls throughout the country.

Please join us this Saturday, November 15 at 12:30 PM, in front of City Hall for a peaceful protest rally with community speakers.

Let us show California, and the nation, that we will stand united until we have Equality.

For more information, please email our Community Organizer at StopTheH8@ymail.com or visit:

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Dallas TX Proposition 8 Protest Rally
Saturday, November 15th 12:30 to 2:00pm
Dallas City Hall
1500 Marilla St
Dallas, TX 75201

On Election Day of this year while the world celebrated a historical moment, LGBT inequality was being written into the California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas constitutions. In California where LGBT people had enjoyed marriage equality since June our rights were ripped away from us over night.

Since the elections, tens of thousands of people have been pouring... (read more)
Mission: To promote equality through education and peaceful demonstration
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Etta Zamboni
469-323-3060
stoptheh8@ymail.com

Dallas Voice : Transgender Conversation planned with Bishop Robinson

kelli Busey
Nov. 14, 2008
planetransgender

In this article by Ben Briscoe Staff Writer, Dallas Voice "Transgender Conversation planned with Bishop Robinson" Briscoe examines the transitional effect that Bishop Robinson has had on our advocacy and our lives since suggesting dialogue in place of anger. It is continuously challenging to live the exclusivity that we extol our contemporaries to embrace but in its effort lays the rewards. .

Join The Impact Nationwide Prop 8 Protest Nov 15

Find your cities protest 8 on Nov 15, 08

Mission Statement
JoinTheImpact.com Mission Statement

In an effort to make a positive impact in the lives of our community, our allies, and even our opposition, JoinTheImpact.com emerged. Our movement seeks to encourage the LGBTQ community not to look towards the past and place blame, but instead to look forward toward what needs to be done now to achieve one goal: Full equality for ALL. We stand for reaching out across all communities. We do not stand for bigotry, for scapegoating, or using anger as our driving force. Our mission is to encourage our community to engage our opposition in a conversation about full equality and to do this with respect, dignity, and an attitude of outreach and education.

JoinTheImpact, as an entity, will not encourage divisiveness, violence, or disrespect of others and we do not approve of this. We do not stand for pointing the finger at one group and placing blame. The LGBTQ community comes in all different colors, creeds, religious beliefs, and political parties. If we allow ourselves to place blame on one community or another, then we are no better than those who oppose us. We will not pit one community against another.

At JoinTheImpact, we are all inclusive. As such, we will continue to encourage debate from all sides of the conversation provided it is civil and respectful. We will encourage our community to not let anger steer the conversation, but with an understanding that anger is a human reaction and we hope that it can be used as a catalyst toward positive change.

Finally, we stand for national unity in the face of opposing forces that have steered the conversation into a state by state issue. We will celebrate our state by state wins, but work as one large entity to help gain these wins and will unite in the conversation against us to plant the seed of change and community.

Sincerely,

The JoinTheImpact Team

The Religious Right Is Neither

Honestly, where does attempts to be "politically Incorrect" become intentionally inflammatory inciting hate and violence? A pair of jeans or $300.00 suit? The word First or Westboro? Where is the demarcation? Perhaps it is neither west or first.

Llame a su tablero de California de supervisores: VUELQUE el VOTO DOMINANTE 11/12/08 del apoyo 8

¡Llamada a la acción!

Pida que el tablero del condado de supervisores impulse supremo
Corteje para volcar el VOTO DOMINANTE del asunto 8 el miércoles 12 de noviembre.
Necesitamos llamadas al tablero del condado del LA de supervisores impulsarlos a
vote SÍ el la mañana de miércoles a favor de una resolución que impulsa el LA
Consejo del condado a ensamblar con la ciudad del LA, condado de Santa Clara, San
Francisco y muchas otras ciudades/condados para impulsar el Tribunal Supremo a
¿asunto 8 el vuelco?

En la orden de la significación y de la importancia: (Líderes del afroamericano
se impulsan particularmente para llamar al supervisor Burke como es su voto
crítico y su posición no se sabe actualmente).

1. Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, segundo districto
(213) 974-2222
(213) fax 680-3283
gobierno del seconddistrict@ bos.lacounty
Las áreas de la rejilla incluyen: Carson, Compton, Rancho del este Domínguez, puerto
Entrada y Florencia-Pedernal de Rancho Domínguez, Lynwood, del sur
Los Ángeles central, vatios y Willowbrook Inglewood, Westchester y
Atenas Hawthorne, Lawndale, Del Aire, Wiseburn, aldea del EL Camino y
Colinas de Gardena Lennox Baldwin, área de Crenshaw y parque de Leimert

2. Oficinas de Zev Yaroslavsky s del supervisor
821 Kenneth Hahn Pasillo de la administración
Calle del oeste del templo 500
Los Ángeles, CA 90012
(213) 974-3333
(213) fax 625-7360 para las ediciones constitutivas que implican la ciudad del Los
Sur de las áreas de Ángeles de la impulsión de Mulholland, o las ciudades de Beverly
Las colinas, Hollywood del oeste o Santa Mónica, entran en contacto con por favor el centro de la ciudad
Oficina.

3. Supervisor Don Knabe 4to Distrcit
Teléfono: 213-974-4444 | Fax: 213-626-6941
Estados de Palos Verdes del Bellflower de Artesia Marina del Rey Norwalk
Barra Playa del Rey DowneyRancho Palos Verdes Redondo del diamante de Paramount
Jardines del Hawaiian de la ciudad del puerto de Rolling Hills de las alturas de la hacienda de la playa
Colina de la señal de Habra Heights del La de San Pedro de la playa de Hermosa de las alturas de Rowland
La Mirada Whittier del sur Lakewood Torrance Long Beach Wilmington
Manhattan Beach Whittier

4. Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, 5to districto
(213) 974-1010 FAX 974-5555 (213)
Valles de San Gabriel, de Pomona, de San Fernando, de Santa Clarita y del antílope.

5. Supervisor Gloria Molina (que patrocina la resolución el miércoles)
molina@bos.lacounty .gov
Teléfono: (213) 974-4111
Fax: (213) 613-1739
Parque Bandini (islas) de Baldwin de las alturas de Boyle de las alturas del aguacate de Azusa
El Bassett Bell céntrica de Bell de la ciudad de China cultiva un huerto fruta cítrica (Covina
parque Los Ángeles del este del eco del comercio de la roca del águila de las islas) (porción)
Industria Highland Park del parque de Glassell del parque de Huntington
La de las alturas de Lincoln de las alturas de la hacienda de Irwindale (porción)
Puente San Gabriel Westlake Vernon Whittier enangosta la nuez

Call Your California Board of Supervisors: OVERTURN Prop 8 KEY VOTE 11/12/08

Call to Action!

Ask County Board of Supervisors to urge Supreme
Court to Overturn Proposition 8 KEY VOTE ON WEDNESDAY, November 12.
We need calls to the LA County Board of Supervisors to urge them to
vote YES on Wednesday morning in favor of a resolution urging the LA
County Counsel to join with the City of LA, Santa Clara County, San
Francisco and many other cities/counties to urge the Supreme Court to
overturn Proposition 8?

In order of significance and importance: (African American leaders
are particularly urged to call Supervisor Burke as her vote is
critical and her position is not currently known).

1. Supervisor Yvonne B. Burke, Second District
(213) 974-2222
(213) 680-3283 Fax
seconddistrict@ bos.lacounty. gov
Grid areas include: Carson, Compton, East Rancho Dominguez, Harbor
Gateway and Rancho Dominguez Florence-Firestone, Lynwood, South
Central Los Angeles, Watts and Willowbrook Inglewood, Westchester and
Athens Hawthorne, Lawndale, Del Aire, Wiseburn, El Camino Village and
Gardena Lennox Baldwin Hills, Crenshaw Area and Leimert Park

2. Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky' s Offices
821 Kenneth Hahn Hall of Administration
500 West Temple Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 974-3333
(213) 625-7360 fax For constituent issues involving City of Los
Angeles areas south of Mulholland Drive, or the Cities of Beverly
Hills, West Hollywood or Santa Monica, please contact the Downtown
Office.

3. Supervisor Don Knabe 4th Distrcit
Tel: 213-974-4444 | Fax: 213-626-6941
Artesia Marina delRey Norwalk Bellflower Palos Verdes Estates
Paramount Diamond Bar Playa del Rey DowneyRancho Palos Verdes Redondo
Beach Hacienda Heights Rolling Hills Harbor City Hawaiian Gardens
Rowland Heights Hermosa Beach San Pedro La Habra Heights Signal Hill
La Mirada South Whittier Lakewood Torrance Long Beach Wilmington
Manhattan Beach Whittier

4. Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, 5th District
(213) 974-5555 (213) 974-1010 FAX
San Gabriel, Pomona, San Fernando, Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys.

5. Supervisor Gloria Molina (sponsoring the resolution on Wednesday)
molina@bos.lacounty .gov
Phone: (213) 974-4111
Fax: (213) 613-1739
Azusa Avocado Heights Boyle Heights Baldwin Park Bandini (islands)
China Town Bell Bassett Downtown Bell Gardens Citrus (Covina
islands) (portion) Eagle Rock Commerce Echo Park East Los Angeles
Huntington Park Glassell Park Industry Highland Park
Irwindale Hacienda Heights (portion) Lincoln Heights La
Puente San Gabriel Westlake Vernon Whittier Narrows Walnut

Soulforce: A national call for nonviolent direct action

A national call for nonviolent direct action
in the struggle for marriage equality
Jeff Lutes, M.S., L.P.C.

Last week thousands of lesbian and gay people and their friends filled the streets of California in peaceful protest. Outraged, these upright Californians chose to take action and publicly march against Proposition 8 and the LDS Church for financing the deceptive ads that helped it pass.

First, bravo to our California friends -- their moral indignation is healthy and just. Second, hooray for those in other parts of the country who have begun to follow suit -- let us not stop until every community has mounted sustained campaigns of resistance.

Despite our substantial legislative efforts, thirty states have now passed bans on same-gender marriage. That should serve as a wake-up call to our movement -- one that forces us to consider what we might be doing wrong.

Discrimination does not begin in our courts or in our government -- it ends up there. The fear and misinformation that drives unjust legislation gets its start within society, and the primary source of the problem is the sanctuaries, wealthy mega-churches, and powerful religious institutions of this country. With gigantic and captive national audiences, both Protestant and Catholic churches teach falsehoods that cause voters to cast their ballot against the constitutional promise of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" for their gay and lesbian neighbors.

In this election, like so many others before it, the call from the pulpit was clear: We must stop the gays. As millions of gays and lesbians had their hearts broken, some religious leaders rejoiced in that suffering. The Rev. James Garlow, senior pastor of Skyline Church in San Diego County, told the New York Times "It was a great victory. We just saw the people rise up."

It's time for all of us to rise up like thousands are doing now in the Golden State and elsewhere.

We are tired of defeat, token change, defending ourselves against charges of moral inferiority, and being told to "wait" in the land we love while liberation occurs in other countries. Martin Luther King, Jr. acknowledged that real change takes time; yet he also warned against the "tranquilizing drug of gradualism" and instructed the oppressed to demand equality now -- not on the convenient time schedule of those doing the oppressing.

Nonviolent direct action strategies such as marches, vigils, demonstrations, boycotts, public protests, and civil disobedience, seek to create what Dr. King called "healthy tension." This constructive nonviolent tension forces those who perpetuate injustice, and society as a whole, to pause, reflect, and consider the ugliness of their prejudices and the indecency embodied in their discrimination. In his Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. King wrote: "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored." Public protests empower us and educate those who are still the victims of fear and division.

It's imperative that we remain nonviolent in our approach. Although it may provide short term emotional release, it's ultimately counterproductive to scream expletives at those who have harmed us. We must refrain from damaging property or trying to destroy the character of others and instead approach those who promote discrimination in a spirit of nonviolence. As both Gandhi and King taught, we must avoid violence of the fist, tongue, and heart and remember that in truth we are challenging unjust systems, not people. In due course, we seek to be in community with those from whom we currently find ourselves divided.

So, start organizing now. Don't wait on a LGBT rights group to take the lead. Most of the protests in California were organized by just a handful of people. You can do it too. Imagine the productive conversations around America's dinner tables if the evening news was flooded with coverage of peaceful marches in the other 29 states that ban marriage equality.

In the wake of our recent losses, let's rededicate our lives to speaking out with integrity and let's reclaim nonviolent direct action as part of that process. Let's understand that the vision of equality belongs to all of us and we are each responsible for taking direct action in pursuit of that dream. We all have the faculty to be powerful, influential, and prevailing. Let's reinvest in our movement for social change, believe in our own capacity to affect that change, and allow the boldness and hunger for justice to grow and contagiously spread to others.

Let's take it to the streets.

Soulforce

Task Force : Turn Anger Into Action

Rea Carey, Executive Director
National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund

I know that right now, many of you are still shocked, saddened, and extremely angry about the passage of Proposition 8 in California — and let me tell you, so are we.

Losses on similar constitutional amendments in Arizona and Florida, and an adoption ban in Arkansas, are equally devastating. But we're picking ourselves back up here at the Task Force, and we're continuing the fight. And today I want to ask you to turn the anger you may feel at this moment into positive action.

Start by signing your name to our Anger into Action Declaration right now. This declaration is about showing wide public support for the fundamental rights of LGBT people. The latest marriage amendments and adoption ban passed by our fellow citizens are built on lies and deception, and we can't stand for it.

After you sign the declaration, think about what you can be doing in your own life to keep the visibility high and voice your support for full equality. Here are a few examples of what people all around the country are doing to keep up the fight.

Cathy and Ellen, married in California after the May 2008 Supreme Court ruling, are attending a rally and march tonight, protesting discrimination being written into our state constitutions.

Madeline in New York is keeping her "No on 8" button up on her Facebook profile, in solidarity with her Californian friends and family.

A straight ally wrote us a moving e-mail, letting us know he and his wife just donated $100 in honor of their six-month-old son — in hopes that, regardless of his sexual orientation, their child would grow up with the opportunity to share his life with the partner of his choice.

Brian is writing a letter to the editor of his local newspaper in Florida, sharing his views on how discrimination persists, even in light of the progress his state saw in the presidential election.
There is no action too small, and every action — symbolic or more tangible — makes a difference.

I am so proud, despite our losses, of our efforts this election season and continue to be moved by the outpouring of support from our community and our allies. We've called on you, our most loyal supporters, time and time again — to give, to knock on doors, to make phone calls, and to do everything you could to make sure that LGBT people are treated with the dignity and respect they deserve.

(Authors note; The Task Force has been a Bastion of Solidarity for Queer and Transgender folks. A call for rational thought when emotions are high may be the last thing we want, but in the long run the results of will be admired by the very ones we currently are at odds with~:)k

Marriage INequality after the dust settles

kelli Busey
planetransgender
November 11, 2008

Now that we have had a week to let the magnatude of the havoc that was wrecked on the GLBT agenda there have been a wide varance of responses. Some protest loudly. Some pray. Some are arrested( do not dance on patrol cars). Many of us wish to localize the pain and blame.

The responses are varied in focus and the expected amount of time for results. I do not advocate the exclusive use of one but will post all.

The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force has http://www.kintera.org/c.qkIWKaMZIxF/b.4746361/k.29E1/Anger_Into_Action_Declaration/siteapps/advocacy/ActionItem.aspx?sid=192351509&msource=anger2acte1&auid=4217042 Anger into Action Declaration for you to consider signing. Rea Carey, Executive Director asks that you sign this as an action, a first progressive step. Not a bad idea since we have morality and joesphine public with us.

The L.A Gay and Lesbian Center understandably has taken a direct route to a major orhginizer in the passage of Prop 8, the Church of the Latter Day Saints (Mormons). The Center is asking for you to make a donation in the name of the President of said institution for the defeat of marriage inequality. Not a bad idea.

I have done neiter of te above. I will not limit my advocacy, nor promise not to take action out of angrer or stupidity.

I am a woman of faith and find it objectionable to single out a religious leader for expressing his views. This individual is facing the indignation of the nation as the most cinical of Republicians are now asking "WHY".

Bishop Robinson visits Dallas for a "Transgender Conversation"

For immediate release

Contact;
Kelli Busey, Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies (DTAA)
214-226-7080
kellibusey@yahoo.com

posted November 11, 2008

Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies are thrilled to welcome to Dallas the Rt. Rev. V. Gene Robinson, Bishop of New Hampshire for a public conversation with transgender people.

Sheraton Dallas Hotel
Seminar Theater
400 North Olive Street · Dallas, Texas 75201 · United States

Map and Directions

November 22, 2008 from 1:00 until 2:00pm

Bishop Robinson will attend a "Transgender Conversation" with the Dallas Transgender Advocates, and Allies(DTAA) to share with us his wisdom and faith and to learn of the transgender struggle for equality.

Bishop Robinson has bravely stepped forward to answer questions regarding religion and it's influence on progressive social action, and to share with us what he has learned from the recent Lambeth and how his diocese situation parallels the Queer and Transgenders class struggle against social, religious and political exclusionary and revisionist agendas.

Who are the Dallas Transgender and Advocates Queers and Allies?
We are Transgender Questioning Intersexed Asexual Queers and allies. We comprise a nationwide network of diversity in ethnic, social, educational, economic, religious, gender identities, sexual orientations and political views. Our goal is to unite the Transgender Questioning Intersexed Asexual Queer community through realization of potential in soul and mind and moving forward as a whole in the cause of social, legal and religious equality.

Hosting entity
Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies

Donations are encouraged and appreciated to defray expenses. All remaining funds will forwarded to Carmens Place, an Episcopal home and outreach for LBGT youth, Astoria, New York
Carmens Place

Allied and concerned organizations

Reconciling Ministries Network(RMN)
RMN.org

Dallas Peace Center
Dallas Peace Center.org

Queer Today
Queer Today

Left In SF
Left In SF

Organisation Intersex International, OII-USA

planetransgender.blogspot.com

planetransgender.wordpress

Tell President Elect Obama Your Story

Courtesy of the LGBT Democrats and the Atomic Gay Wonk we have learned of the President elect Obama's web page where he is asking Americans to tell him your story.

Start right now. Tell us your story in your own words about what this campaign and this election means to you. Share your hopes for an Obama Administration and a government for the people.

Tell President-elect Barack Obama your thoughts about gay marriage, an inclusive ENDA, DOMA, Don't Ask Don't Tell, gay adoption, gay immigration equality, the need for national leadership in fighting anti-gay ballot initiatives, and more at Change.gov

kelli Busey
Nov. 10, 2008
planetransgender

ANTI-PROP 8 PROTEST at DALLAS TOWN HALL 11-15-08

ANTI-PROP 8 PROTEST SET FOR DALLAS 11-15-08

posted by Kelli Busey
planetransgender

On election day of this year while the LGBT community was celebrating the end of Bush politics our inequality was being written into the California, Florida, Arizona and Arkansas constitutions. In California where LGBT people had enjoyed marriage equality since June our rights were ripped away from us over night.

Since the elections tens of thousands of people have been pouring into the streets throughout California in disgust over the passing of Prop 8. This Saturday, November 15 at 12:30 PM, we in Dallas will stand in front of City Hall with those in California in expressing our abhorrence of the passing of this hateful measure.

Dallas’ Protest is part of a nationwide day of action against Prop 8. This effort coordinated through the website www.jointheimpact.com will take place at exactly the same time this coming Saturday in front of City Halls throughout the country.

Although last Tuesday’s vote in California prompted officials in that state to cease issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples, it’s an open question whether the Supreme Court in that state will confirm the ballot referendum or throw it out. Officially, their decision will probably hinge on a legal technicality, whether or not the referendum language broke a vaguely worded provision of the state constitution that says that referenda cannot be overly-broad in the matters they cover.

However, the real reason for the court’s decision will probably have much more to do with the amount of protest heat that LGBT people and our allies can generate outside of the courtrooms. While courts are always loath to admit that public protest influences their decisions, some of the most important progressive decisions have in fact been the direct results of such public protest. A large women’s movement in the streets of America made the Nixon-packed, anti-abortion US Supreme Court give us the Roe v. Wade pro-choice decision in the 1970s to name one example.

Saturday’s nationwide protests are aimed at pressuring the California Supreme Court to reaffirm its earlier pro-gay decision and restore the state’s reputation as a beacon for progressives elsewhere. Also on the agenda is repealing the Texas state constitutional amendment prohibiting same-sex marriage and advancing LGBT equality here in our home state, this is not an impossible task that our elected leaders often present it as being.

For more information about Saturday’s demonstration please contact the following individuals:

Blake Wilkinson
214-679-6321
fromabilitiestoneeds@hotmail.com

Etta Zamboni
469-323-3060
stoptheh8@ymail.com

Dallas Voice Instant Tea

Stu Rasmussen Oregon Transgender Mayor

The Silverton Appeal maybe the small town atomsphere of trust and understanding that accompanies fresh air living.



Silverton Oregon just elected lifetime resident Stu Rasmussen Oregon Mayor. Stu is a self described man who is comfortable looking and dressing as a woman.

Gender diversity rocks and Stu you are the king of Rock and Roll!


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Dallas Baptist Hate Mongers promote death

Sunday November 9th 2008




The smug, smiling members of Dallas First Baptist Church greeted the 100 angry protesters with robotic programed message "we love you". But soon this smugness was replaced with a look of horror as they learned of the reality of advertising homophobic bigotry as their own church has done.

Look what you have done




You put up a message as this and it will push a killer to believe that they you are morally justified in their killing such as gunman at the Unitarian Universalist church, the 10 year old killer of Lawrence King who walked up behind Lawrence and blew his head off, the murderer 18 year old Angie Zapata who smashed "it again" with a fire extinguisher because he saw....

"IT MOVE AGAIN".

2008 = 20 transgender smashed bloody mutilated corpses.

There has been much gloating from "religious" figures who were instrumental in the recent Marriage Equality initiatives. The Transgender Day of Remembrance is November 20. And you love me?

DO YOU LOVE THEM?

The lady nearly in tears as I shown her my own scars. This is the reality. A gang beat me nearly to death and you good Baptists stepped over my lifeless body on the cold city street.

Do you really love me?

Or her?

or her?

How about this baby?



We want you to leave us live. We have our faith, our gods, or none at all.



GOD.

North Texans say "GAY IS OK"

Some North Texans said they plan to picket a Dallas church because of a sign reading, "Why gay is not OK."

The topic of Sunday's sermon at the First Baptist Dallas Church is, "Why gay is not OK." It is written on the church's sign at the corner of Ervay and Patterson streets in the heart of downtown Dallas.

"I am surprised that in 2008, any church would have a sign like this out," Grace McFerrin said.


Dallas Transgender Advocates and Allies supports marriage equality