Vic Eliason And Mat Staver Link ISIS Beheadings To LGBT 'Meltdown Of Morality'
Vic Eliason And Mat Staver Link ISIS Beheadings To LGBT ‘Meltdown Of Morality’
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Jim Morgrage Talks 'Harbor to the Bay' AIDS Bike Ride and LGBT Equality (AUDIO)
Jim Morgrage Talks 'Harbor to the Bay' AIDS Bike Ride and LGBT Equality (AUDIO)
This week I talked with Jim Morgrage, President of Harbor to the Bay, a one-day bike ride from Boston to Provincetown, which takes place this year on Sept. 20, with 100-percent of all pledges going directly to fight HIV/AIDS. Harbor to the Bay began in 2003 with an idea by the late Michael Tye, a group of Boston’s Club Café staff and dedicated friends who shared the dream of launching the 126-mile AIDS bike ride. Their idea was simple: a one-day ride from Boston (Harbor) to Provincetown (Bay), staffed completely by volunteers, with a commitment that all rider pledges go directly toward defeating HIV/AIDS. With millions of dollars raised over the last 11 years, this year their goal is $500,000. So far over 300 riders have signed up, with over 170 volunteer crewmembers. Riders also have the unique option of riding the complete, 126-mile route or any part of it.
I talked with Jim about his commitment to ending HIV/AIDS and his spin on LGBT issues. When asked about his personal commitment to LGBT civil rights, he stated:
My personal commitment is that I will work in any capacity that I can to help ensure that marriage equality and equal rights are something that are afforded every LGBT individual across the country. I won’t rest until marriage equality is recognized in all 50 states and all the same benefits and protections afforded our heterosexual counterparts are afforded to all of us.
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Jim Morgrage has been working with AIDS organizations since 1990. He began as a volunteer at AIDS Response Seacoast in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, answering phones and working with fundraising and client services. His life was forever changed from then on, whether he was providing comfort and support to someone about to die or organizing an event that brings people together for a common goal. He believes that we are all here to make a difference. For the last 20 years he has managed Boston’s Club Café. All proceeds from the Harbor to the Bay AIDS ride goes to support Fenway Health, AIDS Support Group of Cape Cod, Community Research Initiative and AIDS Action Committee.
For more information on Harbor to the Bay, visit harbortothebay.org.
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Russian Orthodox Church cancels summit with Finnish Lutherans over support for gay rights
Russian Orthodox Church cancels summit with Finnish Lutherans over support for gay rights
Russia’s Orthodox Christian Church has cancelled a planned doctrinal dialogue with the Finnish Lutheran Church after it refused to condemn homosexuality before the two churches meet
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LGBT Match Up Monday's at Iguana's
LGBT Match Up Monday's at Iguana's
LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Transgender) Speed dating and couples games as well, every Monday at Iguana’s 1083 West 37th Norfolk, VA. Drink and food specials start at 6pm, games played from 7pm-9……
Appeals Court Upholds N.J. Ban on 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
Appeals Court Upholds N.J. Ban on 'Ex-Gay' Therapy
A federal appeals court agreed with a lower court’s ruling that banning the use of such therapy on minors is appropriate.
Trudy Ring
www.advocate.com/ex-gay-therapy/2014/09/11/appeals-court-upholds-nj-ban-ex-gay-therapy
The Journey Home
The Journey Home
I suppose that, as it is with most stories, it’s easiest to start at the beginning. Our story so far has been simple. Our story moving forward? Probably less simple.
You see, up to this point, my biggest contribution to the world, my defining moment, has probably been a lawsuit. In college, after being the victim of a hate crime, I sued my school to start a gay-straight alliance, and that lawsuit ended up being taught nationally as case law. I’ve been sent textbooks in the mail, and just after Roe v. Wade you’ll find Romeo v. Seton Hall. I’ve been able to travel the country and talk to kids about the coming-out process, creating allies, living authentic lives, and being whole people in a world too full of characters.
I met my husband Dominic almost 10 years ago. We moved in together in 2008 and married in 2012. He’s a teacher, the hardest worker I know, doing one of the most important jobs I can think of. He holds the promise of tomorrow in his classroom and works hard to get past the glazed eyes and iApathy of a post-millennial generation hell-bent on instant gratification. Dom teaches students the same way we were taught: thanklessly and tirelessly. He’s a good, good man, and he isn’t just the significant other; he is significantly my other. And outside the kitchen, where Dom is the only one of us who can leave the space without fire alarms being set off, ours partnership is probably like many of yours. Us is the best part of who we are.
And, like you, we’ve always imagined our lives intersecting in a world where we would have so much love for one another that we’d want to make our tiny family a little bit bigger.
We’re ready to be dads.
I’ve done some writing in the past that talked about our aching “brovaries,” as one fellow Gays With Kids writer called them. And in the nine months of gestation that my brain has done since releasing that piece, my husband and I have decided to take the plunge.
And we’ve decided to take that leap together, with all of you. You see, I’m joining the writing staff at Gays With Kids so that we can document our adoption process, from start to finish, from dreams to placement, from two men and a cat to two men, a cat, and a baby. It’s a tiny-bit-sparklier version of the American dream, no?
Over the course of the time we’ll spend together, faithful readers, I hope to present the story of two men who want to make tiny dreams come true. We know there will be happy stories to tell, and we know those will be easy. We also know there will be harder stories to share; I promise to include you every step of the way.
The road ahead isn’t covered in sequins and rhinestones. Good. That’s never been our style anyway. Smarter folks than I have intimated that it takes a village to raise a child. I think that’s true. But why not include the village from the get-go?
So, if you’re willing to hop on for the long haul, you’ll be able to see two men go through a process with which many of you are already familiar. But this time you get to be passengers, or, as we hope you’ll be, backseat drivers.
It’s rare to leave readers at the beginning of a story, but that’s all we can do here. If you’re willing to travel down the road with us a bit, from these very first few whispered words together, I hope with all my heart to leave you happier and fuller at the conclusion. Through whatever twists and turns our journey takes, we’re in it together.
This piece originally appeared on Gays With Kids and marks the beginning of the adoption process for Anthony and his husband, covered step by step in real time.
Follow the adoption process as it unfolds by “liking” Gays With Kids on Facebook and following Gays With Kids on Twitter. You can also read Anthony’s posts as they’re released here, and by following him on Twitter.
Encontro de Lindberg Farias com o setorial LGBT do Partido dos Trabalhadores
Encontro de Lindberg Farias com o setorial LGBT do Partido dos Trabalhadores
These Are The Top U.S. Cities For Couples, According To Rent.com
These Are The Top U.S. Cities For Couples, According To Rent.com
Living in a big metropolis like Manhattan, Los Angeles or Chicago can an awesome experience for young lovebirds. But there are plenty of other smaller, lesser-known cities that have a lot to offer.
Rent.com recently compiled a list of the best U.S. cities for couples based on factors such as a high percentage of married adults, a low percentage of divorced couples and a variety of dining, entertainment and other activities available nearby. Find out if your city made the list below:
1. Newton, Massachusetts
2. Staten Island, New York
3. Edison, New Jersey
4. Fremont, California
5. Arlington Heights, Illinois
6. Sunnyvale, California
7. Troy, Michigan
8. Irvine, California
9. San Mateo, California
10. Bellevue, Washington
11. Woodbridge, New Jersey
12. Columbia, Maryland
13. Newport Beach, California
14. Farmington Hills, Michigan
15. Torrance, California
Rent.com considered cities with populations of at least 75,000, where more than 25 percent of households are rental properties and where the crime rate was lower or equal to the national average. All stats and demographics were provided to Rent.com via Onboard Informatics, a data and technology company.
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Frankie Grande cuddles his way into Big Brother final five with hunky Cody Calafiore
Frankie Grande cuddles his way into Big Brother final five with hunky Cody Calafiore
The gay and presumably straight houseguests bond in bed as they reflect on their summer of competition
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Nick Jonas Reveals He’ll Be Nude And Possibly Gay In His New Series
Nick Jonas Reveals He’ll Be Nude And Possibly Gay In His New Series
Never let it be said that Nick Jonas doesn’t give the people what they want. Following a recent evening of flashing his abs in gay bars, the entertainer stopped by Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live to share some exciting news. Jonas revealed he’ll be naked in his new DirecTV series Kingdom and the storyline revolves around homosexuality, causing Andy Cohen, like the rest of us mere mortals, to mark the days in his calendar until the show’s premiere.
Jeremy Kinser
