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January 9, 2009
Reminder Saturday, collect signatures to repeal DOMA
Collect signatures to repeal DOMA, the Defense of Marriage Act. Join the Impact.
Local – District of Columbia 1:30 at Dupont Circle
10:52 pm Defense of Marriage Act, DOMA, Dupont Circle, Join the Impact
(Be the first to comment)Time Out: Typewriter
Always one of my favorites. Lewis is a genius.
4:21 pm Jerry Lewis, Leroy Anderson, Typewriter, video, Who's Minding The Store?
(Be the first to comment)More Images from the Oakland Riots
Photographing amidst a protest can be scary stuff. You can really feel the adrenaline. Photographing a riot must be terrifying.
Check out a set of photos from the Oakland riots from prolific and talented Flickr photographer Thomas Hawk.
1:09 pm Flickr, Oakland CA, Oakland Riots, Thomas Hawk
(Be the first to comment)Out rugby referee says he’s never suffered discrimination
One of the toughest things about coming out of the gay closet is facing the fears we create for ourselves. We often believe life will not go on and all that we’ve known will be lost forever. But when we come out, we find that things aren’t all that bad. People aren’t as bad as you think. You may lose a few, but you gain so much. Then we look back and say, “What was I afraid of?” Life becomes so much better.
Nigel Owens
Early one morning, Nigel Owens scrawled a note saying he “just couldn’t deal with it any more” and crept out of his parents’ house. Fat, lonely, bulimic, addicted to steroids and secretly gay, Owens climbed high above the Welsh valley where he grew up and waited for the sleeping pills to take hold. He has no memory of being saved but was spotted and taken to hospital by a police helicopter. If his rescuers had arrived half an hour later, he would have been dead.
Nearly 13 years on, he is not fat nor bulimic and certainly not on steroids. Most notably, his sexuality is no longer a secret. This is a big deal because Owens is an international rugby union referee…
(Straight rugby star) Ben Cohen last year organised a reception for his gay fans. “My impression is that it would be fine to be able to come out in rugby,” Cohen said.
Would it really? Owens refereed in the World Cup last year and has been encouraged by the sport’s reaction to his sexuality. He says he has never suffered discrimination. “Hand on heart,” he declares, he has not heard any homophobic abuse from rugby crowds either.