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Open Your Eyes... To LGBT Issues

Just a quick video (more like AD) I threw together to... protest (?) for gay rights.... more

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Gay Moms and Dads can now fully adopt in Israel

Israel will extend gay couples full adoption rights, thanks to a ruling by Attorney... more

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My story.

On Feb. 1st my cousin went to the skating rink(she is gay). She meet this really nice... more

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Gay men and lesbians who survived the 2004 presidential election against republicans who successfully used same-sex marriage as a wedge issue in 11 states are relieved not having to fight this battle again. If polls are correct, this will be a democratic year and the gay community seems satisfied with either Clinton or Obama as president. In stark contrast to the republican race, this year will be a watershed year for the Democratic Party with potentially the first woman or African American party nominee/president, and the first gay-sponsored debate back in August, among others. Gays are an important voting bloc in states like New York, comprising between 5-13% of democratic voters. As the race tightens, Clinton and Obama are aggressively courting gay voters.

It is easy to forget past struggles when tides are turning in the gay community's favor such as more and more states are granting civil unions, in one state particular, Massachusetts, permits same-sex marriage, and recent passage of federal anti-discrimination laws to include sexual-orientation. While polls showing greater public tolerance and gay issues becoming non-issues, another group is increasingly being marginalized. This year's wedge issue will be immigration, and intrusive anti-immigration laws at the state and local level have torn families apart, and driven a myriad of Hispanics from their communities. Gays (and other minorities) must wage in the debate and cannot be complacent because of recent successes. At minimum, we are bound by one belief - the fundamental principle of human rights and dignity applies to all human beings regardless of citizenship status.

As pastor Martin Niemoller famously said during the Holocaust, "First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me." The time to speak up is now.Gay men and lesbians who survived the 2004 presidential election against republicans... more

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A Very Sad Story: bobbycrush

"A Very Sad Story: bobbycrush." In this short film, Bobby Stone is 13 and... more

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No Name-Calling Week Battles Homophobia In Schools

Thousands of elementary schools across the country will take part next week in the... more

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All Men Are Created Equal

On a basic human level, every man, woman and child should be entitled to the same... more

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A Sad Holiday For Me

For three years now, I have been taking intrest to the same sex. This summer, I met... more

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And Yet I Dare to Hope

The article presents some reflections on hope. It discusses how the attempt to specify... more

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Living Painfully Lonely Lives

"Living Painfully Lonely Lives." This is truly a heart-rending article,... more

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I Now Pronounce You Trent and Greg

California domestic partnerships grant gay couples state-level rights but none of the... more

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Is your family any better than mine? Gender, Class, Ethnicity & Family Inequality

The complex diversity of human ethnicity is a testament to human adaptability and... more

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Time for an Essay? Here are my thoughts on Gay Marriage

This is a link to an essay I wrote on Gay Marriage as part of my degree program in... more

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"Don't Ask, Don't Tell" to go bye bye?!

Some Brave Soliders are sticking up for those 65,000+ soliders in the Armed Forces who... more

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Another Writer's Guild Video

Yet another video regarding the writer's strike, this one from the vloggers at... more

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when it doesn't work out...

GayDivorceUSA.com lists lawyers in your area who understand you and who will do their... more

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HIV is not a death sentence!

This documentary stands at 22 minutes. I made it as part of my degree program in Broadcast Visual design. In this film I basically come out of the HIV closet and let the world know my status. What is remarkable about this film, that I shot in 2000 during the run up to the presidential election, is that I reveal the fact that I had at that time probably had been HIV positive for close to 25 years, however, I want to be clear that these are speculations based on factual data.

During my teenage years from 12 to 18 I became sexually active. This was in the late 60's and early 70's. HIV was just beginning to make the rounds and working its way into humanity and being spread through fast and free sexual encounters. It hadn't had enough of an incubation period to start making people sick. I was sexually molested when I was 12 years old and quite possibly I could have been infected by that man. Today I am 46 years old. However, the molestation was not a traumatic experience in the sense that I got say "raped" violently against my will. I actually was interested and intrigued by the experience as well as being afraid of being "found out" or "shamed". The man that molested me was in his mid 30's.

I wanted to make a documentary that used my own personal experience to bring hope to those who would watch this film. I especially tailored it to target those who have recently found out that they are HIV positive. I believe very strongly that beside the best of what modern medicine has to offer to people, there is another dimension to disease that is psychosocialspiritual. The psychology that is at work is pretty evident, the social interactions and repercussions that are at work are also evident, however the spiritual nature of healing is not evident and is at great risk when the other two areas are unresolved and/or in chaos. In my life this was absolutely true because I had come to loathe myself and I longed for death as a release from the shame and the guilt that I was carrying around for being such a sexually active teen. Death had become a self fulfilling prophecy in my life.

Imagine how it feels when a person first hears those words "you have tested positive for HIV" it sounds as though someone is reading your death sentence. Feeling this way is a perfectly natural reaction. However, after we have gone through our initial shock and the grieving stage then we need to move into the empowerment stage. This is the stage wherein we take full ownership of our situation, we move away from blame or trying to find a reason "why this happened to us." Energy spent on this kind of thinking only robs us of precious life energy that we need in order to live with this disease and create any sort of "quality of life" for ourselves. Also energy spent on this kind of thinking can become a trap or prison that keeps us from growing and possibly even transcending our situation. Moving into the empowerment stage turns us into self validating, self motivating and self loving individuals who readily enjoin the work of creating new realities for ourselves; realities within which we can begin to find joy.This documentary stands at 22 minutes. I made it as part of my degree program in... more

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Gay Marriage is about choice

We have a right to be ourselves and gay marriage doesn't hurt anybody.

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We should have the same rights

We should have the right to marry and the freedom to walk down the street and not be... more

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China ahead of the US, yet again

This time, it's political. China has relaxed its ban on HIV positive... more

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