Article Archive for April 2012
Nature v. nurture
Okay….we’re going to play the game of choice vs. not a choice…or if you will, nurture vs. nature. Because I’ve seen a lot of nonsense circulating the web of how “those people” “choose” to be gay. Or transgender. Or whatever.
Another few laps: Reports of Prop 5’s demise are premature (& proof Minnery knew he was spreading false information)
Headlines which announce the failure of Proposition 5 are premature. Unanticipated voter turnout due to irregularities caused by misinformation sent out by Prop 5 opponent Jim Minnery leave a deep cloud over election results.
Yes on 5: The final lap
It’s election day in the Municipality of Anchorage. For advocates of equal protection from discrimination for LGBT people, it’s the day we’ve all been working toward. If you are an Anchorage voter, please vote YES on Proposition 5.
Stories of discrimination from the Anchorage LGBT Discrimination Survey
We present a selection of comments from the 268 LGBT respondents to the Anchorage LGBT Discrimination Survey: Final Report on employment, housing, and public services/accommodations discrimination in Anchorage.
Sara’s News Roundup 4/2/12: NAACP denounces NOM’s “cynical” racial strategy against marriage equality
NAACP speaks out against the racial strategy of the anti-marriage equality National Organization for Marriage (NOM); Romney donated to NOM; and other recent LGBTQ news selected by Sara Boesser in Juneau, Alaska.
Sermon
On the last Sunday before the April 3 Anchorage municipal election, when voters will decide on Proposition 5, some Anchorage pastors will preach about God’s call for us to love one another; others, wielding the same types of false witness propounded in the past few weeks by Jim Minnery and Jerry Prevo, will claim that we are not who we know ourselves to be… even that we “chose” to be “perverted.”
