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The Daily Tweets, 2009-06-23 (Assembly public hearing #4)
How’d my work get on the mailing list for this meter reading/utility collection outfit? yoohoo, we’re UAA, not AWWU. # Lynne called from Assembly 345 PM: chambers not yet open, abt 60 people waiting: 2/3 blue. Pack those chambers, blues! … Continue reading
Posted in Ordinance, The Daily Tweets
Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, lgbtq
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A word about our friends
Most of the blogging I’ve been doing these past few weeks — most of it, really, since opening up business at Henkimaa.com — has been about the Anchorage equal rights ordinance, which if passed would protect LGBT people from discrimination … Continue reading
Christianist, defined
I first used this term in the post “The new Carrie Prejean?” I’m using often enough that it seems helpful to break the definition I used there out into a separate post. Christianist is a term I first heard from … Continue reading
Transposition
Posted in Journal, Ordinance
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Letter to a Straight Friend — a poem for Pride
I wrote this poem way back in 1979, as a sophomore in college — just a few months after I’d decided, after much agony of spirit, to accept what all my inner feelings were compelling me to know: that I … Continue reading
Equality Works optimistic on gaining equal protection (press release)
Despite the Anchorage Daily News doomsaying story that came out earlier today, Equality Works is still optimistic about gaining equal protections for LGBT people in Anchorage. Here’s the press release they just issued. Contact: Jackie Buckley, (907) 229-6219 Mia Oxley, … Continue reading
Posted in Ordinance
Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Equality Works, lgbtq, press release
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Debbie Ossiander & the Christianist filibuster
Is Debbie Ossiander cooperating intentionally or unintentionally with Prevo & co.’s filibustering techniques? And let’s not forget those Mat-Su witnesses she’s allowing to testify.
Three Assembly hearings: A compilation
Compiling posts and publications on the first three hearings on the AO 2009-64, the Anchorage equal rights ordinance.
Posted in Ordinance, Transfolk
Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage Baptist Temple, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, blogs, Jerry Prevo, lgbtq
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The Daily Tweets, 2009-06-17 (Assembly public hearing #3)
@trishthiel There were more blues earlier. Lots os these reds dated from late bus arrival last Tuesday in signing to testify. in reply to trishthiel # @trishthiel and glad to meet you! I’m completely exhausted now cat Calling me to … Continue reading
Posted in Ordinance, The Daily Tweets
Tagged Anchorage Assembly, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, Assembly public hearing
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Does Anyone Beat Your Heart for You (poem)
Does Anyone Beat Your Heart for You does anyone beat your heart for you — oh yes I know there are some who will quicken it or slow it at their leaving — but when you are alone at night … Continue reading
Posted in No Way Way, Ordinance, Poems
Tagged "Annoy Prevo think for yourself", Anchorage Baptist Temple, Anchorage ordinance 2009-64, children, integrity, Jerry Prevo, Mississippi Avenue Baptist Church (MABC), poem, writing
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