BlackTsunami / http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com

There will be another day for us to win

Calm it down, folks. No one on our side is happy with what happened in North Carolina last night. Nothing I can say can alleviate the bitterness and disappointment that some of us have. Nor can it assuage the ugly pangs we feel when we see and hear people like Patrick Wooden, Brian Brown, or NOM . . . ... Read More...

BlackTsunami / http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com

The diapers and lies won in North Carolina

NC Amendment One, State’s Same Sex Marriage Ban, Passes By Wide MarginIt happened. Grieve and mourn for only a second, but then come up and fight like hell. This is no time for self-pitying and slack jawing. ... Read More...

BlackTsunami / http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com

Good interview about Amendment One this morning on MSNBC

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economyIt's been said that if Amendment One passes today, it will be because supporters confused voters. I think a lot of them are confused themselves. This morning on MSNBC, Pastor Mark Harris, and Amendment One supporter debated . . . ... Read More...

Monica Roberts / http://transgriot.blogspot.com

Let My Transpeople...

Let My Transpeople...
Let my transpeople pee in peace without being messed with by ignorant cis people.Let my transpeople access trans specific and non trans specific health care without the Janice Raymond restrictions being used by insurance companies and transphobic doctors to deny them coverage.Let my transpeople ... Read More...

Monica Roberts / http://transgriot.blogspot.com

0-32?

The polls open later today in the Tarheel State on the Amendment 1 ballot question to enshrine a same gender marriage ban (which by the way is already banned in the state) into North Carolina's constitution."Marriage between one man and one woman is the only domestic legal union that shall be . . . ... Read More...

BlackTsunami / http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com

'Black media calling attention to NOM's black/gay wedge strategy' and other Tuesday midday news briefs

The Root on Amendment One and the bigotry of the black-gay wedge strategy - Awesome piece in The Root featuring my blogging buddy Pam Spaulding. Now we need pieces in Ebony and various other African-American publications. Hate-Filled Pastor Says Anti-Gay Amendment Would Protect Marriage . . . ... Read More...

BlackTsunami / http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com

A few words of encouragement to my North Carolina brothers and sisters

In the end, those who fight injustice never lose. Those who fight injustice embody the spirit which makes not only this country, but this world what it should be.Never give up. Never give in. Never allow yourself to be seduced by the orgy of ego if victorious. And if at any time you lose, never . . . ... Read More...

BlackTsunami / http://holybulliesandheadlessmonsters.blogspot.com

The sadness of the Amendment One fight expressed by a three-year-old

The following passage is from a piece in the Huffington Post entitled My Family Was Harassed at the North Carolina Polls. It is written by Aly Windsor, a mother, partner, and writer. It describes what happened when she and her partner - accompanied by their two young children - went to vote early . . . ... Read More...