New legislation will be in effect this month in California:- 1. SB 48 (Mark Leno-) Public schools must include positive history lessons on the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Unfortunately opponents are gathering signatures for a ballot initiative to repeal the law or allow parents to remove children from classes that include gay history … More California, January 01, 2012 Brings New Legislation
AIDS MARCH planned as precursor to AIDS Conference 2012. By Melanie Nathan, Jan 01, 2012 In July 2012, more than 20,000 HIV advocates will come to Washington, D.C., for the International AIDS Conference. Before the opening ceremonies, AHF and over a thousand organizations from 78 countries are marching to remind governments around the world to … More Huge March Timed for 2012 AIDS Conference in Washington D.C.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said Saturday that he would veto legislation that would allow certain “illegal residents” to become American citizens. by Melanie Nathan, January 01, 2012 For a man who purports to be about family, this one is ready to separate children from parents, to send kids back to countries they do not … More Romney Would Veto Dream Act – AP Report buys into Anti-Immigrant Language
LGBTI rights depend on 2012 – here we come! By Melanie Nathan, Dec 31, 2011 Well in mere hours it will be the year 2012 – I am going to let bygones be bygones! I am holding the Obama administration accountable for the upcoming repeal of DOMA, for the imperative passage of ENDA and for … More 2012 and My Resolution to Support Barack Obama All the Way!
Posted by Melanie Nathan, Dec 30, 2011 Touting a groundbreaking literary achievement… A US-based Jewish publisher has produced an alphabetical index to the Talmud Bavli (Babylonian Talmud), a work it describes as “a groundbreaking literary achievement.” Now the “HaMafteach” (“The Key”), provides a new indexed reference guide to the Talmud. The Talmud is the 63-volume … More The Talmud gets an Index
LEZGETREAL is not a Gay Gals View of the World it is still Bill Graber’s View of the World by Melanie Nathan, Dec 27, 2011, 12.01 am Safely navigating and sailing beyond the blogging scandal of the year, I am happy to say I can look back and gasp a final farewell at those left … More Scandal Continues as Shamed Lesbian Blog Continues the ‘Straight Man’ Lie
by Melanie Nathan; December 26, 2011 Somehow I think the anti-homosexuality strategy on natural order and defilement needs a dramatic overhaul. Xmas is a day of joy and childbirths are highlighted as part of that joy, often heralding religious connotations and meaning. But it is not that way for many as the day brought darkness … More Uganda Scapegoats Homosexuality as 14 Women Die in Childbirth on Xmas Day
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 27, 2011 Just sayin’…. San Francisco is a hot-bed for LGBTQI activism – we know that! Its history amazes and amuses, it is queer personified and its is eclectic till the next ‘Big One’ and then eclectic again. It rises above ashes and ruins and it tumbles down and comes … More Predicting the Streets of San Francisco
The Ugandan Anti-Homosexuality Bill was intorduced by MP David Bahati as a Private Member’s Bill on 13 October proposing that a new offence be created in Uganda named “aggravated homosexuality” which would be punishable as a capital offence. The Billincluded plans to introduce the death penalty for gay adults who had sex with those of … More Uganda Opinion Poll
by Melanie Nathan, December 22, 2011 – US officials extradited a Rwandan woman, Marie-Claire Mukeshimana, convicted in absentia by a court in her country for her role in the 1994 genocide, an official said Thursday. Mukeshimana was sentenced in 2009 to 19 years in prison for complicity in the killing of several children who had … More U.S. Extradites Rwandan Woman Convicted for Genocide
by Guest blogger aka – ‘Pikachu,’ aged 6, Dec 24, 2011 …. Animal societies are in danger. Donate money to the zoos and animal societies. So hunters don’t have guns in the society in the wild. Take them away because the animals are in danger and they are G-d’s creatures. They are very good to … More A Message about Animal Societies
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 20, 2011 I believe what I am seeing in the video below is a march of women in the streets of Egypt, presumably Cairo. I could be wrong. I am having the marching chant translated at the time of posting and will update. In the meantime what I am getting is … More Women March in Egypt at Great Risk
Although Liberal in relation to other members of the Saudi Royal Family, what does Saudi prince Twitter Purchase mean for Gay World? by Melanie Nathan, Dec 19, 2011 Reuters is reporting that Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, the Saudi billionaire and an investor in some of the world’s top companies, has bought a stake in microblogging … More Saudi Prince Investment in Twitter Could Impact Gay Tweets within Kingdom
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has reversed his position on gay rights. He now says that he wants LGBT equality enshrined in a new constitution, according to a report following a Video interview report on BBC. Zimbabwe, shares a border with South Africa which has a fully inclusive constitution, protecting sexual orientation as a critical … More Zimbabwe Homosexuality Could be Election Issue
GQ Sorry for comment! After GLAAD called them out for insulting Adam Lambert caption read: “If you wear make-up, do not grow a mustache.” The tweet was in connection with the annual Year in Style report in which the magazine lists the best and worst in men’s fashion over the last year. With a link … More Tweet: GQ Aplogizes to Adam Lambert for Homophobic Tweet
B’Vakashah, which is it going to be? by Melanie Nathan, Dec 13, 2011 Rumor has it that former minister and Israeli career politician Rafael “Rafi” Eitan, now 85 years of age, is trying to do business in Uganda, seeking to start an agricultural enterprise. I wonder if Eitan knows that Ugandans are currently ‘scape-goating’ gays, … More The Israel Uganda Connection: ‘Never Again’ or ‘We Did not Know?’
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 13, 2011 I have been a Vice President and proud board member of Fair Housing of Marin for the past eight years. The work of FHOM extends to other Bay Area Counties, including Sonoma County. Here is a story, one of many such matters, most of which go unreported. In this … More Fair Housing Settlement Serves as Warning Against Familial Status Discrimination
by Melanie Nathan, Dec 07, 2011 On Sunday evening , 04 December 2011, Wendelinus Hamutenya, Mr Gay Namibia title holder, was physically assaulted near his residence in Katutura, Windhoek, in what can be described as a brutal “mugging” with monetary gain as incentive. Hamutenya arrived home around 22:00 from visiting with friends. He was dropped … More Mr. Gay Namibia Assaulted – Motive Could be Hate and/or Greed
December 05, 2011 Filed under philosophy, lets take a lesson from a ten year old Australian kid who has it all figured out. The bottom line is that in truth it matters not who what how or when as long as it simply is as it ought to be….. ah ..okay – its a worthy … More DAD is a Lesbian; Ten Year Old Figures it Out!
By Melanie Nathan, Dec 02, 2011 Yesterday, Fred Karger launched his issues campaign. It was my pleasure to write an article for the Advocate that posted at the moment of Karger’s launch. While still a staunch Democrat and supporter of President Obama, I believe that I am still obligated to provide Fred Karger, the first … More Fred Karger Republican Presidential Candidate Fights for ENDA
Cross Post Article by Robyn Dixon – Dec 1 2011 VIA LA TIMES Robyn Dixon – REPORTING FROM JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA — Activists marked World Aids Day on Thursday with warnings that severe shortfalls in global AIDS funding by donors would cost many lives, particularly in hard-hit southern Africa. After scientific research this year concluded … More On World Aids Day, Activists Condemn Global Donor Sortfalls
By Melanie Nathan Justice lies in the Life Long Indictment that Conrad Murray Killed Michael Jackson Michael Jackson’s family wept as Dr. Conrad Murray was led away in handcuffs to serve a maximum four year sentence for putting the superstar to sleep, forever! Conrad Murray has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter. Gross negligence is … More Justice for Michael Jackson
By Melanie Nathan An Atlanta businesswoman is breaking her silence, claiming she has been involved in a 13-year-long affair with Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain. Source – http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/ginger-white-claims-affair-herman-cain-20111127-es Over the Thanksgiving weekend, FOX 5 senior I-Team reporter Dale Russell sat down with Ginger White, who had an amazing story to tell. “It was pretty simple,” … More Doomsday for Herman Cain as Affair to be Announced on FOX
Through her activism and her scholarship over the last decades, Angela Davis has been deeply involved in our nation’s quest for social justice. Her work as an educator – both at the university level and in the larger public sphere – has always emphasized the importance of building communities of struggle for economic, racial, and … More See Video:- Angela Davis Walks with Occupy Oakland
July 23, 2011, Posted By Melanie Nathan, The 27 club has a new member- Amy Winehouse. Winehouse was found dead in Camden, England, but the cause of death has yet to be explained. According to the police, London Ambulance Service was called to a flat in Camden at 1554 BST. Two vehicles were sent, but … More Amy Winehouse DEAD
July 10, 2011, by Melanie Nathan, Los Angles, 1988 the gay scene buzzed with “Perfect”, aerobics in West Hollywood, cocaine was cool, the Gay pride Parade a phenomenon and lipstick lesbians reinventing woman-queer on one side of the Palms while dykes intrigued from the other end! At the time I was dabbling in media, playing … More Watch Video Banned by MTV – first Gay and Lesbian Youth Talkline PSA
Posted by Melanie Nathan, Written by Adam Polaski | June 14, 2011 6:30 PM For two and a half years, LGBT activist and blogger Melanie Nathan had been working with Paula Brooks as an editor of Lez Get Real. But less than three weeks ago, Nathan resigned from her position at the website. She was … More Bilerico Piece: Melanie Nathan’s Final Weeks at Fraudulent ‘Lez Get Real’
Melanie Nathan – June 13, 2011 – 4.50 pm Paula Brooks is BILL and Bill may be MacMaster or a member of the military or security professional! I have been a co-owner on LezGetReal and paid for the site LGR for two years. I left the site because I believed that Amina “the Gay Gal … More Paula Brooks from LezGetReal is a Man – Straight Man Fraud in the Lesbian World
06/06/2011, Melanie Nathan, Zapiro is a well known South African cartoonist; known for controversial and unabashed cartoons about President Zuma and other South African politicians. I met Zapiro at a birthday bash in Cape Town back in March of this year. I told him about my Uganda LGBTI activism and he gave me free license … More Zapiro Cartoons Qwelane
06/01/2011, by Melanie Nathan Falling madly in love, even when you know that by loving you risk all you have…it could happen to anyone! So is the premise of this extraordinary journey, by an author into a realm of truth; one which may have, like many, remained unexplored, even when wrenched by voracious desire. The … More Au Pair – New Lesbian Book Bound to be a Classic
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