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
06/01/2011, by Melanie Nathan Washington, D.C., June 1, 2011 – Capital Pride announced that Tony Award-winner Jennifer Holliday will replace Kelly Rowland as the Capital Pride Festival’s headlining entertainer. Jennifer Holliday is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls showstopper and Grammy Award-winning R&B/Pop hit, “And I Am Telling You I’m Not Going.” “We … More D.C. Capital Pride Announces Jennifer Holliday
05/31/2011, by Melanie Nathan The Guardian UK is reporting a case similar to many others, which we have reported upon in the past. The Asylum claim of a Ugandan lesbian, attacked by three men in her home country, has been refused by UK immigration authority. In fear of fraud, the UK authorities have been known … More Ugandan Woman Branded by Iron for being a Lesbian faces deportation from United Kingdom
05/31/2011, by Melanie Nathan Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has asked President Jacob Zuma to provide DNA samples from South African photographer Anton Hammerl to help the Libyan authorities find his body. Zuma had promised Hammerl’s family that he would ask Gaddafi for help in locating Hammerl’s remains when he met Gaddafi in Tripoli yesterday to … More Zuma in Libya – Gaddafi to Help Find Body of Photographer Anton?
05/31/2011, by Melanie Nathan Back in 2008, Jon Qwelane posted a piece in his column in the Sunday Sun. Well known to the South African LGBTQI community is the fact that Jon Qwelane, despite protest and outrage, was sent to Uganda as South Africa’s Ambassador to that country. Qwelane, inter alia, writes about the Anglican … More South Africa Ambassador Jon Qwelane Guilty of Anti-Gay Hate Speech
05/30/2011, Melanie Nathan, 4.03 PM (PST) Moscow: One of the most courageous voices of GayRussia, a group that organizes direct LGBTQI action, is Anna Komarova. Anna, a genderqueer activist was one of the eighteen LGBTQI rights protesters arrested, as they tried to stage the banned Moscow Gay Pride parade on Saturday. All were roughly manhandled … More Moscow Pride: Police Attack Genderqueer Activist Anna Komarova – First Interview
05/26/2011, by Melanie Nathan, San Francisco -Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) is a student-run club in a high school or middle school that brings together LGBTQI and straight students to support each other, provide a safe place to socialize, and create a platform for activism to fight homophobia and transphobia. On June 09, 2011, Geoffrey De … More GSA Network’s San Francisco Event BIG Ticket – Secret Auction Item
The National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) presented its highest honors to five trailblazers, including country singer Chely Wright, in the movement for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender equality at its 34th Anniversary Celebration … More NCLR’s 34th Annual Celebration in San Francisco Honors Chely Wright, Kye Allums
As a New Venture emerges – to be announced in July, 2011, I will be posting Articles here on my OLD Pre LGR BLOG – Right here at O-blog-dee-o-blog-da – where happily life goes on…. as well as other venues ….. Thanks for your continued support!
QUOTES: New York Civil Liberties Union: “Citizen Non-Citizen” highlights the heart-wrenching story of Britta and Carla, a married same-sex bi-national couple living in New York City fighting to stay together in the United States. We’d like to honor the fact that Britta and Carla have been dedicated activists, and indeed without their efforts, and courage … More Lesbian Spouses Torn Apart – Fight for Bi-national Immigration Equality
By Melanie Nathan, April 05, 2010 ‘The Victim Millicent Gaika contacted me via a caregiver; I was shocked to receive this and more photos. They may not be reproduced without my permission The Face Of Corrective Lesbian Rape In South Africa 4/5/10-by Melanie Nathan This is the face of South African lesbian who was beaten … More South Africa; Shocking Photos of Corrective Rape Victim
I found this fascinating quote today: In June 2009, when I heard about Britta, she was being held in detention in a Florida Detention Facility; she had been caught in an ICE sweep and was unable to provide documentation of legal status in the USA and I was on my way to D.C. for the … More reBlog LGR: Binational Marches Alone at NYC Immigration Rally – Where were the GAYS?
http://lezgetreal.com/?p=32025 Please Visit this Article on Blog at http://www.lezgetreal.com Example number 1:- I am a white US citizen – I was born in a foreign Country. My work sends me to Arizona for a conference. I have a profoundly different accent. I walk into a store to purchase chewing gum. I ask the store clerk … More The Apartheid State of Arizona – Precedent for LGBT Immigration Equality in California?
Simplicity in the name of a movement By MELANIE NATHAN, April 10, 2010 What happened to our LGBTQI movement? Since 1970, post Stonewall ? We have a quest for gay marriage rights, we have a quest for social security, we have a quest for immigration equality, to serve openly in the military, to … More THE LGBTQI PINK PRINT – A Liberation Plan for Gay USA
Image by UGArdener via Flickr In every case our clients are human beings, and they are not perfect, which is why we all identify so fiercely with those we represent. At the time of Harold’s fall he had already been experiencing some degree of mental impairment, and had been drinking. He fell down … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Clay Greene Lawsuit Against County- Never Again Sonoma and AMERICA
Image via Wikipedia I was privileged to testify at that hearing and pleased that the Assembly passed the resolution, (14-28 – with NO Republican support,) and now am delighted that within the next few weeks the Resolution will be heard in the California State Senate Judiciary Committee. I have been invited again to testify … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Equality in Immigration – Activists to Testify for CA State support of UAFA
4-17-10 – By Melanie Nathan; David Mixner has produced a great article, where he asserts his choice of 20 most powerful lesbian leaders in American Politics.But who may I ask has with with vigor and resolve led us to “Amend the Civil Rights Act- to include Sexual orientation.” Indeed a worthy list – and truly … More Mixner’s Twenty Top Lesbians in US Politics – But Where is the Messiah?
By Melanie Nathan – JOHANNESBURG — South African white far-right leader Eugene Terre’blanche, who fought to prevent the end of apartheid in the early 1990s, was beaten and hacked to death at his farm Saturday, his party said. (This man was a bad man. Hated anyone and anything that did not look and smell like … More South African Die-Hard Uber-Right Winger Hacked to Death
“Rep. Bono Mack’s record on LGBT issues can charitably be described as weak. She earned a 55% on the Human Rights Campaign’s congressional scorecard for the 110th Congress. Despite being the step-mother of Chaz Bono, she has failed to co-sponsor ENDA, DADT repeal, and the Uniting American Families Act.” … More Palm Springs | First Married Gay Man With Kids in Congress could be Mayor Steve Pougnet
Image by niiicedave via Flickr I wrote this on lgr go there and read it Counsel for Smye, Gorham also stated that “We are absolutely going to appeal this ruling to the Court of Appeals. There is too much at stake, both for Marti Smye and for the LGBT community, for us to accept this … More Breaking News Today, California Superior Court, LA refuses to hear Lesbian’s Gay-Bias lawsuit against Recruiting Giant, Korn/ Ferry
Image via Wikipedia So my article on Lezgetreal is a reflection on my congressional rep’s astute repreresentaion. My Congresswoman, Lynn Woolsey, California, spoke tonight, in the House, with her perfunctory message, “ Being a woman IS a preexisting condition!” ( reiterated by Speaker Pelosi) That is going to change with this health care reform. She … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Historic Health Care Reform; Victory for President Obama Paves the way for LGBT Equality
Melanie Nathan – on Lezgetreal Does this mean that the Senators will explicitly include UAFA or such language in the immigration reform bill and if so why does Schumer not simply say so, instead of talking around it the way he does here? Schumer says that there can be no “piecemeal legislation” which means, … More lezgetreal.com: Senators Chuck Schumer & Lindsey Graham write an Article – But where is the Bill?
Image via Wikipedia I wrote this letter today: Dear Stephen Precourt, Gay Rights Advocates Call for Boycott of Filming in Florida – http://lezgetreal.com/?p=27912 Please get rid of your hate clause in the Bill for film tax credit increase. Hollywood is pro LGBT equality and Gay people will continue to be portrayed in the positive light … More Lezgetreal Calls on Movie Industry to Boycott Florida
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Image via Wikipedia one from me on LGR Melanie Nathan, San Francisco– 3-2-10; In the case of Nancy Gill & Marcelle Letourneau, (Plaintiffs) VS Office of Personnel Management (Defendants) under Case No. 1:09-cv-10309 JLT , in the UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT, DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS, the Obama Justice department has filed a brief in response to … More reBlog from L: Obama Justice Department Files Shocking Response to Motion
Image by Getty Images via Daylife I wrote in Lezgetreal about ANTI-GAY PRO PROP *MEG WHITMAN” Imagine every dollar you spent on EBAY and whay EBAY made on it – now being used to Buy the State of california so WHITMAN can veto gay marriage. grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr California is the bastion of the same-sex marriage struggle … More reBlog from lezgetreal.com: Anti Gay Marriage, Meg Whitman, Mega Blitz to Buy the State of California
Breaking by Melanie Nathan “We are pleased that the Alameda County Fire Department and CalPERS are complying with SB 54, and providing benefits to LGBT employees and their spouses just like they do for all other married couples,” said Ilona Turner, a staff attorney with NCLR. “We trust that other public agencies in California will … More Breaking – Equal Ca Benefits Awarded To Same-Sex Bi-National Spouse
Justice Mareno Speech at EQCA “ by Justice Carlos R. Moreno – Equality California Awards Gala –San Francisco –February 13, 2010 Thank you for that introduction. Truly honored by your invitation and award and I am humbled by your applause and welcome. I do well to introduce you to my wife, Chris (26 years) … More EQCA Award Dinner and Justice Moreno’s Moving Remarks
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