The Gay Rights struggle is going to be paramount in our lifetime. It’s discrimination; nothing more, nothing less and it’s truly disgusting that this woman who worked hard for her country would be dishonorable discharged for her sexual orientation.

If America can do this, how dare she look down upon other countries who speak out against homosexuality? How can America speak out against human rights violations regarding homosexuality when her own government is perpetuating discrimination against homosexuals by removing homosexuals from their own military. America, you’re a hypocrite.

A sergeant in the military that was hiding her sexual orientation from superiors was dishonorably discharged after police found a marriage license in her home and reported her as a lesbian to the military.

Jene Newsome and the American Civil Liberties Union filed a complaint against the South Dakota police department for what they see as a violation of privacy. Newsome says she was operating under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy when police unlawfully broke the news to the air force without her permission.

The police report that Newsome would not cooperate with them by coming back to her home after they showed up with an arrest warrant for her partner. Although Newsome was not there, they spotted a marriage license on the woman’s kitchen table and reported it to the base.

According to Police Chief Steve Allender, the license was relevant because “it showed both the relationship and residency of the two women.”

Newsome and her spouse were married in Iowa where same sex marriage is legal.

Not a big fan of his work but I am a fan of his movement and I respect his hustle. Congratulations my brother.

These stats are frightening. If you’re going to engage in sex, please be careful. 20 minutes of joy is not worth a lifetime of pain.

More than 1 in 30 adults in Washington, D.C., are HIV-infected—a prevalence higher than that reported in Ethiopia, Nigeria, or Rwanda. Certain U.S. subpopulations are particularly hard hit. In New York City, 1 in 40 blacks, 1 in 10 men who have sex with men, and 1 in 8 injection-drug users are HIV-infected, as are 1 in 16 black men in Washington, D.C. In several U.S. urban areas, the HIV prevalence among men who have sex with men is as high as 30%—as compared with a general-population prevalence of 7.8% in Kenya and 16.9% in South Africa.

Dear Lord, I pray for the people of Chile, Japan and the families still struggling in the aftermath of the quake in Haiti. This is a time where we must come together for the sake of humanity, if you know of ways for us here in America to help our brothers and sisters crippled by these earthquakes in South America and the Pacific please post those in the comments section and I will update this post.

Courtesy of Five Mikes

Two teachers in Winnipeg, Canada have been sent home without pay after students filmed the pair dancing in a sexually suggestive manner at a pep rally.

Looks like the teachers were showing the high school students how to make part time money in a recession!

Today is Teddy P. Day. I know you know who Teddy Pendergrass is, the legendary lead singer from Harold Melvin & the Bluenotes who struck out on his own and has helped bring babies into this world for the last 4 decades.

A Philadelphia native, in his earlier years he was ordained as a minister. Pendergrass courtesty of the writings and production of Gamble & Huff resturctured what we know as soul music today.
I personally have shed many a tear, and smiled plenty of smiles to the sounds of Teddy P. He will be greatly missed, so I honor his legacy with the tunes that made us fall in love with his sound and story of love and heartache.

This President Runs from Race like a Black Man Runs from a Cop. – Michael Eric Dyson

Michael, you want to have teachable moments but in that teachable moment you reinforce stereotypes. Attention whoring around race without creating any solutions makes you a part of the problem.