Quote of the Weekend

“I’ve never seen so much glitter on one man…its beautiful!”

—	Fascinated Lesbian at the Gay90’s Foam Party

Quote of the weekend....more to follow tomorrow on my first ever foam party!

Much Love,

-LintheTC

Gays are now a part of history at least according to California!

You would think in our ever progressing culture and with the fact that being homosexual is no longer considered a mental defect that the fact that LGBTQ people have been a significant part of our country's history would be a no brainer right? Well unfortunately even though we are beginning to (at least in some ways) be treated as equal citizens, the majority of states in the U.S. don't have any policy about including us in history texts or teaching about us in school. But now, thanks to California Gov. Jerry Brown, at least the children in California will know that being LGBTQ people are just as important as straight individuals and have made just as much of an impact on our culture and our world. Below is an article about this great step towards equality

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/07/15/2315387/teaching-gay-history-becomes-law.html

Happy Reading !

-LintheTC

Latest Obsession: Tegan and Sara

A beautiful sign with a bit of humor

Just a little sign I stumbled upon this afternoon from a friend. There is something incredibly beautiful about these words and a little bit of humor doesn't hurt. But thewords are true none the less. With theMinnesota government currently in its 12th day of shut down, I can't help to think that if they would have seen this sign and maybe taken that small insight to heart, then maybe they would have spent their time getting their job done by completing the budgetinstead of spending their working hours passing a bill to let the general public decide whether or not Minnesota should discriminate against certain citizens and deny them rights they deserve just like any other member of society. If only I had found this sign sooner.

Spread some love today. Give a friend a hug.

-Linthe TC

Is Homosexuality a Choice? An informational video

just a little something to enjoy....too bad they don't say much about lesbians but still make some pretty valid points...But I would like to point out that a) I do not have a mental defect and b) there is nooooo way I'm jealous of your penis.

Beaucoup d'amour

-LintheTC

And to you I say...

And here is my response to anyone who attempts to use the following as a sad justification for why they are to lazy to stand up for basic human rights and equality....

1. Yes there is a culture that is distinct to members of the LGBTQA community but there is also a culture related to individuals who are Asian, those of us who are from large families, people who have dogs, and obsessive fans of star wars. The queer culture is not some separate entity that all and only gays belong to and with the same respect, LGBTQA individuals do not solely belong to that culture (because yes, queer people can be asian, from a large family, have dogs and may even be fans of star wars). If you don't know much about it, then why don't you ask? Or better yet, why don't you experience it by coming to something like Twin Cities Pride or The Gay 90's?

2. Assuming that because someone is queer that they have multiple partners and view having multiple partners at the same time as the norm is one of the worst and incorrect stereotypes you can have. Just because you are attracted to someone of the same sex does not mean you are attracted to ALL members of the same sex, let alone date multiple people. Queers are not a bunch of whores who sleep with everyone they meet. While we may be more open and embracing of our sexuality, I would be willing to be the same number of hook-ups happen at straight clubs.

3. If you're worried about the effect gay marriage would have on the traditional family unit, then you'd better take a look around because the nuclear family is no longer the norm. We have extended families raising kids, grandparents raising kids, divorced parents working together or not, single parents...all raising children to be positive members of our society. And if you're worried about the "need for children to have a maternal and paternal influence" then we should outlaw single parents too because by your logic they must be unfit to raise a child.

4.If you wondering how commitment working in the LGBT culture, then just take a look at some straight couples and that's how it works. Just because you have two females or two males doesn't meant that there is any less commitment to the other person. Queer relationships are about love, just like straight ones. And don't you think allowing same-sex couples to marry would encourage that commitment even more?

5. And lastly, the difference between civil unions and marriage is much larger than words on paper. Marriages receive over 1,000 more benefits and protections than civil unions. That's over 1,000 ways to treat a same-sex couple as inferior to an opposite-sex couple. That's over 1,000 ways to discriminate. That's over 1,000 ways to tell a group of people that they are not valued. That's over 1,000 ways to spread hate instead of love.

So if you've got any other reasons why we should make people feel like second class citizens or if you wondering the benefits of legalizing gay marriage, bring it on.

Much love :)

-LintheTC

And these are the types of people who will kill the vote in 2012

I went out to coffee this morning with a friend from college. For those of you who haven’t read my “about me” post, I went to a small very liberal arts college in the midwest, so unless you were a member of the college republicans (which for your information had less members than the anthropology club), it was usually safe to say that you landed on the liberal end of the spectrum. And this particular friend was heavily involved with the theater and english departments, which were considered even more liberal than the rest of the campus, second only to education and philosophy.

So we’re having a nice cup of tea at a small little tea bar on Grand Ave and of course, in the midst of the life updates, politics are brought up. And this friend decides to inform me that, while he’s not against queer people, he’s not sure about the marriage amendment that Minnesota has on the ballot for 2012 (I’ll post a link for anyone who’s been unfortunately living under a rock and wasn’t aware that our wonderful state legislature is trying to define marriage as a union between a man and a woman).

I ask him why because I’m frankly flabbergasted that a) anyone could be indecisive on human rights and b) that he of all people wouldn’t be sure if he wanted gay marriage to be legal. He proceeded to make the following statements:

1. He doesn’t know much about gay culture (to which I corrected him about LGBT or queer culture....though I will save my rebuttals for the next post...I would like to be a bit more articulate).
2. He thinks that its more acceptable to have multiple partners in gay culture.
3. He’s not sure what breaking away from the traditional family unit (i.e. a nuclear family) would mean.
4. He’s not sure how commitment works in gay culture.
5. He figures there are already civil unions (which f.y.i. not everyone has).
6. He’s not sure that gay parents could give a child the maternal and paternal influence children “need”

And he tops it all off by covering it with the fact that he’s just undecided on what actual benefits legalizing gay marriage would have for society.

I need sometime to put my head on straight after being completely flabergasted and dumb founded that someone of apparent intellect could be so ignorant and frankly completely idiotically stupid. A much more eloquent rebuttal to follow but just thought I’d throw it out there as some food for thought about what we’re up against for 2012.

Much Love to all, even the ignorant.

-LintheTC