In oranges and women courage is often mistaken for insanity - Iron Jawed Angels
I recently returned from the Annual Organizing Conference of the National Network of Abortion Funds (great women, all!) And I am inspired, yet again, to reflect on the current state of the women’s reproductive rights movement - or as it is slowly coming to be better understood - the Movement for Reproductive Justice.
A very inspiring [...]
Below is a copy of the letter I wrote to the IRS to explain why I wasn’t paying my taxes this year. In 2003, I started war-tax resistance and mostly have been living on an income that was below taxable levels. This year, however, I found myself in a higher tax bracket once again. I [...]
But those homophobic radical right-wing christians sure don’t.
First California passed legislation that prohibits bullying on the grounds of perceived sexual orientation or gender expression (among other things, like race and class, etc. but the fundies jumped on the gay bit). Well wouldn’t you know it, the right winger fundies got all up in arms over [...]
What a crazy day.
I was going to take a bit of time to rant about the Global Gag Rule and the privilege that causes the communications director to say this: “Americans deserve to know whether politics played a role in this matter. It is important that government resources, especially about health care, provide accurate and [...]
gay folks should just shut up
According to Oregon State Senator Gary George. He’s opposed to Oregon’s new non-discrimination law, which makes it illegal to discriminate against folks because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. He’s co-sponsoring an initiative to repeal the law.
Apparently, living without discrimination based on who you are attracted to (or based [...]