parsleytree
lesbian

Let's face it, we are ALWAYS taking about all the reasons it sucks to be gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, etc.

This is just for laughs... but it's about damn time we counted our blessings.

1. Always celebrating and fighting for love.
2. Gay Kingdom
3. “Coming Out” is good practice for living honestly.
4. Apparently, almost everything is “sooo gay”… who’s a minority???
5. They're always talking about us.
6. Everyone thinks we have the power to bring civilization to it’s knees.
7. No male and female "role models" doing as good a job as your parents did. (ha)
8. Secret society, anyone?
9. Everyone likes a rebel… and everyone seems to think we are.
10. We’re really handy…
11. And tongue-in-cheek!
12. Rainbow is the new black.
13. We can dance like Ellen and people STILL cheer.
14. To give is better than to receive.
15. No shortage of women friends with pick up trucks when it comes time to move.
16. The gay mafia! Like Queer eye for the straight Godfather!
17. You  can always count on your girlfriend to have a spare tampon.
18. Not having to shave anything you don’t want to.
19. Hitler, Mussolini, and Stalin weren’t.
20. Bush, Castro, and Santorum aren’t.
21. Neither was Jack the Ripper or Saddam Hussein- get the picture?
22. Everyone just forgets about the “S” part of GSA.
23. Everyone thinks we know everything.
24. We get our identity crisis' out of the way early.
25. Everyone knows that fairies can fly!
26. Somehow no one's on us for having interracial relationships.
27. Over 500 other couples come to our courthouse weddings.
28. We have taken the longest walk down the isle towards marriage in the history of the world.
29. We own Rocky Horror.
30. The only sex objects we have are those who want to be,
31. If we don't want to be sex objects, we buy them.
32. LOGO
33. Lesbian superpowers!
34. No one misleads us about our sex in Sex Ed.
35. We're not afraid of "Bears".
36. No mother in laws for women to deal with.
37. No over protective fathers for men.
38. We can call anyone "girlfriend" whether or not they are a girl or a friend.
39. Sex is never shameful.
40. The camera loves us.
41. Our flag is prettier.
42. So are our men.
43. And our women are more handsome.
44. Sometimes sex is just sex.
45. We truly don't care who Julia Roberts is sleeping with.
46. Trannys do it both ways!
47. Bisexuals have <i>all</i> the fun!
48. Love that dare not speak it's name refuses to shut up!
49. The oppressed ones always look better in pictures.
50. Similar stamina… all night long.
51. The history behind the history. A thousand years of queers.
52. Gay Penguins!!!
53. Some men just look better in eye liner…
54. Some women just don’t.
55. Because men don’t need therapy in the bedroom.
56. Because sometimes women do.
57. Why limit yourself to just one or two sex organs? It’s all about the sexy hip bones.
58. Two heads are better than one.
59. Blacks, women, and <i>now</i> GLBT… the path is clear for change.
60. We got Jolie.
61. AND Madonna.
62. And Alanis Morrisette, Elton John, and Jewel.
63. No down sides to a ménage à trios: everyone wins!
64. Who wants the straight and narrow anyways?
65. Stopping the over population of the planet, one queer kiss at a time.
66. That which bends does not break- open mindedness.
67. Straight people don't get parades!
68. No one doubts our fashion sense, even if it sucks.
69. Dental dams come in more colors and flavors than condoms.
70. 1,000,001 gender expressions.
71. No unplanned pregnancies
72. After your tenth, you get a toaster!
73. Fewer STD's
74. Supply matches demand perfectly
75. Great minds think alike!
76. All kinds of people want to cuddle!
77. You are your own form of birth control
78. We’re the life of the party.
79. Double the wardrobe, double the fun.
80. Real orgasms
81. Everyone loves a gay cowboy… or cowgirl, for that matter.
82. The toilet seat stays where you want it.
83. <i>8000<i> nerve endings in one small place. Men will never understand.
84. Bathrooms are segregated by gender.
85. So are locker rooms
86. Dorms
87. and sports teams.
88. We never get ignored.
89. You can’t feel like a piece of meet when you’re to busy ogling back!
90. Pets listen better.
91. Who wants 2.5 kids anyways?
92. Lesbians are low carb.
93. You don't have to tote condoms everywhere-
94. or deal with used ones.
95. No one teases us for listening to disco or bubble gum pop.
96. We’re in every holy book! We must be blessed!
97. People actually listen when you talk fashion.
98. You can get your hair done together.
99. It's boring to always think you're right.
100. YMCA is more than just an overplayed song: it’s an anthem!
101. The other side is so pathetically stupid. http://www.literaryillusions.com/opinions/2008/04/gay-marriage-ba/

 Edit: It would appear than I am easily defeated by technicasl difficulties, but everything should be fine now.

dyarpunk

i fucking hate life.

i hate everybody.

i dont know why im fucking liveing right now.

maybe its because i dont have the fucking balls to kill
myself like my girlfriend has.

fuck everyone who pretends to be my friend

fuck those assholes who go and fucking tell brian leete that im a fucking annoying harassing son of a fucking bitch

fuck life

nobody fucking likes me

i have hardly any friends

nobody would give a fuck if i died exexcpt my gf

the only people i looked up to fucking hate me

and now i feel theres no fucking hope at all to happiness

i will never be happy

i may smile sometimes and even laugh, but inside i know you hate me and im only laughing and smileing to cover my sorrows and fucking depression that my whole fucking life is

go head comment on this saying "i dont hate you" when i really know you do

fuck everything i used to know and love

fuck every time ive been a little happy because you actually answered your phone for me. you're only doing that out of simpathy.

you hate me

and u dont have the fucking guts to say it to my fucking face

go head and tell brian leete.

FUCK HIM

hes the reason my life is fucking hell now.

ive been crying for hours now

WILL THIS NEVER STOP????

you can say your my friend. but i will never know if youre fucking telling the truth or not

im sorry for harrassing you about **** i just thought u were rad and shit.

i know that everyone hates me.

everyone i thought was my friend really hates my fucking guts

yeh im annoying. yeh u shood hate me

im a fucking faggot

but dont go saying that you're my friend when you really arent

fuck.

buminabox
newyorkers

The worn-out cars were dumped on Friday into the Atlantic Ocean, 21 miles off the Maryland coast, to create an artificial reef, designed to attract fish for the state's lucrative sport-fishing industry.

"These reefs provide quality habitat for marine life off our coast which benefits not only the environment but also local businesses," said Ocean City Mayor Rick Meehan."

pamshouseblendf

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamsHouseBlend/~3/292963912/showDiary.do

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5430

One day after California overturned a ban on same-sex marriage, the Holy Father has firmly stated that only marriage between a man and a woman is moral.

...While the Pope did not directly mention the ruling in California in his address to the Forum of Family Associations and the European Federation of Catholic Family Associations, Benedict XVI stressed the importance of the traditional family for the good of society.

"The union of love, based on matrimony between a man and a woman, which makes up the family, represents a good for all society that can not be substituted by, confused with, or compared to other types of unions," he said.

He continued by speaking of the rights of the traditional family, "founded on matrimony between a man and a woman, the natural cradle of human life." Mention of the need to defend the family is not uncharacteristic for Pope Benedict, but his statement takes on particular relevance following the California ruling.

Two toddlers have been placed in the care of Suffolk County Child Protective Services after police arrested their parents on drug and endangerment charges.

Suffolk police responded to a Shell Road home around 3 pm May 9 after receiving a tip of possible animal abuse, according to police reports. They discovered a dog locked with its own filth in a small cage, without water, and entered the home.

Inside, they found a 4-year-old boy naked and a 2-year-old boy wearing a dirty diaper. They also found Jeffrey Littlefield, 24, and Heather Littlefield, 23, the boys' parents, apparently under the influence of drugs, along with more than 200 used and uncapped hypodermic needles and "at least one hypodermic needle loaded with drugs," according to a police statement.

Needles were in "virtually every room in the house," the statement added. Also confiscated were two rifles with ammunition, several knives, used glassine bags and other drug paraphernalia, police said.

When Jeffrey Littlefield approached officers, he stumbled to the floor; Heather Littlefield was found unconscious on the bathroom floor, police said.

feministing

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Feministing/~3/292929729/009221.html

http://feministing.com/archives/009221.html

On the rising number of widows in Iraq. (Also see Haifa Zangana's book about Baghdad since the U.S. occupation, City of Widows.)

Lisa Kansas on what makes a movie misogynist.

A history of women visual artists.

Colorado considers "every sperm is sacred"-type legislation.

A lesbian soccer player is raped and murdered in South Africa.

A girl wins the state team track title -- by herself!

Missouri rejects a slew of abortion restrictions!

A pervy harasser was arrested in Venice for taking pictures of women's asses without their consent.

A Canadian legislator apologizes for calling a female politician a "dumb bitch."

Kill a sex worker, get a two year prison sentence? (Cara has more.)

On persistent sexism in the engineering and technology fields.

A journalist with the UK Daily Mail completely misrepresented a Dolly Mix blogger, quoting her out of context to prop up a ridiculously bad story about "getting e-venge" on your ex.

Muslimah Media Watch on female Muslim rappers.

Much more after the jump...

pamshouseblendf

http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PamsHouseBlend/~3/292882956/showDiary.do

http://www.pamshouseblend.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=5429

This is where you need to be, because wherever in the world you compete, Michigan can give you the upper hand.

--Jeff Daniels, in a pitch for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation has been peppering the news channels with their advertisements for businesses seeking to move to, or grow within Michigan. Their commercials usually end with a variant of the statement above -- to date all of these commercials have ended with the phrase "...because wherever in the world you compete, Michigan can give you the upper hand."

The one place Michigan can't compete is regarding employment equality for it's LGBT citizens. As the Detroit Free Press reported on May 8th, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that public employers are barred from providing health care benefits to the partners of gay and lesbian employees.

The 5-2 ruling found that an amendment to the Michigan Constitution approved by voters in 2004 to define marriage as the union of one man and one woman also applied to employee benefits. Specifically, the court found that language in the amendment prohibiting recognition of other unions "for any purpose" effectively bans same-sex partner benefits.

In providing benefits to same-sex domestic partners, employers recognize those relationships in a way indistinguishable from the way a marriage is recognized, the court majority found.

...[Tom Patrick, a Washtenaw County resident and a plaintiff in the lawsuit] said the court's ruling threatens his family's health care coverage. Patrick said he and his partner have four adopted children and one foster child, and they could lose coverage if his partner's employer, Eastern Michigan University, decides not to offer insurance for designated beneficiaries.

Jessie Olson, an attorney and gay rights advocate from Bangor, said the ruling leaves Michigan "at the bottom of the barrel. We are the worst of the worst of the worst when it comes to civil rights for same-sex couples."

Frankly, I'm tired of watching Jeff Daniels telling me how wonderful Michigan is for business. When it comes to its LGBT citizens, Michigan doesn't compete; Michigan doesn't give the families of those in same sex relationships the upper hand.

~~~~~
Further:

Jeff Daniels mentions San Francisco in his Michigan Economic Development Corporation piece for ePrize.

erastes

elisa_rolle has an interview with Bobby Michaels on her LJ, it makes interesting reading.

This is my favourite quote, however:

Elisa: I know you have also a wide share of male readers. How they react to the romance part of your stories? Do they like it? Do they suffer it or do you think they want and need it?

BM: I still have saved on my computer my favorite e-mail from a reader. It says, “I have a hard on and I’m crying. What do I do now?”

Personally I think that all Males, gay straight or bi, want and need romance. Even on Nifty, I have readers who tell me that they skip the sex scenes entirely to read the story.

Hurrah !  Not that I didn't know this, already (by the reaction to my gloopy romances from men) but it's so nice to hear it from someone else. It was an empty niche at one point - which is why Scott and Scott started Romentics for a start - and it's great that men are reading it. (and admitting it, because, come on, we all knew they read it secretly) "I have a hard on and I'm crying" has got to be iconned.

Hilariously, this is one of the best Bad Book Covers on THIS BLOG