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Mark OCEC is Cover Feature for Nov 19, 2009 OC Weekly

The cover story on the issue of OC Weekly hitting the newstands today focuses on how the wake of Prop 8 has encouraged unity for those who support gay rights. The article will also be posted online (www.ocweekly.com) though there is usually a little lag time between the print release and online posting (a day or so, I'm guessing). I haven't had an opportunity to read the whole article yet but it appears to give considerable and positive coverage to OCEC. I… Continue

Added by Mark on November 19, 2009 at 2:55pm — No Comments

Mark OCEC is Cover Feature for Nov 19, 2009 OC Weekly

The cover story on the issue of OC Weekly hitting the newstands today focuses on how the wake of Prop 8 has encouraged unity for those who support gay rights. The article will also be posted online (www.ocweekly.com) though there is usually a little lag time between the print release and online posting (a day or so, I'm guessing). I haven't had an opportunity to read the whole article yet but it appears to give considerable and positive coverage to OCEC. I… Continue

Added by Mark on November 19, 2009 at 2:55pm — No Comments

allison carr DC Attendees could share their JOY and amazement at next OCEC Meeting?

i know more than a few of our members got off their bottoms and worked very hard to represent us at the march in DC. perhaps they'd be willing to share their experiences with us at our next mtg? i would love that very much, indeed! Continue

Added by allison carr on October 13, 2009 at 11:22am — 1 Comment

Lady VaJayJay DRAG SHOW - Hamburger Mary's Oct 18, 2009 @ 8pm to benefit OCEC

Dear All, This is the one and only Lady VaJayJay. Please come out of your houses Oct 18, 2009 to Hamburger Mary's in Long Beach! Details are as follows.Lady VaJayJay & Jizzona Straynger present " The Ho must go on!" Location: Hamburger Mary's Address: 740 E Broadway Long Beach, CA 90802-5134 (562) 436-7900 Admission: $5.00 18 AND OVER ONLY Show TIME: 8pm with or with out you. Continue

Added by Lady VaJayJay on October 7, 2009 at 3:52pm — No Comments

Ron Shanti Orange County - October Newsletter

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Added by Ron on September 30, 2009 at 4:10pm — No Comments

Lady VaJayJay Drag Show Sept 24, 2009 - Proceeds to benefit OCEC

Dear All, This is the one and only Lady VaJayJay. Please come out of your houses tomorrow evening and enjoy an evening of drag performances on us! All I ask in return is a $10.00 donation at the door and $10.00 min drink purchase or eat there!! Come out to Durty Nelly's Sept 24, 2009 at 8:30 pm after this event the next one is not until Oct 18, 2009 is let's have a big turn out! Continue

Added by Lady VaJayJay on September 23, 2009 at 1:33pm — No Comments

Linda Interim group elected to oversee 2010

Copied from http://www.examiner.com/x-20225-SF-LGBT-Issues-Examiner~y2009m8d30-Interim-group-elected-to-oversee-2010-Repeal-Prop-8-signature-gathering-campaign?cid=exrss-SF-LGBT-Issues-Examiner Interim group elected to oversee 2010 Repeal Prop 8 signature gathering campaign August 3… Continue

Added by Linda on August 31, 2009 at 10:08am — No Comments

Felicity Figueroa Gay Marriage and the Constitution: Why Ted Olson and I are working to overturn California's Proposition 8

By DAVID BOIES When I got married in California in 1959 there were almost 20 states where marriage was limited to two people of different sexes and the same race. Eight years later the Supreme Court unanimously declared state bans on interracial marriage unconstitutional. Recently, Ted Olson and I brought a lawsuit asking the courts to now declare unconstitutional California's Proposition 8 limitation of marriage to people of the opposite sex. We acted together because of our mutual commitment… Continue

Added by Felicity Figueroa on July 23, 2009 at 11:45pm — No Comments

Dawn Clifford The LGBTA Club Of Victorville, CA Is Here.

Hello All My Orange County Friends! I am Dawn Clifford, and I represent a small growing LGBTA Club at Victor Valley College. Our purpose is to get connected with different communities, and help keep the family educated on health, issues, and having fun too. We are located in the high desert of California, off the 15 FWY To Barstow. As the vice president of the club, I would like to extend an invitation to anyone to join us. I know it is a far drive, but maybe there are people out there that didn… Continue

Added by Dawn Clifford on June 18, 2009 at 10:50am — 1 Comment

Team Courage OC Reminder: Seal Beach Canvass this weekend

Come join us to go door-to-door for marriage equality! This Saturday, June 20, starting in Marina Park in Seal Beach at noon. RSVP on the event page here... http://ocequality.ning.com/events/canvass-for-equality-seal Hope to see you there! -TCOC Continue

Added by Team Courage OC on June 15, 2009 at 7:58pm — No Comments

allison carr Stephen Colbert addresses D.A.D.T. from Iraq June 9, 2009

Lt. Dan Choi flashes onto the screen as Colbert laughs at the absurdity of Don't Ask, Don't Tell from Baghdad while entertaining our troops. Well worth watching. I wish someone with an I.Q. would put a link to it from here to www.hulu.com where the entire episode can be viewed for free. Continue

Added by allison carr on June 10, 2009 at 10:35pm — No Comments

Team Courage OC The Road to 2010

Since the disappointing Supreme Court decision on May 26, 2009, momentum has been building towards placing marriage equality on the ballot in 2010. At this point, it looks like it is going to happen. So the question is, what are we going to do about it? November 2010 is a long way away. But Team Courage Orange County is not going to wait for the signatures to be collected, for the proposition to be made official, and for the campaigns to kick off. We are building our organization NOW. We're est… Continue

Added by Team Courage OC on June 5, 2009 at 6:17pm — No Comments

Misha Houser Gay Penguin Parenting Tips

So gay parenting IS natural! I love this story about a gay penguin couple living in a German zoo who are raising an adopted chick together. Don't you love the fact-based real world? Read the rest of the story… Continue

Added by Misha Houser on June 5, 2009 at 10:12am — No Comments

Misha Houser New Hampshire Becomes 6th State to Approve Marriage Equality

New Hampshire — State legislature passed a compromise Marriage Equality bill that is fully supported by New Hampshire Governor, John Lynch. New Hampshire, becomes the third state to achieve the goal of marriage equality via legislation, and is now the sixth state… Continue

Added by Misha Houser on June 3, 2009 at 4:27pm — No Comments

Chelsea Salem Summary of the Summit: CA LGBT Leadership Meeting, May 31st 2009

On Sunday May 31st 2009, a day after the huge success of MITM, a leadership summit was held in Fresno California. While only 60 were expected, over 200 leaders and muckrakers from the LGBT movement attended this conference. I was fortunate enough to be among thi… Continue

Added by Chelsea Salem on June 1, 2009 at 3:30pm — 5 Comments

Spirals Disturbed and Angry, as expected

When I heard the TV announcement, it took a moment for it to sink in. "Prop 8 upheld." It's like I know something so clearly within myself - that equality means the same rights for everyone - and then I hear somebody say, "That doesn't matter." It's so incongruous that it doesn't make sense. When I finally realized what those words meant, I just shook my head in disbelief, pulled up my proverbial boot straps and resigned to keep fighting. The ruling makes sense from a constitutional legality s… Continue

Added by Spirals on May 26, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Mark Where I am coming from - Religion and Civil Rights

I am straight and have been happily married for 22 years. I am also a Christian. My parents, who I consider progessive thinkers by the standards of the rural place they grew up in, had trouble accepting the concept of gay marriage (both passed away several years ago). Currently, my church is struggling with gay affirmation issues, and given the deep divisions within the membership has been slow and deliberate in addressing the issue within the context of our church life. However, there are aff… Continue

Added by Mark on May 15, 2009 at 12:00am — 1 Comment

allison carr NAACP National Chairman, Julian Bond, is spot-on with his term: "Cafeteria Christians!"

Julian Bond's speech at HRC dinner on March 14, 2009 in L.A. Bond nails our Prop 8 debacle when he says: ..."what these people want, is to install a Christian Caliphate in America, replacing laws debated by men with laws dictated by religion. These are Cafeteria Christians --picking a biblical injunction from column A while ignoring those from columns B through Z. Now, Leviticus 25:44 states: I may possess many slaves both male and female provided they're purchased from neighboring nations. Do… Continue

Added by allison carr on May 14, 2009 at 2:00pm — No Comments

thegreatestofthese RENT Supporters Drive Off “God Hates Fags” Group at Corona Del Mar High School

Update on the RENT protest and production at CdMHS. Watch the video and read the details here: http://thegreatestofthese.wordpress.com/2009/04/25/rent_supporters_drive_off_god_hates_fags_group/ Continue

Added by thegreatestofthese on April 25, 2009 at 3:32pm — 1 Comment

allison carr Obama Acts Quickly to Make Citizens of and Bestow Rights upon Illegal Aliens (What about LGBT Rights?)

However, Has Yet to Take Action to End Second Class Status of LBGT CITIZENS! Let me be completely honest with myself and with you. In the beginning I was waiting with bated breathe for Obama to take office and cure the ills of my country. And certainly, since I'm a one-issue voter, I'd placed equal rights, in the form of same-gender marriage, at the very top of my wish list. Needless to say I was saddened, disheartened to my core, when a fellow with a brain informed me: "No Allison, even the LG… Continue

Added by allison carr on April 9, 2009 at 8:06pm — No Comments

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