June 17, 2005

SHOULDN'T THEY TRIANGLE THE WAGONS? (via Kevin Whited):

Session to focus on 'gay agenda': Gathering aims to create a plan of action for sexual minorities in 21st century (ALLAN TURNER, 6/16/05 Houston Chronicle)

Formally known as The Conference of the Futures of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders, Intersexed, Questioning and Allied Residents of the Greater Houston Metropolitan Area, the three-hour session will consider resolutions dealing with key health, educational, domestic and legal issues facing the group.

"It even surprised me that we came up with something so comprehensive, sober, rational, caring and professional," longtime activist Phyllis Fry said of the proposed resolutions. "It's going to be great. ... The next time a bigot is drooling about the 'gay agenda,' we will have one."

Among resolutions on the table are ones calling for freedom to marry and divorce, affordable care for senior citizens, safe schools for sexual minority youths, secure shelters for homeless youth, more money for HIV/AIDS programs and protection from hate crimes.


So all they're really asking is that they be treated differently?

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 17, 2005 6:37 AM
Comments

The CFLGBTIQARGHMA. Catchy name. Once again proving that any group that can't come up with a good name or acronym shouldn't be taken seriously.

Posted by: Shelton at June 17, 2005 11:45 AM

I'm really out of it. Can anyone explain what an "Intersexed" is?

Posted by: jd watson at June 17, 2005 1:20 PM

Seniors are the wealthiest in the nation and gay seniors even more so because they most had kids.

So why do they need subsidizing?

Posted by: Sandy P. at June 17, 2005 1:42 PM

JD Watson -

intersexed:hermaphrodite::disabled:crippled

OK, so Hermaphrodite was the child of Hermes and Aphrodite right? Now did the kid have both sex organs or none at all? I don't remember.

Posted by: Shelton at June 17, 2005 2:08 PM

Thanks for asking, JD, because I didn't know either. I thought Intersex was where William Burroughs hung out in Naked Lunch. Turns out Intersexed == Pre-op Trannie. Well, you learn something new every day!

Posted by: Governor Breck at June 17, 2005 2:12 PM

All that's left of the Rainbow Colalition.

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at June 17, 2005 3:00 PM

Was the three-hour session on video? Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Posted by: Luciferous at June 17, 2005 4:41 PM

I like the fact that the four ads to the side right now all have headlines that are variations on "Meet Lesbian Singles." You'd think keying off the article shouldn't be so discriminatory. Someone should complain to Google about their being insufficiently inclusional in their ads algorithms.

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 17, 2005 7:06 PM
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