Prop. H8 & Harvey Milk's Wisdom
San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk was assassinated thirty years ago this month. Milk made history by becoming one of the first openly gay elected officials in this country. His election brought...
View ArticleIf Joe Wilson Were a Democrat
This is going to be a very short diary, but what I have to say won't take long. Joe Wilson's stunningly rude outburst during the President's speech to Congress tonight got me thinking about the...
View ArticleElena Kagan, "Privacy," and the Closet
President Obama's nomination of Elena Kagan to be the next associate justice of the United States Supreme Court has set off a round of speculation about Kagan's sexual orientation. Kagan, who is 50...
View ArticleMarching Toward the Meaning of Pride
June is LGBT Pride month, so I thought I'd share some of my thoughts on what pride really means and talk a little bit about a significant event that was a turning point in my own personal journey to...
View ArticleShot Full of Holes: Angry Mouse's Gun Rights Argument
Yesterday, DK's front page featured an article by Kaili Joy Gray, otherwise known as Angry Mouse (AM), arguing that liberals should love the Second Amendment. I've always enjoyed AM's writing, and when...
View ArticleMask, or, Losing Face: An HIV Diary
Those of you who are faithful followers of the KosAbility series here on DailyKos may recall a diary I wrote this past March about lipodystrophy, a condition from which many people with HIV suffer. As...
View ArticleDADT: Five "Durable" Myths
There's been a lot of discussion here recently about the military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy (DADT). Much of the discussion has centered on two things: (1) legislation pending before Congress...
View ArticleMaking Darkness Visible: Seeing the Relationship of Laws, Homophobia, and...
I hadn't intended to write about the topic of suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth. The recent, horrific rash of suicides among young people bullied and harassed because...
View ArticleNational Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
This is going to be a short diary. My only purposes here are to note the fact that today is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day and to link members of this site to some of the discussion among...
View ArticleNational Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today is the fifth annual National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, a day dedicated to increasing understanding of the problem of HIV among Native Americans. To that end, I'd like to try to provide a...
View ArticleHIV: A Question of Priorities
This diary is primarily directed at my fellow members of the LGBT community, and in particular at my gay brothers. I want to talk about an issue we all used to think was really important, but which...
View ArticleBREAKING: Ninth Circuit Lifts Stay in LCR Case (Updated)
This will be a short diary, since I'm at work, but I wanted to let everyone know that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has now lifted the stay in the Log Cabin Republicans case...
View ArticleNone Dare Call It Bullsh*t
As most of you know, I don't write many diaries, and when I do, they usually concern issues that touch my life as an HIV+ gay man. But this one will be different. The circus in Washington over the...
View Article"Right Wing Nutters" -- THAT Is No Bullsh*t
This will be a short diary, but it's one that's meant as a breath of fresh air.After my little rec list rant yesterday, I was heartened to discover that, occasionally, a prominent politician can speak...
View ArticleThe Kindness of Strangers: Saluting anotherdemocrat
Usually, I try not to write diaries about subjects with which I am unfamiliar. It's always nice to feel like I actually know what I'm talking about, and knowledge normally requires some acquaintance...
View ArticlePimp THIS Ride! (And Help Anotherdemocrat)
Regular readers of this site know I don't write many diaries. Part of the reason is that in my professional life, I spend a large part of my day writing. So it's not often that I can bestir myself to...
View ArticleBlue Angel: Seeing the End of DADT
It's Fleet Week here in San Francisco. This annual event brings our city a host of events, including the Parade of Ships, the America's Cup race, concerts by the Navy, Marine, and Air Force bands, and...
View ArticleSerophobia, or, Giving in to "Temptation"
I'm honestly hoping this diary is unnecessary. I'm posting it to explain some things I don't think I should have to explain on a progressive blog. Unfortunately, after reading some comments in a...
View ArticleThe Good "Side" of DailyKos
Do you find yourself tired of DailyKos lately? Are you sick of the pie fights, the meta wars, the HR abuse, the endless Rox vs. Sux conflict, and all the different packs, cliques, and factions? Do...
View ArticleRiots: From Stonewall to Baltimore
The unrest in Baltimore, brought on by the death of Freddie Gray, has been the source of a lot of commentary in the world of social media. My Facebook feed is full of people offering their opinions...
View ArticleMy Fellow White People, We Need to Talk
The brutality with which Negroes are treated in this country simply cannot be overstated, however unwilling white men may be to hear it.James Baldwin, The Fire Next Time (1963)My fellow white people,...
View ArticleAccepting Nominations for "Candidates on the Cusp."
As we all know, we’re coming down to the wire on the 2018 midterm elections. Like most of you, I’ve made some contributions to candidates I’d particularly like to see win and to some who look like...
View ArticleWe Are All Hillary Clinton
I know y’all have seen this already, but I'm struck by just how perfectly her face says what all of us are thinking. Hillary’s shoulder is so cold, its temperature is not measurable even on the Kelvin...
View ArticleGavin Newsom Nominates Openly Gay Black Man to CA Supreme Court
As anyone who’s followed my participation here on Daily Kos knows, I don’t generally write diaries. But I thought we needed a bit of good news, and today California Governor Gavin Newsom provided some....
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