This looks like a cool event (full disclosure, I’m biased as a member of the Nevada Women’s Lobby advisory committee): Economic Recovery: What Women Need to Know Sponsored by Nevada Women’s Lobby under a contract with the U.S. Department of Labor, Women Bureau, Region 9 Please join us to learn about opportunities made available to…
Very cool: TRANSGENDER HEALTH FAIR, FIRST EVER IN SOUTHERN NEVADA Renowned Surgeon Marci Bowers to come from Colorado The first ever Transgender Health Fair will be held this Halloween, Saturday 31 October 2009, at the Gay & Lesbian Community Center, 953 E. Sahara (at Maryland Parkway) from 10 am to 1pm. We will have a…
No deal, yet, on the education budget up at the Legislature. Word is the slash-and-burn might be less than Gov. Gibbons’ insane 36% (maybe 12-13 percent), but I won’t wait to breathe. Although, it appears that Govtard is flippity flopping on a proposed lottery for ed funds. Nevada’s mining companies are jerks. Seeing as they…
It’s an Easter miracle (early)! In an unanimous ruling Iowa’s highest court upheld a lower-court’s ruling that marriage should not be defined as only between a man and a woman. This makes Iowa the third state in the nation to allow same-sex marriage and the first in the nation’s Midwestern “Heartland” states. Iowa’s same-sex couples…
Sorry for lack of personalization of posts. Still under the weather but don’t want to let this go unmentioned: PLANNED PARENTHOOD & MTV PRESENT the WORLD PREMIERE of PEDRO on APRIL 1 WHAT: Pedro: The Movie – MTV’s World Premiere In 1994, Pedro Zamora captured the hearts of millions as the first-ever openly gay,…
Wanted to share this with the group: Las Vegas-On Thursday, March 26, 2009 from 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m., Nevada’s Students of Higher Education will be rallying at UNLV’s academic mall (in front of Beam Hall) in order to highlight student-centered research and education. There will be eight students speaking. Four of the eight students…
This post is brought to you by my best friend Joshua Todd: Rick Warren devotee, 1950’s marriage counselor, and anti-feminist Martha Peace has some words of wisdom for all you gals out there. Don’t know about Martha Peace yet…well check out MotherJones.com. Among many suggestions — like praying for your husband because he must live…
Things I don’t want to completely ignore: The Nevada Women’s Lobby (of which I am a steering committee member) has been working to support ACR5, a bill calling for an interim study on the state of incarcerated women in Nevada. President Obama has started the process to overturn Bush’s misogynistic plot to devalue women’s health…
Have you seen the news? Poor kids in school districts across the country are getting the cold cheese sandwich treatment. I think I just died inside a little. The problem is that in the recession, too many of those who qualify for a reduced-cost lunch (as opposed to a fully subsidized free lunch) can’t pay…
Happy second day of the Nevada legislative session. Have you contacted your representatives yet? First Friday … It’s not just for art anymore. Join Planned Parenthood’s activist crew as they fan out over First Friday to distribute condoms and talk sex. Meet up at the Charleston clinic at 6 p.m. This week is National Teen…
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