Although it was a cold and blustery day (signs were impossible to hold up in the 25-mph gusts) in Las Vegas, there was a decent turn-out for the Stand OUT for Equality rally and march on Dec. 13. I don’t know the exact count but my guesstimate would put the crowd at around 100-150.There were…
Speaking of voting with your dollars, be sure to check out the local businesses and individuals who contributed to pass California Prop 8 (boo!) on the Anti-Gay Vegas Blacklist. Local LGBT activists have generously compiled the list for you. (Thanks Diana!) And … You can make the choice to shop elsewhere and support local businesses…
Scary sign that Las Vegas is boned: My friend who gambles a little got offered comped rooms on the Strip for New Year’s Eve. It’s scary because he’s NOT a high-roller. It’s scary because (normally) New Year’s Eve is when Strip hotel rooms are hard to get and cost through the roof. Let me put…
In case you missed it, comedian/actress Wanda Sykes not only showed up to the Stand Out for Equality rally at the Gay and Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada on Saturday, but she also came out publicly for the first time. Awesome! That just makes me like her even more. Here’s the video:
Yesterday was quite a day for progressive, social justice in Las Vegas! How often do I get a chance to write that sentence? First we had the Nevada Women’s Lobby “Lobbying 101” workshop in the morning. (Full disclosure: I’m on NWL’s steering committee and helped organized Lobbying 101.) NWL wanted to help people get a…
I’ve been busy helping organize the Lobbying 101 event presented by the Nevada Women’s Lobby (see previous post), but I wanted to put this info up. The lobby event is free and from 8:30 a.m.-1 p.m. But I’m going to make time to be at The Center to protest Prop 8, how about you? STAND…
I have election fatigue. Wake me when it’s over. While I’m no friend of Palin’s I have to ask, does she really deserve to be the scapegoat if McCain loses? Obama’s infomercial was boring so I stopped watching it. Maybe if it had been on at 3 a.m. … Other thoughts? Exxon has biggest quarterly…
No time to say Hello! Goodbye! Yahoo News has already called the election for Obama, sort of. And Nevada goes … blue? Please let it not be a dream. White America spends so much time being afraid of The Black Man that they forget that, in fact, it’s usually whitey going out on a shooting…
The UNLV Women’s Studies Department and the Womens Research Institute of Nevada are cohosting an event with local hero and welfare rights activist Ruby Duncan on Oct. 28 at 6 p.m. Anyone who wants to hear a black, feminist, activist hero should attend. For more info contact Gay at 895-0837 or e-mail: gay.sessums@unlv.edu.
Oh how I want that to be my hyperbolic liberal mind-set and not the reality. But no, in fact, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Chrissy Mazzeo against Gov. Jim Gibbons when he allegedly grabbed her and shoved her against a wall in a parking garage just weeks before the 2006 election that made…
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