Vote!

Don’t forget it’s early voting now through Oct. 29. Election day is Nov. 2! Need help learning about the candidates? Here’s some handy guides and endorsements: ProgressNow Nevada Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood Affiliates League of Women Voters (members only) The Stonewall Democrats (LGBT) endorsements Nevada Conservation League endorsements And here’s a handy link to…

Get Out the Vote!

Folks, if you haven’t heard, early voting has started in Nevada (and lasts through Oct. 29 — look up a convenient polling place here!). People, the whole nation is watching Nevada on this one. Let’s not pull a Florida 2000, okay? No matter what you’re political persuasion, let’s get out there and vote! No embarrassing…

Skewed sister act

Have you seen the new Sharron Angle ad? It’s the one where a line-up of white women tell the camera that Angle represents their anti-choice agenda. Well isn’t that special. I guess the idea behind the ad is to tap into the cliched sisterhood of women. After all, the white women in the ad are…

With respect to that one molehill

I find the whole dust-up over the proposed mosque near Ground Zero to be so stupid that I wasn’t even planning on blogging about it. Plus, why bother when The Gleaner has so thoughtfully encapsulated the whole deal so perfectly… So much so I’m not even going to make you click a link to read…

Bear season

How is it possible that the two states in which I’ve lived the longest — Nevada and Alaska — also boast some of the nuttiest female politicians? Now they’re teaming up! That’s right, senatorial candidate Sharron Angle and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin are buddies! Or, at least, Palin is ready to stump for Angle,…

Big news week

No August doldrums this week. Wow! Today Elena Kagan was confirmed as 112th Justice of the Supreme Court — marking the first time in history the court has had three women. And yesterday California’s Supreme Court ruled that Proposition 8 — a law that was designed to “protect marriage” as between a man and woman…

Need a progressive voter guide for the primaries?

It’s ProgressNow Nevada to the rescue! They’ve compiled a progressive voter guide that can help you navigate the murky primary waters this season. This season the primaries will be more important than usual in helping to whittle down crowded contests so don’t forget to get out and vote! Early voting is from May 22-June 4…

Somewhere Under the Rainbow

By guest-writer Jane Heenan: The “LGBT Community” includes persons who queer the sex/gender stereotypes of our society’s heterosexist system in two ways:  violating norms of sexual orientation (gay/lesbian/bisexual persons), and violating norms of gender identity/expression (transgender persons).  Sexual orientation is about “who we love.”  Gender identity/expression is about “who we are.” My partner and I…

Spill, Baby, Spill

At 8 months and 3 weeks pregnant I won’t be able to rally, but I’ll be there in spirit! As images from the oil spill in the Gulf Coast continue to pour in this week, we are vividly reminded of the potential consequences of our choices for energy sources.This spill – and others like it…