Lucky makes a friend!

Monday Night

Come to Musical Mondays at Splash! You have Wednesday off!! Lucky and I will be there around 7pm. Crowd should be fun..see you then!!

The cast of the New Broadway show "Xanadu" set to sing!

"True New Yorkers know that there is only one place to go on Monday in Manhattan and that is Broadway’s longest running video showcase at Splash Bar. From 7pm till midnight. VJ John Bantay (see below) dazzles his loyal fans with a marathon of Broadway show tunes, movie musicals, and hilarious comedy. Before you stop clapping for one extravaganza, you'll be belly laughing at the antics of film legends such as Carol Lombard, Marilyn Monroe and maybe even Madonna. Now every Monday, catch our latest addidtion to Musical Mondays -- SCOTT NEVINS' CURTAIN CALL Series. Get there early to grab a seat to watch these legendary musical numbers on the screens, and then sit tight as a different Broadway belter livens things up in person!" - http://www.splashbar.com/

He's sooo gay!

Watch Video 1 , Video 2 , Video 3 , and Video 4 and see whether you can tell if the walker is gay or straight. For the answers, click here).

Researchers from Northwestern think people can tell a person's sexual orientation by the way they walk. Check it out. I got 3 out of 4 right! Hmm..maybe, but I'm right handed and my hair swirls the other way! Maybe I'm bi?! I think the way a person looks at their nails or checks out the bottom of their feet is the best way..oh,wait... maybe I'm transgendered then?

Senate to Vote on Hate Crimes Bill

HRC put out this video to rise awarness of the Hate Crimes bill up for a vote in the Senate. Thousands of people are attacked every year because of their sexual orientation, and there's still no federal hate crimes law to protect them.

Arguments for hate crime laws tend to center on the notion that, when an offender has a biased motive, that offender’s crime should carry a more severe penalty because the injury suffered by the victim and by society is greater.

"Hate crimes do more than threaten the safety and welfare of all citizens. They inflict on victims incalculable physical and emotional damage and tear at the very fabric of free society. Crimes motivated by invidious hatred toward particular groups not only harm individual victims but send a powerful message of intolerance and discrimination to all members of the group to which the victim belongs. Hate crimes can and do intimidate and disrupt entire communities and vitiate the civility that is essential to healthy democratic processes. In a democratic society, citizens cannot be required to approve of the beliefs and practices of others, but must never commit criminal acts on account of them. Current law does not adequately recognize the harm to public order and individual safety that hate crimes cause. Therefore, our laws must be strengthened to provide clear recognition of the gravity of hate crimes and the compelling importance of preventing their recurrence. Accordingly, the legislature finds and declares that hate crimes should be prosecuted and punished with appropriate severity." [9] - New York State Legislature

Watch the video and write your Senators, here's how:
http://www.hrc.org/FightHate

Gay Bag!

Marriage Equality Receives Stamp of Approval!

In a historic vote of 16 to 5, the New York State Assembly Judiciary Committee approved legislation that would grant same-sex couples full marriage equality in New York! The marriage equality bill was introduced by Governor Elliot Spitzer and sponsored by Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell and Senator Tom Duane. This is a crucial step in achieving marriage equality in New York.

The Marriage Equality Bill will now move on to the Rules Committee where it is expected to be placed on the Assembly Docket.

Happy Pride!

Vishes's new trick!

Sugar Land, TX

Day three of my trip home. My soul becomes polished and renewed when I come home to all these memories and family.

Its funny how life outside NYC is so different. The moment I landed I could feel the energy slow down and see a more conservative idea spring up around me. I'm always amazing at the type of wealth in Sugar Land and specifically Fort Bend; from the huge homes with perfect lawns to the community of families with SUVs. This community has grown into a thriving center of new buildings and is the upper class mega center; with a median family income of 100,000 its not hard to see why.

My family has always been more interesting then its surroundings. I was always the kids with the oldest parents and had the most brothers and sisters in my class. The majority of my family grew up in Argentina and spoke Spanish fluently so I had a great deal of culture and diversity growing up. However if you ask my mom she would never say she was Mexican..even though her maiden name was Maria Juventina Gonzales!

As for "wealth", I never considered myself as having grown up as a "rich kid". There was always someone with a bigger house, car or whose family would take trips to exotic locations. But as I grow older I'm also getting wiser. Not everyone had a my father worked for Halliburton or grew up in a 2 story house with a pool and got a car at 16. Its about perspective, as my visits home become fewer and farther between I'm able to look at my childhood with more of it. "Rich kid" no, but definitely "spoiled" - yes.

If a bush grows in my back yard...

does that mean i have the best boyfriend in the world?

It lives!

Made it to Texas...help me!

Keep Bias Out of America's Health Decisions

Guess who President Bush wants to be the next U.S. Surgeon General?
Hint: His past writings indicate that he believes homosexuality is a "lifestyle" choice that should be "cured," and he has compared reproductive organs to plumbing parts.

His name is Dr. James Holsinger. And he's the man America might be depending on for sound medical advice.

Holsinger's record seems to demonstrate that he is uninterested in the best scientific information available; instead, he allows his anti-gay bias to inform his medical judgments.

How can we trust Holsinger to be America's top doctor, when his resume looks like this:

• In 1991 used basic plumbing analogies to write a "scientific and medical" paper arguing that homosexuality is unnatural and dangerous.
  
• Founded the Hope Springs Community Church, which reportedly has a special program to "cure" gays from "that lifestyle."
  
• Past writings indicate that he views sexual orientation as a "lifestyle choice." This could not be further from the view held by mainstream medical or scientific organizations.
  

That means that instead of hearing the usual warnings against smoking and drinking, America might be subjected to a new one that says, "homosexuality is unnatural and unhealthy!"
We can do something to stop Holsinger from becoming our nation's top doctor. I wrote my Senators, telling them to vote NO on his nomination.

The Senate needs to hear from as many of us as possible - so that they have no choice but to listen.

Take action today at: HRC

Corey has been 'fire islanded'!

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