Doin' My Part For Equality

From: "Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders (GLAD)" [Add to
Subject: March with GLAD at Boston Pride 2005
Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:44:59 +0000




Dear Jo,

It’s that time of year again! Pride is coming up—June 11th—and your presence is critical to GLAD’s future success! The more visible GLAD can be, the more people will learn about their legal rights and about GLAD’s resources, including its legal hotline. But we can’t do it without YOUR help! We need numbers—BIG numbers of us, our families and our friends.

The GLAD Team will be meeting at Copley Square at about 11am and will be traveling through the South End to the Boston Common. If you’d like to be a part of the fun, all you have to do is bring your smile, we’ll provide the snazzy GLAD t-shirt. Please let us know if we can help you with special accommodations.

We hope you can join the GLAD Team on June 11th. Please e-mail our Outreach Director, Alexis Hill by June 3rd, to tell us you’d like to be a part of the GLAD Pride Team. Be sure to let us know how many supporters you can bring with you. (Everyone will get a t-shirt!).

Remember, there’s POWER in numbers!

Thank you for all you are doing in support of GLAD!

Sincerely,
The GLAD Pride Team

www.glad.org

jo�

Yes, Even Nice Girls Can Be Lesbians

jo©

You scored as The Sprightly Elfin Femme.



Cute and irresistible, you inspire and foster the little kid in everyone. Also, you make the best cookies and cutest knit hats.

The Sprightly Elfin Femme

85%
The Quasi-Gothic Femme

60%
The Student Dyke

40%
The Surprise! Dyke

40%
The Femme Fatale

40%
The Granola Dyke

35%
The Vaginal-Reference-Making Dyke

25%
The Little-Boy Dyke

20%
The Stud

20%
The Hipster Dyke

15%
The Pretty-Boi Dyke

15%
The Bohemian Dyke

15%
The Magic Earring Ken Dyke

0%



Yep,

I was the

no,

she can't be.

Kinda dyke.

Actually

I never wanted the title.

My

"lover"

insisted

on it.

It was just
another
measure
of control
for her.


I fundamentally reject titles.


I refuse
to be catagorized
by any
one segment
of my persona.

The fact
that I had
woman to woman
sex
for seven years
has little
to do
with
where
I'll go
in future.

I'm a mind person.

I love
people
for whom
they are.

Not
their
possesions
or
genitalia.

Period.

jo©

Coming Out In One's Hometown

I have agita regarding my ex.
The woman some people think doesn't exist because I hesitate with good reason to mention.
If one makes a faulty decision to accept damaged goods while engaging in a relationship unsanctioned by society...so much the worse.

Love is a leap of faith under any circumstance.

Put trust and faith into a relationship unsantioned by society and caveat emptor.

G.L.A.D. In Our Case Too Little Too Late

jo©

jo©

jo©

jo©

Try Your Luck ~ Maybe They Can Help

jo©
2005 16:48:58 +0000




Dear Josie,



This is the second edition of GLAD's quarterly e-newsletter. Our intent is to keep you up-to-date on GLAD's cutting-edge work expanding and defending LGBT rights across New England. Please give us your feedback! And please forward this newsletter to a friend who supports equal justice under law.
Many thanks for your support of GLAD.



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GLAD Celebrates One Year of Marriage Equality



Marriage equality became a reality in Massachusetts on May 17, 2004, as a result of GLAD's historic win in Goodridge v. Department of Public Health. Since then, thousands of couples have married, and become happier and more legally secure. Learn more about what's happened in the past year, and about celebrations throughout the month of May. read more

Photo credit: Marilyn Humphries


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Q & A on Connecticut Civil Unions

To help couples, policy makers, and the general public understand the new Connecticut law on civil unions, GLAD's lawyers have compiled Some Questions and Answers about the New Connecticut Civil Unions Law. The document walks through issues such as how civil unions differ from marriages, the rights, benefits and protections provided by Connecticut civil unions, reciprocity with other states, and more.
read more




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Maine Passes Law Preventing Discrimination Against LGBT People

Maine Governor John Baldacci has signed into law an anti-discrimination bill that will protect the state’s LGBT people in housing, education, employment, credit and public accommodations. The law goes into effect on June 29, 2005.
read more




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GLAD Mourns Death of Jan Platner, former ED


Staff and friends of GLAD were deeply saddened by the monumental loss of former GLAD Executive Director Jan Platner following a long battle with cancer on March 15.
read more




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GLAD HOTLINE Q&A

Q: We are a married lesbian couple in Massachusetts who recently gave birth to a child and both of our names are recorded on the birth certificate. Some of our friends tell us that the non-birth parent should also do a second-parent adoption. Do you think that this is necessary?

A: Congratulations on the birth of your child! Even though you are both listed on the birth certificate and are presumed under Massachusetts law to both be the child's parents, that presumption could be challenged in court, and your marriage may not be respected outside Massachusetts. Therefore, we do strongly recommend that the non-birth parent obtain a second-parent adoption to give maximum legal protection both to the child and the non-birth parent.

If you have legal questions call the GLAD hotline at 1-800-455-GLAD.

L.A.M.E.

jo©

Lesbians Are Mostly Evil

Nope lesbianism isn't women being all nicey -nice to each other.

It ain't nothin' like the soft-core porn

In hazy focus

You straight people have seen.

Lesbianism is
hardcore
Raucous porn

Diesels
Looking
For
Femmes
To hurt

and
hurt hard

It's bend over and
I'll fuck you
in the ass honey

Oh
Wait
Let
Me
Fist
Ya

I feel sorry for men.