Mormon Leaders Demonstrate “Continuing Revelation” on LGBT issues Flunking Sainthood Just over three years ago, Mormon leaders touted a controversial LGBT policy as revelation. Now its reversal is also being presented as revelation. April 4, 2019 By Jana Riess — Religion News Service (RNS) — In a stunning reversal, The Church of Jesus Christ of … Continue reading A Hump Day Threefer: Catching Up With Spring, Before It’s Gone
Baseball team apologizes to Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence after removing group from event amid conservative opposition The Guardian staff and agencies — 23 May 2023 The Los Angeles Dodgers announced that the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, a well-known San Francisco order of queer and trans “nuns” that has existed since the 1970s, are once … Continue reading Foul Ball — Dodgers drop, then Re-Invite Drag “nuns” to their Pride Night: Two Views
For those who are keeping up with the continuing labor for racial justice, the wheel has turned again; at least on the long and winding road of au courant vocabulary and jargon. The announcement came in The New York Times, which means it must be so. The headline was, “Why Some Companies Are Saying ‘Diversity … Continue reading News Flash: DEI Is Now DEI-B
[NOTE: Given the heavy U.S.-based support for this draconian law, it behooves allies of LGBTQ folks to speak out about this, and keep pressure on U.S. and Uganda officials to oppose it.] The Guardian Uganda’s president refuses to sign new hardline anti-gay bill Yoweri Museveni sends bill imposing death penalty for homosexuality back to … Continue reading Uganda Prez Blinks, Delays New, U.S. Evangelical-Backed “Kill Gays” Law: Debate Continues
Jamelle Bouie, New York Times: Excerpt: On Clarence Thomas & the Supreme Court’s Corrupt Impunity ”With his close ties to a powerful, property-owning billionaire, Thomas embodies the historic role of the Supreme Court in American politics, not as a liberator or defender of the rights of political and social minorities, but as a partner to … Continue reading Jamelle Bouie on Supreme Court Impunity & Corruption