Maine and D.C. Go Forward & More

Maine Statehouse Votes in Favor of Marriage for Same-Sex Couples

Washington D.C. Recognizes Same-Sex Marriage


This article at the Gay Rights blog @ change. org

Here is Ms. Vienna Teng with City Hall. I wish she would write a song about Massachusetts but that's okay. My daughter was married at this city hall, so I love the song.

And if you never read the post here on this painting...



it was painted by my dear friend Steve Emery, whose inspiration for it were my daughter and daughter-in-law's wedding photographs at taken at San Francisco City Hall last Fall. Every time I try to write about how much this painting means to my family and me, I get a bit chocked up and completely lose the words. But I think you know. Visit Steve's gallery. It is a very uplifting space.

GLBT Organizations

I wrote this post January 2 and though Rick Warren was already old news by then, I wrote the post anyway because I was inspired to explain why I sent money to The Human Rights Campaign.

I've since considered seriously the comments of a couple of bloggers who brought to my attention that HRC has largely turned its back on the T in GLBT - trans-gender people. I didn't know this and learning of it was a huge dissapointment.

Still, I believe that HRC is a hard-working, well-run organization that has done a lot for marriage equality. I'm not sorry I sent them my twenty bucks for that reason.

Following are a couple of links to organizations that were recommended to me in the comments of that thread.

Pride @ Work (a GLBT labor organization)

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force


Happy new year to everyone at the Peace Tree.