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Ellen DeGeneres Calls One Million Moms Haters: Cheers Prop 8 Ruling

“I usually don’t talk about stuff like this on my show, but I really want to thank everyone who is supporting me. Here are the values I stand for. I stand for: honesty, equality, kindness, compassion, treating people the way you’d want to be treated and helping those in need. To me, those are traditional values. That’s what I stand for … I also believe in dance.”

Coming Home.

As a GLBTQP person, you may sometimes feel excluded or singled out when trying to join your peers during different activities where your gender/sexuality will be put on the spot. School Dances are often one of those. OYA is ready to welcome you to our 3rd annual LGBTQ Homecoming dance! The theme is 1930’s Carnival/Circus. You can wear whatever you want to wear, bring whoever you want to bring, and even if it’s just for one night, you can be whoever you want to be. Come to our party, our homecoming. Come home.

Nadine Smith has been executive director of Equality Florida since its inception in 1997, and was executive director of its predecessor, the Human Rights Task Force of Florida prior to that. She joined the organization in 1993 after serving as one of four national co-chairs on the 1993 March on Washington and taking part in the historic, first-ever meeting between LGBT leaders and a sitting US president (Clinton) in the White House. Nadine’s talk highlighted legal inequalities concerning same sex couples in the US.

Pop Quiz!

Which lesbian author wrote a book that was known to be one of the first collection of coming out stories, but didn’t have it published until 4 years after her death? What was the name of the book?

Hint: A famous Spanish artist Painter her portrait in 1905.

Comment your answer with a brief description in the comments section.

First correct answer will receive a prize at next Tuesday’s Meeting!

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