Author: TerranceDC

Marriage Means Something

Every once in a while the whole notion of being married, or not being married, becomes a lot more real than it is most of the time. After seven years together, like a lot of other same-sex couples, the hubby and I can go about...

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Creating a Culture of Empathy

After writing one particularly long post about the Virginia Tech shootings, followed by a three part series, I thought I’d gotten everything I had to say out of my system. But when we attended the Rainbow Families DC...

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Who’s it OK to Hate?

WIth the the vicious hate crime Jamaica and the Buju Banton concert coming on its heels, I haven’t taken time until now to blog about the hate crimes bill that just passed the House. By 237 to 180, the House voted to...

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Buju Banton & the Bashing Connection

Via Donald comes news that Buju Banton will be performing this weekend at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Why’s this significant? In light of the latest act of homophobic violence in Jamaica, it’s very...

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Justifying Bashing in Jamaica

This landed in my inbox via the LGBTPOC listserv in the past week, but I hadn’t read it until today. In light of the recent homophobic bashing in Jamaica, the public defender recently “condemned violence …...

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