20+ LGBT Rights Groups & Allies Join Outcry Against Anti-Immigrant Measure in Arizona

Lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights groups and allies join outcry against anti-immigrant measure in Arizona

(New York, June 7, 2010) — More than 20 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) equality groups and allies today issued the following joint statement:

Arizona's S.B. 1070 takes the state down a path that will lead to racial profiling, discrimination and anti-immigrant extremism. We stand in solidarity with other individuals, organizations and local governments in rejecting the misrepresentation of immigrants put forth in this unjust and ill-conceived measure.

S.B. 1070 essentially declares an entire class of people to be inherently criminal on the basis of their race and appearance. The consequences of S.B. 1070 are grave and troubling: the inevitability of racial profiling and infringement of civil liberties; the strong probability of violence and harassment against individuals and their families; and the reversal of progress toward creating a more inclusive society.

We also note that this bill was signed into law by Gov. Jan Brewer, the same governor who last year stripped away earned health insurance benefits from the same-sex domestic partners of state employees. Brewer's actions as governor demonstrate, at best, callous indifference—and at worst, willful malice—toward immigrants and LGBT people alike.

All Arizona families—lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and straight—have reason to be alarmed. The state's new law threatens to tear apart families, separate children from their parents and rip apart loving couples who are building their lives together. The LGBT community knows all too well how easily people who "look different" or "act different" can be singled out for harassment and persecution. LGBT immigrants will be doubly vulnerable under this law, which gives license to discriminate.

We are united in our determination to stand for political and legislative change that will ensure just treatment of immigrants, people of color, and all people in Arizona. Such justice requires the repeal of S.B. 1070 and the passage and implementation of comprehensive federal immigration reform.

Today we join with groups such as Service Employees International Union, League of United Latin American Citizens, Asian American Justice Center, Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund, National Council of La Raza, National Action Network, the National Puerto Rican Coalition, and many others in the boycott against the state of Arizona until S.B. 1070 is repealed, overturned by the courts, or superseded by comprehensive federal immigration reform.

National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund
Human Rights Campaign
GLAAD
Immigration Equality
National Black Justice Coalition
National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs
Out & Equal Workplace Advocates
International Foundation for Gender Education
Family Equality Council
Two Spirit Press Room
Equality Federation
National Minority AIDS Council
National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce®
Freedom to Marry
Gay Men's Health Crisis
Lambda Legal
BiNet USA
International Federation of Black Prides, Inc.
Consortium of Higher Education LGBT Resource Professionals
UNID@S
SAGE
Atticus Circle
National Center for Lesbian Rights

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Contact: Jonathan Adams 212-809-8585 ext 267; jadams@lambdalegal.org

Sarah Palin and Russia

Check out how you can see Russia from Alaska!!

http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/index.php?cl=9980955

Report Takes Aim at ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype of Asian-American Students

June 10, 2008
Copyright 2008 The New York Times Company

Full article from the NY Times:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/10/education/10asians.html

New Site: Matrimonials for Same-sex Marriages

Dear Friend,

I have developed a site entitled "Matrimonials for
Same-sex Marriages"

http://k.domaindlx.com/pg22/ss_matrimonials.html

You can use this site if you are looking for a
same-sex life-partner and you are an Indian or a
native of one of India's neighbouring countries, i.e.,
Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal,
Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Myanmar(Burma). You can also
use this site if you are a national of any other
country who wants to have an Indian as his/her life
partner.

The site has provision for publishing your matrimonial
and searching the database depending upon the choice
of your partner.

While publishing your matrimonial on the site, you can
choose your marital status from the following three
options:

1. Un-entangled (Un-married, Widow/Widower, Divorcee,
Separated)
2. Entangled in a Hetero-Marriage but can take divorce
after getting partner
3. Entangled in a Hetero-Marriage and cannot take
divorce, want a family friend

If you want to know who is a 'family friend', please
see the following web-page:

http://k.domaindlx.com/pg22/family_friend.html

Please give as much publicity to this site as
possible. Inform all your friends about it.

They are giving us extreme pain by continuously
refusing us our right to marriage. Let us reduce this
pain from the earth as much as possible by arranging
marriages even without this right. Please wipe tears
from the eternally weeping eyes of crores of Indian
men, women, and children.

Your suggestions, comments, opinion all are acceptable
and solicited.

Regards and thanks.

Yours

Prashant
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PS: Even if you are not looking for a life partner,
kindly visit my site and help in publicising it by
informing all your friends about it.

(if the site is down, then please try after some time.
Sometimes the web-server may be having excessive
traffic. We are taking up the case with our web-space
providers.)

In case, the site has been blocked in your country,
please send mail to pg2@yahoo.com. I will tell you
some
alternative. (UAE has blocked this site.)

Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. You name it, we have it on http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/bestofyahoo/

Bush Swings His Hips to Rare Acclaim in Africa

Bush swings his hips to rare acclaim in Africa

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article3418259.ece

OMG, This is HILARIOUS!! He looks like he's at a rodeo or something?  2 stepping in Liberia any one?

This is definitely NOT something you'll see on US networks... LOVE IT!

Jane Fonda Slips Up and Uses the "C" Word

Jane Fonda Gets in Trouble at the Today Show

Ms. Fonda is at it again :)

‘Today’ show apologizes for Jane Fonda’s use of vulgar slang on the air

By Associated Press | Thursday, February 14, 2008

NEW YORK - NBC News is apologizing again — this time for Jane Fonda.

The 70-year-old actress used a vulgar slang term on the "Today" show Thursday while talking about the play "The Vagina Monologues." Fonda is appearing in a 10th-anniversary performance and was on "Today" with author Eve Ensler.

Fonda told co-host Meredith Vieira that she was asked to perform a monologue with a slang term for vagina as the title — and Fonda used the term itself on the air in explaining why she said "no."

"I said, ’I don’t think so, I’ve got enough problems,’" Fonda said.

About 10 minutes later, Vieira told viewers that Fonda had used a word from the play that normally isn’t used on television.

"It was a slip and obviously she apologizes and so do we," Vieira said. "We would do nothing to offend the audience, so please accept that apology."

"Today" moved quickly to silence the word and cover up Fonda’s face with a still photo when the show was aired in the Midwest, Mountain and West Coast feeds.

It’s been a month’s worth of apologies for NBC News, owned by General Electric Co. MSNBC anchor Chris Matthews said he was sorry for suggesting that the reason Hillary Clinton was a presidential candidate was because of her husband’s infidelities. MSNBC correspondent David Shuster was suspended for two weeks for saying the Clintons had "pimped out" daughter Chelsea for presidential campaigning.