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No Hate in My State

24 Thursday Mar 2016

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LGBT Equality, Politics

Ten hours.

That is all it took for the extremists in the North Carolina legislator to craft HB2 to overturn the city of Charlotte’s LGBT non-discrimination law and include an anti-trans bathroom measure to up the awful quotient.

Here is what the law does:

what nc law does

Despite businesses and corporations like Red Hat, Biogen, Dow Chemical, and others coming out in opposition, the bill passed the NC House by 83 to 25 (the yes votes include 11 Democrats) and 32-0 in the Senate after all the Democrats walked out. At around 10pm that same night, North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory signed it into law.

The special session cost North Carolina around $42,000 and that is before costly legal challenges begin (it is likely the bill violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act and Title IX of the Sex Discrimination in Education).

I’ve already had someone respond to a post I made asking why don’t I just move. They wanted to know what’s keeping me from leaving the South to her backward thinking and hateful laws.

Not only is this my home but the ones who would gladly use their bible and their bigotry to discriminate need me here.

As a mature Caucasian woman of progressive beliefs, living in an island of blue in the sea of red which is the great state of Louisiana, it is vital that my voice be raised to say #NoHateInMyStateno hate in my state hrc

Those who care about the future we’re creating need to stay and work on making things better. Get involved if you don’t like what you are seeing/hearing. Fight for what we know is right.

And, even more importantly, we must vote! Our vote is our voice. Vote in all elections and not just in Presidential ones.

Because in the final analysis, the only questions that matter are the ones asked by John Lewis:

If not us, then who?
If not now, then when?

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Trailer for Women in Sports!

15 Tuesday Mar 2016

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Check out this cool trailer for the Women in Sports Anthology:

Stories by Lee Lynch, Jeanine Hoffman, Pat Cronin, Jessie Chandler, Mb Panichi, Erica Lawson, Verda Foster, Tonie Chacon, Sharon G Clark, Nann Dunne, AL Duncan, and Kate McLachlan and me!

Women in Sports is published by Regal Press and is scheduled to be released in April.

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Saints and Sinners 2016

06 Sunday Mar 2016

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The 2016 Saints and Sinners Festival is scheduled for Friday, April 1 through Sunday, April 3 in New Orleans.

The Festival was founded in 2003 as an innovative way to disseminate HIV/AIDS prevention messages via the writers, thinkers and spokes-people of the LGBT community as well as to bring the LGBT literary community together in celebration.

I will be giving a reading from my new book, Bitter Heart, and will be on a panel. Info for my appearances is below:

Saturday, April 2 @11:30 AM
SAINTS AND SINNERS READING SERIES: WRITERS READ
Authors Rich Barnett, Jameson Currier, Jewelle Gomez, Mary Griggs, J.D. Horn, and Gregg Shapiro share their latest works in our annual reading series. Enjoy a mix of Festival favorites and promising new voices.
Hotel Monteleone, Cabildo Room
Sponsored by The John Burton Harter Charitable Trust.

Saturday, April 2 @1 PM
CREATURES OF THE NIGHT
If writers are supposed to “write what you know”—how do you create supernatural beings like vampires and werewolves and witches, oh my? Can you make up your own rules, or do you have to follow in the footsteps of those who have gone before? Join us as we talk about redefining the field of paranormal fiction, and the difficulties LGBTQ writers face as they work to get their voices heard.
Panelists: N.S. Beranek, ‘Nathan Burgoine, Mary Griggs,
Jerry Rabushka, and Jeffrey Ricker.
Moderator: Candice Huber.
Hotel Monteleone, Royal Salon C

The book fair for both Saints and Sinners and the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival is located on the mezzanine level of the Hotel Monteleone. Tubby & Coo’s Book Shop is the 2016 Saints and Sinners book seller.

I hope to see you there!

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Geaux Vote On March 5th, Louisiana!

02 Wednesday Mar 2016

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On Saturday, the Louisiana Presidential Primary will be held. It is very important as not only are state party officials on the ballot but the 51 pledged Democratic delegates and 43 pledged Republican delegates for president will be determined on March 5th. Learn more about the value of your primary vote here.

Check out the 2016 Presidential Preference Primary information sheet from the Louisiana Secretary of State’s office.

During this busy campaign season, review this handout on How to Pick A Candidate from the League of women voters

Visit GeauxVote.com for polling place, ballot and other election information. Or, if you’re not opposed to strong language, you can find your polling place here.

The Independent Women’s Organization has a number of members running for Democratic party positions. Check out their list for suggestions on who to select on Saturday.

On election day, the Krewe of Hillary will be doing campaigning and phone banking for Hillary Clinton at the Hillary for Louisiana Office at 1516 Thalia Street. Here is the Facebook event information.

 

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