Happy first Sunday of 2019!!! We made it bitches! I’m so happy to be here, in the future with you. How has your first week been? I hope it was good, I hope you didn’t have to work too, too hard. I hope you got to take care of yourself. Also, today is the last day I’m legally allowed to say Merry Christmas, so if that’s your thing, Merry Christmas! Okay, let’s get some good news in our bellies this morning.
+ We stan for a lesbian ex-nun!!!
”I have decided to leave the convent. I’m pretty sure I’m gay,” I announced to my mother over lunch at a quaint Victorian restaurant in Cape May, New Jersey. The year was 1990, and I had made this pilgrimage to deliver what I knew would be jarring news.
+ Sarah Cunningham, who started the “Free Mom Hugs” movement, is a mom who will come to your wedding if your mom won’t! Jamie Lee Curtis is making a movie about her!!!
+ Marriage equality isn’t legal in Japan yet, but Misato Kawasaki and Mayu Otaki are getting married anyway — in every country where it’s legal.
Kawasaki, who studies alongside Otaki at Utsunomiya University’s Faculty of International Studies, said she wanted “to show through our wedding photos that being lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) is normal so that those who are troubled by their sexual status can harbour hope.”
People have noticed the flag outside my office.
This is personal for me. We're talking about my family and friends.
I want everyone in the trans community to know that they are welcome and loved even in the face of this administration’s attacks. https://t.co/M9voVlzi55
— Rep. Jennifer Wexton (@RepWexton) January 4, 2019
+ Here are six queer artists to watch out for this year.
+ An update to our “where can I get a gender-neutral ID?” database: you can now have a non-binary or intersex marker on your ID, or birth certificate in NYC, California, and Germany (in addition to Oregon!).
+ Have you watched the new Lizzo video? Let’s all watch it together.
Thank you for coming with me on this first good news roundup of the year! I hope your heart is full and you feel ready to take over the world with kindness and love. Speaking of love, I love you so, so, much!! Happy Sunday, pals. See you soon.
Yes, Batwoman is a positive thing
She is, but you can call her by her name, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
Comment award nomination for Kristana!
I second this nomination!
Kyrsten Sinema may check the identity boxes but I don’t think she works for our community. Someone’s values are just as important to me as their identity. How they vote to treat other people. LGBTQ folks in office who consistently vote against health care, against a progressive taxation system, against welcoming immigrants are not good representatives of our community and I’m not excited about seeing her in office. It would be great to see information about people’s records incorporated into this kind of coverage. More info: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/kyrsten-sinema-not-progressive_us_5bdca881e4b09d43e31edfa3
Thank you for posting this–I’m always interested in getting more information on the actual vote records of political candidates. I’m looking forward to seeing how all the new (and old) senators use the power they have in the upcoming sessions.
Thanks for posting. I agree some of her political record isn’t quite what we might hope for. But I spent 24 years in Arizona and that article’s quote of her reckoning with her ineffectiveness in her early days sounds exactly right – the AZ Legislature has a long, proud history of having rightwing nutjobs in it. Especially awhile back I have no doubt she’d have had little luck getting anything even vaguely lefty done. I hope she will decide to move back a bit left now, but I wouldn’t hold my breath, since she still has to think about reelection. However: still better than a Republican in that same office, no? And with a law degree, MBA, PhD in justice studies and experience in government, she’s way better qualified than Trump.
Unrelated to my opinions on her politics, high femme ain’t usually my thing but goddaaaaaaaammmmnnn, those swearing-in pics! You go, Senator. I’ll just read that article a few more times and gnaw on my knuckles.
Thanks for posting this. I’ll take a shitty Dem over the most moderate of Republicans any day, but I appreciate having their measure.
I agree it be nice to see info about a office holders records in this type of coverage.
Bless Lizzo for starting our year out on such a beautiful note. Thank you for sharing all this good news!
I’ve known about Sarah Cunningham for a while but I didn’t know she had a gay son and this was the reason she created her organization. I think it’s sweet she and other volunteers will be ‘stand-ins’ at your wedding. While I have no experience with weddings, I still think it’s nice to have a family member there even if it’s a ‘stand-in’!
My aunt used to date an ex-nun. She was awesome. I miss her. She was a big part of my life growing up. Awesome butch who helped me with my woodworking projects and rode a Harley.
I loved the ex nun piece! I also love Lizzo with all my being and I’m v thankful for Juice.