It's Gay Pride Day in Columbus. We'll miss you Angie and Chuck, we'll think of you when we pass over "the bridge".
Have a Safe and Happy Pride Day!!!
Friday, June 22, 2007
Happy Gay Pride Day
It's Gay Pride Day in Columbus. We'll miss you Angie and Chuck, we'll think of you when we pass over "the bridge".
Have a Safe and Happy Pride Day!!!
Thursday, June 21, 2007
Top 10 Boyfriends : Pride 2007 Edition
It's back! But only for a limited time. All new studs. All new list. All new hotties!!!!
10. James Blake - Pro Tennis Player. Tennis anyone. OK Let's play doubles.
9. Stephen Moyer - Hottie on "Starter Wife". Lucky Debra "Grace" Messing for getting to suck face with him every week. Bitch!
8. Dane Cook - Hottest Comedian Alive!
7. Ryan Reynolds - Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum. Did I mention he is Yummy!
6. Jake Gyllenhaal - I want to climb "Brokeback Mountain" with him. Alone. Sorry Heath!
5. Eric Dane - Dr. McSteamy on "Grey's Anatomy". I'm feeling faint, quick I need CPR.
4. Brandon Beemer - Shawn on "Days of our Lives". Enuff Said!
3. Justin Chambers - Dr. Karev on "Grey's Anatomy". I feel another fainting spell coming on.
2. Chris Evans - Johnny Flame from "Fantastic Four". Flame on Johnny, Flame on (as long as your shirt is off!)
1. Julian McMahon - Dr. Doom from "Fantastic Four" and Christian from "Nip/Tuck". Do I even need to say anything? I didn't think so.
Now that all my bloggers are "UP", Happy Pride everyone!!!
10. James Blake - Pro Tennis Player. Tennis anyone. OK Let's play doubles.
9. Stephen Moyer - Hottie on "Starter Wife". Lucky Debra "Grace" Messing for getting to suck face with him every week. Bitch!
8. Dane Cook - Hottest Comedian Alive!
7. Ryan Reynolds - Yum Yum Yum Yum Yum. Did I mention he is Yummy!
6. Jake Gyllenhaal - I want to climb "Brokeback Mountain" with him. Alone. Sorry Heath!
5. Eric Dane - Dr. McSteamy on "Grey's Anatomy". I'm feeling faint, quick I need CPR.
4. Brandon Beemer - Shawn on "Days of our Lives". Enuff Said!
3. Justin Chambers - Dr. Karev on "Grey's Anatomy". I feel another fainting spell coming on.
2. Chris Evans - Johnny Flame from "Fantastic Four". Flame on Johnny, Flame on (as long as your shirt is off!)
1. Julian McMahon - Dr. Doom from "Fantastic Four" and Christian from "Nip/Tuck". Do I even need to say anything? I didn't think so.
Now that all my bloggers are "UP", Happy Pride everyone!!!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
This is what Gay Pride month is all about.....
I read this story on Rosie's Blog. I think it is truly sad that this can happen here in the not-so-land-of-the-free!
OLYMPIA — Four months ago, Lacey resident Janice Langbehn, her partner Lisa Pond and their children Katie, David and Danielle, ages 10 to 13, were set for a relaxing cruise from Miami to the Bahamas.
But Pond, Langbehn’s partner for nearly 18 years, was stricken in Miami with a brain aneurysm and died. The family says the way they were treated by hospital staff compounded their shock and grief.
Langbehn, a social worker, said officials at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital did not recognize her or their jointly adopted children as part of Pond’s family. They were not allowed to be with her in the emergency room, and Langbehn’s authority to make decisions for Pond was not recognized.
“We never set out to change the world or change how others accept gay families,” Langbehn told the crowd at the Capital City Pride on Sunday. “We just wanted to be allowed to live equally and raise our children by giving them all the same opportunities their peers have.”
While Washington is one of a half-dozen states to recognize same-sex partnerships in some fashion, Florida is not.
Compelled to speak out
Langbehn said that the pain from losing Pond is still fresh, but she spoke at the gay pride event Sunday because the issue of legal recognition of homosexual families was too important to let go.
“I want people to be able to hold their partner’s hand in their moment of death,” she said.
Pond suffered the aneurysm just before the R Family Vacations cruise ship left Miami for the Bahamas in February, Langbehn said. After Pond was taken to the emergency room, Langbehn said she was informed by a social worker that they were in an “anti-gay state” and that they needed legal paperwork before Langbehn could see Pond.
Even after a friend in Olympia faxed the legal documents that showed that Pond had authorized Langbehn to make medical decisions for her, Langbehn said she wasn’t invited to be with her partner or told anything about her condition.
She said she wasn’t allowed to see Pond again until a priest arrived to give Pond the Anointing of the Sick, also commonly known as Last Rites.
“I was shocked. It never would have been on my radar that we wouldn’t be allowed to say goodbye,” Langbehn said. “When I was an emergency room social worker at Mary Bridge (Children’s Hospital and Health Center in Tacoma), if someone had said they were an aunt or a partner, I would have let them say their last goodbyes.”
Langbehn says she still has not been given Pond’s medical records from the hospital nor her death certificate directly from the county or the state, which affected their children’s Social Security benefits.
But she has received support from the local community and from former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell, who has e-mailed her to offer support and said she was angry over the way the family was treated. O’Donnell’s partner, Kelli O’Donnell, is a co-founder of R Family Vacations.
Capital City Pride co-chair Anna Schlecht said that Langbehn’s story drives home the reason why gays and lesbians continue to lobby for national legal recognition of their partnerships and families.
“When Janice told me the story over the phone, I started crying,” she said. “Death is hard enough. I can’t imagine having my children barred from me in the last moments of my life.”
Langbehn said attitudes changed when doctors in charge of organ donation recognized Langbehn and Pond as a couple. They accepted Langbehn’s signature on the consent forms, she said. They also allowed the children to visit with their mother, who was kept on life support while organ matches were found.
Pond, who was a volunteer with her church and with the Girl Scouts, as well as a foster mother, wished to donate her organs because she wanted to continue to give to people after her death, Langbehn said.
“I heard from the heart recipient last week,” she said. “Now he’s able to play with his grandkids again and he definitely would like to meet our family.”
Venice Buhain
The Olympian
Tim and I have a living will and power of attorney, but I wonder if that will be enough. I would fight with all my strength to be with him if he needed me and I am sure he'd do the same. When celebrating Gay Pride this weekend, remember what we are there for. Sure the half naked boys are part of the fun (thankfully), but think of Lisa and Janice and know that we still have a long way to go.
Sorry for such a downer, I will perk things up on Thursday with a special Top 10 Boyfriends List: Pride Edition.
OLYMPIA — Four months ago, Lacey resident Janice Langbehn, her partner Lisa Pond and their children Katie, David and Danielle, ages 10 to 13, were set for a relaxing cruise from Miami to the Bahamas.
But Pond, Langbehn’s partner for nearly 18 years, was stricken in Miami with a brain aneurysm and died. The family says the way they were treated by hospital staff compounded their shock and grief.
Langbehn, a social worker, said officials at the University of Miami, Jackson Memorial Hospital did not recognize her or their jointly adopted children as part of Pond’s family. They were not allowed to be with her in the emergency room, and Langbehn’s authority to make decisions for Pond was not recognized.
“We never set out to change the world or change how others accept gay families,” Langbehn told the crowd at the Capital City Pride on Sunday. “We just wanted to be allowed to live equally and raise our children by giving them all the same opportunities their peers have.”
While Washington is one of a half-dozen states to recognize same-sex partnerships in some fashion, Florida is not.
Compelled to speak out
Langbehn said that the pain from losing Pond is still fresh, but she spoke at the gay pride event Sunday because the issue of legal recognition of homosexual families was too important to let go.
“I want people to be able to hold their partner’s hand in their moment of death,” she said.
Pond suffered the aneurysm just before the R Family Vacations cruise ship left Miami for the Bahamas in February, Langbehn said. After Pond was taken to the emergency room, Langbehn said she was informed by a social worker that they were in an “anti-gay state” and that they needed legal paperwork before Langbehn could see Pond.
Even after a friend in Olympia faxed the legal documents that showed that Pond had authorized Langbehn to make medical decisions for her, Langbehn said she wasn’t invited to be with her partner or told anything about her condition.
She said she wasn’t allowed to see Pond again until a priest arrived to give Pond the Anointing of the Sick, also commonly known as Last Rites.
“I was shocked. It never would have been on my radar that we wouldn’t be allowed to say goodbye,” Langbehn said. “When I was an emergency room social worker at Mary Bridge (Children’s Hospital and Health Center in Tacoma), if someone had said they were an aunt or a partner, I would have let them say their last goodbyes.”
Langbehn says she still has not been given Pond’s medical records from the hospital nor her death certificate directly from the county or the state, which affected their children’s Social Security benefits.
But she has received support from the local community and from former talk show host Rosie O’Donnell, who has e-mailed her to offer support and said she was angry over the way the family was treated. O’Donnell’s partner, Kelli O’Donnell, is a co-founder of R Family Vacations.
Capital City Pride co-chair Anna Schlecht said that Langbehn’s story drives home the reason why gays and lesbians continue to lobby for national legal recognition of their partnerships and families.
“When Janice told me the story over the phone, I started crying,” she said. “Death is hard enough. I can’t imagine having my children barred from me in the last moments of my life.”
Langbehn said attitudes changed when doctors in charge of organ donation recognized Langbehn and Pond as a couple. They accepted Langbehn’s signature on the consent forms, she said. They also allowed the children to visit with their mother, who was kept on life support while organ matches were found.
Pond, who was a volunteer with her church and with the Girl Scouts, as well as a foster mother, wished to donate her organs because she wanted to continue to give to people after her death, Langbehn said.
“I heard from the heart recipient last week,” she said. “Now he’s able to play with his grandkids again and he definitely would like to meet our family.”
Venice Buhain
The Olympian
Tim and I have a living will and power of attorney, but I wonder if that will be enough. I would fight with all my strength to be with him if he needed me and I am sure he'd do the same. When celebrating Gay Pride this weekend, remember what we are there for. Sure the half naked boys are part of the fun (thankfully), but think of Lisa and Janice and know that we still have a long way to go.
Sorry for such a downer, I will perk things up on Thursday with a special Top 10 Boyfriends List: Pride Edition.
Thursday, June 14, 2007
I see your True Colors shining through!
The concert was incredible. When you walk in, you recieve this snazzy ERASE HATE bracelet for the Matthew Shephard Foundation. It starts with Margaret Cho doing some standup and introduing the bands. She was awesome as usual. The first thing she asked was if were happy that Jerry Fallwell was dead. Sweet!!
The first group was The Cliks. I had never heard of them, but they were good.They did a rock cover of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" which was better than JT's version. Next were the highly anticipated Dresden Dolls. Again, hadn't heard of them, but most of my freinds had great things to say about them. The crowd went nuts when they were announced. They are theatrical, flambouyant, and fun. Quite an unusual group, I still can't get "Coin Operated Boy" out of my head. I'm not sure I love them, but I they were entertaining.
Then came on, as Margaret Cho announced, "an ICON" - Debbie Harry. I was very dissappointed with her. She looked amazing for being 60. But she did no Blondie songs and the crowd was obviously not into her. A friend of mine said she looked as if she was reading from a teleprompter. Come on Debbie, just one Blondie song would have been nice.
Then came the two acts we all were waiting for Erasure and Cyndi Lauper. Erasure was spectacular. I had never seen them before, but have been a huge fan of theirs. Andy Bell, the lead singer, was awesome. The crowd really got going with "Chains of Love" and "A Little Respect". They ended with "Oh La'mour", my personal fav. Fabulous!!!!
Then came the diva herself, Miss Cyndi. Tim and I have seen her 6 times previously, so we knew she wouldn't let us down. She sang alot of oldies, "Goonies R Good Enough", "Time After Time", and "She Bop". Miss thing came out with a red wig and wearing a rainbow feathered hat! Fabulous. The finale had all the artists together, sans Debbie Harry (hmmmm, wonder if she was pissed because we didn't like her), to sing "True Colors". It was simply spectacular.
The crowd was not so spectacular. In a town were next week, 100,000 people will line High Street for the Pride Parade, only 3,000 showed up for this event. Sad. The queens of Columbus should be ashamed. There is little hope of us ever getting another big show like this one in town anytime soon. SAD!!!!
Wednesday, June 13, 2007
True Colors Tour
We are spreading gay pride all over C-Bus tonite by attending the uber gay concertTrue Colors Tour 2007 with Cyndi Lauper, Erasure, Debbie Harry, Margaret Cho, and several other gay freindly bands. The concert benefits HRC and the Matthew Shepard foundation. I will give a full review of the festivities tomorrow. Peace out!!
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