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Comment by Bill Gordon on November 29, 2009 at 10:13am

Hello, Jane. Welcome to this website and to this community. Please make your presence known and make connections that will keep this lively for you!

Comment by Bill Gordon on November 27, 2009 at 6:07am

I am so deeply saddened by the death of the young man in Puerto Rico.

My nephew's wife recently challenged publicly why hate crimes legislation was needed. She raised the question about why a person should be more severely punished for killing a queer person than for killing her husband. While that question is fair enough, it misses the issue of the violence that happens when people are harmed because they are queer.

If we don't continue to protect those who are different, the "sport" of taking out a queer person will be too attractive to perpetrators. The punishment must be significant enough to cause them to stop and think-- and hopefully deter them from the violence in the first place. I keep trying to remember both Jorge's family and friends, and the family of the perpetrator, as well. They all need our thoughts and compassion.

Comment by Bill Gordon on November 23, 2009 at 3:26am

I wanted to be sure to invite you all to a free teleseminar I will hosting. My guest will Dr. Matt Henry (whom we all know and love). His topic? 4 Paths, 3 Vocations, 2 Convictions, 1 Prayer: Creation Spirituality. If you know Matt well, you know he is not only amazing, but brilliant, funny, compassionate--and very much an ally in our community. To get the contact info for the call, email me at capax.sign.up@gmail.com. The seminar is 12/8 at 8PM CST. You will pay your standard rates for long distance, but the seminar is free.

Comment by Bill Gordon on November 2, 2009 at 10:41am

Welcome to our newest member of Queer Home, Kevin Orth. Always happy to have more at the table!

Comment by Lance Frizzell-Reynolds on October 30, 2009 at 7:47am

Thank you so much Bill!

Comment by Bill Gordon on October 30, 2009 at 12:26am

Welcome our newest member, Lance! Rebecca, appreciate your offer, and I may have you do just that... Can't hurt to have as many as possible. :-)

Comment by Rebecca Nunley on October 27, 2009 at 3:29am

Happy to write that letter..... :)

Comment by Bill Gordon on October 27, 2009 at 2:03am

Some of you may get a charge out of this. In order to be listed as a diversity supplier for some of the contracts I fulfill, I have to get certified by the National Gay Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. The process is quite involved, but in essence, you have to certify you are truly gay. Hello? First, I doubt many would choose to pretend they are gay in this culture. But more importantly, I have to have letters of reference that tell the NGLCC that I am gay. I am not even sure who to ask for those-- and do they need to include pictures or anything? I guess I will find out who my true friends are! Anyway, just thought you might get a chuckle out of the fact that someday soon I will be certifiably gay. I hope they give me a wallet-sized card to carry around--so I can then finally be able to play "my gay card."

Comment by Bill Gordon on October 27, 2009 at 12:59am

I am so grateful that the hate crimes bill has passed through Congress. I know there are those protesting that this will curtail the free speech of people with homophobia or moral objections to queerness, but the truth is that this is ONLY about repercussions from assault, not speech. I am especially pleased that this bill also included gender, gender identity, and gender presentation. Officially, it is the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd hate crimes bill-- and officially all it needs is the President's signature on it to make it law. I hope that he doesn't take a long time (he has pledged to sign it), as every day brothers and sisters everywhere are being assaulted for erotic attraction or perceptions of it, or their gender or gender presentation. Enough with the hate, already.

Comment by Norma Nakai on October 12, 2009 at 9:38am

Come along with me on a wonderful spiritiual tour to France that I am co-leading next June. We will be tracing the legend of Mary Magdalene, staying in monasteries, delving deeply into the call of the Divine Feminine re-emrging in all of us. It will be a soulful, creation-centered, inner journey held within the outer journey of the beautiful French countryside. Reply to me here and I will email you the Itinerary and more details.

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