Written: 10/04/2011

The LGBT community are kind of used to being outcasts.  We’re the underdogs, even if we make the world function from behind the scenes (to say nothing of the so called “glitterati” that conservatives are so afraid of).  But we can more and more acceptance as people realize they know, are friends with and are related to gay people.

The same I think can be said for the kinksters.  The more open they are about their lives, the more accepting the world will be.  And for the record (I think I’ve posted it before), I wish more people would follow the simple advice that I picked up (probably from Dan Savage) along the way:

It doesn’t matter what goes on between my ears, what I have between my legs or what I do between the sheets.  Live and let live, my sex life doesn’t affect you (as I add with snark, ‘but thanks for thinking either that I’d be interested in you or somehow obsessing about me naked’).

ANYWAY…a New York DA lawyer was fired.  Not because she was bad at her job, not because she lost a case, or did something unethical, but because her bosses found out she is a kinkster.  One of my favorite bloggers, who happens to be a gay kinkster, covers it here.

Slog has a great article about kinky celebs here, and Tynan discusses that article here.

All my best,

The King of Spades

Written: 10/04/2011

For the life of me, I can’t figure out how to get the embed code (and I’m still fighting with my site software, so I’m not sure if would have worked anyway).  So click over here and listen to Patton Oswalt as he solved the Gay Marriage “debate.”

All my best,

The King of Spades

Written: 10/04/2011

Slog has a fantastic piece, although, it’s mostly talking about activism, and different progressive groups.  I’d like to pull a small bit out:

Maybe it’s because we were tired of paying the same taxes and not being able to pursue our happiness with equal fervor. Maybe it’s because for decades we had been told by Democrats, “Elect us and we’ll help you,” yet we had only seen discriminatory measures like “Don’t ask, Don’t tell” and the Defense of Marriage Act enacted into law. Maybe it’s because once your intelligence has been insulted flagrantly enough and your humanity denigrated deeply enough, you’ve got nothing left to lose. Whatever it was, many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans had had enough.

To me though, it’s the first sentence that means the most.  I’m not being able to pursue my happiness: I’m a second class citizen.

All my best,

The King of Spades

Written: 10/04/2011

A couple items of note.  First up, the Presbyterian Church is set to ordain it’s first gay minister, which is wonderful news.

Bishop Righter, a pioneer in the Episcopal Church, and a member and celebrant at my church, died recently.  His work (after a change of heart) led to the ordination of gay deacons, priests and bishops in the Episcopal Church.

And lastly, the Supreme Court refused to hear a case, letting the previous verdict stay: Humanitarian Organizations (even those who take public funding) may discriminate in their hiring based on religious views.

All my best,

The King of Spades