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By sarah • 13 years ago

Help secure $10,000 for the fight to win the freedom to marry!

The Normal Heart has begun preview performances at the Golden Theater!  Larry Kramer’s seminal 1985 play about the dawn of the AIDS crisis, is finally beating on Broadway. Directed by Joel Grey and George C. Wolfe, the production, which officially opens April 27, stars celebrated Broadway actor-director Joe Mantello as activist Ned Weeks, leading a starry cast that includes Ellen Barkin, John Benjamin Hickey, Lee Pace, Jim Parsons, and Luke Macfarlane.

The community involved in this timeless show, is committed to fighting to address the issues raised in this play.  They have partnered with the Kenneth Cole Foundation to support amfAR, and Trina Turk to support amfAR, HRC, the Actor’s Fund, and Friends in Deed.

The simplest measure, has been taken by Art Meets Commerce, who has pledged $10,000 to Freedom to Marry, the campaign to win the freedom to marry nationwide, if the Normal Heart received 10,000 facebook likes by the shows premiere on April 27th.  So take one second, like the page, and help end discrimination in marriage.
By sarah • 13 years ago

Say, “I Do” Mr. President

Since Monday more than 20,000 joined Civil Rights Leaders, Hollywood stars, High-tech entrepreneurs, and NFL stars in urging to President Obama to support the freedom to marry.

Co-sign Freedom to Marry’s open letter to the president on facebook or the website.

Freedom to Marry is the campaign to win marriage nationwide.  We are pursuing our Roadmap to Victory by working to win the freedom to marry in more state, grow the national majority for marriage, and end federal marriage discrimination.  We partner with individuals and organizations across the country to end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage and the protections, responsibilities, and commitment that marriage brings.

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Since Monday more than 20,000 joined Civil Rights Leaders, Hollywood stars, High-tech entrepreneurs, and NFL stars in urging to President Obama to support the freedom to marry.

Co-sign Freedom to Marry’s open letter to the president on 
By sarah • 13 years ago

Feminists vs. Gamers

cross posted from Steve’s Random Reviews

“We have to talk about how it is humanly possible that something this kick-ass could have actually happened.  To do so, we have to understand what it means to have a penis on the Internet.”

-Sean “Day9″ Plott, Computer Jock (speaking of two gamers fighting over the internet, not on this matter

So apparently there are some feminists out there who want some computer nerds dead, nothing to see here.  Well, maybe not.  Shakesville (a feminist blog) focused its attention to Penny Arcade (a nerd comic place) about issues involving rape, rape culture, dicks, dick-wolfs, and everything in between.  Normally, this would just be another day on the Internet; however, this time the attention span ...

cross posted from Steve’s Random Reviews

“We have to talk about how it is humanly possible that something this kick-ass could have actually happened.  To do so, we have to understand what it means to have ...