fiction and musings from a gay black dude with delusions above his station
Equality Matters has all of the facts. Chick-fil-A founder S. Truett Cathy created the charitable wing of his chicken enterprise, the WinShape Foundation, in 1984. The lion’s share of WinShape’s money has come from Chick-fil-A — over $8 million in 2010 alone, reports Equality Matters. That same year, they doled out a generous portion to…
Apple lays an egg this fiscal quarter, so says the stock market. After all, it only earned $8.8 billion, a mere 21% increase over last quarter and a 22% increase over this time last year. I mean, what’s up with that? And check this out. From April to June, Apple only shipped 26 million iPhones….
I don’t remember Roots too well. I was fairly young when it came out and, truth be told, at that time I was not yet ready to process the painful history that forms the backbone of the African American experience. But I remember one scene very well. Emancipation had occurred and one slave turned the…
As predicted, and feared, foes of marriage equality in the great state of Washington have filed more than enough signatures to put the issue on the November ballot. The Washington secretary of state office recommends those seeking to put an initiative on the ballot collect at least 150,000 signatures. The anti-marriage equality folks gathered over…
A friend in college hipped me to the Syracuse Cultural Workers’ Carry It On Peace Calendar. I’ve purchased them ever since. It features photos, art, and notable anniversaries from social movements both contemporary and historical. For June, they always do a nice spread for Gay Pride month. This year they are featuring the story of…
On Daily Kos appears a piece about a $20,000 reward for anyone who can provide a copy of President Obama’s college transcripts. The offer is being made by a Mr. Brooks Bayne over at a website called The Trenches. Quoted in the L.A. Times, The Trenches says: “We’re not convinced that Barack is as smart…
Some folks in the gay community have recently argued against a harsh sentence for the convicted Dharun Ravi, the man guilty of surreptitiously broadcasting over the internet his gay roommate, Tyler Clementi, while he was having a date — an act which led to Mr. Clementi’s suicide. Some feared a harsh sentence might cause a backlash. Others…
I opened the Oakland Tribune the other day and found a most shocking headline: “Mehserle asks appeals court for new trial.” I swear I thought it was a typo. Mr. Mehserle, as you may recall, is the former BART officer who feared Oscar Grant as a big scary black man and shot him at point blank range. Mr. Grant…
{Editor’s note: This is the 100th post on the gar spot.} On April 29, the Los Angeles Times published an article which chronicles then-Governor Mitt Romney’s history with Massachusetts’ gay marriage law. It makes for very interesting reading. While campaigning for the governorship in 2002, he proclaimed he supported the rights of gay and lesbian citizens…
There are apologies and then there are apologies. Some are spoken in anger, before the true cool down has taken place. “Well, I said I’m sorry!” Reflection had yet to take place. The words ring hollow. A favorite among politicos, actors, and other public figures is the now-famous Non-Apology Apology. The typical NAA takes the…
