More stuff Obama needs a Democratic Congress to keep doing:
- Expanded the SCHIP program to cover health care for 4 million more children
- Expanded vaccination programs
Helen Boyd Kramer's journal on gender and stuff
More stuff Obama needs a Democratic Congress to keep doing:
I love the term ‘princess boy’ – it’s really nice to see another name for them that’s a little more affirming.
Obama also:
Wow. A US President who is actually speaking out about LGBT youth, against discrimination, & who makes a point of saying that your difference will be a point of pride later in life.
Now try to picture Dubya having made that video, please. Nope, it wouldn’t have happened. So please no criticisms of the Dems for the next two weeks. We don’t have a goddamn chance if any of these wingnut Republicans end up in office, and I *know* I’m not the only one who remembers the Stone Age of the Bush years, where undoing DADT, passing ENDA, or getting Hate Crimes passed was a goddamn pipe dream.
(and yes, I am trying to ignore that it was her husband who got us into this DADT mess.)
Dems have a commitment to energy efficiency and renewability:
Tomboy from Barb Taylor on Vimeo.
(thanks to Joelle Ruby Ryan for it!)
And then, President Obama:
Today, people all over the country are wearing purple to show support for the end of anti-LGBTQ bullying.
I think Gogol Bordello’s got it covered:
& Here, if you can stand it, is the story of Chloe Lacey, the trans teenager who is being left off most of the lists of the students who committed suicide in the past months, & whose memories are being honored today.
Obama:
Obama implemented: