Gabi Clayton
Holey Moley! The front page of today’s Wall Street Journal does the Imagine Piano Peace Project
The piano on which John Lennon composed “Imagine,” his famous ode to peace and healing, is on a yearlong magical mystery tour of the U.S. with a macabre twist. The nutmeg-colored Steinway upright, believed to have been in Mr. Lennon’s country home in Ascot, England, is crisscrossing the country to show up at some of …
debunked : a Hate Crimes Prevention Act urban legend
The American Family Association’s claims about the Matthew Shepard hate crimes bill were so outlandish that they’ve been debunked on the urban-myth-busting website Snopes. Claim: A bill before Congress would make it a “hate crime” for pastors and churches to speak against homosexuality. Status: False. See: Hate Crimes Prevention Act @ Snopes Urban Legends.
Glorious! Schalchlin & Brochu do San Francisco
A Fantastic First Preview. By the end of the show, they were on their feet immediately. The most enthusiastic ovation imaginable. And afterwards, in the lobby, we hugged everyone, of course. Our favorite thing. It was fantastic. And so many of them commented on how glad they were that that show was not amplified. Hey! …
Some things that you may or may not have known about me
A friend sent me this and I filled it out and sent it back to him, but rather than forward it to people I thought I would post it here for your amusement. Here goes …A) Four jobs I have had in my life: a licensed vocational nurse a church secretary a Baskin Robbins ice …
Jason Hungerford’s aunt is missing.
My dear friend Jason Hungerford’s aunt is missing. Joey Lynn Offutt, a 33-year-old single mother, has been missing since July 12, 2007, after a fire destroyed her home in Sykesville, Pennsylvania. See my aunt has been missing andJason’s blog Perks of Being Me Please help if you can, and spread the word. Jason is the …
I’ve made another friend across the miles
I received an email today that led me to this article: When he was in eighth grade, Ari Beighley told his closest friends at school he was gay. But he kept his silence at home for two more years, his homosexuality hidden in the midst of his conservative evangelical Christian family. “Then I just didn’t …
More on Stonewall Youth at Washington Middle School, including my letter to the editor.
Stonewall Youth’s speaker’s panel spoke about bullying at Washington Middle School in Olympia on Wednesday, June 6, 2007. Alec and I attended a school board meeting on Monday, July 11, 2007, along with youth from Stonewall, members of PFLAG and other folks in the community. This letter to the editor was published as a Letters …