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Jason Young Gets Some Play (No, It’s Not What You Probably Think)
Posted on October 3, 2013 | 7 CommentsWhen not blogging, Jason Young of Save Anaheim makes his living as a wedding videographer. Today, he finally achieved the desire of everyone in his profession: he went viral on the […] -
Weekend Open Thread: Happy OC Pride Weekend! Get Ready to Ogle!
Posted on August 9, 2013 | 34 CommentsWhile you’re reading the OC Pride-occasioned reporting on LGBT OC by our cousins at the Weekly — and you really should, especially the first-person perspectives of local LGBT notables, which […] -
Art With An Agenda presents: LOVE. SEX. UNITY. RESPECT. Starting this weekend in Fullerton!
Posted on May 4, 2013 | 3 Comments. THIS JUST IN from good Orange Juice friend and Fullerton troublemaker Stephan Baxter… Art With An Agenda presents: LOVE. SEX. UNITY. RESPECT. An Art Exhibit In Support Of Marriage […] -
We Need an Open Thread to Discuss GLBT Things This Week
Posted on March 27, 2013 | 83 CommentsWe need to talk about the events in the Supreme Court (and on the streets and on Facebook) this week — and thanks to singer Katie Goodman and her friends, […] -
Violence Against Women Act Passes! Kudos to Royce*, Issa, Lowenthal, and the Sanchezes. As for the others….
Posted on February 28, 2013 | 14 CommentsWe routinely praise Orange County Congressmembers Alan Lowenthal, Linda Sanchez, and Loretta Sanchez on this site (along with some occasional criticism), and we don’t often praise Ed Royce and Darrel […] -
Tet Parade Post-mortem: What next, and grading the Politicians’ Performances.
Posted on February 26, 2013 | 42 Comments. As promised, I’ve got a lot to say in retrospect about the Tet Parade of two weeks ago which jumped the shark by excluding gays, and how the various […] -
Will God Rain on this year’s Anti-Gay Tet Parade?
Posted on February 8, 2013 | 81 Comments. The beautiful and cute folks of the Viet LGBT Alliance really didn’t want me to use that title – a cheerful and generous lot, they want the parade to […] -
Speaking of Gay Boy Scouts… (horrific and hilarious!)
Posted on February 7, 2013 | 16 Comments. With all this news in the news about Gay Boy Scout news, I’m surprised that neither you nor I have heard the fascinating tale BEHIND the Supreme Court decision […] -
Tet Offended? OC Viets Want Little Saigon Parade to Discriminate Against LGBTs
Posted on February 4, 2013 | 13 Comments. [Update: Voice of OC has more at this link, including news of a planned protest today for 3 p.m. at the Westminster offices of parade organizers at 14550 Magnolia St. It would be […] -
Jenni Rivera fought for Women, Immigrants and LGBT Youth.
Posted on December 13, 2012 | 5 Comments. In Vern’s recent article entitled “What Next for Districting in Anaheim?” one of the commenters posted the following in response to Vern’s dismissive remark “Nobody remembers the name of […] -
If You Believe In Equality, Romney Is Not Your Man
Posted on October 24, 2012 | 2 Comments. As a child I was a big fan of the Republican Party, sort of in the way that people root for a sports team like the Dodgers. And that’s […] -
Irreparable: Brown Signs Bill Banning ‘Reparative Therapy’ — Are We Sure That’s OK?
Posted on October 1, 2012 | 5 CommentsSo this is a tough one. I mean really — it’s a tough one. I can’t figure it out. — Governor Brown recently approved a bill that bans “reparative therapy” for […] -
Things to do on Anti-Gay Chick-fil-A Day!!!
Posted on July 31, 2012 | 55 Comments. No, this is NOT going to be another story about stridently anti-gay Chick-fil-A president Dan Cathy’s rumored meth-fueled love tryst with troubled Pastor Ted Haggard. There have been ENOUGH […]