Interesting to see that an anti-discrimination bill got signed by Colorado Governor Bill Ritter today [source: Denver Post]. The bill stops add sexual orientation to the existing anti-discrimination legislation so that LGBT people cannot be disadvantaged relating to housing, family planning and many more. The Anti-Defamation League applauds the Governor for signing the bill [source: [...]
May
26
Typical Bank Holiday Weekend
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Limited travel and constant rain! That sum’s up most holiday weekends in the UK and of course this one was no exception. Graphics via TFL and MetCheck. Actually Saturday was a nice day and we enjoyed walking along the south bank of the River Thames. There was a Nissan event outside the Tate Modern and [...]
May
25
CA Gay Marriage Ban
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Great news came recently that the gay marriage ban in California has been lifted. Some LGBT advocates sued and won, the results of which stated that the ban is unconstitutional. At last, a common sense decision!! Media and blogs that covered the article: BBC CNN Towerload PageOneQ Gay.com Since this news hit celebrities George Takei [...]
May
12
UAFA Lobby Week Successes
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Immigration Equality has some great successes as a result of their Lobby Week. The schedule for the week is posted here. HR2221 in the House has 5 more co-sponsors, below, making it now 98 in all: Sandy Levin Bill Pascrell Allyson Schwartz Steve Israel Timothy Bishop S1328 in the Senate has 1 new co-sponsor making [...]
May
11
Paris Day Three
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Our last day in Paris for quite some time was very nice. We had breakfast down the street in a cafe/bar place. It was very hot so we were able to have it outside. Not too far away from our hotel was another cemetery so when it opened we had a look round there, yes, [...]
May
10
Paris Day Two
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Naming this our tour de death of Paris today we certainly ensured that we kept to that theme. We found a lovely bakery just a few doors away from our hotel and had almond croissant for our breakfast, we bought two but because they were so big could only manage one between us! Our first [...]
May
9
Just as we were going to bed I checked my email on my blackberry in Paris and saw that we had received an email from our immigration lawyer in Toronto with some very exciting news. Our immigration application has been approved!!! We are both EXTREMELY excited by this and it came much sooner than I [...]
May
9
Paris Day One
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Woke up very early this morning in order to catch the 06:55 Eurostar train to Paris from St Pancras – luckily the train station is only 10 minutes walk from home. The journey was ok but usually are unlucky to be near very noisy people. We had until 4pm before we needed to check into [...]
May
7
London Going to the Dogs
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Recent local elections resulted in London being appointed a new Mayor – Boris Johnson. There was a huge ‘aarrrggghhh’ chorus that descended over the city, and him being a Conservative I cannot blame what people were saying. He is considered to be very outspoken, and that is probably an understatement, since he has said some [...]
May
6
Lobby Week
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Immigration Equality’s Lobby Week has started today, click here for more information. Prior to the UK’s same sex immigration legislation being approved this was certainly a successful strategy way back then as politician’s can put a face to the many distressing stories and cannot do anything else but take quick action. There was an article [...]
May
4
Bank Holiday Weekend Restaurants
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This weekend we went a little restaurant crazy. On Friday evening we went to one of our favorites Laurette, and I have to say that I was quite disappointed by the Sweet and Sour Fish, it was over 9 pounds for the dish whereas the best tasting in Chinatown is Chinese Experience, which is 12 [...]
May
4
Bus of Death
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The number 29 bus, one of the infamous “bendy” buses in London, has hit the news headlines as being one of the worst [source: Camden News]. As the article states it has its own Facebook group for people who hate it. I will certainly not go on this bus again! I have seen crime, drunks, [...]
May
4
Gay Immigration
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Canadian gay couple has problems and completely regrets doing business with the US due to immigration discrimination against LGBT people – Washington Blade. Obama and Clinton, Democrat presidential candidates, have again been interviewed by the gay media on various subjects [RealityMagazineOnline] including possibility of passing same sex immigration legislation, see below. I still don’t trust [...]
May
3
Dumb and Dumber
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Majority of Americans think that the country is doing badly, in fact 70% according to a CNN poll. Citizens gave a similar rating at the same time as the last Bush was in power 16 years ago. Yesterday another CNN poll stated that the current Bush had the highest disapproval rating of any president ever [...]
May
3
Immigration Update
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Next week is Immigration Equality Lobby Week which encourages people to demand passage of the Uniting American Families Act. This can be achieved by joining IE in DC, visit a Member of Congress, write to Congress, publish your story, sign the petition or call Congress. Certainly I will be doing one of more, but its [...]