This morning we got up fairly early for a Saturday because a very important event was taking place downtown, a rally against the passing of Proposition 8. All over the US and various Cities around the world Rallies took place to protest the passing of Proposition 8 in California recently. Prop 8 takes away the [...]
Nov
12
Boycott Prop 8 Supporters
Filed Under General | Comments Off
Afterellen.com has produced a list of those companies who have pumped money into supporting Prop 8, now that has passed could eventually see the banning of same sex marriage. Please do not spend your hard earned money at these places. I am sure they will be happy to take your money and pump it straight [...]
Nov
10
What Makes the British…British
Filed Under General | Comments Off
Today’s Telegraph listed 50 Typical British Traits so I thought I would go through them and see how I score. These are the ones that I plead guilty of: 1. Talking about the weather 2. Great at queueing 3. Sarcasm 4. Watching soaps 10. Moaning 17. Working long hours 24. Pandering to political correctness 26. [...]
Nov
9
Thank Goodness Obama Won
Filed Under General | Comments Off
From what I have been reading in the press this morning it is so good that Obama won the election. On Press TV it is reported that the Secret Service are blaming Palin for the rise in death threats against Obama due to the unacceptable level of rhetoric during the campaign. If this was her [...]
Nov
8
UK Bigot of the Year
Filed Under General | Comments Off
The 2008 Stonewall Awards took place yesterday and the proud winner of Bigot of the Year fell to Iris Robinson. I had heard about her offensive remarks about gay people earlier in the year but just having read more into it has made me discover how truly vile she is. Looking at her career as [...]
Nov
6
First day at work for 2 months! Found it to be a bit of a struggle getting up and felt really tired tonight, a lot to take in, but everything is cool. Some surprises today though. There was some stuff that I have been asked to do that wasn’t on my job description. Canadian’s get [...]
Nov
5
Election and Gay Immigration
Filed Under Gay, Immigration | Comments Off
What does the election mean for bi-national couples? This story, in the Sydney Star Observer, is very typical of the situation that many couples find themselves in. Some scenario’s can be: Foreign partner has to enter the US in some other way, either through work or studying. It’s probably more the case that they cannot [...]
Nov
5
Two Steps Forward One Step Backward
Filed Under Gay | Comments Off
Just waking this morning and went on the internet to make sure last night wasn’t a dream. Well, it wasn’t, so that is very cool. I am very disappointed to learn that it looks as though, at this point, Proposition 8 has gone through. This would ban gay marriages in the State of California. It [...]
Nov
4
Election Night Blogging
Filed Under General | Comments Off
Here are my thoughts as the evening goes on. 18:22 Just had my dinner, leftover from our Chinese last night. According to the BBC Obama is 175 and McCain is 76. Some other news media have different scores…but round about the same. It looks like Red is remaining red and blue is remaining blue so [...]
Nov
4
Latest Status of UAFA
Filed Under Gay, Immigration | Comments Off
There has been some significant movement on the Uniting American Families Act since I last wrote about it. This issue is still very close to my heart as I think we would be living in Denver if it wasn’t for these archaic rules. Denver is still like home for us. However, now that we have [...]
Nov
3
Got The Job!
Filed Under General | Comments Off
Great news today – I have got a new job. My ex boss at London Metropolitan University wrote me a wonderful reference for the interview I had a couple of weeks ago. This morning the British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association called me up offering me the position….and of course I accepted! I am so [...]
Nov
2
US Election a Farce
Filed Under General | Comments Off
Certainly feels as though my life has been taken over with US election stuff as it has been extremely difficult to avoid it. So I will discuss my take on it…which is more like a bit of a rant really! It seems that the US election is based on the perception of the individual i.e. [...]