Read this great post by Beth Reis - Public Health Educator and Co-Chair of the Safe Schools Coalition: The Safe Schools Coalition Blog: Open Letter to Oprah
Thanks, Beth!
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
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- Gabi Clayton
- Olympia, Washington, United States
- I was born in New York City and have lived in Puerto Rico, San Francisco, Vermont, and Mississippi. I now live in Olympia, Washington with my husband, Alec. I’ve always been an activist one way or another. My parents were left wing activists, and I grew up on picket lines and protest marches, making me what is called “a red diaper baby” - the paper I wrote about my family background online from my ‘links’ answers some questions about how I got here. I have been married 30-odd years and am the mother of two sons, Noel and Bill. I’m a mental health counselor & web designer. In 1995 my younger son Bill was assaulted in a hate crime based on his sexual orientation. He committed suicide a month later. Posting his story on my website has been a way for me to turn the pain of his suicide into something that can help end the hate and ignorance, and hopefully save other people from what he went through.
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- My website home page
- In memory of Bill
- Encircled by My Heritage
- About Red Diaper Babies ~ on Wikipedia
- My response to 9/11/01 and then to the war on Iraq
- My husband's website: Alec Clayton ~ Art and Writing
- Alec's blog: South Sound Arts etc
- Alec's prints on Imagekind
- Alec's art column in The Weekly Volcano (click on Visual Edge on left sidebar)
- Alec's recent weekly community theater reviews in The Tacoma News Tribune
- cave lupum (Latin for 'Beware of Wolf') ~ our son Noel's blog
- ClaytonWorks Pictures
Resources:
Friends websites and blogs:
- Steve Schalchlin ~ Living in the Bonus Round
- Steve Schalchlin on MySpace with demos and random tracks of his songs.
- Time for a More Perfect Union ~ Beth & Bah
- Jim's Sunday Sermon ~ by Jim Brochu
- My Halo ~ Ethan St.Pierre
- THINGS according to me ~ Jackie
- Lennon Piano
- Mostly Sunny with a Chance of Gay ~ Colette Beighley
- Trans Political ~ Vanessa Edwards Foster
- communiKana ~ if you want to be a writer... then, write.
- Melissa: Written Rebellion
- Jason H: Perks of Being Me
- Ithaca Jason
- Superlative Amy
- Funny The World ~ by Bev
- Alex's TransRevolution ~ by Alex Pangborn
- Gantt Blog! by Dave in the 'other Washintgton'
- figaroandjett
- Don't Get Stuck On Stupid ~ by Dogtags
- Shawn and Gwenn :: A Boy. A Girl. A Virus
- The Juggling Jollies ~ Jules is a brother of our son Bill's friend Sam
- Mimi thinks...Be very afraid (Linda)
Recommended Readings
- OlyBlog ~ Olympia
- The Bilerico Project │ Daily experiments in LGBTQ
- Joe.My. God. blog
- Trans Political
- Real Change
- Seattle Gay Blog ~ from Seattle Gay News
- Beyond Mainstream
- AlterNet
- Common Dreams
- culturekitchen
- Jesus' General
- EarthPortal
- The Huffington Post
- BAGnewsNotes
- Crooks & Liars
- Daily Kos: State of the Nation
- Democracy Now!
- Direland
- John Aravosis' AMERICAblog
- Mark Morford's Notes & Errata
- Molly Ivins
- The Nation
- Truthdig
- WireTap
- WorkingForChange
What I listen to (or watch):
- am1090 progressive talk radio ~ Seattle
- The TransFM Network
- 'TheYoungTurks' on YouTube
- Cenk Uygur 'TheYoungTurks'
- Free Speech TV
- Go Left TV
- Current TV
- KAOS Community Radio ~ Evergreen College ~ Olympia, WA
- Art Zone ~ from the Seattle Channel
- Folk Alley
- Whole Wheat Radio ~ Talkeetna, Alaska
- World Cafe
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