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Sarah Palin: The Media's Un-acknowledged Shame by Rev Michael Bresciani gay
At a time when the media is still sucking news from the big wave of pop star Michael Jackson's short and fiery life Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin announces her resignation. News sources are in a frenzy to define the implications of her resignation all the while ignoring the real question of their own bad behavior.
At last Michelle Obama finally found some pride in America and with the help of Barack Obama the gays now have June as an entire month to celebrate their pride thanks to Obama's proclamation that it is 'gay pride month.' While no one has officially announced it the election year of 2008 and the 2009 inaugural year of the Obama Presidency might be called the years of shame for the media. No proclamations are likely.
The stories about Sarah Palin are fair game but the twists and spins added to them are not and will never be. Move over homophobia now there's Paliphobia. Is the media so afraid of the potential of the Palin run in 2012 that they thought only a four year beating until the starting gun was fired could assure them they won't get kicked out of the bed with the Obama administration?
After enduring the onslaught of newsmongers with insatiable hopes of dirt and sleaze directed both at her and her family, Palin's resignation may be the only act that still has an ounce of dignity in it in the last two years. Republicans may not be too happy with her decision but her family came long before her career as a politician.
The jokes of David Letterman and the article in Vanity Fair perhaps were the straw that broke the camels back but it is the total lack of fairness the media showed that is a scathing indictment against them. If the country had a media czar it would seem appropriate that at this point he or she would be offering a public apology to Palin and that very humbly. Perhaps the czar could hang his head in shame as the proxy for the entire band of media thugs who reveled in the indignities.
We have a media that thinks the story of the congressional race where the candidate has been known to dawn diapers in comedy skits is real news and the photo snaps of the President on the beach is titillation for the rest of us. Who are these heavily biased lug nuts and what have they done to the once respected field known as journalism?
The stories the media now ignores have become what real Americans are rolling around in their heads and they don't care if a pop culture icon steals the front page they are more concerned that one has stolen the oval office. It isn't just the question that World Net Daily's Editor Joseph Farah has raised, 'Where's the Birth Certificate' but now after the first 100 days many Americans are asking 'where's the Presidency?'
Our President has likened himself to Lincoln, JFK and FDR but is stuck with the label he has earned as a direct result of his actions. Cozying up to the gays recently he laughed and giggled and referred to them time and again as 'you guys.' That level of familiarity with that minority is juxtaposed against the growing coldness he is fostering with the average working taxpayer who now may not be working at all as the nation is seeing the highest un-employment rate in its history.
It is the waste, the pork and the nine trillion dollar deficit he has laden on the next generation of Americans that is foremost in the thoughts of the rank and file not whether the gays have finally come into their own. Is the media covering that honestly in all of its details...too risky?
If a person is known by their fruits as Christ said then names don't count for much. Looking at the first months of the Obama administration comes off as more of a full length featuring of Larry, Moe and Curly rather than Honest Abe, JFK and FDR, but to show it that way would make the media fruit look rotten as well.
Here is a far more important saying that applies to both the sickening bias the media has shown the Obama administration and the personal attacks and general disregard for the privacy and dignity of the Palin family. "...whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." (Gal 6:7)
The great law of reciprocation may not be recognized by everyone but it ignores no one. We will get back what we put out and that includes the media. The callous and undignified pursuit of sleaze and debate in today's media is already earning its keep. It is earning the well deserved deep mistrust of the American people.
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Le Dieu du Carnage or God of Carnage was one of the 7 plays written by the French Playwright Yasmina Reza, and in fact God of Carnage was last play that she wrote in 2006. The play was originally written in French language however it was later translated in to English by Christopher Hampton, and its first English production opened at London's West End Productions on March 25, 2008 at the Gielgud Theatre. The play features four main characters namely Alain Reille, Annette Reille, Veronique Vallon and Michel Vallon. Originally West End cast members included Ken Scott who played Michel, Janet McTeer who portrayed Veronique, Ralph Fiennes as Alain and Tamsin Greig played the role of Annette. After opening at the London's West End production, the play generally received positive ratings from critics, although a few negative reviews came along the way. This year, God of Carnage came to Broadway Productions at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, as it was premiered on February 28, 2009. God of Carnage officially opened at Broadway Productions on March 2, 2009 starring James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay, Jeff Daniels and Hope Davis. The production is directed by Matthew Warchus and it is scheduled to close on July 19, 2009. God of Carnage is a comedy play that tells a brief tale of the two pairs of parents who try to solve a problem in a well mannered way. The child of one pair has hurt the child of the other pair, hence parents decide to talk it out in a mature and mannered way, and end up being all childish and not even near to the term well mannered. Before the play officially commences, two classmates, who happen to be 11 years of age are seen playing with each other, and during that one kid named Ferdinand Reille hurts Bruno Vallon, and knocks two teeth out of his mouth with a stick, to be more precise. To resolve the matter in a more civilized way, the parents of both the kids set up a meeting on the very same night. Alain happens to be Ferdinand's father and a lawyer by profession. Alain is most of the time busy on his cell phone to be more accurate, while on the other hand, Annette, Ferdinand's mother, is a wealth manager by profession. As for Bruno's parents, his father, Michel, is a wholesaler by professional, while Bruno's mother, Veronique, who is not well, is writer by profession and as of that moment she happens to be writing her book engulfing Darfur. Later on as the arguments among the parents start flying, it doesn't takes much time for them to lose their maturity and jump to irrationality. God of Carnage mostly received positive reviews and was warmly welcomed by the critics. Elysa Gardner of USA Today cited it "Scabrously Funny", while on the other hand David Rooney of Variety stated that, "God of Carnage is played to perfection by a scorching cast in Matthew Warchus' pungent production. Gandolfini is hilarious. Daniels hits a bull's eye. 'God of Carnage' is elegant, acerbic and entertainingly fueled on pure bile." Entertainment Weekly's Thom Geier summed the play as "Enormously fun! Christopher Hampton, Reza's longtime English language translator, has created a witty adaptation". As in the words of Joe Dziemianowicz of Daily News "James Gandolfini is at the top of his game. Director Matthew Warchus keeps the fur flying and the laughter landing. A picture-perfect production". Another positive review was given by The Bergen Record's Robert Feldberg who said, "Evenings in the theater don't get any funnier than God of Carnage.' Matthew Warchus has directed the 90-minute piece brilliantly. And the cast couldn't be better, with each of the fine actors heartily grabbing the superb material and running with it". Upcoming week's performances include one on April 21, 2009, two performances on April 22, 2009 followed by another performance on April 23. On April 24, 2009 there'll be only one performance while on April 25, two performances are scheduled.
For More Information about God of Carnage New York tickets visit:
http://www.ticketluck.com/theater-tickets/God-Of-Carnage/index.php
The Rockies along with the Miami franchise, the Florida Marlins joined the National League in 1993. Pitcher David Nied from the Atlanta Braves organization was the Rockies' first pick in the expansion draft. Nied pitched 4 seasons for the Rockies. The team's first home at-bat was a memorable one, as lead off batter Eric Young hit a home run for the Rockies.
Rockies played their first game against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium on April 5, 1993. David Nied was the starting pitcher in a game the Rockies lost, 3-0. The Rockies tasted the first win in franchise history on the franchise's first home game at Mile High Stadium, an 11-4 win.
The Rockies struggled in their first year of existence like many other expansion teams. Despite the losses, the club saw a home attendance of 4,483,350 for the season, setting a Major League record that stands to this day. The team finished the season with 67 wins, setting a record for a National League expansion franchise. Rockies first baseman Andres Galarraga has the honor of winning the batting title after hitting .370 for the season.
The trade of Walker set in motion a series of moves that would lead to a complete overhaul of the club's roster. Castilla and Jeromy Burnitz, who led the team with 37 homers in 2004, were allowed to leave as free agents following the season. Catcher Charles Johnson, who had been acquired along with Wilson in the Hampton trade, was traded to the Boston Red Sox. Other than Helton and Wilson, virtually all of the team's regular players were under the age of 30; the Rockies dubbed this group "Generation-R."
In Rockies history, Jennings had been the winningest pitcher. Following the 2006 season, Jennings was traded to the Houston Astros for outfielder Willy Taveras and pitchers Jason Hirsh and Taylor Buchholz.
Denver is at 5,280 feet above sea level. It is by far the highest city with a Major League Baseball team. Phoenix is the second-highest major league city and it is just 1,085 feet above sea level. The effects that the altitude plays on baseball games in Colorado are pronounced. Denver's altitude makes it difficult for the Rockies to field a competitive team.
Coors Field has long been regarded as the most hitter-friendly ballpark in the majors. Because of the altitude, fly balls hit there carry farther than they would at a sea-level ballpark, increasing the numbers of home runs. In addition, It is difficult for pitchers to grip the ball properly due to the dry air in Denver. The pitches do not break as much as they would elsewhere.
The Rockies built a spacious outfield at the ballpark in an effort to decrease the number of home runs that would be hit at the park. Coors Field has the deepest outfield fences in the majors; this leads to increased numbers of singles, doubles, and triples.
The Rockies have never finished lower than fifth in the National League in runs scored in their fourteen years of existence. They often lead the league in that category by a wide margin.
Rockies hitters often have wide discrepancies in their performance on the road as opposed to at home due to the relative ease of hitting at Coors compared to other ballparks. In his ten-year career, Todd Helton has a .371 batting average at home while hitting just .294 on the road.
Rockies management, including manager Clint Hurdle, had instituted an explicitly Christian code of conduct for the team's players. They have banned men's magazines (such as Maxim) and sexually explicit music from the team's clubhouse. By embracing a Christian-based code of conduct they believe will bring them focus and success.
In 2002, a humidor was installed to store baseballs at the manufacturer's specification.The Coors Field humidor is designed to keep the baseballs at the exact same size and weight as they are originally constructed for Major League Baseball. It is theorized that if every team had baseballs that were stored before the game in exactly the same conditions, it might serve as an equalizer for the teams, as well as eliminate the controversy of "tampering" with the baseballs. For more information about Colorado Rockies Tickets visit: http://www.ticketluck.com/sports-tickets/Colorado-Rockies/index.php
Le Dieu du Carnage or God of Carnage was one of the 7 plays written by the French Playwright Yasmina Reza, and in fact God of Carnage was last play that she wrote in 2006. The play was originally written in French language however it was later translated in to English by Christopher Hampton, and its first English production opened at London's West End Productions on March 25, 2008 at the Gielgud Theatre. The play features four main characters namely Alain Reille, Annette Reille, Veronique Vallon and Michel Vallon. Originally West End cast members included Ken Scott who played Michel, Janet McTeer who portrayed Veronique, Ralph Fiennes as Alain and Tamsin Greig played the role of Annette. After opening at the London's West End production, the play generally received positive ratings from critics, although a few negative reviews came along the way. This year, God of Carnage came to Broadway Productions at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, as it was premiered on February 28, 2009. God of Carnage officially opened at Broadway Productions on March 2, 2009 starring James Gandolfini, Marcia Gay, Jeff Daniels and Hope Davis. The production is directed by Matthew Warchus and it is scheduled to close on July 19, 2009. God of Carnage is a comedy play that tells a brief tale of the two pairs of parents who try to solve a problem in a well mannered way. The child of one pair has hurt the child of the other pair, hence parents decide to talk it out in a mature and mannered way, and end up being all childish and not even near to the term well mannered. Before the play officially commences, two classmates, who happen to be 11 years of age are seen playing with each other, and during that one kid named Ferdinand Reille hurts Bruno Vallon, and knocks two teeth out of his mouth with a stick, to be more precise. To resolve the matter in a more civilized way, the parents of both the kids set up a meeting on the very same night. Alain happens to be Ferdinand's father and a lawyer by profession. Alain is most of the time busy on his cell phone to be more accurate, while on the other hand, Annette, Ferdinand's mother, is a wealth manager by profession. As for Bruno's parents, his father, Michel, is a wholesaler by professional, while Bruno's mother, Veronique, who is not well, is writer by profession and as of that moment she happens to be writing her book engulfing Darfur. Later on as the arguments among the parents start flying, it doesn't takes much time for them to lose their maturity and jump to irrationality. God of Carnage mostly received positive reviews and was warmly welcomed by the critics. Elysa Gardner of USA Today cited it "Scabrously Funny", while on the other hand David Rooney of Variety stated that, "God of Carnage is played to perfection by a scorching cast in Matthew Warchus' pungent production. Gandolfini is hilarious. Daniels hits a bull's eye. 'God of Carnage' is elegant, acerbic and entertainingly fueled on pure bile." Entertainment Weekly's Thom Geier summed the play as "Enormously fun! Christopher Hampton, Reza's longtime English language translator, has created a witty adaptation". As in the words of Joe Dziemianowicz of Daily News "James Gandolfini is at the top of his game. Director Matthew Warchus keeps the fur flying and the laughter landing. A picture-perfect production". Another positive review was given by The Bergen Record's Robert Feldberg who said, "Evenings in the theater don't get any funnier than God of Carnage.' Matthew Warchus has directed the 90-minute piece brilliantly. And the cast couldn't be better, with each of the fine actors heartily grabbing the superb material and running with it". Upcoming week's performances include one on April 21, 2009, two performances on April 22, 2009 followed by another performance on April 23. On April 24, 2009 there'll be only one performance while on April 25, two performances are scheduled.
For More Information about God of Carnage New York tickets visit:
http://www.ticketluck.com/theater-tickets/God-Of-Carnage/index.php
The Rockies along with the Miami franchise, the Florida Marlins joined the National League in 1993. Pitcher David Nied from the Atlanta Braves organization was the Rockies' first pick in the expansion draft. Nied pitched 4 seasons for the Rockies. The team's first home at-bat was a memorable one, as lead off batter Eric Young hit a home run for the Rockies.
Rockies played their first game against the New York Mets at Shea Stadium on April 5, 1993. David Nied was the starting pitcher in a game the Rockies lost, 3-0. The Rockies tasted the first win in franchise history on the franchise's first home game at Mile High Stadium, an 11-4 win.
The Rockies struggled in their first year of existence like many other expansion teams. Despite the losses, the club saw a home attendance of 4,483,350 for the season, setting a Major League record that stands to this day. The team finished the season with 67 wins, setting a record for a National League expansion franchise. Rockies first baseman Andres Galarraga has the honor of winning the batting title after hitting .370 for the season.
The trade of Walker set in motion a series of moves that would lead to a complete overhaul of the club's roster. Castilla and Jeromy Burnitz, who led the team with 37 homers in 2004, were allowed to leave as free agents following the season. Catcher Charles Johnson, who had been acquired along with Wilson in the Hampton trade, was traded to the Boston Red Sox. Other than Helton and Wilson, virtually all of the team's regular players were under the age of 30; the Rockies dubbed this group "Generation-R."
In Rockies history, Jennings had been the winningest pitcher. Following the 2006 season, Jennings was traded to the Houston Astros for outfielder Willy Taveras and pitchers Jason Hirsh and Taylor Buchholz.
Denver is at 5,280 feet above sea level. It is by far the highest city with a Major League Baseball team. Phoenix is the second-highest major league city and it is just 1,085 feet above sea level. The effects that the altitude plays on baseball games in Colorado are pronounced. Denver's altitude makes it difficult for the Rockies to field a competitive team.
Coors Field has long been regarded as the most hitter-friendly ballpark in the majors. Because of the altitude, fly balls hit there carry farther than they would at a sea-level ballpark, increasing the numbers of home runs. In addition, It is difficult for pitchers to grip the ball properly due to the dry air in Denver. The pitches do not break as much as they would elsewhere.
The Rockies built a spacious outfield at the ballpark in an effort to decrease the number of home runs that would be hit at the park. Coors Field has the deepest outfield fences in the majors; this leads to increased numbers of singles, doubles, and triples.
The Rockies have never finished lower than fifth in the National League in runs scored in their fourteen years of existence. They often lead the league in that category by a wide margin.
Rockies hitters often have wide discrepancies in their performance on the road as opposed to at home due to the relative ease of hitting at Coors compared to other ballparks. In his ten-year career, Todd Helton has a .371 batting average at home while hitting just .294 on the road.
Rockies management, including manager Clint Hurdle, had instituted an explicitly Christian code of conduct for the team's players. They have banned men's magazines (such as Maxim) and sexually explicit music from the team's clubhouse. By embracing a Christian-based code of conduct they believe will bring them focus and success.
In 2002, a humidor was installed to store baseballs at the manufacturer's specification.The Coors Field humidor is designed to keep the baseballs at the exact same size and weight as they are originally constructed for Major League Baseball. It is theorized that if every team had baseballs that were stored before the game in exactly the same conditions, it might serve as an equalizer for the teams, as well as eliminate the controversy of "tampering" with the baseballs. For more information about Colorado Rockies Tickets visit: http://www.ticketluck.com/sports-tickets/Colorado-Rockies/index.php
Sunday, August 2, 2009
GAYTUDE : Critical Analysis
GAYTUDE : Critical Analysis by Dr. Santosh Kumar
GAYTUDE : Critical Analysis A review of GAYTUDE: a poetic journey around the world / Tour du monde potique bilingual poetry by Albert Russo and Adam Donaldson Powell - Xlibris 2009 (pp. 335)
Book orders - 888.795.4274 -Orders@xlibris.com
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4363-6395-2 - $22.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-4363-6396-9 - $32.99
Library of Congress Number: 2008907964 Albert Russo and Adam Donaldson Powells Gaytude, a poetic journey around the world, makes it evident that the gay poems always have a distinctive voice, because a gay poet suffers from a sense of ostracism, of being excluded by others due to difference. The tradition of celebrating Platonic friendship with a boy has always been there in world poetry. Gay poetry from Sappho to Michelangelo has always idealized the homoerotic world. Catullus (ca. 84-54) loved sex with young men. Shakespeares sonnets have been described as gay sonnets by several critics. It is well known that Derek Jarmans film The Angelic Conversation (1985) shows gay elements in Shakespeares sonnets. Lord Alfred Douglass gay poems appeared in 1896 in English and French translations. In the twentieth century two great poets: W..H. Auden and Ginsberg wrote gay poems. The publication of The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (1983) reveals its popularity and marketing needs. It is difficult to agree with the critics who condemn Whitmans gay poetry. The Boston Intelligencer declared that Whitman deserved no better reward than the lash for vulgarity and violation of decency. Both Whitmans Leaves and Emersons laudation had a common origin in temporary insanity (Bucke 201). Walt Whitman is as unacquainted with art as a hog with mathematics (Canby 327). One should never forget that according to several biographers Whitman did not engage in sexual relations with men.
It is true that a poets gay identity does not quite fit into the traditional morality of the world. This is the main reason behind vituperative hostility towards homoeroticism and gay-themed poems. But one may remember Nietzsches assertion that sexuality extends up to the very pinnacle of the soul. The queerness of Russo and Powell both to stand at a different angle to the universe, their desire for an outsider image, and a subversive quality enticing them to overthrow conventions makes Gaytude a classic. Taboo creates its own power and energy in a creative work like Gaytude. This is also true about other gay writers such as Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Bishop and James Merrill. Russo is a great poet with a passionate impulse, and he expresses it with a natural intensity devoid of any kind of laborious artistry:
I shall spoil you as no lover Ever has or will
(SURPRISE PARTY, 35).
As we made love Our bodies were on fire You were insatiable I was submissive
(ONE-NIGHT STAND, 102)
Russo does not hanker after limited joy but rather for the illimitable in the loveliness of the human body. Due to his ardor, he bursts with joy:
Our bodies commingle In a Pacific splash of ecstasy
(UNDERCURRENTS, 42).
Russo tries to forget the stern realities of life, and his idealized love seems to be the only permanent reality for him On the altar of passion, he has chosen to fall off the cliff although there are several obstructions:
Theres his age, you see And theres my career, too Then theres that awesome responsibility Towards my class Towards society And I am highly respected by my peers Yet, my attraction to him is gravitational One of these days, I shall fall off the cliff
NO TRESPASSING, 51
The above lines are a testimony to the fact that Russo arrives at the complexity by accumulating a number of concrete images interfering with his fantasy, and this fantasy is intensified in the last line revealing the utmost limits of passion, not obliterated by the terrestrial impediments. Russos poems in Gaytude are marked by a tremendous burst of creativity.
Adam Donaldson Powells poems reveal that the poets mind and imagination are fused with the white heat of ardor. He is obsessed with two moths / Playing with fire (BLADE, 24). In his poem IDENTITY, Powell expresses his desire to be loved, and looked up to. He seems to be in the quest for the sumum bonum of life, that immortal instant and great moment which will unravel his identity. With quiet determination, Powell declares:
I want a real lover Like Arthur Rimbaudor Jean Genet And I want him now
PUNK, 61
Powell shows such a deep and lofty feeling as to be in love with love (STILL HORNY, 153). This is the state of the lover as Powell depicts it. Apart from love, nothing else in life is significant. Such is the consecrated passion of the poet that he is able to write with such ecstatic outbursts:
Creamy overcast skies, Thick as yoghurt, Remind me of Youand me
CREAMY OVERCAST SKIES 154
Setting the real world at nought, Powell decides to thrive on the diet of surrealism by
the technique of transference: Real briefly becomes surreal, Through transference
INSTANT RECALL 88
In another poem, Powell expresses his inner heart in reacting against monstrous mechanization. The present climate is not in favour of rich heritage. Individual isolation in an / Out-of-control jungle (149) is the sordid gift of modern heritage marked by Wars, / Lies, /Plastic reality-show idols, Virus, / Global warming, /Uncertainty, /And all too easy access to drugs (HERITAGE? RIGHT! 149).
The poems by Russo and Powell are marked by outsiderhood, the sense of being different from a fashionable or straight mode of writing. Walter Pater aptly comments that in the poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti the dream-land with its phantoms of the body, deftly coming and going on loves service, is to him, in no mere fancy or figure of speech, a real country, a veritable expansion or addition to our waking life (Pater 223). This comment is fully applicable to the poems in Gaytude by Russo and Powell. Gaytude, bilingual poetry at its best, written, translated and adapted by Russo and Powell, also includes wonderful photographs by Russo. Several poems of Russo included in Gaytude were first published in the poets own French version in the collection Tour du monde de la poesie gay (2005). The poems in English, Italian and Spanish have been translated and adapted into French by Russo. The poems in French have been translated and adapted by both Russo and Powell.
Works Cited
Russo, Albert & Adam Donaldson Powell, Gaytude. Xlibris Corporation, 2009. Pater, Walter. Appreciations. London: Macmillan, 1931. Bucke, R. M. Walt Whitman, Philadelphia, McRay,1883. Canby, H. S. Walt Whitman, N. Y. Literary Classics, 1943.
Dr. Santosh Kumar (b. 1946) is a poet, short-story writer and an editor from UP India; DPhil in English; Chief Editor of an international literary journal Taj Mahal Review; several awards; member of World Poets Society (W.P.S.); member of World Haiku Association, Japan; published poetry in Indian Verse by Young Poets (1980), World Poetry (1995 & 1996), The Fabric of A Vision (2001), The Still Horizon (2002), The Golden Wings (2002), Voyages (2003), Symphonies (2003), New Pegasus (2004), Explorers (2004), Dwan (USA), Promise (Purple Rose Publications,USA), TMR 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007). He has also edited sixteen World Poetry Anthologies, and four books of World's Great Short Stories. He is also the author of a collection of poems entitled Helicon (Cyberwit, 2006, India, ISBN 81-901366-8-2). He is able to achieve masterly poetic effects full of a singular beauty and rhythmical artistry in his new collection New Utopia.
Gay USA Highlight: October 29, 2008
GAYTUDE : Critical Analysis A review of GAYTUDE: a poetic journey around the world / Tour du monde potique bilingual poetry by Albert Russo and Adam Donaldson Powell - Xlibris 2009 (pp. 335)
Book orders - 888.795.4274 -Orders@xlibris.com
Paperback ISBN: 978-1-4363-6395-2 - $22.99 Hardback ISBN: 978-1-4363-6396-9 - $32.99
Library of Congress Number: 2008907964 Albert Russo and Adam Donaldson Powells Gaytude, a poetic journey around the world, makes it evident that the gay poems always have a distinctive voice, because a gay poet suffers from a sense of ostracism, of being excluded by others due to difference. The tradition of celebrating Platonic friendship with a boy has always been there in world poetry. Gay poetry from Sappho to Michelangelo has always idealized the homoerotic world. Catullus (ca. 84-54) loved sex with young men. Shakespeares sonnets have been described as gay sonnets by several critics. It is well known that Derek Jarmans film The Angelic Conversation (1985) shows gay elements in Shakespeares sonnets. Lord Alfred Douglass gay poems appeared in 1896 in English and French translations. In the twentieth century two great poets: W..H. Auden and Ginsberg wrote gay poems. The publication of The Penguin Book of Homosexual Verse (1983) reveals its popularity and marketing needs. It is difficult to agree with the critics who condemn Whitmans gay poetry. The Boston Intelligencer declared that Whitman deserved no better reward than the lash for vulgarity and violation of decency. Both Whitmans Leaves and Emersons laudation had a common origin in temporary insanity (Bucke 201). Walt Whitman is as unacquainted with art as a hog with mathematics (Canby 327). One should never forget that according to several biographers Whitman did not engage in sexual relations with men.
It is true that a poets gay identity does not quite fit into the traditional morality of the world. This is the main reason behind vituperative hostility towards homoeroticism and gay-themed poems. But one may remember Nietzsches assertion that sexuality extends up to the very pinnacle of the soul. The queerness of Russo and Powell both to stand at a different angle to the universe, their desire for an outsider image, and a subversive quality enticing them to overthrow conventions makes Gaytude a classic. Taboo creates its own power and energy in a creative work like Gaytude. This is also true about other gay writers such as Walt Whitman, Elizabeth Bishop and James Merrill. Russo is a great poet with a passionate impulse, and he expresses it with a natural intensity devoid of any kind of laborious artistry:
I shall spoil you as no lover Ever has or will
(SURPRISE PARTY, 35).
As we made love Our bodies were on fire You were insatiable I was submissive
(ONE-NIGHT STAND, 102)
Russo does not hanker after limited joy but rather for the illimitable in the loveliness of the human body. Due to his ardor, he bursts with joy:
Our bodies commingle In a Pacific splash of ecstasy
(UNDERCURRENTS, 42).
Russo tries to forget the stern realities of life, and his idealized love seems to be the only permanent reality for him On the altar of passion, he has chosen to fall off the cliff although there are several obstructions:
Theres his age, you see And theres my career, too Then theres that awesome responsibility Towards my class Towards society And I am highly respected by my peers Yet, my attraction to him is gravitational One of these days, I shall fall off the cliff
NO TRESPASSING, 51
The above lines are a testimony to the fact that Russo arrives at the complexity by accumulating a number of concrete images interfering with his fantasy, and this fantasy is intensified in the last line revealing the utmost limits of passion, not obliterated by the terrestrial impediments. Russos poems in Gaytude are marked by a tremendous burst of creativity.
Adam Donaldson Powells poems reveal that the poets mind and imagination are fused with the white heat of ardor. He is obsessed with two moths / Playing with fire (BLADE, 24). In his poem IDENTITY, Powell expresses his desire to be loved, and looked up to. He seems to be in the quest for the sumum bonum of life, that immortal instant and great moment which will unravel his identity. With quiet determination, Powell declares:
I want a real lover Like Arthur Rimbaudor Jean Genet And I want him now
PUNK, 61
Powell shows such a deep and lofty feeling as to be in love with love (STILL HORNY, 153). This is the state of the lover as Powell depicts it. Apart from love, nothing else in life is significant. Such is the consecrated passion of the poet that he is able to write with such ecstatic outbursts:
Creamy overcast skies, Thick as yoghurt, Remind me of Youand me
CREAMY OVERCAST SKIES 154
Setting the real world at nought, Powell decides to thrive on the diet of surrealism by
the technique of transference: Real briefly becomes surreal, Through transference
INSTANT RECALL 88
In another poem, Powell expresses his inner heart in reacting against monstrous mechanization. The present climate is not in favour of rich heritage. Individual isolation in an / Out-of-control jungle (149) is the sordid gift of modern heritage marked by Wars, / Lies, /Plastic reality-show idols, Virus, / Global warming, /Uncertainty, /And all too easy access to drugs (HERITAGE? RIGHT! 149).
The poems by Russo and Powell are marked by outsiderhood, the sense of being different from a fashionable or straight mode of writing. Walter Pater aptly comments that in the poetry of Dante Gabriel Rossetti the dream-land with its phantoms of the body, deftly coming and going on loves service, is to him, in no mere fancy or figure of speech, a real country, a veritable expansion or addition to our waking life (Pater 223). This comment is fully applicable to the poems in Gaytude by Russo and Powell. Gaytude, bilingual poetry at its best, written, translated and adapted by Russo and Powell, also includes wonderful photographs by Russo. Several poems of Russo included in Gaytude were first published in the poets own French version in the collection Tour du monde de la poesie gay (2005). The poems in English, Italian and Spanish have been translated and adapted into French by Russo. The poems in French have been translated and adapted by both Russo and Powell.
Works Cited
Russo, Albert & Adam Donaldson Powell, Gaytude. Xlibris Corporation, 2009. Pater, Walter. Appreciations. London: Macmillan, 1931. Bucke, R. M. Walt Whitman, Philadelphia, McRay,1883. Canby, H. S. Walt Whitman, N. Y. Literary Classics, 1943.
Dr. Santosh Kumar (b. 1946) is a poet, short-story writer and an editor from UP India; DPhil in English; Chief Editor of an international literary journal Taj Mahal Review; several awards; member of World Poets Society (W.P.S.); member of World Haiku Association, Japan; published poetry in Indian Verse by Young Poets (1980), World Poetry (1995 & 1996), The Fabric of A Vision (2001), The Still Horizon (2002), The Golden Wings (2002), Voyages (2003), Symphonies (2003), New Pegasus (2004), Explorers (2004), Dwan (USA), Promise (Purple Rose Publications,USA), TMR 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 & 2007). He has also edited sixteen World Poetry Anthologies, and four books of World's Great Short Stories. He is also the author of a collection of poems entitled Helicon (Cyberwit, 2006, India, ISBN 81-901366-8-2). He is able to achieve masterly poetic effects full of a singular beauty and rhythmical artistry in his new collection New Utopia.
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Saturday, August 1, 2009
gay A Warning For America From South Africa
A Warning For America From South Africa by Gemma Meyer & David Ben-Ariel
January 2005
A Warning For America From South Africa
By Gemma Meyer (Gemma Meyer is the pseudonym of a South African journalist. She and her husband, a former conservative member of parliament, still reside in South Africa.)
People used to say that South Africa was 20 years behind the rest of the Western world. Television, for example, came late to South Africa (but so did pornography and the gay rights movement).
Today, however, South Africa may be the grim model of the future Western world, for events in America reveal trends chillingly similar to those that destroyed our country.
America's structures are Western. Your Congress, your lobbying groups, your free speech, and the way ordinary Americans either get involved or ignore politics are peculiarly Western, not the way most of the world operates. But the fact that only about a third of Americans deem it important to vote is horrifying in light of how close you are to losing your Western character.
Writing letters to the press, manning stands at county fairs, hosting fund-raising dinners, attending rallies, setting up conferences, writing your Congressman - that is what you know, and what you are comfortable with. Those are the political methods you've created for yourselves to keep your country on track and to ensure political accountability.
But woe to you if - or more likely, when - the rules change. White Americans may soon find themselves unable or unwilling to stand up to challenge the new political methods that will be the inevitable result of the ethnic metamorphosis now taking place in America. Unable to cope with the new rules of the game - violence, mob riots, intimidation through accusations of racism, demands for proportionality based on racial numbers, and all the other social and political weapons used by the have-nots to bludgeon treasure and power from the haves - Americans, like others before them, will no doubt cave in. They will compromise away their independence and ultimately their way of life.
That is exactly what happened in South Africa. I know, because I was there and I saw it happen.
Faced with revolution in the streets, strikes, civil unrest and the sheer terror and murder practiced by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC), the white government simply capitulated in order to achieve "peace."
Westerners need peace. They need order and stability. They are builders and planners. But what we got was the peace of the grave for our society.
The Third World is different - different peoples with different pasts and different cultures. Yet Westerners continue to mistake the psychology of the Third World and its peoples. Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe are perfect examples of those mistakes. Sierra Leone is in perpetual civil war, and Zimbabwe - once the thriving, stable Rhodesia - is looting the very people (the white men) who feed the country. Yet Westerners do not admit that the same kind of savagery could come to America when enough immigrants of the right type assert themselves. The fact is, Americans are sitting ducks for Third World exploitation of the Western conscience of compassion.
Those in the West who forced South Africa to surrender to the ANC and its leaders did not consider Africa to be the dangerous, corrupt, and savage place it is now in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Those Western politicians now have a similar problem looming on their own doorsteps: the demand for power and treasure from the non-Western peoples inside the realm.
It is already too late for South Africa, but not for America if enough people strengthen their spine and take on the race terrorists, the armies of the "politically correct" and, most dangerous of all, the craven politicians who believe "compassionate conservatism" will buy them a few more votes, a few more days of peace.
White South Africans, you should remember, have been in that part of Africa for the same amount of time whites have inhabited North America; yet ultimately South Africans voted for their own suicide. We are not so very different from you.
We lost our country through skillful propaganda, pressure from abroad (not least from the U.S.A.), unrelenting charges of "oppression" and "racism," and the shrewd assessment by African tyrants that the white man has many Achilles' heels, the most significant of which are his compassion, his belief in the "equality of man," and his "love your neighbor" philosophy - none of which are part of the Third World's history.
The mainline churches played a big role in the demise of Western influence throughout Africa, too; especially in South Africa. Today's tyrants were yesterday's mission-school proteges. Many dictators in Africa were men of the cloth. They knew their clerical collars would deflect criticism and obfuscate their real aims, which had nothing whatever to do with the "brotherhood of man."
Other tyrants, like the infamous Idi Amin, were trained and schooled by the whites themselves, at Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard. After receiving the best from the West, they unleashed a resentful bloodlust against their benefactors.
From what I have seen and read thus far, I fear Americans will capitulate just as we did. Americans are, generally, a soft lot. They don't want to quarrel or obstruct the claims of those who believe they were wronged. They like peace and quiet, and they want to compromise and be nice.
A television program that aired in South Africa showed a town meeting somewhere in Southern California where people met to complain about falling standards in the schools. Whites who politely spoke at the meeting clearly resented the influx of Mexican immigrants into their community. When a handful of Chicanos at the back of the hall shouted and waved their hands at them, the whites simply shrunk back into their seats rather than tell the noisemakers to shut up. They didn't want to quarrel.
In America, the courts are still the final arbiters of society's laws. But what will happen when your future majority refuses to abide by court rulings - as in Zimbabwe. What will happen when the new majority says the judges are racists, and that they refuse to acknowledge "white man's justice"? What will happen when the courts are filled with their people, or their sympathizers? In California, Proposition 187 has already been overturned.
What will you do when the future non-white majority decides to change the names of streets and cities? What will you do when they no longer want to use money that carries the portraits of old, dead white "racists" and slave owners? Will you cave in, like you did on flying the Confederate flag? What about the national anthem? Your official language?
Don't laugh. When the "majority" took over in South Africa, the first targets were our national symbols.
In another generation, America may well face what Africa is now experiencing - invasions of private land by the "have-nots;" the decline in health care quality; roads and buildings in disrepair; the banishment of your history from the education of the young; the revolutionization of your justice system.
In South Africa today, only 9 percent of murderers end up in jail. Court dockets are regularly purchased and simply disappear. Magistrates can be bribed as can the prison authorities, making escapes commonplace. Vehicle and airplane licenses are regularly purchased, and forged school and university certificates are routine.
What would you think of the ritual slaughter of animals in your neighbor's backyard? How do you clean up the blood and entrails that litter your suburban streets? How do you feel about the practice of witchcraft, in which the parts of young girls and boys are needed for "medicinal" purposes? How do you react to the burning of witches?
Don't laugh. All that is quite common in South Africa today.
Don't imagine that government officials caught with their fingers in the till will be punished. Excuses - like the need to overcome generations of white racism - will be found to exonerate the guilty.
In fact, known criminals will be voted into office because of a racial solidarity among the majority that doesn't exist among the whites. When Ian Smith of the old Rhodesia tried to stand up to the world, white South African politicians were among the Westerners pressuring him to surrender.
When Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe murders his political opponents, ignores unfavorable court decisions, terrorizes the population and siphons off millions from the state treasury for himself and his friends, South Africa's new President Thabo Mbeki holds his hand and declares his support. That just happened a few weeks ago.
Your tax dollars will go to those who don't earn and don't pay. In South Africa, organizations that used to have access to state funds such as old age homes, the arts, and veterans' services, are simply abandoned.
What will happen is that Western structures in America will be either destroyed from without, or transformed from within, used to suit the goals of the new rulers. And they will reign either through terror, as in Zimbabwe today, or exert other corrupt pressures to obtain, or buy votes. Once power is in the hands of aliens, don't expect loyalty or devotion to principle from those whose jobs are at stake. One of the most surprising and tragic components of the disaster in South Africa is how many previously anti-ANC whites simply moved to the other side.
Once you lose social, cultural, and political dominance, there is no getting it back again.
Unfortunately, your habits and values work against you. You cannot fight terror and street mobs with letters to your Congressmen. You cannot fight accusations of racism with prayer meetings. You cannot appeal to the goodness of your fellow man when the fellow man despises you for your weaknesses and hacks off the arms and legs of his political opponents.
To survive, Americans must never lose the power they now enjoy to people from alien cultures. Above all, don't put yourselves to the test of fighting only when your backs are against the wall. You will probably fail.
Millions around the world want your good life. But make no mistake: They care not for the high-minded ideals of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, and your Constitution. What they want are your posessions, your power, and your status.
And they already know that their allies among you, the "human rights activists," the skillful lawyers and the left-wing politicians will fight for them, and not for you. They will exploit your compassion and your Christian charity, and your good will.
They have studied you, Mr. and Mrs. America, and they know your weaknesses well.
They know what to do.
Do you?
**************************
Black Racists Slaughter Whites in South Africa - Where's the Outrage?
May 1: Illegal Immigration Day Defused! Death to America: Major American Cities Targeted By Terrorists?
January 2005
A Warning For America From South Africa
By Gemma Meyer (Gemma Meyer is the pseudonym of a South African journalist. She and her husband, a former conservative member of parliament, still reside in South Africa.)
People used to say that South Africa was 20 years behind the rest of the Western world. Television, for example, came late to South Africa (but so did pornography and the gay rights movement).
Today, however, South Africa may be the grim model of the future Western world, for events in America reveal trends chillingly similar to those that destroyed our country.
America's structures are Western. Your Congress, your lobbying groups, your free speech, and the way ordinary Americans either get involved or ignore politics are peculiarly Western, not the way most of the world operates. But the fact that only about a third of Americans deem it important to vote is horrifying in light of how close you are to losing your Western character.
Writing letters to the press, manning stands at county fairs, hosting fund-raising dinners, attending rallies, setting up conferences, writing your Congressman - that is what you know, and what you are comfortable with. Those are the political methods you've created for yourselves to keep your country on track and to ensure political accountability.
But woe to you if - or more likely, when - the rules change. White Americans may soon find themselves unable or unwilling to stand up to challenge the new political methods that will be the inevitable result of the ethnic metamorphosis now taking place in America. Unable to cope with the new rules of the game - violence, mob riots, intimidation through accusations of racism, demands for proportionality based on racial numbers, and all the other social and political weapons used by the have-nots to bludgeon treasure and power from the haves - Americans, like others before them, will no doubt cave in. They will compromise away their independence and ultimately their way of life.
That is exactly what happened in South Africa. I know, because I was there and I saw it happen.
Faced with revolution in the streets, strikes, civil unrest and the sheer terror and murder practiced by Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC), the white government simply capitulated in order to achieve "peace."
Westerners need peace. They need order and stability. They are builders and planners. But what we got was the peace of the grave for our society.
The Third World is different - different peoples with different pasts and different cultures. Yet Westerners continue to mistake the psychology of the Third World and its peoples. Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe are perfect examples of those mistakes. Sierra Leone is in perpetual civil war, and Zimbabwe - once the thriving, stable Rhodesia - is looting the very people (the white men) who feed the country. Yet Westerners do not admit that the same kind of savagery could come to America when enough immigrants of the right type assert themselves. The fact is, Americans are sitting ducks for Third World exploitation of the Western conscience of compassion.
Those in the West who forced South Africa to surrender to the ANC and its leaders did not consider Africa to be the dangerous, corrupt, and savage place it is now in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Those Western politicians now have a similar problem looming on their own doorsteps: the demand for power and treasure from the non-Western peoples inside the realm.
It is already too late for South Africa, but not for America if enough people strengthen their spine and take on the race terrorists, the armies of the "politically correct" and, most dangerous of all, the craven politicians who believe "compassionate conservatism" will buy them a few more votes, a few more days of peace.
White South Africans, you should remember, have been in that part of Africa for the same amount of time whites have inhabited North America; yet ultimately South Africans voted for their own suicide. We are not so very different from you.
We lost our country through skillful propaganda, pressure from abroad (not least from the U.S.A.), unrelenting charges of "oppression" and "racism," and the shrewd assessment by African tyrants that the white man has many Achilles' heels, the most significant of which are his compassion, his belief in the "equality of man," and his "love your neighbor" philosophy - none of which are part of the Third World's history.
The mainline churches played a big role in the demise of Western influence throughout Africa, too; especially in South Africa. Today's tyrants were yesterday's mission-school proteges. Many dictators in Africa were men of the cloth. They knew their clerical collars would deflect criticism and obfuscate their real aims, which had nothing whatever to do with the "brotherhood of man."
Other tyrants, like the infamous Idi Amin, were trained and schooled by the whites themselves, at Oxford, Cambridge, and Harvard. After receiving the best from the West, they unleashed a resentful bloodlust against their benefactors.
From what I have seen and read thus far, I fear Americans will capitulate just as we did. Americans are, generally, a soft lot. They don't want to quarrel or obstruct the claims of those who believe they were wronged. They like peace and quiet, and they want to compromise and be nice.
A television program that aired in South Africa showed a town meeting somewhere in Southern California where people met to complain about falling standards in the schools. Whites who politely spoke at the meeting clearly resented the influx of Mexican immigrants into their community. When a handful of Chicanos at the back of the hall shouted and waved their hands at them, the whites simply shrunk back into their seats rather than tell the noisemakers to shut up. They didn't want to quarrel.
In America, the courts are still the final arbiters of society's laws. But what will happen when your future majority refuses to abide by court rulings - as in Zimbabwe. What will happen when the new majority says the judges are racists, and that they refuse to acknowledge "white man's justice"? What will happen when the courts are filled with their people, or their sympathizers? In California, Proposition 187 has already been overturned.
What will you do when the future non-white majority decides to change the names of streets and cities? What will you do when they no longer want to use money that carries the portraits of old, dead white "racists" and slave owners? Will you cave in, like you did on flying the Confederate flag? What about the national anthem? Your official language?
Don't laugh. When the "majority" took over in South Africa, the first targets were our national symbols.
In another generation, America may well face what Africa is now experiencing - invasions of private land by the "have-nots;" the decline in health care quality; roads and buildings in disrepair; the banishment of your history from the education of the young; the revolutionization of your justice system.
In South Africa today, only 9 percent of murderers end up in jail. Court dockets are regularly purchased and simply disappear. Magistrates can be bribed as can the prison authorities, making escapes commonplace. Vehicle and airplane licenses are regularly purchased, and forged school and university certificates are routine.
What would you think of the ritual slaughter of animals in your neighbor's backyard? How do you clean up the blood and entrails that litter your suburban streets? How do you feel about the practice of witchcraft, in which the parts of young girls and boys are needed for "medicinal" purposes? How do you react to the burning of witches?
Don't laugh. All that is quite common in South Africa today.
Don't imagine that government officials caught with their fingers in the till will be punished. Excuses - like the need to overcome generations of white racism - will be found to exonerate the guilty.
In fact, known criminals will be voted into office because of a racial solidarity among the majority that doesn't exist among the whites. When Ian Smith of the old Rhodesia tried to stand up to the world, white South African politicians were among the Westerners pressuring him to surrender.
When Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe murders his political opponents, ignores unfavorable court decisions, terrorizes the population and siphons off millions from the state treasury for himself and his friends, South Africa's new President Thabo Mbeki holds his hand and declares his support. That just happened a few weeks ago.
Your tax dollars will go to those who don't earn and don't pay. In South Africa, organizations that used to have access to state funds such as old age homes, the arts, and veterans' services, are simply abandoned.
What will happen is that Western structures in America will be either destroyed from without, or transformed from within, used to suit the goals of the new rulers. And they will reign either through terror, as in Zimbabwe today, or exert other corrupt pressures to obtain, or buy votes. Once power is in the hands of aliens, don't expect loyalty or devotion to principle from those whose jobs are at stake. One of the most surprising and tragic components of the disaster in South Africa is how many previously anti-ANC whites simply moved to the other side.
Once you lose social, cultural, and political dominance, there is no getting it back again.
Unfortunately, your habits and values work against you. You cannot fight terror and street mobs with letters to your Congressmen. You cannot fight accusations of racism with prayer meetings. You cannot appeal to the goodness of your fellow man when the fellow man despises you for your weaknesses and hacks off the arms and legs of his political opponents.
To survive, Americans must never lose the power they now enjoy to people from alien cultures. Above all, don't put yourselves to the test of fighting only when your backs are against the wall. You will probably fail.
Millions around the world want your good life. But make no mistake: They care not for the high-minded ideals of Thomas Jefferson and George Washington, and your Constitution. What they want are your posessions, your power, and your status.
And they already know that their allies among you, the "human rights activists," the skillful lawyers and the left-wing politicians will fight for them, and not for you. They will exploit your compassion and your Christian charity, and your good will.
They have studied you, Mr. and Mrs. America, and they know your weaknesses well.
They know what to do.
Do you?
**************************
Black Racists Slaughter Whites in South Africa - Where's the Outrage?
May 1: Illegal Immigration Day Defused! Death to America: Major American Cities Targeted By Terrorists?
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Choosing Your London Dating Gay Friend
Choosing Your London Dating Gay Friend by Francis K. Githinji
If you have made your resolve to go for a London dating gay relationship, choosing the best gay dating friend you can find is the best thing you can do. It is not easy to achieve and you need to be very careful and strategic. You have to ask yourself a couple of fundamental queries before you have started upon the exercise.
However, the key is finding the right person you can share a relationship, vibe or simply gel with. You have to use some of your precious time to muse over what really portrays the real you in a relationship. You need to then start tuning your search for that London gay partner you are looking for. It is basically a list of some qualities you might want in a gay mate.
If you have narrowed your search for a London dating gay partner, the hardest part is finding the right person. There is no place you can easily find your gay partner like through the Internet, which is arguably the best source. You must find the best gay dating places you have to avail yourself, to meet the gay friend in reality.
Public meeting serves you with multiple purposes, as safety is very important while you are meeting a total strange person you have never met before. Find the perfect place you can have your friend relaxed and talking to you, a warm place and tranquil, so that you can both be relaxed and ready to know each other perfectly. London dating for gays is among the trendiest in the whole wide world.
London offers you a good number of dating places such as hotels, restaurants, bars and gay venues. There are immense nightclubs that can dazzle you as you continue with your choice and search for a London gay dating individual. London offers you an array of spots you can enjoy a perfect date, whether day or night. London is a perfect place for those gays or gays searching for gay relationships, because it's open to gay rights and offers you lots of fun in your search for the ultimate mate.
There is no hidden or iota of doubt that London dating for gays has a wholesome and incredible atmosphere, plus a beautiful set of munching and drinking venues for basically all gay couples. In London, gay dating is very ripe and you will enjoy the many pubs you can hang out with and without any fear. Gay pride is also organized in the city of London and it is a perfect time for London gay dating as well as meeting some novel gay partners and friends.
London gay dating can answer your gay dating questions and offer you the best of gay dating that you have never had. It gives you a perfect way of experiencing the best of London dating spree which is elegant, with some of the best gay dating spots in the world, where you feel free, relaxed, appreciated and most importantly, enjoy good company.
If you have made your resolve to go for a London dating gay relationship, choosing the best gay dating friend you can find is the best thing you can do. It is not easy to achieve and you need to be very careful and strategic. You have to ask yourself a couple of fundamental queries before you have started upon the exercise.
However, the key is finding the right person you can share a relationship, vibe or simply gel with. You have to use some of your precious time to muse over what really portrays the real you in a relationship. You need to then start tuning your search for that London gay partner you are looking for. It is basically a list of some qualities you might want in a gay mate.
If you have narrowed your search for a London dating gay partner, the hardest part is finding the right person. There is no place you can easily find your gay partner like through the Internet, which is arguably the best source. You must find the best gay dating places you have to avail yourself, to meet the gay friend in reality.
Public meeting serves you with multiple purposes, as safety is very important while you are meeting a total strange person you have never met before. Find the perfect place you can have your friend relaxed and talking to you, a warm place and tranquil, so that you can both be relaxed and ready to know each other perfectly. London dating for gays is among the trendiest in the whole wide world.
London offers you a good number of dating places such as hotels, restaurants, bars and gay venues. There are immense nightclubs that can dazzle you as you continue with your choice and search for a London gay dating individual. London offers you an array of spots you can enjoy a perfect date, whether day or night. London is a perfect place for those gays or gays searching for gay relationships, because it's open to gay rights and offers you lots of fun in your search for the ultimate mate.
There is no hidden or iota of doubt that London dating for gays has a wholesome and incredible atmosphere, plus a beautiful set of munching and drinking venues for basically all gay couples. In London, gay dating is very ripe and you will enjoy the many pubs you can hang out with and without any fear. Gay pride is also organized in the city of London and it is a perfect time for London gay dating as well as meeting some novel gay partners and friends.
London gay dating can answer your gay dating questions and offer you the best of gay dating that you have never had. It gives you a perfect way of experiencing the best of London dating spree which is elegant, with some of the best gay dating spots in the world, where you feel free, relaxed, appreciated and most importantly, enjoy good company.
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Thursday, July 30, 2009
Pattaya Thailand Tourism Showing No Sign of Slowing Down
Pattaya Thailand Tourism Showing No Sign of Slowing Down by Kal Banev
A heavy-breathing and testosterone-fuelled testament to holiday hedonism, Pattaya has lured tourists for almost four decades, and it's showing no sign of slowing down. And as past visitors move on to more genteel Thai resorts, first-time travelers from Russia and Eastern Europe now air their new passports with a fling in Asia's first and foremost Sin City. The cast may be evolving, but the scenery and soundtrack remain the same. The gorgeous half-moon of Pattaya Bay swoops around the headland to (slightly) more refined Hat Jomtien, and delicate sea-breezes whip up a heady cocktail of suntan lotion, fast food, and motorcycle and jet-ski fumes. Wide-eyed package tourists jostle with Indian tailors, ruddy-faced middle-aged Western men, and beachfront fruit and seafood vendors. Thumping beats, cruising 'baht buses' and the commercial hubbub provide an irresistible symphony. And after dark the tourists' eyes open even wider with a stroll past Pattaya's infamous go-go bars amid the sex tourism hub of Walking St. Pattaya's a stay up late kind of town, but wake up earlier than most and there are activities galore to redress your daytime/nighttime balance. Hit the dive shops to explore the city's offshore reefs and wrecks, or get some fresh air on world-class golf courses. And if you're here with the family, the kids (and mum and dad), will find plenty to do to make it a real holiday. The town's wicked essence remains defiantly intact, but around the fringes it's softening and becoming more inclusive. If you welcome it with a dash of confidence and a pinch of adventure, Pattaya's sun-kissed pursuit of happiness might prove irresistible. History US GIs kick-started Pattaya's dramatic transformation from quiet fishing village into throbbing tourist Mecca when they ventured down the coast in search of fun and frolics from their base in Nakhon Ratchasima. That was 1959. During the Vietnam War, the flow becomes a flood as troops on leave arrived to soak up Pattaya's cocktail of sun, sand and sex. Package - and sex - tourists followed, and Southeastern Thailand's golden goose grew fat on the seemingly bottomless pot of dollars pouring into the local economy. More recently Pattaya is striving to re-position itself as a 'family-friendly' destination, and while the grit, glitz and seedy glamour remain, the 'town that sex built' is now offering more attractions that won't have the kids asking awkward questions. Orientation Curving around Ao Pattaya (Pattaya Bay), Hat Pattaya (Pattaya Beach) is the city's showcase stretch of sand. Th Hat Pattaya (known colloquially as Beach Rd) runs along the waterfront and is lined with hotels, shopping centres and, towards the north, go-go bars. At the southern end of Th Hat Pattaya, 'Walking St' is a semi-pedestrianised jumble of restaurants and nightclubs. The alleyways running between Th Hat Pattaya and Th Pattaya 2 each have their own character: Soi 13 is filled with pleasant, midrange hotels while Soi 3 is the heart of the gay area, dubbed 'Boyztown'. Development is ongoing, and at the time of writing the third street back from the beach, Th Pattaya 3, was awash with the construction of new hotels, bars and restaurants. If you're after a tad more tranquility then head to Hat Jomtien, a 6km stretch of attractive beach and cleaner water, 5km south of Hat Pattaya. Hat Naklua, a smaller beach 1km north of Pattaya, is also quiet.
A heavy-breathing and testosterone-fuelled testament to holiday hedonism, Pattaya has lured tourists for almost four decades, and it's showing no sign of slowing down. And as past visitors move on to more genteel Thai resorts, first-time travelers from Russia and Eastern Europe now air their new passports with a fling in Asia's first and foremost Sin City. The cast may be evolving, but the scenery and soundtrack remain the same. The gorgeous half-moon of Pattaya Bay swoops around the headland to (slightly) more refined Hat Jomtien, and delicate sea-breezes whip up a heady cocktail of suntan lotion, fast food, and motorcycle and jet-ski fumes. Wide-eyed package tourists jostle with Indian tailors, ruddy-faced middle-aged Western men, and beachfront fruit and seafood vendors. Thumping beats, cruising 'baht buses' and the commercial hubbub provide an irresistible symphony. And after dark the tourists' eyes open even wider with a stroll past Pattaya's infamous go-go bars amid the sex tourism hub of Walking St. Pattaya's a stay up late kind of town, but wake up earlier than most and there are activities galore to redress your daytime/nighttime balance. Hit the dive shops to explore the city's offshore reefs and wrecks, or get some fresh air on world-class golf courses. And if you're here with the family, the kids (and mum and dad), will find plenty to do to make it a real holiday. The town's wicked essence remains defiantly intact, but around the fringes it's softening and becoming more inclusive. If you welcome it with a dash of confidence and a pinch of adventure, Pattaya's sun-kissed pursuit of happiness might prove irresistible. History US GIs kick-started Pattaya's dramatic transformation from quiet fishing village into throbbing tourist Mecca when they ventured down the coast in search of fun and frolics from their base in Nakhon Ratchasima. That was 1959. During the Vietnam War, the flow becomes a flood as troops on leave arrived to soak up Pattaya's cocktail of sun, sand and sex. Package - and sex - tourists followed, and Southeastern Thailand's golden goose grew fat on the seemingly bottomless pot of dollars pouring into the local economy. More recently Pattaya is striving to re-position itself as a 'family-friendly' destination, and while the grit, glitz and seedy glamour remain, the 'town that sex built' is now offering more attractions that won't have the kids asking awkward questions. Orientation Curving around Ao Pattaya (Pattaya Bay), Hat Pattaya (Pattaya Beach) is the city's showcase stretch of sand. Th Hat Pattaya (known colloquially as Beach Rd) runs along the waterfront and is lined with hotels, shopping centres and, towards the north, go-go bars. At the southern end of Th Hat Pattaya, 'Walking St' is a semi-pedestrianised jumble of restaurants and nightclubs. The alleyways running between Th Hat Pattaya and Th Pattaya 2 each have their own character: Soi 13 is filled with pleasant, midrange hotels while Soi 3 is the heart of the gay area, dubbed 'Boyztown'. Development is ongoing, and at the time of writing the third street back from the beach, Th Pattaya 3, was awash with the construction of new hotels, bars and restaurants. If you're after a tad more tranquility then head to Hat Jomtien, a 6km stretch of attractive beach and cleaner water, 5km south of Hat Pattaya. Hat Naklua, a smaller beach 1km north of Pattaya, is also quiet.
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Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Michael Jackson's Killer? OD, AAD or AIDS?
Michael Jackson's Killer? OD, AAD or AIDS? by David Comfort
Michael Jackson's Killer: OD, AAD, or AIDS?
Family friend, Stacy Brown, told Jackson biographer, Ian Halperin, that in 2001 Janet, Tito, and Randy staged a drug intervention on their famous brother. He sent them away saying, "I'll be dead in a year anyway." Was Michael aware of having a terminal disease even then? At that time, the star was indeed in desperate physical condition and taking many prescription drugs - not only pain killers, tranquilizers, and sedatives, but powerful antibiotic and anti-inflammatory cocktails. He had cancelled appearances due to "back problems," "exhaustion," and bouts with the "flu." In his last years, Elvis - the father-in-law whom he never met -- had done the same. Both the King of Rock and the King of Pop had been diagnosed with Lupus, noted for such symptoms and many far more debilitating ones. Jackson also suffered from AAD -- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, a rare lung ailment, with emphysema-like symptoms. He was injected with pulmonary protein from human blood, a treatment usually successful, but not with him. In addition to the flu-like symptoms, he was now often bed and wheelchair bound, suffering from vision loss, weight loss, hyperventilation, nausea, insomnia, mental disorientation. Some of these are symptoms of Lupus, some of AAD. But all are the symptoms of advanced AIDS. Queen's Freddy Mercury suffered from the same ailments at the end of his life. The day before he died in 1991, Mercury confirmed long-standing rumors that he had AIDS and was homosexual. This is not to say that Michael Jackson did in fact have AIDS. Only that his symptoms closely corresponded with those of the disease, and that a medical forensic expert would be negligent to not consider the possibility. HIV, as is well known, is most commonly contracted sexually or through transfusion of infected blood. Given his prolific surgical history, Jackson likely received a transfusion at some time. But that he was infected in this manner seems less likely than the alternative. "He was also playing a truly dangerous game," continues biographer, Ian Halperin (Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson). "It is clear to me that Michael was homosexual and that his taste was for young men, albeit not as young as Jordan Chandler or Gavin Arvizo [the boys Jackson was accused of molesting].... In the course of my investigations, I spoke to two of his gay lovers, one a Hollywood waiter, the other an aspiring actor." Halperin goes on to say that the waiter remained friends with Jackson until the end, and that the actor provided photographs and a witness. The biographer adds: "When Jackson lived in Las Vegas, one of his closest aides told me how he would sneak off to a 'grungy, rat-infested' motel - often dressed as a woman to disguise his identity -'to meet a male construction worker he had fallen in love with.'" Though, with Elton John and others, Michael was an AIDS activist, he of course never outted himself or revealed the truth of his own condition had he indeed been HIV positive. This is regrettable since such an admission, though damaging to his reputation in homophobic circles, would have provided an immeasuraable boost to awareness and treatment of the tragic condition.
Whatever Michael Jackson's disease was, it seems indisputable that it caused him excruciating pain, both physical and psychological. Thus in his final years he was ingesting Demerol, Dilaudid Vistaril, Xanax, Zoloft, Prosac, Proilosec, and Ritalin on a daily basis and at a monthly cost of $48,000. In his last days, he begged his nurse for an IV of Diprivan used in general anesthesia for major surgery. Such a superhuman habit was rivaled by only Elvis himself. Like his father-in-law, too, Michael carried his narcotics in a huge suitcase filled with pre-loaded syringes and IV bags. In spite of his consumption, he, like Elvis, suffered from insomnia and, when he managed to briefly fall asleep, he had nightmares of being murdered. Jackson completed several hospital detoxes but afterwards soon fell off the wagon again. So, too, had Elvis, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, and Kurt Cobain. Family and friends tried to get Hendrix and Morrison to detox, but failed. Of all the stars, Jackson and Elvis were the only prescription junkies. Both had coast-to-coast providers and had the prescriptions made out in the names of employees. Elvis's main supplier was Dr. George Nichopoulos, aka "Needle Nick." Nick prescribed 10,000 sedatives, amphetamines, and narcotics to his patient in the last eight months of his life. Several years before, when the doctor threatened to cut off his supply, the King shot him. After Elvis's fatal OD, Dr. Nichopoulos was tried for second-degree murder and acquitted, but lost his medical license. Unsatisfied, Elvis's father, Vernon, tried to have him assassinated in a football stadium. Michael's own last personal physician was Dr. Conrad Murray. Like Dr. Nick, he tried to administer CPR to his patient. Murray's explanation for waiting a half hour to call an ambulance was that he couldn't find a corded phone and didn't know the address of the house he had been living in with his patient for two weeks. Similar delays in calling the authorities occurred at the death scenes of other stars; in all these cases, narcotics were removed from the premises. The LAPD reportedly removed prescription drugs from the trunk of Dr. Murray's car. His Houston-based lawyer states that Dr. Murray never injected Michael Jackson with Demerol as has been alleged, nor had he ever prescribed him narcotics. The coroner discovered pill residue in the star's stomach and countless injection sites all over the body. Four were fresh injections to the heart. According to ABC news, in 2002 Murray's Houston medical clinic was closed for being what authorities called a 'pill mill." In any case, the fundamental question remains: What was the real cause of Michael Jackson's death? Pending further autopsy and toxicology results, the original stated cause goes unchallenged: Cardiac arrest. But what caused this? An overdose of Demerol or Diprivan, as alleged by many? But, even if so, why were such narcotics and anesthetics being administered? The question brings us full circle back to the original mystery. The kind of mystery beneath which lies not just one cause, but many and not all of them physical. And, in the end, as with the other legendary stars, though we may one day discover how the King of Pop died, it is unlikely that we will ever understand why.
Michael Jackson's Killer: OD, AAD, or AIDS?
Family friend, Stacy Brown, told Jackson biographer, Ian Halperin, that in 2001 Janet, Tito, and Randy staged a drug intervention on their famous brother. He sent them away saying, "I'll be dead in a year anyway." Was Michael aware of having a terminal disease even then? At that time, the star was indeed in desperate physical condition and taking many prescription drugs - not only pain killers, tranquilizers, and sedatives, but powerful antibiotic and anti-inflammatory cocktails. He had cancelled appearances due to "back problems," "exhaustion," and bouts with the "flu." In his last years, Elvis - the father-in-law whom he never met -- had done the same. Both the King of Rock and the King of Pop had been diagnosed with Lupus, noted for such symptoms and many far more debilitating ones. Jackson also suffered from AAD -- Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, a rare lung ailment, with emphysema-like symptoms. He was injected with pulmonary protein from human blood, a treatment usually successful, but not with him. In addition to the flu-like symptoms, he was now often bed and wheelchair bound, suffering from vision loss, weight loss, hyperventilation, nausea, insomnia, mental disorientation. Some of these are symptoms of Lupus, some of AAD. But all are the symptoms of advanced AIDS. Queen's Freddy Mercury suffered from the same ailments at the end of his life. The day before he died in 1991, Mercury confirmed long-standing rumors that he had AIDS and was homosexual. This is not to say that Michael Jackson did in fact have AIDS. Only that his symptoms closely corresponded with those of the disease, and that a medical forensic expert would be negligent to not consider the possibility. HIV, as is well known, is most commonly contracted sexually or through transfusion of infected blood. Given his prolific surgical history, Jackson likely received a transfusion at some time. But that he was infected in this manner seems less likely than the alternative. "He was also playing a truly dangerous game," continues biographer, Ian Halperin (Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson). "It is clear to me that Michael was homosexual and that his taste was for young men, albeit not as young as Jordan Chandler or Gavin Arvizo [the boys Jackson was accused of molesting].... In the course of my investigations, I spoke to two of his gay lovers, one a Hollywood waiter, the other an aspiring actor." Halperin goes on to say that the waiter remained friends with Jackson until the end, and that the actor provided photographs and a witness. The biographer adds: "When Jackson lived in Las Vegas, one of his closest aides told me how he would sneak off to a 'grungy, rat-infested' motel - often dressed as a woman to disguise his identity -'to meet a male construction worker he had fallen in love with.'" Though, with Elton John and others, Michael was an AIDS activist, he of course never outted himself or revealed the truth of his own condition had he indeed been HIV positive. This is regrettable since such an admission, though damaging to his reputation in homophobic circles, would have provided an immeasuraable boost to awareness and treatment of the tragic condition.
Whatever Michael Jackson's disease was, it seems indisputable that it caused him excruciating pain, both physical and psychological. Thus in his final years he was ingesting Demerol, Dilaudid Vistaril, Xanax, Zoloft, Prosac, Proilosec, and Ritalin on a daily basis and at a monthly cost of $48,000. In his last days, he begged his nurse for an IV of Diprivan used in general anesthesia for major surgery. Such a superhuman habit was rivaled by only Elvis himself. Like his father-in-law, too, Michael carried his narcotics in a huge suitcase filled with pre-loaded syringes and IV bags. In spite of his consumption, he, like Elvis, suffered from insomnia and, when he managed to briefly fall asleep, he had nightmares of being murdered. Jackson completed several hospital detoxes but afterwards soon fell off the wagon again. So, too, had Elvis, John Lennon, Janis Joplin, Jerry Garcia, and Kurt Cobain. Family and friends tried to get Hendrix and Morrison to detox, but failed. Of all the stars, Jackson and Elvis were the only prescription junkies. Both had coast-to-coast providers and had the prescriptions made out in the names of employees. Elvis's main supplier was Dr. George Nichopoulos, aka "Needle Nick." Nick prescribed 10,000 sedatives, amphetamines, and narcotics to his patient in the last eight months of his life. Several years before, when the doctor threatened to cut off his supply, the King shot him. After Elvis's fatal OD, Dr. Nichopoulos was tried for second-degree murder and acquitted, but lost his medical license. Unsatisfied, Elvis's father, Vernon, tried to have him assassinated in a football stadium. Michael's own last personal physician was Dr. Conrad Murray. Like Dr. Nick, he tried to administer CPR to his patient. Murray's explanation for waiting a half hour to call an ambulance was that he couldn't find a corded phone and didn't know the address of the house he had been living in with his patient for two weeks. Similar delays in calling the authorities occurred at the death scenes of other stars; in all these cases, narcotics were removed from the premises. The LAPD reportedly removed prescription drugs from the trunk of Dr. Murray's car. His Houston-based lawyer states that Dr. Murray never injected Michael Jackson with Demerol as has been alleged, nor had he ever prescribed him narcotics. The coroner discovered pill residue in the star's stomach and countless injection sites all over the body. Four were fresh injections to the heart. According to ABC news, in 2002 Murray's Houston medical clinic was closed for being what authorities called a 'pill mill." In any case, the fundamental question remains: What was the real cause of Michael Jackson's death? Pending further autopsy and toxicology results, the original stated cause goes unchallenged: Cardiac arrest. But what caused this? An overdose of Demerol or Diprivan, as alleged by many? But, even if so, why were such narcotics and anesthetics being administered? The question brings us full circle back to the original mystery. The kind of mystery beneath which lies not just one cause, but many and not all of them physical. And, in the end, as with the other legendary stars, though we may one day discover how the King of Pop died, it is unlikely that we will ever understand why.
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Mediation in Gay Marriages and Domestic Partnerships
Mediation in Gay Marriages and Domestic Partnerships by Peacetalks
From adoption to ending a relationship, LGBT couples experience many of the same complex legal and emotional relationship issues as heterosexual couples. And there are also problems that are distinctly unique to LGBT and lesbian couples. Some of these issues stem from societal stigmas, while others are borne out of unique obstacles created by the law.Same sex or LGBT marriage is currently not recognized by the US Federal Government under the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA was passed in 1996 and signed by President Bill Clinton. What it states is that:*No state needs to treat a union between two people of the same sex as a marriage, even if the relationship is considered a marriage in another state.*The federal government doesn't recognize same sex couples as married, even if they are recognized as married by one of the states.LGBT marriage is currently allowed in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine and Vermont. However, because of DOMA, these marriages do not have full legal recognition and protection. Though a LGBT relationship is in many ways exactly like a marriage in terms of love, commitment and responsibility, many of the benefits that come with marriage from federal law are not available to same-sex couples. The every day needs of these couples are not always addressed.Perhaps the most important thing to realize about being in a committed, LGBT relationship is that even if you and your partner have lived together for several years, you are not considered domestic partners by law unless you register as domestic partners. If you are not sure of how to register as a domestic partner at your state or are unsure of what is involved, a mediator can resolve and facilitate the legal aspect of your partnership in a sane and sensible way. About Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc., in Los Angeles, CA, is a pioneer in the area of LGBT domestic partnership mediation. In fact, mediators all over the country are on the vanguard of this emerging area of the law because of the flexibility of mediation and the fact that gay marriage'slegal framework is ever-changing. As one example, 18,000 LGBT couples married in California during the five month window in 2008 which allowed same-sex marriage. It has still yet to be determined how California will treat these couples as a legal entity.A California domestic partnership is almost exactly like a marriage. Rights like health insurance and hospital visitation are granted when partners register with the state. The partners can even legally change their last names. If you and your partner decide not to register as domestic partners, you can use a cohabitation agreement to designate respective interests on property, income and financial support if the relationship is terminated. For some of the most frequently asked questions about LGTBQ couples, click here www.peace-talks.com/samesexfaw.php.The important thing to realize is that regardless of your feelings or political thoughts about LGBT marriage and whether you as a LGBT person want to marry, there is law surrounding domestic partnerships. Also, like anything else, some aspect of domestic partnerships may be considered drawbacks:Some Drawbacks to Domestic Partnerships;*If you make more money than your partner and break up, you may have to share your assets.*If one partner has immigration issues, those issues remain because being a domestic partner doesn't guarantee citizenship.*Registrations are public so if privacy is important to you, that's important to know.For some good information on the difference between LGBT marriage and a domestic partnerships and the components of each, click here www.peace-talks.com/samesexcomp.php.Do my partner and I have to meet any requirements to qualify for domestic partnership? You must both be members of the Same Sex Couples Mediation and live together (but both your names do not have to be on the home title). Neither of you can be married to someone else or be in another domestic partnership that hasn't been terminated. You cannot be blood relatives. You must both be at least 18 and capable of consenting to the domestic partnership.We highly advise that if you are in a committed relationship with someone of the same sex, no matter what you call it, that you meet with a mediator or attorney who specializes in LGBTQ unions and make sure you understand the benefits, responsibilities and drawbacks of LGBT marriage and domestic partnership. Make sure the mediator you choose is familiar with the laws in your state about domestic partnership.To find out more about how a mediator can help you negotiate your same sex union issues to make sure you get every benefit of the legal aspects of your commitment to each other, click here www.peace-talks.com/samesex.php.
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Barack Obama on Gay Marriage
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From adoption to ending a relationship, LGBT couples experience many of the same complex legal and emotional relationship issues as heterosexual couples. And there are also problems that are distinctly unique to LGBT and lesbian couples. Some of these issues stem from societal stigmas, while others are borne out of unique obstacles created by the law.Same sex or LGBT marriage is currently not recognized by the US Federal Government under the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). DOMA was passed in 1996 and signed by President Bill Clinton. What it states is that:*No state needs to treat a union between two people of the same sex as a marriage, even if the relationship is considered a marriage in another state.*The federal government doesn't recognize same sex couples as married, even if they are recognized as married by one of the states.LGBT marriage is currently allowed in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Iowa, Maine and Vermont. However, because of DOMA, these marriages do not have full legal recognition and protection. Though a LGBT relationship is in many ways exactly like a marriage in terms of love, commitment and responsibility, many of the benefits that come with marriage from federal law are not available to same-sex couples. The every day needs of these couples are not always addressed.Perhaps the most important thing to realize about being in a committed, LGBT relationship is that even if you and your partner have lived together for several years, you are not considered domestic partners by law unless you register as domestic partners. If you are not sure of how to register as a domestic partner at your state or are unsure of what is involved, a mediator can resolve and facilitate the legal aspect of your partnership in a sane and sensible way. About Peace Talks Mediation Services, Inc., in Los Angeles, CA, is a pioneer in the area of LGBT domestic partnership mediation. In fact, mediators all over the country are on the vanguard of this emerging area of the law because of the flexibility of mediation and the fact that gay marriage'slegal framework is ever-changing. As one example, 18,000 LGBT couples married in California during the five month window in 2008 which allowed same-sex marriage. It has still yet to be determined how California will treat these couples as a legal entity.A California domestic partnership is almost exactly like a marriage. Rights like health insurance and hospital visitation are granted when partners register with the state. The partners can even legally change their last names. If you and your partner decide not to register as domestic partners, you can use a cohabitation agreement to designate respective interests on property, income and financial support if the relationship is terminated. For some of the most frequently asked questions about LGTBQ couples, click here www.peace-talks.com/samesexfaw.php.The important thing to realize is that regardless of your feelings or political thoughts about LGBT marriage and whether you as a LGBT person want to marry, there is law surrounding domestic partnerships. Also, like anything else, some aspect of domestic partnerships may be considered drawbacks:Some Drawbacks to Domestic Partnerships;*If you make more money than your partner and break up, you may have to share your assets.*If one partner has immigration issues, those issues remain because being a domestic partner doesn't guarantee citizenship.*Registrations are public so if privacy is important to you, that's important to know.For some good information on the difference between LGBT marriage and a domestic partnerships and the components of each, click here www.peace-talks.com/samesexcomp.php.Do my partner and I have to meet any requirements to qualify for domestic partnership? You must both be members of the Same Sex Couples Mediation and live together (but both your names do not have to be on the home title). Neither of you can be married to someone else or be in another domestic partnership that hasn't been terminated. You cannot be blood relatives. You must both be at least 18 and capable of consenting to the domestic partnership.We highly advise that if you are in a committed relationship with someone of the same sex, no matter what you call it, that you meet with a mediator or attorney who specializes in LGBTQ unions and make sure you understand the benefits, responsibilities and drawbacks of LGBT marriage and domestic partnership. Make sure the mediator you choose is familiar with the laws in your state about domestic partnership.To find out more about how a mediator can help you negotiate your same sex union issues to make sure you get every benefit of the legal aspects of your commitment to each other, click here www.peace-talks.com/samesex.php.
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Barack Obama on Gay Marriage
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gay about a gay
The word "gay" arrived in English during the 12th century from Old French gai, most likely deriving ultimately from a Germanic source.[1] For most of its life in English, the word's primary meaning was "joyful", "carefree", "bright and showy", and the word was very commonly used with this meaning in speech and literature. For example, the optimistic 1890s are still often referred to as the Gay Nineties. The title of the 1938 French ballet Gaîté Parisienne ("Parisian Gaiety") also illustrates this connotation. It was apparently not until the 20th century that the word began to be used to mean specifically "homosexual", although it had earlier acquired sexual connotations.[1]
The derived abstract noun gaiety remains largely free of sexual connotations, although it has in the past been used in the names of places of entertainment; for example W.B. Yeats heard Oscar Wilde lecture at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.[6]
Sexualization
The word had started to acquire associations of immorality by 1637[1] and was used in the late 17th century with the meaning "addicted to pleasures and dissipations."[7] This was by extension from the primary meaning of "carefree": implying "uninhibited by moral constraints." A gay woman was a prostitute, a gay man a womanizer and a gay house a brothel.[1]
The use of gay to mean "homosexual" was in origin merely an extension of the word's sexualised connotation of "carefree and uninhibited", which implied a willingness to disregard conventional or respectable sexual mores. Such usage is documented as early as the 1920s, and there is evidence for it before the 20th century,[1] although it was initially more commonly used to imply heterosexually unconstrained lifestyles, as in the once-common phrase "gay Lothario",[8] or in the title of the book and film The Gay Falcon (1941), which concerns a womanizing detective whose first name is "Gay." Well into the mid 20th century a middle-aged bachelor could be described as "gay", indicating that he was unattached and therefore free, without any implication of homosexuality. This usage could apply to women too. The British comic strip Jane was first published in the 1930s and described the adventures of Jane Gay. Far from implying homosexuality, it referred to her free-wheeling lifestyle with plenty of boyfriends (while also punning on Lady Jane Grey).
A passage from Gertrude Stein's Miss Furr & Miss Skeene (1922) is possibly the first traceable published use of the word to refer to a homosexual relationship. According to Linda Wagner-Martin (Favored Strangers: Gertrude Stein and her Family (1995)) the portrait, "featured the sly repetition of the word gay, used with sexual intent for one of the first times in linguistic history," and Edmund Wilson (1951, quoted by James Mellow in Charmed Circle (1974)) agreed[9]. For example:
“
They were ...gay, they learned little things that are things in being gay, ... they were quite regularly gay.
”
—Gertrude Stein, 1922
The 1929 musical Bitter Sweet by Noel Coward contains another use of the word in a context that strongly implies homosexuality. In the song "Green Carnation", four overdressed, 1890s dandies sing:
“
Pretty boys, witty boys,You may sneerAt our disintegration.Haughty boys, naughty boys,Dear, dear, dear!Swooning with affectation...And as we are the reasonFor the "Nineties" being gay,We all wear a green carnation.
”
—Noel Coward, 1929 , Bitter Sweet
The song title alludes to Oscar Wilde, who famously wore a green carnation, and whose homosexuality was well known. However, the phrase "gay nineties" was already well-established as an epithet for the decade (a film entitled The Gay Nineties; or, The Unfaithful Husband was released in the same year). The song also drew on familiar satires on Wilde and Aestheticism dating back to Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience (1881). Because of its continuation of these public usages and conventions – in a mainstream musical – the precise connotations of the word in this context remain ambiguous.
Through the mid 20th century, the term "gay" commonly referred to "carefree", as illustrated in the Astaire and Rogers film The Gay Divorcee.
Other usages at this date involve some of the same ambiguity as Coward's lyrics. Bringing Up Baby (1938) was the first film to use the word gay in apparent reference to homosexuality. In a scene where Cary Grant's clothes have been sent to the cleaners, he must wear a lady's feathery robe. When another character inquires about his clothes, he responds "Because I just went gay...all of a sudden!"[10] However, since this was a mainstream film at a time when the use of the word to refer to homosexuality would still be unfamiliar to most film-goers, the line can also be interpreted to mean "I just decided to do something frivolous." There is much debate about what Grant meant with the ad-lib (the line was not in the script). The word continued to be used with the dominant meaning of "carefree", as evidenced by the title of The Gay Divorcee (1934), a musical film about a heterosexual couple. It was originally to be called "The Gay Divorce" after the play on which it was based, but the Hays Office determined that while a divorcee may be gay, it would be unseemly to allow a divorce to appear so.
Shift to "homosexual"
By the mid-20th century, "gay" was well-established as an antonym for "straight" (which had connotations of respectability), and to refer to the lifestyles of unmarried and/or unattached people. Other connotations of frivolousness and showiness in dress ("gay attire") led to association with camp and effeminacy. This association no doubt helped the gradual narrowing in scope of the term towards its current dominant meaning, which was at first confined to subcultures. Gay was the preferred term since other terms, such as "queer", were felt to be derogatory. "Homosexual" is perceived as excessively clinical[11][12][13], since the sexual orientation now commonly referred to as "homosexuality" was at that time a mental illness diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
In mid-20th century Britain, where male homosexuality was illegal until the Sexual Offences Act 1967, to openly identify someone as homosexual was considered very offensive and an accusation of serious criminal activity. Additionally, none of the words describing any aspect of homosexuality were considered suitable for polite society. Consequently, a number of ironic euphemisms were used to hint at suspected homosexuality. Examples include "sporty" girls and "artistic" boys[14], all with the stress deliberately on the otherwise completely innocent adjective.
By 1963, a new sense of the word "gay" was known well enough to be used by Albert Ellis in his book The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Man-Hunting. However, later examples of the original meaning of the word being used in popular culture include the theme song to the 1960–1966 animated TV series The Flintstones, whereby viewers are assured that they'll "have a gay old time." Similarly, the 1966 Herman's Hermits song "No Milk Today", which became a Top 10 hit in the UK and a Top 40 hit in the U.S. and included the lyric "No milk today, it wasn't always so / The company was gay, we'd turn night into day."[15] In June 1967, the headline of the review of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album in the British daily newspaper The Times stated "The Beatles revive hopes of progress in pop music with their gay new LP".[16] Also worth noting is that, as late as 1970, the first episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show has the demonstrably straight Mary Richards' downstairs neighbour, Phyllis, breezily declaiming that Mary is, at age 30, still "young and gay."
There is little doubt that the homosexual sense is a development of the word's traditional meaning, as described above. It has nevertheless been claimed that "gay" stands for "Good As You", but there is no evidence for this: it is a folk etymology backronym.[17]
The derived abstract noun gaiety remains largely free of sexual connotations, although it has in the past been used in the names of places of entertainment; for example W.B. Yeats heard Oscar Wilde lecture at the Gaiety Theatre in Dublin.[6]
Sexualization
The word had started to acquire associations of immorality by 1637[1] and was used in the late 17th century with the meaning "addicted to pleasures and dissipations."[7] This was by extension from the primary meaning of "carefree": implying "uninhibited by moral constraints." A gay woman was a prostitute, a gay man a womanizer and a gay house a brothel.[1]
The use of gay to mean "homosexual" was in origin merely an extension of the word's sexualised connotation of "carefree and uninhibited", which implied a willingness to disregard conventional or respectable sexual mores. Such usage is documented as early as the 1920s, and there is evidence for it before the 20th century,[1] although it was initially more commonly used to imply heterosexually unconstrained lifestyles, as in the once-common phrase "gay Lothario",[8] or in the title of the book and film The Gay Falcon (1941), which concerns a womanizing detective whose first name is "Gay." Well into the mid 20th century a middle-aged bachelor could be described as "gay", indicating that he was unattached and therefore free, without any implication of homosexuality. This usage could apply to women too. The British comic strip Jane was first published in the 1930s and described the adventures of Jane Gay. Far from implying homosexuality, it referred to her free-wheeling lifestyle with plenty of boyfriends (while also punning on Lady Jane Grey).
A passage from Gertrude Stein's Miss Furr & Miss Skeene (1922) is possibly the first traceable published use of the word to refer to a homosexual relationship. According to Linda Wagner-Martin (Favored Strangers: Gertrude Stein and her Family (1995)) the portrait, "featured the sly repetition of the word gay, used with sexual intent for one of the first times in linguistic history," and Edmund Wilson (1951, quoted by James Mellow in Charmed Circle (1974)) agreed[9]. For example:
“
They were ...gay, they learned little things that are things in being gay, ... they were quite regularly gay.
”
—Gertrude Stein, 1922
The 1929 musical Bitter Sweet by Noel Coward contains another use of the word in a context that strongly implies homosexuality. In the song "Green Carnation", four overdressed, 1890s dandies sing:
“
Pretty boys, witty boys,You may sneerAt our disintegration.Haughty boys, naughty boys,Dear, dear, dear!Swooning with affectation...And as we are the reasonFor the "Nineties" being gay,We all wear a green carnation.
”
—Noel Coward, 1929 , Bitter Sweet
The song title alludes to Oscar Wilde, who famously wore a green carnation, and whose homosexuality was well known. However, the phrase "gay nineties" was already well-established as an epithet for the decade (a film entitled The Gay Nineties; or, The Unfaithful Husband was released in the same year). The song also drew on familiar satires on Wilde and Aestheticism dating back to Gilbert and Sullivan's Patience (1881). Because of its continuation of these public usages and conventions – in a mainstream musical – the precise connotations of the word in this context remain ambiguous.
Through the mid 20th century, the term "gay" commonly referred to "carefree", as illustrated in the Astaire and Rogers film The Gay Divorcee.
Other usages at this date involve some of the same ambiguity as Coward's lyrics. Bringing Up Baby (1938) was the first film to use the word gay in apparent reference to homosexuality. In a scene where Cary Grant's clothes have been sent to the cleaners, he must wear a lady's feathery robe. When another character inquires about his clothes, he responds "Because I just went gay...all of a sudden!"[10] However, since this was a mainstream film at a time when the use of the word to refer to homosexuality would still be unfamiliar to most film-goers, the line can also be interpreted to mean "I just decided to do something frivolous." There is much debate about what Grant meant with the ad-lib (the line was not in the script). The word continued to be used with the dominant meaning of "carefree", as evidenced by the title of The Gay Divorcee (1934), a musical film about a heterosexual couple. It was originally to be called "The Gay Divorce" after the play on which it was based, but the Hays Office determined that while a divorcee may be gay, it would be unseemly to allow a divorce to appear so.
Shift to "homosexual"
By the mid-20th century, "gay" was well-established as an antonym for "straight" (which had connotations of respectability), and to refer to the lifestyles of unmarried and/or unattached people. Other connotations of frivolousness and showiness in dress ("gay attire") led to association with camp and effeminacy. This association no doubt helped the gradual narrowing in scope of the term towards its current dominant meaning, which was at first confined to subcultures. Gay was the preferred term since other terms, such as "queer", were felt to be derogatory. "Homosexual" is perceived as excessively clinical[11][12][13], since the sexual orientation now commonly referred to as "homosexuality" was at that time a mental illness diagnosis in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
In mid-20th century Britain, where male homosexuality was illegal until the Sexual Offences Act 1967, to openly identify someone as homosexual was considered very offensive and an accusation of serious criminal activity. Additionally, none of the words describing any aspect of homosexuality were considered suitable for polite society. Consequently, a number of ironic euphemisms were used to hint at suspected homosexuality. Examples include "sporty" girls and "artistic" boys[14], all with the stress deliberately on the otherwise completely innocent adjective.
By 1963, a new sense of the word "gay" was known well enough to be used by Albert Ellis in his book The Intelligent Woman's Guide to Man-Hunting. However, later examples of the original meaning of the word being used in popular culture include the theme song to the 1960–1966 animated TV series The Flintstones, whereby viewers are assured that they'll "have a gay old time." Similarly, the 1966 Herman's Hermits song "No Milk Today", which became a Top 10 hit in the UK and a Top 40 hit in the U.S. and included the lyric "No milk today, it wasn't always so / The company was gay, we'd turn night into day."[15] In June 1967, the headline of the review of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album in the British daily newspaper The Times stated "The Beatles revive hopes of progress in pop music with their gay new LP".[16] Also worth noting is that, as late as 1970, the first episode of The Mary Tyler Moore Show has the demonstrably straight Mary Richards' downstairs neighbour, Phyllis, breezily declaiming that Mary is, at age 30, still "young and gay."
There is little doubt that the homosexual sense is a development of the word's traditional meaning, as described above. It has nevertheless been claimed that "gay" stands for "Good As You", but there is no evidence for this: it is a folk etymology backronym.[17]
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