The Kids Are Alright...

At least, this kid is definitely alright. And he’s also right. 10-year-old Will Phillips of Arkansas has hit the national news thanks to a CNN interview in which he explains that he refuses to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance until gays and lesbians have equal rights, particularly marriage...

Pursue Your Harpyness Elsewhere: A Linka...

Pursuant to reader suggestions we are starting a weekly linkaround to posts in the womanist/feminist blogosphere of interest, with hopes of diversifying and deepening the kind of work we can do and the issues we can thoughtfully consider here at Harpyness. Renee at Womanist Musings on Racism and Power An...

Stop Bullying Transgender Children...

It’s generally considered improper for an adult to bully or harass a child. Transgender children are still children, but they are often targeted by grown-up bullies, just for being who they are. A few weeks ago, two despicable radio hosts in Sacramento spent 30 minutes advocating child abuse against...

Remembering Stonewall...

Where it all started. via sassy-sara @ flickr Sunday will mark the fortieth anniversary of the Stonewall Riots in New York City that are widely considered to be the catalyst of the modern American gay rights movement. In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, police raided the popular Stonewall...

DOMAnance and Submission of Bad Legal Br...

A propos of what I was talking about last week regarding the need to re-organize and re-examine the way the law addresses relationships of dependency, the Department of Justice filed a legal brief asking for dismissal of a case in California challenging the constitutionality of DOMA.  (Note: this is...

Being Everything and Nothing All At Once...

Apologies for the abstract and non-snarky nature of this post, but there’s no good source material to shred here, just some thoughts I’ve been having inspired by our continuing discussion of Harpy House and other forms of personal support. I like to consider myself a good friend to people,...

Who Are You Calling “Disordered...

The bunny has the same reaction I do. via blue meridian @ flickr I must present, without further ado, the following passage from an article on Catholic Online: Should we really give disordered appetites civil rights status under the law? Let’s consider an absurd example. I have struggled most of my...

Whoa-oh, Domino!...

Hee hee! Via Aussiegall @ Flickr. They’re falling, and squashing bigotry as they go. Another state has legalized same-sex marriage! That’s three new states in just a few months. Iowa, New Hampshire, and now Maine have joined Connecticut and Massachusetts, which lead the country in not being...

The Domino Effect...

There was Massachusetts, then Connecticut, then Iowa, followed closely by Vermont. Now New Hampshire is on its way to becoming the fifth U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage. The House of Representatives has already approved the bill, and the Senate passed it 13 to 11, with slightly amended language....

GUILTY!...

Justice for Angie Allen Andrade, who faced trial this week for the murder of trans woman Angie Zapata, has been found GUILTY on all four charges!!! Guilty of first degree murder. Guilty of bias motivated crime. Guilty of car theft. Guilty of identity theft. My heart is racing. I am so relieved and thankful...

Is that the rumble of thunder I hear?...

We had beautiful weather in NYC yesterday, but today? A STORM IS GATHERING!!! Gathering Storm Yep, Nation for Marriage (NOM) is going to have to step up their feeble, poorly-produced efforts if they really want to keep same-sex marriage from becoming a nation-wide reality. Because The New York Times...

Light a Candle for Angie...

Please spread the word. (Trigger Warning) Angie Zapata, an 18 year old Colorado trans woman, was brutally murdered in July, 2008. Allen Ray Andrade, 32, admitted beating Zapata to death because he became enraged upon learning she was transgender during a date. He learned Zapata was transgender by grabbing...