Via The Advocate Magazine / FB:

JMG Quote Of The Day - Carl Siciliano

"I feel like the LGBT movement has been asleep at the wheel when it comes to this. We've been so focused on laws – changing the laws around marriage equality, changing 'don't ask, don't tell,' getting adoption rights – that we haven't been fighting for economic resources. How many tax dollars do gay people contribute? What percentage of tax dollars comes back to our gay kids? We haven't matured enough as a movement yet that we're looking at the economics of things. There is a psychological reality that when you're an oppressed group whose very existence is under attack, you need to create this narrative about how great it is to be what you are. It's like, 'Leave the repression and the fear behind and be embraced by this accepting community, and suddenly everyone is beautiful and has good bodies and great sex and beautiful furniture, and rah-rah-rah.' And, from day one of the Stonewall Riots, homeless kids were not what people wanted to see. No one wanted to see young people coming out and being cast into destitution. It didn't fit the narrative." - Ali Forney Center founder Carl Siciliano, in a Rolling Stone article on the epidemic of homeless LGBT youth.

Labels: Carl Siciliano, homelessness, LGBT youth

Reposted from Joe Jervis

Via Jean Wyllys ; FBÇ

Jean Wyllys's photo.

A partir de hoje, o PSOL 50 - Partido Socialismo e Liberdade começa a divulgar o programa de governo de Luciana Genro, candidata à presidência da República. O programa foi construído coletivamente a partir das diretrizes programáticas lançadas no dia do anúncio da candidatura da Luciana, e será divulgado por eixos.

A Luciana pediu especialmente que o primeiro eixo a ser divulgado fosse o capítulo sobre cidadania e direitos da população LGBT. Esse eixo é apenas um dos vários aspectos, em diferentes temáticas, que estão presentes no plano de governo da Luciana e que vão ser divulgados por ela ao longo dos próximos dias; o fato de eu estar divulgando esteja divulgando este eixo não significa eu me importe apenas com esse aspecto dos programas de governo dos candidatos e das candidatas à presidência..

Eu tenho muito orgulho de ter participado da elaboração desse texto e poder dizer a todos e todas vocês, com absoluta certeza, que o programa de governo da Luciana é o que melhor responde às demandas e necessidades de lésbicas, gays, bissexuais e trans e o que melhor entende a importância da luta contra todas as formas de preconceito, contra o fundamentalismo e pelo estado laico e a igualdade de direitos.
Para Luciana, os direitos humanos não se negociam!

Não deixem de ler o texto completo aqui: http://lucianagenro.com.br/programa/lgbt/
‪#‎LucianaPresidenta50‬
‪#‎JeanWyllys5005‬

Via Daily Dharma

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Present to Rage | September 4, 2014

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Meditation is recommended here not as a way to eradicate our rage but as a way to become fully present to its energies. When you become uncomfortable or frightened, remember that difficult emotions are your most profound teachers. The more we can witness our experiences without judgment, the less suffering we will experience in our lives. 

 

- Ruth King, "Soothing the Hot Coals of Rage"

 

Flower of the Day: 09/04/14

“At some point along your journey, you will need to turn within. In the beginning, you will face many challenges, just as you did when you first made the move to go out into the world. The main challenge during this phase is dealing with loneliness. This can be quite challenging. Still, just like Siddhartha Gautama got frustrated with life in the palace with all of his wealth and left everything behind, when you become frustrated enough with the world, you will find that you are already moving towards the truth.”

Sri Prem Baba