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Subject: Weekly Reader: iPhone apps, hockey dads, & a San Francisco mixer

Bilerico is coming to San Francisco! On Friday, Dec 4, we'll be hosting a mixer at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel. Stop by and say hello to Jerame and me plus tons of other contributors and readers! You can tell us what you thought of posts like these:

Sunday
In Honor of our Fallen Brothers and Sisters on this Day of Remembrance
Filed by: Kelley Winters
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/in_honor_of_our_fallen_brothers_and_sisters_on_thi.php

GayCities iPhone App Review Redux
Filed by: Jerame Davis
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/gaycities_iphone_app_review_redux.php

Monday
Outing Catholic Priests Is a Fair Game at http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;Churchouting.org
Filed by: Father Tony
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/outing_catholic_priests_is_a_fair_game_at_churchou.php

If S/he Were Positive, Would You Stay?
Filed by: Betty Greene Salwak
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/if_she_were_positive_would_you_stay.php

Tuesday
The Horrible Truth About Gay Marriage
Filed by: Diane Silver
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/the_horrible_truth_about_gay_marriage.php

FOUND: Strangest beauty contest ever
Filed by: Gloria Brame Ph.D.
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/found_strangest_beauty_contest_ever.php

Wednesday
Chairman Miller, Don't Reach For That Turkey Yet!
Filed by: Dr. Jillian T. Weiss
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/chairman_miller_dont_reach_for_that_turkey_yet.php

Sympathy fatigue
Filed by: Alex Blaze
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/sympathy_fatigue.php

Thursday
The 2nd Thanksgiving: A Personal Story On Conflict Resolution
Filed by: Bil Browning
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/a_thanksgiving_story.php

Friday
Hockey Dad, Gay Son
Filed by: Dana Rudolph
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/hockey_dad_gay_son.php

Anatomy of a furry convention
Filed by: Austen Crowder
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/anatomy_of_a_furry_convention.php

BONUS:

A Bilerico Mixer in San Francisco!
Filed by: Bil Browning
http://www.facebook.com/l/e1812;www.bilerico.com/2009/11/a_bilerico_party_in_san_francisco.php

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Gay Star Trek

jump to the explanation here

Quote of the Day

"Love is a feeling, marriage is a contract, and a relationship is work."

- Lori Gordon

Adam Joseph "Finally"

Quote of the Day

In the final analysis,
for the believer there are no questions,
and for the non-believer there are no answers.

— Haffetz Hayyim

This message from the Courage Campaign

Dear Daniel --

I want to tell you about a heartfelt conversation I recently had with a family member who opposed marriage equality. I hope it will motivate you to have one of your own with someone you care about this holiday season.

I'm a straight ally, a community organizer, and a volunteer photographer for Camp Courage. Those experiences showed me that the best way to build momentum for marriage equality is by having a conversation with those you know best about why you personally support marriage equality. And there is no better time to do that than during the holidays, when we gather with our friends, family, co-workers and neighbors.

I know that is true because I helped my mother-in-law open her mind to marriage equality by having my own "Courageous Conversation" with her earlier this year.

Elinor, my mother-in-law, voted for Proposition 8. And it was really hard for me to talk with her about her decision. I felt like we were going in circles -- she thought gay marriage was "wrong" and a threat to "traditional" marriage -- and there was nothing I could say to her to change her mind. But one day I had an idea. I opened up my photo album.

See, I've taken thousands of photographs at Camp Courage workshops, Meet In The Middle in Fresno, and the National Equality March in DC, to document the marriage equality movement since Proposition 8 was passed last year.

So I asked her to look at the people in these photos. I told her how I recognized the love in their eyes, their souls, and their hearts because I saw it in myself and in my husband. I told her that I look at the man I married 13 years ago -- her son -- and think about all we've shared and done, suffered and celebrated. I told her I can't imagine a world where society and the law says our love isn't as equal as any other couple in a committed relationship.

The conversation that followed was the most open one we'd ever had about gay marriage. I don't think I've changed her mind -- yet. But I do know we aren't talking in circles any more, and that the door is open to many more conversations to come.

It took courage to have that conversation. But that is how we will win marriage equality -- by being courageous.

That's why the Courage Campaign is asking you to have a "Courageous Conversation" this holiday season. Make your pledge here and share with us the name and location of the person with whom you'll be having a "Courageous Conversation." Help us build momentum and inspire thousands of Courage Campaign members to join you. Bring equality and joy one conversation at a time:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/CourageousConversations

Sometimes the most courageous act is a simple conversation with someone you know and love. I know these conversations are not easy. But that is why they are so important. Our research shows that the most effective way to change someone's opinion about marriage equality is to have someone they know and trust explain to them why it matters.

We'll help you make these conversations a success. We will offer support and advice about where and when to start the conversation. We'll also help you tell your "story-of-self" with a guide on our website.

And we'll let you turn your "Courageous Conversation" into a gift -- we'll send an online card to an LGBT friend or family member of your choice, letting them know that for this holiday season, you will pledge to help win equality for them by having a "Courageous Conversation." Click here to get started:

http://www.couragecampaign.org/CourageousConversations

One "Courageous Conversation" at a time we can change the hearts and minds of those in our lives about marriage equality. Thank you for giving the gift of equality.

Marta Evry
Community Organizer and Camp Courage volunteer photographer

The Courage Campaign is an online organizing network that empowers more than 700,000 grassroots and netroots supporters to push for progressive change and full equality in California and across the country.

To support our innovative campaigns for full equality, please chip in what you can today:

Mrs. Betty Bowers: Less is Mormon!

"Its a good thing"

Quote Of The Day from JMG - Billy Arnone

"If they were put in front of me I’d probably watch it." - Billy Arnone, the brother of Miss Ladyfingers USA, telling Radar Online that he'd watch her sex tape. What IS it with that family? (And note Billy's "Loose Lips" t-shirt.) He goes on to slam same-sex unions, saying, "I’m all the way against gay marriage. I don’t feel that it’s right that a man and a man should raise a kid. That’s just how I was raised and how Carrie was raised. We’ll stick by that ‘til the day we die." So hate IS a family value.

Courtesy of JMG

Bush Lied. Soldiers keep Dying.

4,365 U.S. Military Fatalities in Iraq
927 U.S. Military Fatalities in Afghanistan
31,557 U.S. Military Maimed in Iraq (source: DoD Update as of October 31, 2009)
102,844 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: Iraq Body Count)
1,339,771 Iraqis Reported Killed (source: justforeignpolicy.org)