We are deeply saddened by the CA Supreme Court’s decision to uphold Prop 8, however we are delighted that the 18,000 same-sex couples who were married in California in 2008 will remain legally married.

Loving and committed relationships cannot be stopped by passing a law against them! Now more than ever, MyQueerWedding.com continues to be committed to providing resources to same-sex couples for their wedding celebration as the fight continues, to achieve marriage equality for all in the state of California and beyond!

The waiting is almost over for the California Supreme Court to make their ruling about Proposition 8, which will be announced on Tuesday, May 26.

Same-sex couples who were married last year when marriage was legal for all loving couples are anxious to find out if their marriage will continue to be legally recognized. Whatever the California Supreme Court’s decision, it will impact not only the lives of same-sex couples, but also their families, children, friends and everyone fighting for equal rights.

Whether it will be time to celebrate or protest, organizations around the country who support marriage equality will be ready. To find the closest community gathering near you, visit The Day of Decision or Marriage Equality USA.

By Queer Talk

The military has a “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy for gay and lesbian members of the military. While most of the emphasis is placed on the “don’t ask” part of the equation, where government won’t interfere with private lives because they won’t ask you about your sex and love life, I would like to talk about the “don’t tell” part of the equation.

What this says is we will respect your service to our country, we will respect the fact you are willing to give your life in battle for us all, unless you say the words “I am gay,” at which time we no longer respect your service and the fact you put your body in between us and those who would do us harm. We don’t want to hear the truth about the world. We want to live in our fantasy world.

So, the second part of the phrase, the “don’t tell” part of the equation is mostly a matter of respect. America says don’t talk about who you are as a person. We don’t want to know who you represent. We don’t want to know the truth. We don’t want those people who care about our wounded soldiers to walk into a hospital and hold the hand of a dying soldier because they are the same sex as that soldier.

We as Americans are not giving the dignity and respect to our soldiers because we have a bazaar “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy. Which makes law the restriction of telling the truth. So please Mr Obama, do not allow another soldier a single injustice to occur again. 12,000 military men and women have been kicked out of the military since “Don’t ask, don’t tell” has been enacted.

Lieutenant Choi is about to be the next in a long line of loyal soldiers to be kicked out, not because he was bad at his job, quite the contrary. He is being kicked out because he spoke the truth. He was honest with himself and country. This is a tragic injustice. Mr Obama, please end this before more acts of injustice are committed in the name of America.

By Queer Talk

As a consumer of both Right-Wing and Left-Wing media, usually I enjoy watching Keith Olbermann’s TV show, but recently I found he showed his lack of education on the topic of the word “Queer”.

Keith was talking about the word being used by “Joe the Non-Plumber,” an opportunist who listens to too much Right-Wing talk radio, who is not really a plumber and who’s culture very likely considers the word “Queer” to be a derogatory term. For those of us who prefer not to use labels of “Gay,” “Lesbian,” “Bisexual,” “Transgender,” etc, Queer is a word of power and not at all insulting. Like many other terms, intention equals meaning. For example, I consider the term “Right-Wing” to be a derogatory term, a kin to lack of education, ignorance, selfishness, and a general state of anger on a genetic level that can’t see reason.

So, what have we learned here? (1) I love Keith. (2) Queer is good. (3) Right-Wing is bad.