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Don't worry, be Happy

August 26, 2008




I’ve had that horrible song of 1988 in my head ever since meeting Bruno the Italian midget. The one-hit-wonder song is the type that gets stuck in your head for days and won’t leave until it drives you crazy. The song is a bit like Bruno, but it’s OK because for all the chattering this little dynamo does all day long, by the end of the day to know Bruno is to be happy. My friends don’t believe I’ve befriended a midget (he prefers this moniker to “little person”) but I’m not sure why. The world is made up of all kinds of people; LGBT’s certainly don’t hold the key to being different.


Walking down the street with Bruno is a lesson in solving the world’s problems. When people stare at him, he stops them and shouts, “What, you’ve never seen a midget?” As they walk on he shouts, “There’s your smile. Now wear it more often. Don’t worry be happy.” H

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All You Need Is Love, and Maybe a Gun

July 15, 2008

There are not too many things that rile West Virginians. We seem to weather changes in the economy – if groceries are high priced, we just go out and stick a few plants in the ground and make due. If we have judges or legislators found on the t

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Pay Attention to the Laws

June 20, 2008

It’s time for LGBT in West Virginia to pay attention to its government and stand up for gay marriage. Many states are realizing that once marriages start in California, these marriages may have to be recognized elsewhere. West Virginia could be

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Decoys and Money: "M" Word is Back

June 3, 2008



I can always judge the heartbeat of the ultra conservative movement by following the gay marriage movement. Any time the “m” word takes over the headlines I know two things are needed by the right-wing conservatives — a

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LGBT issues on the TV

May 20, 2008

A gay love fest was part of the cliffhanger on TV’s “Brothers & Sisters” drama last week. Although Kevin and Scotty could not formally become married under California law, there was a legal union ceremony at the ranch. For those

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Small City, Wide Variety

May 7, 2008

I love our capitol city. Charleston may be a small populace capitol, but it has a wide variety of cultural mixes and for the LGBT community many opportunities abound. I received an e-mail from a reader within the Unitarian Universalist Church recentl

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