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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 one of these states. Conservatives are already asking Gov. Joe Manchin to call for a special session of the Legislature to change laws to prohibit recognizing any gay marriages. Gay population is high in the Mountain State and it’s time we stand together and let our representative truly represent us. Manchin stated he will not call a special session to handle the gay marriage issue, but suggested any legislation should come through a regular session. We need to watch this issue closely. There is the possibility of a special session on other needs this year and it would not surprise me to see our conservative legislators sneak in some anti-gay marriage legislation.


West Virginia’s lawmakers have always worked

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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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Braving the purchase of a new car

April 22, 2008

By Picabo



I’ve been on a three-month journey. A journey that will continue until I believe I’ve found a salesman who is telling the truth. I know, what an oxymoron to include salesman and truth in the same sentence. I’m look

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The Year of the Trannies

April 8, 2008

I love being the first to say, “I told you so.” It wasn’t long ago when I predicted this to be the year of the transvestite. It’s only April and the headlines are shouting about the first man to have a baby. I love when gay headlines are all about sc

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