Last update: Monday May 21st, 2012
Hi everyone!
Welcome to Social Notes, the sometimes weekly goings-on of Houston’s lesbian community. You can sign up to
receive an email notice every time I update the site (usually 2 to 4 times per month), by clicking on the blue
box in the upper right hand corner of this page. Now, let me show you around the website:
- The Calendar page contains a listing of events for the next couple of months.
- To find out about clubs and organizations, check out the Organizations page. This page is sub-divided
to make it easier to find things.
- I know all you kind-hearted pet-loving lesbians would want to know about animals needing a new home, so
I included a Pets page.
- The Jobs Page lists both women in search of jobs, and job openings for gay-friendly positions.
- If you want to support lesbian, women-owned, or just generally gay-friendly businesses, then check out
the Networking Page. This page has also been recently subdivided to make it easier to find what you
are looking for.
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Please take 5 minutes to fill our a survey for me!
As many of you know, it is my goal in life to own and operate an upscale dude ranch/wilderness resort for the
GLBT community, to be located in the Rocky Mountains. To help with my business planning, I am gathering
input about gay travel in general and about interest in my specific project. Would you all please take 5
minutes to fill out a 19 question survey? And since I am asking for favors, would you also pass this request
along to your GLBT friends around the world? For this survey to be effective, I need lots of responses,
from lots of states/countries. This link will take you to the survey. Thanks in advance for your input and
your help!
PS: If the link doesn't work, here is the address for the survey:
http://www.zoomerang.com/survey.zgi?p=WEB225MAXB573C
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The Rant
How amazingly cool was it for President Obama to come out in support of marriage equality?!?!! Of course,
some people are frustrated because he didn't "evolve" sooner and some of the more jaded amongst us
view it as a crass political stunt.
All I know is that it made my heart swell. Frankly, I was surprised at the impact it had on me. After all,
it was just a simple statement of support. There is still a ton of work to be done. But to have a President
stand with us - well, that just felt pretty special.
Marriage equality and gay rights in general are on a trajectory that is just stunning. Those of us of a
certain age would never have projected that we would see this kind of progress in our lifetimes.
I read an interesting theory the other day: that AIDS actually had am important role to play in the
increase in societal acceptance that we're seeing. The idea is that we were so closeted before AIDS
that straight people could hide behind the fiction that they didn't know any actual gay people, so they
didn't have to give our plight any thought.
But once friends and co-workers started dying of AIDS, a disease whose ravages are impossible to hide,
then straight people had to come to grips with the notion that gays are everywhere in our society. And
they started to see us as human beings, rather than stereotypes.
Studies have repeatedly shown that one of the few opinions that right wingers are willing to change is on
the subject of gay rights. And the reason they change is discovering that they actually know people who
are gay. Regular people like themselves. Good neighbors, friends, colleagues and relatives - who just
happen to be gay.
We ARE winning this battle, but our rabid foes on the right never rest, so we can't either. President
Obama took a courageous political risk to support us. We can honor his courage by demonstrating our own:
Be as out as you possibly can be. It truly makes a difference.
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And of course, the political rant happens right here.
It might seem strange to mix lesbian social info
with political observations, but it works for me.
If it doesn't work for you,
then feel free to skip ahead!
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