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, 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
Monday, May 25th, 2009
.Happy Memorial Day, everyone! I hope you've had some fun on this glorious 3 day weekend, but I
also hope you've taken a moment to remember the reason we celebrate Memorial Day. It
commemorates the members of the armed services who have died doing their duty for their
country. For those of you who are serving, or have served, I send my profound thanks to you all!
And speaking of service, it is PAST time for Obama to get rid of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, doncha
think! Frankly, I am disenchanted with him over several issues, but his lack of attention to GLBT
rights is up there at the top of the list. Some say we need to give him more time - that the
economy needs to take precedence right now. But there will never be a convenient time to fight
for our civil rights. In the past two weeks, we've learned that the military is discharging 3 more
extrememly valued service members, just because they are gay!
Do you think the Army has all the Arab linguists they need? I doubt it. Yet they are cashiering
Dan Choi, a West Point graduate and well-regarded captain whose speciality happens to be Arab
linguistics. Or how about the pilot, a veteran of two wars, who estimates that the military has
invested over $25 million in his training over the years? Nope, he's too dangerous to keep around,
just because some homophobe might get nervous when he enters the showers.
Over 1000 GLBT military leaders have written to Obama, begging him to overturn DADT. He
sent a hand-written note to Army office Sandy Tsao, promising to overturn, but also warning that
it would take time since Congress is involved. Sadly, Sandy ran out of time this week. She is
being forced out of the Army because Obama hasn't even gotten around to sending Congress a bill
to scrap DADT, much less spending any of his enormous stash of politcal capital by speaking out on
the issue. And that, my friends, sucks.
Do you realize how backwards we are on this issue? Of the 26 NATO countries that have
militaries, TWENTY of them permit gays to serve openly.
You can let Obama know how you feel about this by visiting the White House website. Raising your
voice is the LEAST you can do to repay those service people who are willing to put their lives on
the line for us. They fight for our freedom - won't you fight for theirs?????
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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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