The Georgia office of Obama for America is appealing to Georgians to participate in a canvassing event designed to register voters. In an e-mail to supporters, State Director Antwaun Griffin noted that we are now only 100 days away from the November 4 election. Sunday, July 27 will begin the 100-day countdown.
Georgia for Obama will kick off 100-Days Canvass events in every one of Georgia’s 159 counties. You can find a 100-Days Canvass event in your area at ga.barackobama.com/ga100days... Read Full Story
Atlantan Vandy Beth Glenn was paid by the State of Georgia to check and change the language in state law. But when she examined her own life and determined that she had Gender Identity Disorder, her changes were not approved by her bosses. Now the transgender woman is suing the state in federal court for firing her, with the help of Lamda Legal.
Vandy Beth Glen
Glenn worked for two years in the Georgia General Assembly’s Office of Legislative Counsel, editing and proofreading the language... Read Full Story
As repeat visitors will quickly notice, Life on Q has a new look! I thought it was time for a new, more flexible blog layout, with more room for content, photos and links. There have been several updates to Wordpress, the blogging platform used here at Life on Q, and the old template was a bit behind the times. The new look, based on the “Statement” theme by Blog Oh! Blog, is a newer, more flexible design that takes advantage of some of the latest Wordpress enhancements. It’s still under... Read Full Story
Prudential Financial’s Group Insurance business has decided to target market long-term care insurance to the LGBT community. The company announced yesterday that it has established the Prudential Affinity Alliance program, essentially a forum for partnering with LGBT organizations backed by a training program for the company’s long-term care sales team. The company’s long-term care sales team will be educated on the unique issues facing gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender seniors. The... Read Full Story
I knew better than to pay attention to the Georgia primary this week. The clear lack of interest in Georgia perplexes and frustrates me. After putting my heart and soul into the elections of 2004 as a staffer for then U.S. Senate candidate Mary Squires, serving as an active member of Georgia for Dean and a participant in the fight against the gay marriage amendment in Georgia, I was 0 for 3 and out of energy. I devoted huge chunks of my time to politics that year, thinking people would be... Read Full Story
Today is the day. Vote, Georgia, vote! I’ve continued my research on races that affect us, and thought I’d share some links to articles, voter guides and other resources I’ve found. Just think of me as your own personal election Googler. Check out these links and be an informed voter.
A great resource for General Voting info covering multiple races:
The AJC and League of Women Voter’s 2008 Voting Guide
Project Vote Smart’s Guide to Congressional races across Georgia
A look at... Read Full Story
Over the last few days, I’ve attempted to research the five Democratic candidates seeking the party’s nomination for the right to challenge Sen. Saxby Chambliss in the fall. It has been a frustrating exercise, with limited media attention on their campaigns. Georgia Equality, Stonewall Democrats, Southern Voice–no one in the gay community Powers That Be are making any endorsements. While I would not characterize myself as a single-issue voter, I would say that I always check a candidate’s... Read Full Story
I was a very young girl, about the same height as the lever that closed the curtains to the voting booth, when my father took me by the hand and led me into the phone-booth-sized metal contraption to experience democracy in action. At the risk of dating myself, I’ll tell you that he pointed to the names in the governor’s race section of the poster-sized ballot, and let me push down the little lever next to the name “Jimmy Carter” for him. A decade later, I entered a voting booth in that... Read Full Story
There are five Democratic candidates vying to challenge Sen. Saxby Chambliss in the general election this fall. In a debate aired earlier today on WSB-TV, LGBT issues came up only in a reference to the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. In a year that saw Senate debate on Hate Crimes legislation and the Employment Nondescrimination Act (ENDA), not to mention gay marriage in California, I would have expected gay and lesbian issues to be a more prominent topic for debate. But what... Read Full Story
Charis Circle will direct a discussion on transgender and intersex life in an event at Charis Books & More on July 16 in a forum called Intersection: Disability, Transgender and Intersex Experiences. Three well-known activists - Caitlin Childs, Scott Turner Schofield and Anne Del Bene - will discuss how how their everyday lives, interactions and experiences intersect. Caitlin, Scott, and Anne will talk to each other, fishbowl style, about commonalities among lives touched by disability... Read Full Story
