THIS SCARF IS GETTING SO LONG
I LOOK LIKE A DWARF THAT ACCIDENTALLY SHAVED HIS MUSTACHE
Best part of drag…getting out of it!
I recently finished editing a video I shot awhile ago! Here it is! Carol Channing Rambles - The Lost Episode.
to do list
Some military personnel who were discharged for being gay had their separation pay cut in half — even though it was an honorable discharge. But now, after a class action suit brought on by the ACLU, those service members who were honorably discharged for being gay will receive their full pay.
As a result of the settlement, all service members covered by the suit will be contacted and have the option of receiving 100% of what they would have earned if they had been honorably discharged for any reason other than being gay.
“There was absolutely no need to subject these service members to a double dose of discrimination by removing them from the armed forces in the first place, and then denying them this small benefit to ease the transition to civilian life,” said Laura Schauer Ives, managing attorney for the ACLU of New Mexico, in a press release. “This decision represents a long-delayed justice to these veterans.”
The pay reduction was a Defense Department policy and not part of the “don’t ask, don’t tell” law, so it did not change when the law was repealed, ACLU officials noted.
The settlement covers personnel who were discharged on or after November 10, 2004, as far back as it could extend under the applicable statute of limitations. The total amount of pay owed to these service members is about $2.4 million, which “is small by military standards, but is hugely significant in acknowledging their service to their country,” said Joshua Block, staff attorney for the ACLU Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Project.”
Really, this is the least we can do.
So I’ve been busy…. In March, it will be one year since I started to explore my gender expression and have used it to become a drag queen. I currently identify as gender fluid and I love every moment of it.
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Fave quote: “You can tell how smart somebody is by what they laugh at.” ~ Tina Fey
perfect. just because it’s “supposed to be funny” doesn’t mean it’s not bullying.
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Thank you to everyone who participated in the 2012 TransGuys Community Awards!
You can view the final voting results, check out all the amazing nominees, and see my big fat apology for the lateness of publishing the results, here.
To my followers: what would you like to discuss/hear/see?