Reluctant Rebel

IN MEMORIAM Stanley Almodovar III, 23 years old Amanda Alvear, 25 years old Oscar A Aracena-Montero, 26 years old Rodolfo Ayala-Ay...

Russ's comment inspired a poster which I posted on Facebook: Of course people had to remind me that ALL LIVES MATTER. I was even...

Summary from my Facebook page: MOURNING THE DEAD IN ORLANDO FLORIDA. AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE WOUNDED. OUR HEARTS ACHE FOR LOVED ONES ...

MOURNING THE DEAD IN ORLANDO FLORIDA.  AND OUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE WOUNDED.  OUR HEARTS ACHE FOR LOVED ONES AND THE FAMILIES OF THE D...

A little classic something for Gay/LGBT Pride Month... ...from back when our Present was a Celebration and our Future was full of Promise. ...

President Obama Proclaims June 2016 LGBT Pride Month LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2016 --- BY THE PRESIDENT OF TH...

Expressing one's views on social media is always putting yourself out there and one has to be prepared for differing points of view. ...

I just get so fed up. In reply to a rant against Transgender Rights: You totally don't get it. Transgendered people don't ...

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY Grandma, Maria Concetta [Carlino] DeFrancesco Grandma, Rosa [Nesta] Daversa Mom, Theresa [Daversa] DeFrancesco...

I have of late thought about discontinuing this blog...as I often feel I have little to say or no energy or enthusiasm to say it.  But...

Got my $20.98 author royalty check the other day - from the publisher. (That's not a typo). I'm not sure what that represents as th...

This keeps happening in Republican controlled State Legislatures. They will try anything to turn back LGBT equality and LGBT rights. Now Mis...

From the editorial board of the New York Times:  "By promoting the ludicrous idea that transgender women are inherently dangerous, th...

Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters: Two things the lgbt community MUST do after North Carolina

THE BACKLASH CONTINUES North Carolina just took the LGBT rights movement in that state 10 years backwards. Backwards being the operative w...

This is well worth a watch even if it is over 20 minutes long. John Oliver demolishes DT and it is not only true but funny.

As one of my Facebook readers said, a rare sign for those who are prone to express such sentiments: All of the w...

The Provincetown we have known and loved has been changing for years, and some might say, not for the better. I have complained before h...

Hello to all of you.  I wish I had enough time to tell you EVERYTHING, but I will suffice with a few brief notes. Cochiti Lake: A...