Monthly Archives: June 2011

Happy Pride Month! ICE Drops Deportation of Henry Velandia!

Check out this link! Stop the Deportations has the New York Times piece that announces that Henry Velandia is safe from deportation. http://stopthedeportations.blogspot.com/2011/06/historic-victory-immigration-customs.html Just got home from flying across the country all day today so will find more and post … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! Microsoft Supports Uniting American Families Act!

One of America’s corporate giants has taken a step to help LGBT binational couples and families! Got this email from Amos Lim at Out4Immigration. Here’s the news: Subject: FW: Microsoft supports the Uniting American Families Act We wanted to provide … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! And Happy Birthday Too, Rep. Mike Honda!

One of our staunchest allies is California’s Democratic Party Representative of the 15th District, Michael M. Honda. His birthday happens to be today. He has released a statement on the New York Same-Sex Marriage win, which I have shared from … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! Part 3 (of 3) of a Great Day in New Orleans Today!

After dinner we stopped at Harrah’s for a bit – not realizing that a New Orleans Pride party was going on right outside the door until we walked into it. We met Mr. New Orleans Gay Pride and some other … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! Part 2 (of 3) of a Great Day in New Orleans Today!

The  book signing was tremendous! That would have been enough for us for the day, but wait! there’s more! Roi Whaley, the American half of a binational gay couple, lives in Mississippi, only an hour and a half from New … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! Part 1 (of 3) of a Great Day in New Orleans Today!

Karin and I are in New Orleans to be at the American Library Association annual conference. Today was the day I was advertised to be in the booth of the American distributor for Findhorn Press, the people who get Torn … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! Heard Dan Savage Speak Today and Exchanged Signed Books with Him!

Hi from New Orleans, where Karin and I are at the American Library Association annual conference. We are here because Thierry and Findhorn Press donated 100 copies of Torn Apart: United by Love, Divided by Law, to sign and give … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! Our Friend Senator Menendez Re-Introduced His Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill Which Includes UAFA

Like he did last year, Senator Robert Menendez introduced a comprehensive immigration reform bill. It didn’t go anywhere last year. You can read about it in my book Torn Apart: United by Love, Divided by Law, published by Findhorn Press. … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! Amazing and Brave Story of a Gay Journalist Living Undocumented in America

I have never been so impressed by open honesty. NEVER. This story in The New York Times may do more for all of us facing immigration challenges than any one thing I have heard of yet. Thank you so much … Continue reading

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Happy Pride Month! Rep. Luis Gutierrez at Netroots Nation

I was thrilled to see this post and thrilled to see what I consider an evolution in public support from Rep. Luis Gutierrez for our slice of the immigration reform pie. In 2009 I was at a town hall on … Continue reading

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