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Gay Maine!

Gay marriage is now legal in Maine!

AP News : LimaOhio.com

AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine's governor signed a freshly passed bill Wednesday approving gay marriage, making it the fifth state to approve the practice and moving New England closer to allowing it throughout the region.

New Hampshire legislators were also poised to send a gay marriage bill to their governor, who hasn't indicated whether he'll sign it. If he does, Rhode Island would be the region's sole holdout.

The Maine Senate voted 21-13, with one absent, for a bill that authorizes marriage between any two people rather than between one man and one woman, as state law currently allows. The House had passed the bill Tuesday.

Democratic Gov. John Baldacci, who hadn't previously indicated how he would handle the bill, signed it shortly afterward. In the past, he said he opposed gay marriage but supported civil unions, which provide many benefits of marriage.

It feels so good to see this happening.

OUT Magazine interview with Wendy & Lisa

Finally, Wendy & Lisa talk about being gay.

(h/t Towleroad)

Out.com Features | The Revolution Will Be Harmonized

Some things I learned from the interview:

- Trevor Horn is a total dick. TOTAL DICK!

- Lisa wanted to talk about their relationship publicly while Wendy didn't.

- They were together for 22 years.

- Wendy is now dating a film director.

- They are mothers!

DC Recognizes Gay Marriages

Read this over at Towleroad.

What a month for Gay Rights!

D.C. Council Votes to Recognize Other States' Gay Marriages - washingtonpost.com

Domestic partnerships are already legal in the nation's capital. But yesterday's vote, billed as an important milestone in gay rights, explicitly recognizes relocated gay married couples as married.

The initial vote was 12-0. The unanimous vote sets the stage for future debate on legalizing same-sex marriage in the District and a clash with Congress, which approves the city's laws under Home Rule. The council is expected to take a final vote on the legislation next month.

Council member Jim Graham (D-Ward 1), who is gay, called the amendment a matter of "basic fairness."

The city's laws on same-sex unions have been murky, he explained. Couples ask, he said, "Is my marriage valid in D.C.? For years now, it has not been clear."

"It's high time we send a clear, unequivocal message to those persons of the same sex and married in another jurisdiction that their marriage is valid in D.C.," said Graham, who added, "I hope this city recognizes this is a human rights struggle."

Council member David A. Catania (I-At Large), who is also gay, predicted it was only a matter of time before the council also takes up a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in the District. "It's no secret that I have been working on legislation that would take us further," he said. "This is the march toward human rights and equality. This is not the march toward special rights. This is the equal march and that march is coming here."

I guess Ein Oso and I have yet another place to live and stay married. It's a shame that we even have to think that way.

Gay Marriage in Vermont!

I'm glad to see that people are choosing love over hate.

HRC Back Story

BREAKING: Moments ago, the Vermont House voted 100-49 to override the marriage bill veto! The House vote, which followed the Senate voting 23-5 this morning to override Gov. Douglas’s veto, means that Vermont becomes the first state to OK marriage equality through the legislative process.

Okay Obama, it's time to do something for us on the federal level.

Gay Marriage in Iowa!

Read this over at AmericaBlog:

Iowa court upholds ruling; marriage no longer limited to one man, one woman | DesMoinesRegister.com | The Des Moines Register

The Iowa Supreme Court this morning unanimously upheld gays’ right to marry.

“The Iowa statute limiting civil marriage to a union between a man and a woman violates the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution,” the justices said in a summary of their decision.

The court rules that gay marriage would be legal in three weeks, starting April 24.
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The court affirmed a Polk County District Court decision that would allow six gay couples to marry.

This happened in the Midwest! This is great!

Happy Daylight Savings

I Thought I Felt A Breeze...

He can definitely stop now.

Happy Valentine's Day!

Kisses for everyone... (especially Ein Oso!)

Mmmmmmbuxah! Mmmmmmbuxah! Mmmmmmbuxah!

Openly Gay Batwoman Back In Action

She's going to be in the new Justice League comic book and starting in "Detective Comics" too.


BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Batwoman in comic book comeback

DC Comics writer Greg Rucka told Comic Book Resources she was "a lesbian socialite by night and a crime-fighter by later in the night".

Her appearance coincides with a battle in Gotham City to take over Batman's cowl after he was seemingly killed off in November.

Batwoman and her alter ego, Kath Kane, will appear in at least 12 issues of Detective Comics from June.

"We've been waiting to unlock her - it's long overdue," Rucka said.

"Yes, she's a lesbian. She's also a redhead. It is an element of her character. It is not her character. If people are going to have problems with it, that's their issue. That's certainly not mine," he added.

Karine Hannah - Karine

I just got my copy of Karine Hannah's CD "Karine".

Album cover:



back page of the CD booklet:



That's me at the bottom (#1)! (ok, I know I need a professional picture taken)

I co-wrote the song "Whatever" with my friend Ayhan.

Here's a link to the song in iTunes:

"Whatever" - Karine Hannah


The album is also available at Amazon:




Also available at CD Baby:

CD Baby: KARINE HANNAH: Karine

Montreal-born Hannah began singing at age 4. In her teens she performed in musical reviews and on local Canadian TV shows. With her powerful, passionate vocal delivery, Grammy-winning producer Jim Steinman heard a demo and called her "the best singer I have heard since Celine Dion." Apparently, the world's best-selling singer agreed: Hannah was invited to perform at Dion's wedding celebration in December 1994, accompanying a 21-piece orchestra directed by David Foster, serenading guests as they were seated for dinner.

Hannah moved to New York in 1998, working with industry legends Diane Warren and Rick Allison as well as Turkish pop superstar Sezen Aksu. Over the next decade, flexing her vocal versatility, she was trademarked at various times as a gospel singer, rock goddess, pop diva and soul songstress.