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Showing posts with label human rights. Show all posts
Sunday, January 29, 2017

Our site has moved

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Hi everyone! Just a reminder that my blog is now here. Join us! Thank you!
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Saturday, May 14, 2016

Our new website is live!!!

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I am ecstatic to let you know that our new blog site is live! Check us out at: The Gay Vegans It has been a long time coming. I would lo...
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Friday, February 12, 2016

Turning 50

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If you don't die, you'll get to age 50. I'm a few hours away and feel like I have a good chance of making it. I feel awesome...
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Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Becoming a better activist

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There is a lot of yelling. There is a lot of anger. I see it all of the time. I don't know how to be the most effective activist. ...
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Saturday, January 23, 2016

A 20-year vegan

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In simple terms, if one becomes vegan and doesn't die, eventually they will be vegan for 20 years. That's the case in my life. Jan...
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Friday, January 8, 2016

Now is not the time

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Now is not the time to stay silent. We are all swamped: family, work, activism and simply doing everything we need to do as part of our li...
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Sunday, November 22, 2015

I lost a follower today

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I lost a follower today. On Twitter. It was because of a post I wrote in support of Syrian refugees. When they said they were unfollowin...
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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Politics at the local level

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As you know, we moved to Los Angeles in July. Back home in Colorado there is a local school board election happening that we are missing. ...
Saturday, August 29, 2015

An act of hate

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As I was thinking of this post, and of acts of hate, I realized that based on the title I could have an entire list of acts of hate just fro...
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Thursday, February 26, 2015

A is for Alien

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I wish I was writing about ET but I'm not. I recently attended the Creating Change conference and sat in several sessions about federa...
Monday, February 16, 2015

The killing of trans women of color

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Note: I woke up this morning to the news that yet another trans woman has been murdered, this time in Ohio. Last week I was one of about 4...
Sunday, January 25, 2015

A blogger in jail - Raif Badawi

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  I spend  a lot of time writing about and for journalists and bloggers who are persecuted for simply writing. Hundreds are in jail. Many...
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Thursday, January 22, 2015

The 19-year vegan

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19 years! Holy cow! This month, 19 years ago, I decided to go vegan. My decision was based on the animals. I had the information and i...
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Saturday, January 10, 2015

Long live bloggers

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I haven't been able to stop thinking about the murders in Paris this week. A staff of journalists and cartoonists gathered for their w...
Tuesday, December 30, 2014

My 14 faves of '14: #13

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I am saving the top two for last of my list of faves for '14. I realize this is very general, but I have to say that my friends and fa...
Saturday, August 30, 2014

A day in the life of this blogger

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You have a what? A blog. A blog? Yes, a blog. It's called The Gay Vegans. I've had this conversation many times. While many ...
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Thursday, June 12, 2014

Gay pride and persecution

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June is gay pride month. It's actually more about pride. It's an opportunity to celebrate successes in equality, our families, our...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

One small action

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I love this photo of Rose as she loves to be on my laptop when I am working on blog posts. Being an activist can be overwhelming. The a...
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Sunday, December 8, 2013

We all have more in common than not

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One of the things I try to promote with The Gay Vegans blog is that in my opinion, we all have mroe in common than not. What I really mean...
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Saturday, November 30, 2013

Doing my small part

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Talking to someone while protesting the dog vivisection labs at CU. They were shut down in 2003. I was once at a fur protest and a pass...
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