As an artist I work best when negative things happen. Today, the California Supreme Stupid...I mean Court ruled to Uphold prop 8. So in lieu of this I am going to be doing an art piece using items that are emailed to me. You can send me your pictures, your favorite quotes, posters and signage you are using to protest prop 8 and I will create an entire art work out of it.
You can email any of these items to FRDCreations@hotmail.com
The only specifics I ask for is a first name or a handle you go by.
The state that you live in.
If the work is yours or if you are using someoneelse work. If you are using someone elses work that you have sole premission from that person to use it and pleave provide a name so that I can give that person credit as well.
I will give everyone who sends me something credit on the final project. This project. I have not decided if i will make prints of this project avaialbe for purchase but if i do, all proceeds from this project will be donated to the fight for equality to end prop 8.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell
So when president mocha chi late’ was campaigning he promised us that don’t ask don’t tell would be repealed but come yesterday the Pentagon states that there are no plans to repeal DADT.
Besides the fact that we were lied to yet again by a higher power here’s what I don’t get. WHY THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER WHO I SLEEP WITH? If I wanna sign up and give away my freedom, in order to protect that of our piece of shit country, shouldn’t I have the right to do so regardless of sexual orientation? If I wanna be mislead and lied to and shipped off to a foreign country all in the name of finding oil and perhaps never returning, shouldn’t I have the right to do so, regardless of who I wake up next to in the morning?
I mean seriously why is it so bad if a gay person serves in the military? Why should it matter? I mean a solider is a solider no matter who he or she sleeps with. They signed on to defend this country, risking their lives to do so. That should say enough right there. That someone is willing to give up their life to defend a country that doesn’t even give them the same rights as ever other straight American person!!!!
I really commend those GLBT folks that are enlisted in the service and do adhere to the rules of don’t ask don’t tell because frankly I could never have that kind of strength. I am loud mouthed, and very open about who I am and to go into the closet to protect a country that has done very little to protect me, no, never. It would NEVER EVER happen.
I would never be willing to protect this country, because under its laws, I’m only considered a second class citizen. Someone beats the hell out of me, instead of being protected under the law, I get reprimanded for being gay. If I wanna get married, cant do that oh no because it will give every other straight marriage a bad name. I wanna visit my dying partner in the hospital, cant do that either, because we are not a real couple, we are not legally recognized in this country. But put that aside, put that all aside and say I did want to protect this country. I cant even do that under the law. I cant even stand up, say I am proud to be an American and risk my life to defend America because I am gay.
How can that be right in anyone’s eyes? How can someone deny me my freedom just because of who I am? We are living in 2009, we as the human race have found ways to survive this long, yet we are still as barbaric and stupid as our cavemen ancestors! We still haven’t found the right way to co-exist! If we continue to be this hateful and this hurtful to one another how the heck to we expect to continue beating extinction? Because one day, we just might lose that battle because when the end of man kind comes, instead of sticking together and attempting to beat extinction we will give up our neighbor instead because we are a selfish people.
So let’s work together as a human race and just stop, just stop, stop the hate, stop the violence, lets be a community of people who get along rather than one that’s divided, because together we stand stronger.
President Obama Repeal DADT and do right by the gay community!
~F~
Besides the fact that we were lied to yet again by a higher power here’s what I don’t get. WHY THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER WHO I SLEEP WITH? If I wanna sign up and give away my freedom, in order to protect that of our piece of shit country, shouldn’t I have the right to do so regardless of sexual orientation? If I wanna be mislead and lied to and shipped off to a foreign country all in the name of finding oil and perhaps never returning, shouldn’t I have the right to do so, regardless of who I wake up next to in the morning?
I mean seriously why is it so bad if a gay person serves in the military? Why should it matter? I mean a solider is a solider no matter who he or she sleeps with. They signed on to defend this country, risking their lives to do so. That should say enough right there. That someone is willing to give up their life to defend a country that doesn’t even give them the same rights as ever other straight American person!!!!
I really commend those GLBT folks that are enlisted in the service and do adhere to the rules of don’t ask don’t tell because frankly I could never have that kind of strength. I am loud mouthed, and very open about who I am and to go into the closet to protect a country that has done very little to protect me, no, never. It would NEVER EVER happen.
I would never be willing to protect this country, because under its laws, I’m only considered a second class citizen. Someone beats the hell out of me, instead of being protected under the law, I get reprimanded for being gay. If I wanna get married, cant do that oh no because it will give every other straight marriage a bad name. I wanna visit my dying partner in the hospital, cant do that either, because we are not a real couple, we are not legally recognized in this country. But put that aside, put that all aside and say I did want to protect this country. I cant even do that under the law. I cant even stand up, say I am proud to be an American and risk my life to defend America because I am gay.
How can that be right in anyone’s eyes? How can someone deny me my freedom just because of who I am? We are living in 2009, we as the human race have found ways to survive this long, yet we are still as barbaric and stupid as our cavemen ancestors! We still haven’t found the right way to co-exist! If we continue to be this hateful and this hurtful to one another how the heck to we expect to continue beating extinction? Because one day, we just might lose that battle because when the end of man kind comes, instead of sticking together and attempting to beat extinction we will give up our neighbor instead because we are a selfish people.
So let’s work together as a human race and just stop, just stop, stop the hate, stop the violence, lets be a community of people who get along rather than one that’s divided, because together we stand stronger.
President Obama Repeal DADT and do right by the gay community!
~F~
Friday, May 15, 2009
Feeling Lost
Have you ever just wanted to pack just the necessities, and the clothes on your back and run away? That’s pretty much how I am feeling right now. 3 years ago I started school in a quest to finish up my associates degree. Something that should have taken me two years is taking forever! It’s put me in a position that I don’t wanna be in.
I live at home with my mom and my dad and with the constant fighting and the constant abuse it prompted me to go out and buy a house. I bought a fixer upper and put in some renovation work and something that should have taken only a few months to achieve has taken nearly the better part of a year. One thing was fixed 20 other things went wrong and now just as I am nearing the end of my remodel and gearing up for my big move. I was thrown into a situation I wish I really didn’t have to be in.
After years of knowing what I wanted to do, striving and pushing myself to do it I fell into a hole, I became lost, I wasn’t so sure that this was what I wanted to do anymore. So I attempted to discuss this with my mother, who is not the most supportive person in the world and when the concept of possibly taking a break from school came up lots of yelling ensued and I was left upset and even more lost that I had previously felt. Not wanting to hear the incessant ramblings of my mother, I looked through my college catalogs to figure out what classes I should take. I nixed summer because my boss wont give me the time off and I can only attend classes from 6 pm on and there are very few classes offered after that. I would like to be able to take 4 classes but can only take two. Now the credit hours are high but that leaves me with only two friggen classes when I still have a shit load to take! So I met with an advisor who was a moron but basically told me the same thing I can only take two classes! When I went to my mother with the news more fighting ensued in which she proceeded to tell me to make an appointment with my faculty advisor and not wanting to hear anymore yelling I went and met with her and came to the same conclusion, I CAN ONLY TAKE TWO CLASSES, wasting her time and mine and leaving me even more pissed off than I already was.
I am at a point where I cant take the fighting anymore. Yes, I am in school but the support isn’t there. I am 26 years old and after dealing with these issues most of my life, they still wont go away. I still strive to gain my parents approval. Maybe its because I was never good enough, and have always been heralded as a disappointment or an outcast but I really don’t think it is too much to ask of them to at least say for once in my life “hey good job,” or to just hear me out and be parents and help me with this obviously difficult decision. I don’t want them to make it for me, I just want them to listen and help me figure it out. I don’t have that and I want it SO DAMN BAD!
So I am basically stuck trying to make this decision alone without the support of mom and dad and that would be ok if in the back of my mind I didn’t always hear “you are good for nothing” which are the words I have had to listen to most of my life and at this point if I take some time off from school I feel that I will be proving them right and I really don’t to do that. I don’t know what to do.
School ended on Wed and I have been doing a bit of research on another community college closer to my new house but I really don’t know if I wanna transfer schools. I like where I am. At the same time though I am really not sure if the career path I have chosen is what I want to continue doing or if maybe I am suppose to do something else. I do know these facts are certain. I love animals, I love medicine and I love science and art. I just don’t know where I want to fall into amongst those fields. I also know that I am not happy with whom I work for. I don’t hate my job at all, I hate my boss and I am stuck here struggling to find a new job and that’s also taking a lot out of me. I’ve dealt with this place for 6 years on and off and I cant for the life of me figure out why. Perhaps its fear, perhaps its shame, I don’t know. I just know I stay when I don’t want to.
I had a lot more to say, but I really don’t want to bore you any further with the details of my life. So I will cut it short. But if anyone has any advice for me, I would so totally appreciate it.
Peace, love and huggles to all!
~F~
I live at home with my mom and my dad and with the constant fighting and the constant abuse it prompted me to go out and buy a house. I bought a fixer upper and put in some renovation work and something that should have taken only a few months to achieve has taken nearly the better part of a year. One thing was fixed 20 other things went wrong and now just as I am nearing the end of my remodel and gearing up for my big move. I was thrown into a situation I wish I really didn’t have to be in.
After years of knowing what I wanted to do, striving and pushing myself to do it I fell into a hole, I became lost, I wasn’t so sure that this was what I wanted to do anymore. So I attempted to discuss this with my mother, who is not the most supportive person in the world and when the concept of possibly taking a break from school came up lots of yelling ensued and I was left upset and even more lost that I had previously felt. Not wanting to hear the incessant ramblings of my mother, I looked through my college catalogs to figure out what classes I should take. I nixed summer because my boss wont give me the time off and I can only attend classes from 6 pm on and there are very few classes offered after that. I would like to be able to take 4 classes but can only take two. Now the credit hours are high but that leaves me with only two friggen classes when I still have a shit load to take! So I met with an advisor who was a moron but basically told me the same thing I can only take two classes! When I went to my mother with the news more fighting ensued in which she proceeded to tell me to make an appointment with my faculty advisor and not wanting to hear anymore yelling I went and met with her and came to the same conclusion, I CAN ONLY TAKE TWO CLASSES, wasting her time and mine and leaving me even more pissed off than I already was.
I am at a point where I cant take the fighting anymore. Yes, I am in school but the support isn’t there. I am 26 years old and after dealing with these issues most of my life, they still wont go away. I still strive to gain my parents approval. Maybe its because I was never good enough, and have always been heralded as a disappointment or an outcast but I really don’t think it is too much to ask of them to at least say for once in my life “hey good job,” or to just hear me out and be parents and help me with this obviously difficult decision. I don’t want them to make it for me, I just want them to listen and help me figure it out. I don’t have that and I want it SO DAMN BAD!
So I am basically stuck trying to make this decision alone without the support of mom and dad and that would be ok if in the back of my mind I didn’t always hear “you are good for nothing” which are the words I have had to listen to most of my life and at this point if I take some time off from school I feel that I will be proving them right and I really don’t to do that. I don’t know what to do.
School ended on Wed and I have been doing a bit of research on another community college closer to my new house but I really don’t know if I wanna transfer schools. I like where I am. At the same time though I am really not sure if the career path I have chosen is what I want to continue doing or if maybe I am suppose to do something else. I do know these facts are certain. I love animals, I love medicine and I love science and art. I just don’t know where I want to fall into amongst those fields. I also know that I am not happy with whom I work for. I don’t hate my job at all, I hate my boss and I am stuck here struggling to find a new job and that’s also taking a lot out of me. I’ve dealt with this place for 6 years on and off and I cant for the life of me figure out why. Perhaps its fear, perhaps its shame, I don’t know. I just know I stay when I don’t want to.
I had a lot more to say, but I really don’t want to bore you any further with the details of my life. So I will cut it short. But if anyone has any advice for me, I would so totally appreciate it.
Peace, love and huggles to all!
~F~
Keith Olbermanns WTF Moment on Miss California
I loved Keith when he spoke out against Prop 8 with his special comments and I love him even more now for this...
Take a look!
Take a look!
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
A look back on the Gay Marriage fight and congrats to Maine for becoming the 5th state to legalize gay marriage!
Before there was California, there was Massachusetts and looking back on that victory today and the fight that we had to go through to get there makes me all the more happy that we have come so far. Then came California just last year and we celebrated as we celebrated the Massachusetts victory some years ago and we were happy and gay and lesbian couples married and then a few short months later we mourned the loss of that state as Prop 8 took away the rights off the California gays and lesbians to legally marry.
But it was the start of something huge, something really big!
Connecticut legalized gay marriage; followed by Vermont and then surprisingly IOWA and today, May 6, 2009 Maine became the 5th state to legalize gay marriage. DC voted to recognize marriages performed in other states. Add those 4 states to the ONE state that previously allowed gay marriage and that makes 5!
I fully and wholeheartedly believe that this turn of events is due to the passage of Prop 8 one huge loss has led to many wonderful victories and I fully believe that given the circumstances occurring in these wonderful states that are overturning gay marriage bans that the California Supreme Court will overturn Prop 8 and California will once again be counted as a same sex marriage state, becoming state number 6.
But as it stands now there are only 5 states out of 50 that allow for gay marriage and that is wonderful but still a reminder of how much work needs to be done until the other 45 states wake up and overturn gay marriage bans.
I still believe that someday I will look back on this and shake my head in amazement and wonder how gay marriage could have ever been illegal but until then, I will stand with my GLBT brothers and sisters and we will fight, long and hard through many hardships and many obstacles until we can overcome this unnecessary discrimination and gay marriage is legal in all 50 states.
Thank you Massachusetts
Thank you Connecticut
Thank you Vermont
Thank you Iowa
And thank you Maine!
For supporting equality!
~F~
But it was the start of something huge, something really big!
Connecticut legalized gay marriage; followed by Vermont and then surprisingly IOWA and today, May 6, 2009 Maine became the 5th state to legalize gay marriage. DC voted to recognize marriages performed in other states. Add those 4 states to the ONE state that previously allowed gay marriage and that makes 5!
I fully and wholeheartedly believe that this turn of events is due to the passage of Prop 8 one huge loss has led to many wonderful victories and I fully believe that given the circumstances occurring in these wonderful states that are overturning gay marriage bans that the California Supreme Court will overturn Prop 8 and California will once again be counted as a same sex marriage state, becoming state number 6.
But as it stands now there are only 5 states out of 50 that allow for gay marriage and that is wonderful but still a reminder of how much work needs to be done until the other 45 states wake up and overturn gay marriage bans.
I still believe that someday I will look back on this and shake my head in amazement and wonder how gay marriage could have ever been illegal but until then, I will stand with my GLBT brothers and sisters and we will fight, long and hard through many hardships and many obstacles until we can overcome this unnecessary discrimination and gay marriage is legal in all 50 states.
Thank you Massachusetts
Thank you Connecticut
Thank you Vermont
Thank you Iowa
And thank you Maine!
For supporting equality!
~F~
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
