goin' to the chapel, and we're gonna get married....

When I went down to the East Village for dinner with a visiting out-of-town friend & his partner, I didn't realize I'd be caught up in History, when the Marriage Equality Act passed, giving all adult couples the same legal right to marry - and be, under every law, given the same rights and protections as any spouse.

Sitting at the table, refreshing Twitter, updating everywhere when the voting started.. it was both very surreal, and very real. So much better to be part of positive history.


We didn't go to Stonewall to join the celebrations - tonight is for those whose rights have been affirmed and protected. But it was a rockin' party, as well it should be. May Monday morning be bright and cheerful for all who head down to City Hall...

Good Night, New York Senate. Despite the mean-spirited bigots in your midst, a job well and finally done.



[now, as we said at dinner, we shall see who the first gay/lesbian celebrity to have a 24hour "OMG what a drunken mistake" annullment... because why should heteros be the only idiots?)


EtA: This? Is the town I grew up in. This is the community I grew up in. I <3 SOMA so very very much. A SOMA Kid's View of Marriage Equality>

The Clarion Write-A-Thon, Post 0

The Clarion Workshop is an intensive, genre-focused, hands-on writing program where writers spend six weeks getting their chops sharpened. It's been around for years (decades!), and some of our best writers got their start there.

In recent years, Clarion has lost a lot of their funding, as grants and gifts dried up. So we're going to try and raise money to keep them going, via a write-a-thon. Starting on Sunday (tomorrow), I will be writing in solidarity with the new writers attending this year's Clarion. My goal is - at the same time I am working on my contracted work - writing a novella from scratch. I will be blogging the experience, and inviting donors to cheer (or mock) my progress (as well as vote on character names and plot twists). You can donate a single sum, or on a weekly basis, on a word-count goal, or any other way you think of to contribute....

And yes, as a supporter, you might just get killed off in the story. :-)


http://www.theclarionfoundation.org/writeathon/wrtn-writerpage.php?writerID=4954


EtA: The New Novella is something, well, new. Not part of any universe I've written in, before....

"Our Strength is Not For Hurting"

RT @melikhovo (via @rosefox) Interesting post by @pablok about images of masculinity in anti-rape campaigns aimed at men: wp.me/p15eEG-P1