It’s the perfect time for that home improvement project you’ve been putting off

The “American Family Association” occasionally provides us with the names of businesses we should patronize because of their inclusive employment policies or other contributions to the cause of equality and a better world. Today’s winner is The Home Depot. Among the AFA’s many complaints, “(m)ost grievous is The Home Depot’s deliberately exposing small children to […]

Loudoun Progress

This is just a heads-up to let readers know of a new group blog in Loudoun for which I will be a contributor. Loudoun Progress is the joint project of four local bloggers: Paradox13 from Leesburg Tomorrow; Doorbellqueen from The True Adventures of the Doorbell Queen; Daverunner from In Through The Out Door; and myself, […]

Shatter the Silence

Coming up this Saturday - great work by our friends in Prince William County! Loudoun County students are very much welcome and encouraged to attend, so spread the word:
“Shatter the Silence 2009”
First Annual Gay-Friendly Prince William County Prom
Manassas, VA, April 13, 2009: The Gay Straight Alliance of Prince William, Bull Run Unitarian Universalist Church, […]

Phelps-A-Thon

This is just a brilliant idea, from Driving Equality. Apparently, the pathological Phelps clan is planning to pay a visit to the GMU campus, and it’s been turned into a fundraising opportunity for the GMU Pride Alliance: For every minute of the Phelps’ revolting presence, the Pride Alliance will be collecting funds pledged by supporters. […]

Bloggers For Good Happy Hour

So, one of my Facebook friends, to great comic effect, thought that BFG Happy Hour meant something else. Here’s what it really is. Thursday night at O’Faolain’s - won’t you join us?

What is BFG?
Bloggers For Good (BFG) is a new, grass-roots group that sponsors local meetups for people to meet, greet, and give back to […]

Bigotry loses big in Montgomery

A referendum that was designed by the anti-gay industry as a template for overturning legal protections for transgender people across the nation has been thrown out and will not appear on the ballot in Montgomery County in November. The county’s amended civil rights law, unanimously passed by the County Council last November, can finally go […]

We the people, one human family

See more photos from Equality Loudoun’s fourth year of participation in the Leesburg 4th of July Parade here. Thank you to the folks who make this happen every year - it has really made a difference in this community.
We got an overwhelmingly positive response along the route - even more so than usual. Is this […]

emma’s revolution in concert

On June 21, Equality Loudoun had our most successful concert event yet, with 120 enthusiastic fans enjoying an evening with social justice folk musicians emma’s revolution. (See pictures here.)
Many friends and supporters made this possible - thank you to all!
Thank you to St. James United Church of Christ in Lovettsville for partnering with us and […]

GLBT people have Superpowers

How do I know this? Because every time something happens in this community that Barbara Curtis doesn’t like, she fires off a post explaining that we did it. She has compiled a whole list of naughty things we have supposedly done, from “co-opting” the Leesburg Independence Day Parade, to posting a link to her public […]

Good book

Here is a transcript of one of the speeches before the School Board on Tuesday night. It was received with tremendous applause, quite deservedly so:
“My name is Katie Neville; I’ve lived in Mr. Marshall’s School Board district for 23 years, on ____ St. in the same house; three of my children graduated from high school […]

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