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Today it’s Joan Rivers 80th birthday - and she’s the hardest working 80 year old in show business. She’s a living legend, a gay icon, and she’s still hysterically funny. Happy 80th Birthday Joan Rivers! Keep us laughing!
Stop Stigma Sacramento
The Mental Illness: It’s not always what you think project was initiated by Sacramento County Department of Health and Human Services’ Division of Behavioral Health Services to:
-Reduce stigma and discrimination
-Promote mental health and wellness
-Inspire hope for people and families living with mental illnessStop Stigma Sacramento is one of the many projects here working to support those with mental illnesses. These are all over the county—on billboards, community boards, and gas pumps.
For mental health resources in the county, visit the NAMI Sacramento website
Happy Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Pride Month! We’ve earned the right to be loud and proud.
We’re taught in grammar school that everyone is created equal, and yet we learn as we grow up, that we’ve been sold a bill of goods. It’s a noble idea that we continue to fight for, because equality remains an elusive dream for many.
Many people outside of the LGBT community wonder why we bother. Some people mock us, and say they’re celebrating heterosexual pride, or straight pride, which is insulting. When someone promotes “straight pride” it’s akin to endorsing “white pride.” Straight people haven’t been systematically denied their rights, or been murdered, beaten, persecuted, or harmed, because of their sexuality. Gay people experience that every day.
We want to be treated equally, and we want to live openly and freely. We want to be able to work, and we want to be happy. Is that unrealistic? Is that too much to ask or expect of our families, friends and neighbors? Is that a concept that some religious leaders, and politicians, don’t understand or want to comprehend?
We celebrate pride for us, because it’s an opportunity for us to celebrate who we are, and who we love. We have a huge party for our community, and for our self-selected LGBT families, without fear - because we’re with our tribe.
We celebrate proudly, and we exude love and pride, despite the fact that our nation is filled with haters. We don’t allow that negative energy to detract or diminish the love we have for each other, because our capacity to love lasts forever.
Happy lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender pride month!
Robbie Rogers became the first openly gay male athlete to play in a U.S. professional league on Sunday night, making his Major League Soccer debut with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
“I guess this is a historic thing, but for me it was just a soccer game,” he said.
He received loud cheers from the crowd of 24,811 as he ran onto the pitch, with fans chanting his last name.
