Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Jordan Letschert surrogacy blog PART 3
Thursday, August 25, 2016
Jordan Letschert blog on gayswithkids.com
Sunday, August 7, 2016
A Baby Boy
Saturday, June 18, 2016
Jordan Letschert Suncoast View
Sunday, June 12, 2016
ORLANDO SHOOTING
Thursday, May 19, 2016
Chaos on House Floor
Monday, May 16, 2016
American Politics summed up
Monday, May 9, 2016
Trans Gender Rights
There are times, in the course of history, that a speech changes a nation's trajectory. Whether it's a prepared speech, an off the cuff remark, or a formal address, these moments have the ability to create a movement. As in 1963 and 2012, today, a movement began, a movement for transgender rights across the country.
This afternoon, from a podium within the Department of Justice, Attorney General Loretta Lynch announced a counter lawsuit against the North Carolina Governor, the State Department of Safety, and the University of North Carolina, along with the stripping of federal funding to the State over the implementation of House Bill 2 (the Bathroom Bill).
The statements made today by AG Loretta Lynch were calculated and poignant. In speaking against the bill, Lynch alluded to an era of Jim Crow laws, stating "It was not so very long ago that states, including North Carolina, had signs above restrooms, water fountains and on public accommodations keeping people out based upon a distinction without a difference.”
Not to be outdone, the head of DOJ Civil Rights Division, Vanita Gupta, was equally as unambiguous and uncompromising. Gupta stated, near the end of the conference, "It speaks to all of us who have ever been made to feel inferior – like somehow we just don’t belong in our community, like somehow we just don’t fit in. Let me reassure every transgender individual, right here in America, that you belong just as you are."
I'm rarely marveled by anything spoken at a government press conference, but today was an exception. Watching two minority women of color take a stand, with the full backing of the U.S. government, against a discriminatory bill was something to be witnessed, and not soon forgot.
If you didn't see it live, I suggest you take a look.