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Terrorizing Gay Iraqi’s

By bicyclemark

My good friend John of Americablog has been in Paris for the last few weeks and sent me a message today. The message contained excerpts from this article in the Guardian which tells about religious extremists in Iraq who troll gay websites and chat rooms seeking to identify gay Iraqi’s, track them down, and... »

Respect to Stonewall

By bicyclemark

On June 28th 1969 NYC police raided the Stonewall Inn. That night police arrested and beat numerous people, especially transgendered and gender non-conformist people.  Outraged and tired of the oppression, people from the community gathered outside the Inn while the people inside tried to barricade themselves, and eventually a fire broke out. But that’s just... »

Being Pride Month

By bicyclemark

This is pride month and I realize I’m yet to do anything related to LGBT rights and focus on related situations worldwide.  Actually I’m surprised to not yet have heard reports of violent and disgusting attacks on participants at Gay Pride festivals throughout Eastern Europe. Seems as though every year I’ll catch images of... »

One Day More

By bicyclemark

Regularly scheduled citizen reporting will resume tomorrow. After two months with no internet at home, the corrupt and incompetent phone company is coming to my house to check the wiring.  That combined with the fact that tomorrow is the Drag Queen Olympics, means that we can finally expect my work flo to return to normal... »

bmtv53 Amsterdam Pride 2007

By bicyclemark

The following is just a brief vlog entry as I cruised the canals of Amsterdam with good friends during Pride 2007 over the weekend. I was joined by Amy Joy and JaG among others. It was a lovely day and a great celebration, but my hope is that people don’t forget amidst all... »