The thoughts and experiences of an author and human rights activist
Monday, November 30, 2009
Crying Wolf
Monday, October 26, 2009
Logic Bomb
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Headlines & Deadlines
Monday, September 14, 2009
How To 'Mng' Hate Mail
Sometimes it is amusing to note the colorfulness of the content, or the rhyme, or even the imagery. The sense of outrage, injustice and paranoia on the part of the writer is often striking and ironic, and if anything the saddest and most surreal part of the whole business. Honestly, though my girlfriend isn't that amused by the things said in there about me, I find it rather amusing. I say it is motivating, because it helps inspire me to work towards a world free of hatred. I also have to admit I keep the compliments I receive too - and it's comforting that there is more than twice as much of that than there is hate mail.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Suffering In The Darkness Of Ignorance
I am also sad to say that I was unsurprised that this hatred came from a person professing Christianity - a faith which holds a loving father-figure God as its tradition and core belief, as well as loving each other selflessly after the pattern set by Christ. This message seems all too rare in modern Christianity, doesn't it? Especially when you face hatred and intimidation such as this on a regular basis.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Beating Ploughshares Into Swords
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
“It” Is For Objects, Not People!
Monday, August 24, 2009
The Human Race
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Stupidity And Self-Inflicted Ignorance
Friday, July 17, 2009
Equality - A Goalpost On Wheels For Every Occasion
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Shuffling A Pack Of Lies
Thursday, May 7, 2009
Copping Out
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Poor Taste In "Men"
Last year a transwoman in the US, 23 year old named Angie Zapata who had not yet completed her transition, was brutally and mercilessly beaten to death by a man she met and entertained at home.
According to the police interviewed in a media article at the time, he suspected something was amiss because she hadn't allowed him to touch her genital area and because of some of the pictures in her apartment. When she admitted to him she was transgender and pre-op, this man picked up a fire extinguisher and bludgeoned her over her head with it.
She awoke some time later while he was going through her things and he finished her off with the same weapon. Afterwards he left the scene in her vehicle. When arrested by the police he had the arrogance to say to the police that "I killed IT".
It.
Like he was talking about putting out a cigarette.
Let us put it into perspective. Angie Zapata - much loved by her friends and family as a warm and caring human being - a woman - is dead, brutally slain for no good or justifiable reason at all. Another individual - I shall not call him a "man" because a "man" does not behave like that - is on trial for his crime. And if there is justice in the USA - and I believe there still is - he will pay for his hate crime.