By bluerasberry on 2018-11-25
Fabian and I went to see Torch Song on Broadway Thanksgiving night Thursday 22 November 2018 at the Hayes Theatre. The play is 3 hour adaptation of the Torch Song Trilogy, which was a series of plays telling a gay life story in New York from 1970-1980. I am reviewing the narrative here and describing […]
Posted in gay stuff, HIV, New York City, work | Tagged Broadway, gay rights, history, sex, theatre, youth rights
By bluerasberry on 2016-04-05
Should prison inmates be permitted to edit Wikipedia? I assisted a prison inmate in placing a request for Wikipedia edits, and my action was examined in a post at The Wikipedian, which is the blog of Wikipedia commentator William Beutler. I will explain what I did, what context this action has in Wikipedia culture, who […]
Posted in gay stuff, legal, non-profit, rights, Wikipedia | Tagged crime, gay rights, prison
By bluerasberry on 2009-10-16
There was this article that made national news about a justice of the peace who refused to grant a marriage license to a couple because they were interracial. The Associated Press got an interview with this guy and he says things that show his ignorance and thoroughly establish his reasoning as illegal. So here it […]
Posted in legal, rights | Tagged civil rights, gay rights, morality, social status
By bluerasberry on 2008-04-12
Seattle has a population of about 580,000. For the Gay Pride festival last summer the recorded attendance was 200,000 with 100,000 from out of town. I know that the organizers always inflate these numbers but still it means that a lot of people are involved in this. Nandan and I are getting more serious about […]
Posted in education, festival, presentation, rights, Seattle | Tagged gay rights, hijra, HIV project, NGO, Sanjeevani Booti
By bluerasberry on 2007-04-03
Before I start passing on partly unsubstatiated rumors let me say that my studies are going well and that within the last week I have found a surge of speaking proficiency from within. I have begun daily study with M.N. and he presses me to speak and write without preparation or my books. I find […]
Posted in computer, India, religion, rights | Tagged blood, death, food, gay rights, Hinduism, Islam, marijuana, ritual, scam, Sikhism, sport, water, youth
By bluerasberry on 2007-02-07
Let me clarify that Nandan, and Nandan alone, understands my impression of my “disco boy” teacher. I want to convey my meaning. There have been times in my life when I have had friends introduce me to a date or new acquaintance or some person, and I have been able to perceive a quality in […]
Posted in drug, India, rights | Tagged business, gay rights