Adopt-A-Gay Foundation

AAGF: From April Fool's to Business Licensing

2011-10-07T23:05:00.000-07:00

It is interesting how a website that began as simultaneous tribute and April Fool's joke can become inspiration to start-up a nonprofit shelter...but, Adopt-A-Gay Foundation is proud to announce: Adopt-A-Rainbow Shelter.

The Adopt-A-Rainbow Shelter (AARS) is currently in the start-up process. We have a business license and Fed Tax ID Number, and we're getting together the documentation required to apply for the 501 (c) 3 tax exempt status from the IRS. The AARS website is under construction.

If you can, please donate to the Adopt-A-Rainbow Shelter, you can use the AAR Shelter "FundRazr app" on Facebook, or, the PayPal link located on the AARS website's donation page.

Tranny Documentary: Trinidad the Movie

2011-05-20T16:27:00.000-07:00

Petition to NY for Trans People Who Need to Adjust the Gender on Birth Certificates

2011-04-17T16:35:00.000-07:00

Sarah has fought with the State of Virginia on this issue, to no avail. Today, we stand in solidarity with Trans People in New York. Remember, the fight starts with one person saying, "Enough!" Sign the petition below:

Petitions by Change.org|Start a Petition »

Israel's Transsexual Pop Singer, Dana International to Compete at Eurovision 2011

2011-03-11T00:41:00.000-08:00

Dana International, Transsexual Pop Singer Competes for Israel at Eurovison 2011. Congratulations Dana! Way to go Israel.

And, thank you Wikipedia, for once again providing quick reference biographical information:
Wikipedia: Dana International

More information about Dana International is coming soon! Check Adopt-a-Gay's "In the Family" tab for more famous family members!

We're proud of you all! Keep up the good work, the struggle, and the fight!

Transgender Discrimination Survey

2011-02-12T16:22:00.000-08:00

The Transgender Discrimination Survey by National Gay and Lesbian Task Force and National Center for Transgender Equality came out on February 3, 2011. Call it a study in how Transgendered people are jacked by society! The results are sad proof of the very situation that Sarah Black has repeatedly described in previous blog posts.

HRC Petition to Stop the Spread of Hate in the Name of Religion

2011-02-12T01:10:00.000-08:00

Follow the link below to sign the HRC Petition: Stop the Spread of Hate in the Name of Religion inspired by the horribly underhanded tactics of three bigoted Americans Religicrits who preached about the "evils of Homosexuality" to Ugandans to encourage religious-based contempt and prejudice against Ugandan homosexuals. The result of the hate-mongering was the introduction of the Uganda Anti-Homosexuality Bill (punishment carries the death penalty) and recently caused the death of David Kato, a Ugandan Gay Rights Activist who was killed in his home.

Now, for a note from the Latter-Day Saints: Herald Extra (news): LDS Church responds to HRC Petition. This letter explains the church's opposition to the treatment of Ugandan Homosexuals as well as those American homosexuals who've been bullied to death. While the letter admits the LDS church is adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage, they claim to support LGBT peoples in other ways (housing, non-discrimination).

A church that believes marriage to be between "one man and one woman" is well within their rights. To want to stop the discrimination against LGBT people while disagreeing on the issue of marriage shows a group attempting to follow their church doctrine. Or, are they simple trying to make up for the Prop 8 fiasco in California? I doubt that.

If you want to do something about the actions of the Latter-Day Saints in the Prop 8 Fiasco, then follow the instructions for filing a complaint with the IRS at the following link: Revoke LDS Church 501(3)c Tax Exempt Status. Revocation is on the grounds of substantial activities which influenced legislation...a big "no-no" under US Code Title 26 section 501(3)c subsection (h)(3).

And, for a website full of information about what the Mormons did to support Prop 8, follow the link:
Mormons for 8. A quote from Mormons for 8's About page: "Mormons for Proposition 8 exists to provide as much information about the LDS church’s involvement in supporting California’s Proposition 8 as it can gather." These people are excellent participants in the "transparency" category, they even include donor amounts as well as where they directed the millions of dollars they received to propagandize bigotry and ruin the chances of LGBT to gain their inalienable rights of "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."

Churches have the right to be against same-sex marriage. Churches do not have the right to interfere in the politics of the nation. Nor do churches have the right to effectively purchase discriminatory legislation. However, as California and the world saw, the Mormon church is not afraid to voice their opinion and to take action in the political sphere to propagandize that position, nor are they afraid to put vast financial resources to the task of preventing homosexuals from achieving the American Dream.

These two examples of Religicrits in action, should be enough to alert the world to the danger of religious fundamentalism in the political sphere. We're talking about purportedly religious individuals, groups, and leaders who spend their time demeaning (and/or killing) homosexuals over religious differences...that is not a separation between church and state designed to protect religious freedom.

Petition to End Transgender Discrimination

2011-02-12T00:02:00.000-08:00

Change.org petition started by the National Center for Transgender Equality
NCTE Pledge to End Transgender Discrimination
Transgendered people are subject to discrimination that puts them at risk of homelessness. When transgender people are discriminated against, the consequences are that they cannot find work or shelter. Sign the petition and help stop discrimination against these brave trannys (ourselves, our friends, and our family).

Transgendered Resource Links and News Links

2011-01-09T19:03:00.000-08:00

http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/DiseasePrevention/Hotline/TransRRList.pdf
Virginia transsexual resources...not sure what this is...looks like a list of places in Richmond, Va. The list was last updated Dec. 14, 2010, so it's current.

And the following link is a report released in 2007. Gonna keep looking to see if I can find anything about them taking corrective measures.
http://www.vdh.state.va.us/epidemiology/DiseasePrevention/documents/pdf/THISFINALREPORTVol1.pdf

http://www.vdh.state.va.us/std/Research%20Highlights/TG%20Focus%20Group%20Report%20final%201.3.pdf
2005
Virginia Transsexual Health Access Report

http://fantasiafair.org/Pioneer_Awards_Banquet.aspx
People working towards Transgendered rights (ceremony for transgendered honorees)

http://www.tavausa.org/History.html
Transgender American Veterans Association

http://www.tgea.net/groups.shtml
Transgender education association also has something in list for Falls Church, Va. maybe a place for networking?

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/crime-scene/virginia/va-transgender-inmate-in-solit.html
Tranny in solitary confinement in prison for fear male prisoners would rape her. Probably in jail cause she had to resort to drug dealing to survive.

http://www.tgender.net/taw/speakers.html
The contact info for the speaker in Virginia is listed...perhaps contacting would open speaking opportunity?

http://trans411.org/
Tranny resources

http://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights_hiv-aids/transgender-veteran-wins-sex-discrimination-lawsuit-against-library-congress
Tranny wins sex discrimination case against Library of Congress

http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/Topic/Diversity/Specific/Sexual_Orientation/Organizations/
Useful list of links, not sure how many still work old site (2001)

http://www.nolo.com/lawyers/attorney/june-d-w-kalijarvi-4284.html
Washington D.C. lawyer who handles LGBT rights and employment discrimination

http://www.diversityinc.com/content/1757/article/7024/
1st tranny presidential appointee

http://www.thetaskforce.org/enda07/ENDAtoolkit_c4.pdf
ENDA toolkit (useful information--how to guide)

http://www.transgenderlaw.org/
Transgender law center

DADT Repeal is Awesome, But We're Not Done!

2011-01-08T14:15:00.000-08:00

Follow the link below to an article on Change.org that asks everyone to remember the Transsexual service members who are not subject to DADT or its subsequent Repeal.

http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/repealing_dont_ask_dont_tell_doesnt_end_all_discrimination_in_the_military

Even countries purporting transgendered tolerance have moments of pure unadulterated hatred:
http://gayrights.change.org/blog/view/transgender_airline_passengers_prepare_to_be_strip_searched_twice
At the end of the article you will find a petition to hold the transphobic officers accountable for their unacceptable behavior.

I Dont Get Why We Aren't Helping Unemployed and Homeless Transgendered Veterans

2010-12-18T21:06:00.000-08:00

Ok, this may take a minute, but let me walk ya thru it: I am an unemployed homeless transexual veteran. How is that for a minority? I have been everywhere looking for a job. I did not get a job, but I have gotten some looks. I guess they don't believe it when they figure it out. Oh well.

I have also tried to go to the VA's homeless veterans counselor and he has told me, "Sorry there is nothing we can do". I have been to the shelters and they wont take me in because "where would they put me in with the males or females?"

I love this country, I really do. I spent 4 years and 3 tours in the Persian Gulf fighting for this country. All I have to say is WTF America? I may be different but I have payed my dues. No criminal record, nothing on my DMV record and all I get is a hard time. Why should I stay in this country if there are others willing to help me? I cant even get into college because no one will take the time to help me. I am not dumb by any stretch and I am willing and able to work. Well, maybe, I will just turn into another tranny prostitute, I mean that's what these people want right? That way every night when they are driving to go out to dinner they have something to look out the window and sneer at and then laugh--and they call us sick? People, I promise you this...I am not leaving this country...ohhh no! I am staying and I'm gonna force them to hear me and see me everyday for the rest of thier lives...thats right ya pissed me off and I am not going away. Instead, I am staying and fighting for our equal rights. I am bullheaded and got plenty of fight in me. If you are reading this and want to help...speak up and let America hear you. Thats our problem ...we have no voice...well guess what? I never shut up and I am about to show this country, congress, and all the haters. Fuk'em all!

Now What ?

2010-12-14T00:26:00.000-08:00

Well, I am now not just unemployed but homeless as of Dec 15, 2010. I am an unemployed homeless Vet. I have left 10 voice messages for the "homeless Veteran" counselor at the VA (Veterans Administration) and he still has not returned my calls. Lovely, huh? I know there is only 10 million of us that will be sleeping in shelters or on the streets this X-Mas, but give it a few more years and if our congress continues this way there will be more. When is it enough? When will the American people rise up together (regardless of color, creed, gender and all that useless packaging we put ourselves in) and take our country back? Those congressmen and women were put there for the people, by the people, not for the rich, by the rich. Anyways, see ya all on the flip side. I am off to a new and never visited world for me. Really, just another chapter in my adventurous life.

Assistance for an Unemployed Tranny

2010-11-26T10:04:00.000-08:00

Well, my unemployment has run its course and our "great politicians" have failed to extend it yet. I have been searching for places that may be able to offer me food and housing assistance until I finally get employed but wouldn't ya know it....none of them are willing to help. Social services won't help because I don't have kids. The shelters are all full and overflowing. The V.A. has set an appointment for me but that's not guaranteed either. One good thing is they are all offering me food--now that I don't have a fridge to put it in. Maybe I will get lucky and be arrested for being homeless and then I will get my very own bed, shelter, and food.

Some shelters have denied me because I am transgendered. Where would they put me? Next to a family so I could corrupt their children's minds? The more I live, the more I notice how much they really do hate us (trannys). I don't understand it. How could one human being be so hateful to another? Just because people like me are different doesn't mean we will corrupt your children or give you the "tranny disease".

My heart is full of hurt. It hurts for all who have been punished for being themselves. The very ones that have the courage get the very short end of the stick. Well, World, you will never get rid of me, you will never defeat me and I will never hang my head in shame. I am stronger than you. I am smarter than you. And, my heart is bigger than yours. So, in conclusion: you can stick that in your pipe and smoke it.

Fw: Yahoo! News Story - Montana GOP policy: Make homosexuality illegal

2010-10-07T22:58:00.000-07:00

Sarah found this one:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100918/ap_on_re_us/us_gays_in_montana

So much fun seeing how interested the citizens and their political "platforms" are in the private affairs of other citizens.

Sarah once asked me, "why are people so interested in what I do in the bedroom? I don't think about them having sex. So, just because they're perverts, I've got to suffer?" Or, something like that.

All I can say: who knows why mainstream America is obsessed with so-called "deviant" sexual potentialities? Perhaps, the repressed libido forced through propaganda and Puritanical upbringings? But, really, who knows?

"Christian" Religicrits at it Again

2010-09-03T16:40:00.000-07:00

Okay, here I go....you know what chaps my ass? These ignorant far-right Christian religicrits (read Glen Beck and friends) want a fire-and-brimstone sermon, well, I have one for 'em. The reason why they are so hateful is because they have to get up every morning and look at their own ugly faces. These people hate everyone not like them (i.e., people that hate themselves and their lives). The Christian Bible teaches love and respect, not hate. On a daily basis they chastise the GLBT community telling others that "gays are all going to hell." Bunch of damn religicrits. Hate, I thought was a sin in and of itself ...so is judgment.

In addition, I am a Male-to-Female transsexual. I am sick of getting to the third interview during the job application process, signing all that paperwork to do a background check, and then when they find out I was born male they toss me right out. I wish somehow I could change their sexual orientation to make them just like me so they would know how it feels. You can't get a fair shake at anything in society these days...GRRRRRRR!

DADT Update

2010-08-18T16:48:00.000-07:00

Don't Ask, Don't Tell Discharges Hit Lesbians Hardest

Interesting aol news piece. Discusses the disproportionate discharge of Lesbians compared to Gays in the armed forces. I find it interesting to note that transpeople are not mentioned. Will have to do a little more seraching to find out how DADT handles trannys.

Links to Queer Content by Author Monique Finley

2010-08-18T13:27:00.000-07:00

GLBT American Dream: Struggle for Gay Rights in the 21st Century
Commentary on the state of inequality for Queer America.

Hollywood Glamorization of Lipstick Lesbians Leaves Proud Butch Dykes Out of Television
Discussion of unequal media representation for Butch Lesbians.

Born to be Gay
Editorial discussing the question of whether one is "born gay" or "chooses".

Maggie's Conundrum
Flash fiction. Maggie survived high school by keeping her true self secret. When she learns a secret about her boss's son, Maggie has to choose her next move. What happens next shocks all, including Maggie.

Civil Rights Alert: Prop 8 Ban on Same-sex Marriage Overturned

2010-08-05T00:51:00.000-07:00

California re-legalizes gay marriage! You know the Religicrits are going to appeal and lose. It amazes me that the Nazi's anti-homosexuality mentality has been adopted by scarily powerful segments of our society. Hate-mongering for the sake of controlling the masses will work for a time, until they get pissed off. Or, until someone else gets pissed off and steps in.

The Religicrits are out for queer blood in the poorest nations of the world, places like Uganda where the Anti-Homosexuality Bill of 2009 sentences gay people to death. There are other countries that kill queers, today, right now. This isn't something that "used to" happen; it's something that is happening. Who will be next?

California = Same-sex marriage re-legalized
Uganda = Homosexuality illegalized; punishment is death penalty

Kind of makes the California win pale in comparison to the lives threatened by the actions of three Religicrits. Countless Ungandan queers face death because of a three day brain-washing tent revival held by so-called American Christians. You know, I'm genuinely scared.

Transpeople are Terrorists

2010-07-13T15:05:00.000-07:00

Helium.com Debate: Should transgendered and transsexual individuals be protected by employment discrimination laws?

"I think transgenders or transsexuals should be treated as terrorists." This sentence was written by "M Pereira" and this is why we need to reach out by being employed and being around these types of close minded people. If I am a terrorist or a threat to anyone it would be myself because God knows I have sabotaged many a thing for myself over the years.

Gay Laws and Rights

2010-07-13T14:11:00.001-07:00

Ok everybody, I am writing this blog because I want to know how everyone feels about gay marriage, employment non-discrimination act (ENDA), and other issues of queer importance. It might seem long, but bear with me.

I have noticed that all people and non-profits are fighting for equality in the name of gay marriage or other small topics. To achieve equality we need to seem "NORMAL" on the social playing field. Meaning that if society sees us as productive and "NORMAL" they will be more willing to give us all the things we seek for equality. Instead of society's current view of us as prostituting, drug using freaks applying for marriage, what if we fight for laws that allow us to work and be "NORMAL" first. Once we are seen by employers and co-workers as normal people and not those listed above maybe then we will get all those things we all want so very badly.

For an example, your new boss is an upright citizen, but thinks we are doing the devil's work and are one day going to hell because we are the downfall of America's morals. Yet, because of a law being passed you now work for him on a daily basis. Of course it will be tough at first, but once they see we are no different than anyone else they will start to think of us as being just as "NORMAL" as anyone else. Thus, by showing people who we are, rather than, telling them who we are will assure that someday we will be able to achieve all the things everyone else has achieved.

to be continued...

Hiya Peeps

2010-07-13T13:59:00.000-07:00

I am here now. So, you better tell me to shut up now...lol!

I will say anything and everything because I have a open mind and anything goes mentality....cya soon.

I am rude crude and socially unacceptable, but I mean no harm.

Site Under Construction

2010-04-08T00:34:00.000-07:00

Please bear with us during this time of improvement as the Adopt-A-Gay Foundation web site is currently a work in progress.

Please feel free to leave a comment if you have any suggestions regarding the site. Thank you!

And remember, it is never too late to Adopt-a-Gay!

Call for LGBT Coming Out Stories

2010-03-19T17:11:00.000-07:00

Are you a member of the non-heteromormative world? Did your lack of heteronormativity cause you to lose your family? Your friends? Your job? What happened when you reached this point? Was there someone you were able to turn to? Did someone help you out? Get you back on your feet?

The staff at the Adopt-A-Gay Foundation know first-hand the feelings of despair at losing family, friends, and careers because of non-heteronormativity. Fortunately, the staff at Adopt-A-Gay also know first-hand the enormous relief to be had when surrounded by those who have experienced loss through the Outing process. It is through coming together after Coming Out that we are able to overcome the deep depression which results from unreasonable social expectation.

When removed from an unwelcome environment many find new friends and occasionally are adopted into new families. The Adopt-A-Gay Foundation wants you to know we're all Family here. Please, leave a comment.

Share your Coming Out story and if you have an adoption story, we encourage you to contact the Editor at: altimagewritingco@gmail.com
Be sure to refer to "Coming Out/Adoption" in the subject line.

Welcome to the Adopt-A-Gay Foundation

2010-02-17T17:45:00.000-08:00

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