As you may recall, former Ypsilantian Josh Steichman told us earlier this summer that he was working on a campaign to see the so-called reparative therapy of minors outlawed in California. Well, this weekend, Josh and the rest of the Equality California team were successful. California Governor Jerry Brown signed into law legislation that would […]
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California bans the pay-the-gay-away psychological torture of LGBT youth known as “reparative therapy”
Posted in Civil Liberties Also tagged AB 1505, AB 1700, AB 1856, anti-science, anxiety, But I'm a Cheerleader, California, closet case, conversion therapy, depression, Don't Ask Don't Tell, EOS, Equality California, ex gay, gay, gay marriage, gay rights, George Rekers, homophobia, Josh Steichman, legislation, LGBTQ, lube, Magic Mike, Marcus Bachmann, Michele Bachmann, Michigan, pay the gay away, pray the gay away, psychological abuse, rent boy, reparative therapy, Rick Snyder, SB 1140, self hatred, suicide, Ted Lieu, therapy, UCLA, Vermont, Wisconsin, Ypsilanti water tower 39 Comments
Who needs colleges when you can have prisons… Good work, Michigan!
I haven’t seen the new numbers, but, in 2008, I remember reading that Michigan was one of only four states that spent more on corrections than on higher education. And this, if I’m not mistaken, is happening in spite of the fact that Michigan’s prison population is dropping. I mention this because I just saw […]
Posted in Michigan, Observations, Rants Also tagged 2012 Michigan budget, corrections, Dan Heyns, death row, Department of Corrections, Great Lakes States, higher education, interpreted truth in sentencing, Mike Shirkey, prison industrial complex, prison reform, prison sentences, Rebekah Warren, Rick Snyder, stalactites of human detritus, tough on crime 11 Comments
Meg Whitman endorses her opponent, Jerry Brown, for Governor of California
Isn’t that the most brilliant thing ever? And I’m not sure why, as she doesn’t look or sound anything like Edith Massey, but, after watching a few clips of Meg Whitman this evening, I found myself thinking of that great actress from Baltimore, and scouring the internet for film clips of her in action. I’m […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Other, Politics Also tagged Balitmore, California, Desperate Living, Ebay, Edith Massey, Fells Point, Griffith Rutherford Harsh V, irony, John Waters, Meg Whitman, Queen Carlotta, things that are hilarious 12 Comments