Central Valley Stonewall Democratic Club

Carnival: Continuing The March For Equality Feb, 6th

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LGBT Activist, Iraq Veteran, and Former Congressional Candidate Anthony Woods to Attend Stonewall Event in Stockton

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January 25, 2010

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

LGBT Activist, Iraq Veteran, and Former Congressional Candidate

Anthony Woods to Attend Stonewall Event in Stockton

 

Stockton, CA- The Central Valley Stonewall Democratic Club (CVSDC) is honored to announce that national LGBT activist and Iraq veteran Anthony Woods will deliver the keynote address at their annual Carnival fundraiser. In 2008, Woods’s life was changed forever when he refused to live a life of lies and was dishonorably discharged from the U.S. military. Mr. Woods impressed media pundits and the political elite with his East Bay ’08 congressional campaign, inspiring a grassroots movement that motivated the online, progressive, and youth communities. While former Attorney General and Central Valley native John Garamendi won the election, Woods continues to advocate in support of a rational policy towards gays serving in the military and common-sense civil rights equality.

Taking It Back To Carnival 2009

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Who Do You Tell?

 

by Sally Miller

Last year I was interviewed about my life experiences as a young gay person way back before Stonewall.  The interview was conducted by a student in Susan Eggman’s social work program at Sacramento State.  The young, straight, interviewer blew my mind with her key question.  Referring to my anecdote about my first gay experience, she asked me “Who did you tell about it?”  I was shocked because at that time we hardly told anyone about our actual lives.  One of the men in our local Stonewall chapter told me he was interviewed by the same person (apparently) who asked him the same question.  “Who did you tell?  We both told nobody, for quite a while.  Any of us lucky enough to have gay friends had someone to share our stories with, but most of us were alone in that era, and we told no one the truths about our lives.

Stonewall Spreads Holiday Cheer

 

A selection of pictures from Stonewall's 2009 Holiday Party. Thanks to Asm. Cathleen Galgiani, Asm. Anna Caballero, Stonewall founding member Councilwoman Susan Eggman, SUSD Trustee Colleen Boardman and all the Stonewall Allstars for joining us. Special thanks to AJ & Kitty for opening up their home for us. Numerous Santa bags were stuffed and delivered to Empress Uneke Chanel and Emperor Lou Mantiful of  The Court of Unity, Respect, and Charity and ISJDE. For more pictures visit our Facebook page here. 

ADAM LAMBERT: Do we really need a queer Madonna?

By Nicholas Hatten

It's been interesting watching the fallout over Adam Lambert's American Music Awards performance. Lambert's fans declared him a trailblazer for his in-your-face queer sexuality. The religious right screamed foul over the man-on-man action taking place during prime-time network airtime. My reaction? "Meh." I'd get worked up over Lambert if the song (and his music in general) was worthy of all the attention.  Strangely enough, the take away from all this hoopla should be, when did pop culture's memory become so short?