A Transgender Day of Remembrance Memorial Service for those killed because of anti-transgender hatred or prejudice will be at 7:30 p.m. today at River of Life Metropolitan Community Church, 2625 W. Bru-neau Place, Kennewick.
Tri-Cities Trans meets at 7 p.m. each Wednesday at the Diversity Pride Center at Gettmann Hall at River of Life Metropolitan Community Church. For more information about either event, call 541-314-0067.
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PFLAG to discuss transgender issues
PFLAG to discuss transgender issues
Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gays of Benton and Franklin counties will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at 1153 Gage Blvd., Richland.
Discussion will focus on living as a transgender. For more information, call 795-1665 or go to bfpflag.com .
Health educator to talk to volunteer group
Health educator to talk to volunteer group
Benton Franklin PFLAG's (Parents, Family and Friends of Lesbians and Gay) monthly meeting will feature guess speaker Melissa Lantz.
Lantz is a health educator with the Benton-Franklin Health Department. The meeting is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday at 1153 Gage Blvd. in Richland.
The volunteer group is made up of parents, families and friends of someone who is gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgendered.
Tri-City youth center adds 3 board members
Tri-City youth center adds 3 board members
KENNEWICK -- Vista Youth Center in Kennewick, which assists lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students in the Tri-Cities, has welcomed three new members to its board.
They are Jody Lediard, priest at the Kennewick St. Paul Episcopal, Christy Rasmussen, principal of New Horizons High School and Discovery Middle School in Pasco, and Jim Carter, owner Fat Boys Fleet Service in Pasco.
Same-sex marriage
Same-sex marriage
Join me in a campaign to remove the right to marry from all Catholics. Don't get me wrong. Some of them are nice. I like them on TV, and my cousin married one, but they are all going to Hades. I know this because as Catholics they believe in transubstantiation, and in my holy book, drinking human blood is no better than murder. Disgusting!
OK, that argument for denying Catholics their civil rights is satire. The argument has no merit whatsoever and yet has no less merit than what is hurled insultingly toward our lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender family members. Can you see how ridiculous it is to let lesbians and gays own guns, serve in the military and not let them marry?
It is time to treat everyone the same. Take a step forward, to strengthen families and better our country. Equality is the American way, not bigotry. Proudly support same-sex marriages.
Gay rights rally in Richland shows Tri-Cities as welcoming
Gay rights rally in Richland shows Tri-Cities as welcoming
Organizers of a gay rights rally in Richland on Saturday named their event "GRR," but their message was far from angry.
Tolerance, equality and shared humanity were the themes of the event, which brought together more than 100 members of the Tri-City lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community and straight supporters, known as "allies."
In fact, it was a straight ally who came up with the idea for the rally, which had a second nickname: "Jousting for Justice."
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