I assume these two young men who I photographed at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC are a couple. If they are, they cannot get married, today, in New York or most other states in the USA. No matter how long a same-sex couple has been together, or how committed they are to each other, or how upstanding a citizen each person in a same-sex couple is, no matter what they each contribute to society in America, regardless of the taxes that they pay to support EVERYONE in America, same-sex couples who want to get married are being denied equal status due to sheer bigotry and ignorance. This must not stand.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
It's Been 40 Years Since the Stonewall Rebellion
40 years after Stonewall, and we still don't have marriage equality. The excerpt below, from NYS senate bill S66003, explains the situation of many of you in the good old USA, and/or your friends and members of your family quite well. I took this photo at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC.
Partners unable to enter into a civil marriage - and their children - lack basic legal protections taken for granted by married couples. In such areas as property ownership, inheritance, health care, hospital visitation, taxation, insurance coverage, child custody, pension benefits and testimonial privileges, married couples receive important safe-guards against the loss or injury of a spouse, and crucial assurances against legal intrusion into their marital privacy. As important, unions lacking the State's recognition are denoted, by force of law, as somehow not equal to other comparable relationships. Civil marriage is the means by which the State defines a couple's place in society. Those who are excluded from its rubric are told by the institutions of the State, in essence, that their solemn commitment to one another has no legal weight.
Out Loud and Proud!
The defeat of the gay marriage vote in the New York State senate today is disappointing and deplorable. But progress is unstoppable. We WILL attain marriage equality! I took this photo at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC.
Love is Beautiful
Two young men are the image of health, joy and beauty in this photo I took at Gay Pride 2009 in NYC.
Gay Pride Forever!
I love the strength that emanates from this flag bearer in a photo I took at Gay Pride 2008 in NYC.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
MISS INTERNATIONAL 2009 IS MISS MEXICO ANAGABRIELA ESPINOSA
MISS MEXICO ANAGABRIELA ESPINOSA BESTED OTHER 64 HOPEFUL DELEGATES AT THE MISS INTERNATIONAL 2009 HELD AT CHENGDU, CHINA ON 28 NOVEMBER 2009.
Miss International 2009 - Miss Mexico Anagabriela Espinoza
Miss International 2009 First Runner Up- Miss Korea Seo Eun-mi
Miss International 2009 Second Runner Up- Miss UK Chloe-Beth MorganCompleting the Top 15 Finalists are delegates from Belarus, Belgium,Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Finland, Japan, Panama, Philippines, Spain and Venezuela.
(click the thumbnails to view full photo)
(click the thumbnails to view full photo)
Other Special Awards given were:- Miss Friendship: Wang Qian (China)
- Miss Photogenic: Seo Eun-mi (Korea)
- Miss Internet Popularity: Anagabriela Espinoza (Mexico)
Interesting Facts About Miss International 2009:
- Japan, Philippines, Spain and Venezuela also placed last year.
- Cuba placed for the first time at Miss International contest.
- Belarus, Korea and Mexico last placed in 2007.
- Dominican Republic and Panama last placed in 2006.
- Brazil and Finland last placed in 2005.
- United Kingdom last placed in 2004.
- Canada last placed in 2000.
- Belgium last placed in 1993.
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