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Chicago Activists Arrested for Demanding Rights

Posted by Sheila Putang on Saturday, May 22, 2010, In : Gay Rights and Politics

13 Chicago Activists were arrested May 20 after doing a sit in at Senator's Dick Durbins Office IL. The activist were wanting the senator to sign the pledge that he would support ENDA. The people working the office said it was impossible for the activists to sepak with Durbin.

When the Activists said they were not leaving and were going to sit in his office until he signed the pledge the people at Senators Durbin office called Federal Authorities to remove them. They were arressted.

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Equality Groups and Support for ENDA

Posted by Sheila Putang on Wednesday, November 11, 2009, In : Gay Rights and Politics

As most of you know there is a bill going through the senate right now on wording and getting approval for main vote. The house of representatives are scheduled to do their own hearings in a few weeks. It comes to a shock to me that I don't see that many equality groups switching the fight from Gay Marriage to rallying support for ENDA. The only group that even touched based on it, is the HRC.

I totally understand that Marriage Equality is important to our LGBT Community but ENDA is just as i...
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Cost too Much to be Gay

Posted by Sheila Putang on Saturday, October 3, 2009, In : Gay Rights and Politics

Well as some of you know the price we pay for being gay with all the hetro's out there that fear that by allowing us to have equal human rights would destroy there values, is almost extremely high. However did you know that it can cost us financially too?

Some experts estimate over 400 grand in a couples lifetime becuase they dont have the same health care and retirement benefits that straight married couples do. Social Security is going to be a big kicker untill the Federal Goverment recogni...
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Sheila Putang

Davenport, Iowa

Gay Drag Queen Entertainer and Radio Show Host. Entertaining you and also being informative. Gay Rights Activist and loving wife. As I do try to be informative, you will find out that some of my blogs about politics and gay rights can be very controversial. There are mine and my guest bloggers opinions. Something that the LGBT Community still has a right too and that is the 1st Amendment. I do hope you enjoy the blog, and also enjoy the rest of the site. Feel free to email me comments or subjects that you would like to see in the blog or on th two online radio shows.