sexual orientation

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The Repeal of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

By Terry Hoffman-Vincevineus ⋅ January 3, 2011 ⋅ 3 comments

Within the past few weeks, our country has seen the repeal of “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell” (DADT). The policy was introduced as a compromise measure by former president Clinton who campaigned on the promise to allow all citizens to serve in the military regardless of sexual orientation. Despite good intentions, DADT effectively became a blatant [...]

Can Christmas Coexist?

By Terry Hoffman-Vincevineus ⋅ December 20, 2010 ⋅ One comment

Happy Holidays to All: As I toured the Miller Brewing company in Milwaukee with in-laws, we enjoyed a light show synchronized with music. My 2 year-old niece pointed, laughed, and smiled, with a look of excitement accentuated by holiday lights reflected in her blue eyes. After the show, one of the tour guides proclaimed over [...]

Will Fellows: Shall Not Be Recognized co-creator

By Arno Michaels ⋅ May 18, 2010 ⋅ One comment

“I view some of what’s going on in the political arena, this roller-coaster going back and forth, as just a natural process of cultural change happening. It’s not all going to happen in a neat all-at-once kind of way. It’s going to go this way and then that way and forward and backward, and then lurch left and right.”

Revisiting the case of Matthew Wayne Shepard

By Brian Mahany ⋅ February 18, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Burn a cross in the yard of a Black neighbor and you have committed a hate crime. Deface a local mosque or temple and you commit a hate crime but beat someone up solely because s/he is gay—as of today, that’s not a hate crime under federal law. That should soon change, however. The U.S. [...]

Riverwest Interview part II

By Arno Michaels ⋅ February 18, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

(chapter 5 of 11 in “My Life After Hate”) Arno: Yeah. According to us, if you weren’t white power, you weren’t a skinhead. Never mind that the first skinheads included black guys and that there were Jamaican influences. We were told that, of course. And we were like, “Whatever, that’s just Jewish propaganda.” We always [...]

Sammy Rangel “FOURBEARS: Myths of Forgiveness”

FourBears: The Myth of Forgiveness: isn't a simple memoir; it is a graphically illustrated guide from tortured child, to remorseless beast, to healing and change. This book is about helping others find their way out of their history and into the here and now. Proof that what once held you down can now hold you up. After the book reflects on a horrific upbringing it looks to offer key and ground breaking insights of the inner workings of the mind of a victim and later a perpetrator of hate and violence. Service providers working in treatment centers and institutional settings would greatly benefit from this work. Anyone facing issues with forgiveness and change might find a process toward healing and recovery.