browngirl

All of which deserve more time and thought than I have to give them at the moment.

To start on a cheerful note: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-to-cheers-samesex-marriages-resume-in-california-20130628,0,4591546.story To cheers, same-sex marriages resume in California *adds my cheers*

http://thinkprogress.org/lgbt/2013/06/27/2227641/chick-fil-as-dan-cathy-doma-decision-represents-sad-day-for-our-nation/ "Chick-fil-A’s Dan Cathy: DOMA Decision Represents ‘Sad Day For Our Nation’" There are people who eat at Chick-Fil-A to support their free speech, or something. Personally, the thought of voluntarily choosing to financially support them in funding anti-LGBT organizations turns my stomach.

http://azephirin.tumblr.com/post/54078192731/ziusik-ihavealotoffeelings-micropolisnyc Don Russell and Charles Schaeffer have been together for 62 years.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/natashavc/ohio-just-passed-an-unprecedented-anti-abortion-bi-94kb Will Ohio’s Gov. Veto New Extreme Anti-Abortion Measure? The measure freshly passed by Ohio's legislature is beyond draconian.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_vault/2013/06/28/voting_rights_and_the_supreme_court_the_impossible_literacy_test_louisiana.html A sample "literacy test" from 1964. I wonder what the 2014 version will look like, unless we get a move on. (with thanks to

rmd)

http://seanan-mcguire.livejournal.com/517984.html How to Report Sexual Harassment by Elise Matthesen, with thanks to

redbird.

To finish on a cheerful note: http://medievalpoc.tumblr.com/post/53279719036/unknown-formerly-att-johann-zoffany-dido I am so going to go see the movie made of Dido Elizabeth Belle's life.

And now, to get stuff done with my evening.