Wednesday, February 10th, 2010

Time	Event
10:39a	Lt. Choi Trains with Unit "Apparently, Lt. Choi's commander has always been in full support of him, and even after Lt. Choi came out on The Rachel Maddow Show, his commander did not press for his discharge," writes Jeff Sheng, who posted pictures of Choi in training. "The military did eventually serve Lt. Choi a discharge notification - essentially firing him from his job, but he was allowed to fight this at trial, and as it currently stands, the discharge has not been finalized." (14 Comments | Comment on this)
11:55a	The Last Airbender merchandise Fandom is finally getting a Katara action figure. Too bad it's based off of white!Katara. What the fuck did they do to the Blue Spirit? I'll be over here raging. Current Mood: *Snarl* (88 Comments | Comment on this)
9:42p	You know what we should do? Make it okay to bully queer students C&P: Matt Windschitl and Jason Schultz, two Iowa lawmakers, have proposed a bill to explicitly remove gay and lesbian students from anti-bullying policies in state schools. Gay and lesbian teens are currently protected by the state’s Safe Schools Act, which aims to help students who are being bullied and harassed by ensuring a safe and non-judgmental environment to report incidents. Unacceptable, according to Schultz, who said that he has nothing against gay students, but added that he needs to remove their protections because it will lead to same-sex marriage. Yes, you read that right. Windschitl and Schultz want to remove anti-bullying measures for gay students—one of the most vulnerable and harassed minorities—from public schools because he opposes an unrelated issue, same-sex marriage. It’s a destructive message for already bullied students, for whom these lawmakers not only have no empathy, but outright disdain. ( more more more ) (214 Comments | Comment on this)

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