linda's blog

The show last night at Wolf Trap was an absolute blast. I hope the Indigo Girls never get tired of playing Closer to Fine, because I never get tired of hearing it!  read more »

If you haven't read this article in the Washington Post, I recomend you do. It's about a young man, Saro, who lives nearby in Arlington and is about his coming out.  read more »

Going to Richmond is always a risky proposition. Traffic can be light and you can make it in less than two hours or traffic can be horrible and it can take three and a half. Fortunately, for me, the former occurred and the trip down was uneventful.The return trip was similarly smooth and this made it a stress free drive.

The conference itself was, in a word, educational. I think it met my goal of helping me become a better activist. I say "think" because I need to see if I can put what I learned to use. Activisim doesn't come easily to me. I had always been sympathetic to socially progressive causes by nature but never felt comfortable participating in organizations supporting them, even when they were supporting causes directly beneficial to me. In 2004 I  received a wake up call. In 2000 the alarm bells began to ring but being slow to learn lessons at times, it took four years to sink in.  read more »

According to this article, some drugs that are used in the reatment of HIV may increase the risk of a heart attack when they are used in combination with other antiretroviral drugs.  read more »

According to this article, the Department of Justice has determined that the Federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) does not prevent the children of those couples where an existing parent/child relationship exists.  read more »

Another Pride weekend has come and gone and I think it was just the ticket to re-energize me on continuing to work for social and political equality. It's easy to let the grind of working on slow, at times painfully slow, progress wear one down. But, the good news is that slow progress is occasionally punctuated by a major advancement such as marriage equality in California.  read more »

I had the pleasure on Saturday of being asked to speak at a human sexuality course at George Washington University on behalf of EF. It was a graduate level class full of students learning how to be counselors and they wanted us to speak about what it's like to be part of a minority group. Of course, my experiences aren't necessarily the same as another person's, but at least it gives them my perspective as well as stories I could relate from other people.  read more »

I didn't expect the high court in Maryland to get it so wrong. They reversed a lower court decision that struck down Maryland's ban on same sex marriage.  read more »

EF had a booth at Centreville Day on Saturday, September 15th. I, along with a few other volunteers worked the 3:30-5:30 shift in the afternoon. The weather was beautiful and a few supportive people had stopped by to say hello.  read more »