Empty Closets http://emptyclosets.com/forum Discussion forum for lesbian, gay, bisexualand trans (LGBT) people to discuss coming out. en Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:29:27 GMT vBulletin 60 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/images/misc/rss.jpg Empty Closets http://emptyclosets.com/forum Anti-gay groups and gay suicide http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38453&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:16:54 GMT http://minnesotaindependent.com/64047/anti-gay-group-organizes-in-anoka-schools-as-community-deals-with-gay-suicides http://minnesotaindependent.com/6404...h-gay-suicides ]]> LGBT News, Rights, Issues and Equality mydogstewie http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38453 <![CDATA[Bulgarian Bishop Hands Medals to 'Defenders of Christianity' from Gays]]> http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38452&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:21:01 GMT http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=119878

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The bishop of Bulgaria's Plovdiv, Nikolay, has presented orders for "defending" Christian values to a controversial mayor and a notorious prosecutor, who were recently involved with anti-gay policies.

Bulgarian Orthodox Church bishop Nikolay, who is known for his hardline stance on religion issues, has given the highest order of the Plovdiv Bishopric, "Holy Apostle Hermas", to the Mayor of the city of Pazarzhik Todor Popov and the Pazardzhik Prosecutor Stefan Yanev.

He praised them for their contribution to "standing up for Christian values, defending Orthodox Christian morality and spirituality, the sanctity of marriage, family, and statehood."

About a month ago, the local authorities in Pazardzhik stirred a controversy after coming up with an order banning the displays of one's sexuality in public, a measure which was directed at homosexuals. The ordinance came about a month after Bulgaria's third ever gay pride parade in Sofia that rallied several hundred people in June...

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]]> LGBT News, Rights, Issues and Equality Dan82 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38452 For Ten Points http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38451&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 14:07:20 GMT This is a quiz game if you get the right anwser you get ten point first one to get a 1000 wins I'll start

For ten points where did "HACK THE PLANET!" come from ]]> Fun and Games Stewie http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38451 Big Sky Tea Party cans chief http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38450&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:45:35 GMT http://helenair.com/news/article_e0299ac8-ba42-11df-a560-001cc4c03286.html ---Quote--- The president of the Big Sky Tea Party Association has been... http://helenair.com/news/article_e02...cc4c03286.html

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The president of the Big Sky Tea Party Association has been removed from his position and booted from the party after coming under fire for a post he made on his Facebook profile that implied he condones violence against homosexuals.

Tim Ravndal was removed as president of the local chapter Sunday after the group’s board of directors learned of his volatile post on the online social networking site, according to Roger Nummerdor, the former president and a current board member of the group. Nummerdor also said Ravndal is no longer welcome in the party.

“He’s out,” he said.

Jim Walker, chairman of the Big Sky Tea Party Association board and an early founder of the anti-big-

government group locally, said in a release that as soon as the board learned of Ravndal’s inflammatory comment, they called an emergency meeting to address the situation...

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]]> LGBT News, Rights, Issues and Equality Dan82 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38450 1st gay pride march planned in Serbia in years after threats forced cancellation last http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38449&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 13:43:02 GMT http://www.brandonsun.com/world/breaking-news/1st-gay-pride-march-planned-in-serbia-in-years-after-threats-forced-cancellation-last-year-102329014.htm... http://www.brandonsun.com/world/brea...wAllComments=y

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Organizers are planning Serbia's first gay pride march in nearly a decade next month — after the one last year was cancelled amid threats of violence by extremists.

Gays and lesbians often face harassment and pressure in predominantly conservative Serbia. Extremists broke up the Balkan nation's first gay pride march in 2001 and beat up several participants. No gay pride marches have been held since then.

Marchers plan to parade past the Serbian government building on Oct. 10 under the slogan "Let's walk together."

Police did not immediately respond to Tuesday's announcement. A similar event last year was cancelled after police said they could not guarantee security from possible extremist attacks.
]]> LGBT News, Rights, Issues and Equality Dan82 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38449 Cards Games http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38448&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:38:57 GMT I don't know about you guys, but I'm a bit of a card shark.
Every lunchtime me and my friends play all these games, but I'm really trying to find some new ones to play. What's your favourite card game? I'm trying to introduce bridge, but the scoring is really difficult to understand ]]> Entertainment and Media Blakus http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38448 <![CDATA[Hey there, I'm new here]]> http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38447&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:18:57 GMT Hey there. I'm new here. Late twenties and just coming to terms with my bisexuality. Yes, I'm going through the "where have I been my whole life" stage of working on self-acceptance.

Hope everyone is well! ]]> Introductions, Welcomes and Congratulations yourillusion http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38447 Strange fantasies http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38444&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:57:18 GMT I have been having this odd fantasy lately. By odd I mean, very different from my usual teenage, horny, raging hormone type fantasies. I imagine I am... I have been having this odd fantasy lately. By odd I mean, very different from my usual teenage, horny, raging hormone type fantasies.
I imagine I am being held, in a tight but gentle grasp. I feel the warm embrace of an unnamed and generally faceless lover. We are in bed together on a crisp morning. I look up into his face, and stare endlessly into his bottomless eyes. I feel so very safe and secure, I never want the feeling to end. But then I snap out of my crazy daydreams.

I dont feel as though this is normal. I mean to say, of course it is normal. I'm sure people past the teenage years would feel perfectly normal daydreaming something like this. But to me, it just feels like too much of a deviation from the usual teenage hormonal daydreams. The kind that involve what happened the night before. :P
It isnt a bad thing, it just feels odd. Does anyone else have this sort of fantasy from time to time?
I wasnt sure where this would belong, so I decided that general chit chat was as good a place as any. ]]> Chit Chat Bario http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38444 Astronauts want plan ready for asteroid hits http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38443&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 08:05:25 GMT ---Quote--- MONTREAL - Canadian and American astronauts say the world needs to prepare for the big one — the asteroid impact that could one day...
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MONTREAL - Canadian and American astronauts say the world needs to prepare for the big one — the asteroid impact that could one day devastate the Earth.

Veteran Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield is president of the Association of Space Explorers, which has prepared a detailed report on the asteroid threat.

The United Nations is currently studying the report, which outlines plans to detect and deflect any objects in space that might threaten the planet.

Former U-S astronaut Rusty Schweickart says the basic technology to do this already exists. But he says the effort to steer an asteroid clear of the Earth would have to begin at least 10 years before the expected impact.

One scenario involves smashing a spacecraft into the asteroid to knock it off its collision course.

Canada is about to assume a key role in the search for potential threats from space. The Canadian Space Agency intends to launch NEOSSat next March to look for asteroids that may be hiding near the sun.

The $15-million suitcase-sized satellite will circle about 700 kilometres above the Earth.

A Canadian Space Agency official says NEOSSat is expected to detect hundreds of new asteroids during its first year of operation.

It will also monitor the heavy traffic of satellites now orbiting the Earth to try to prevent possible collisions.
Go Canada? ]]> Entertainment and Media Revan http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38443 Am I over reacting? http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38442&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 06:10:08 GMT Hi, Well it has been one incredibly weird summer. It started out with me in a mental hospital for trying to commit suicide, to me finding the man of... Hi,
Well it has been one incredibly weird summer. It started out with me in a mental hospital for trying to commit suicide, to me finding the man of my dreams. Well through the whole half of the summer I was completely and utterly miserable with myself. I hated everything in my life, I didn't know what I was going to do with the rest of my life.... (just graduated from highschool). I was completely stressed. All of a sudden my booty call starts flirting and talking to me. Later he asks me to be his boyfriend. I agree. It has been 2 months and he told me he loved me. I love him too. I love him so much, but my depression is randomly coming back and every little think makes me stressed and upset. He smokes pot, he isn't too bad about it. I normally don't care, however now it's driving me crazy! I don't know why! Now everything is falling apart. He always says he loves me and I love him too. I'm crazy about him, but my mind is always upset. You know what I mean? Everything I think about makes me upset. I have no idea why!!!!! I used to be an extreme cutter, however I stopped because of him. Now I really want to cut so badly! I think cutting is so stupid! I don't know, I'm pretty much rambling right now. I'm sorry I just have to get this out! All of my really good friends are out of town for college. I just don't know why everything is frustrating and I don't want my fantatstic relationship to end because I can't handle my emotions.... What I guess I'm asking for is there anyone else who has felt like this? ]]> Support and Advice metkigro http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38442 it bugged me http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38441&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:39:21 GMT So this was a weird weekend for me. I thought it was going to be fun and nice. But it was uncomfortable. This weekend my mom, sister, and me went to... So this was a weird weekend for me. I thought it was going to be fun and nice. But it was uncomfortable.

This weekend my mom, sister, and me went to Sequoia National Park and stayed at a hotel from Saturday through today. I was looking forward to it. However throughout the time we were there my mom and sister started talking about things that made me really uncomfortable. The subject was homosexuality. They started talking about it because the song "i kissed a girl" by Katy Perry came up. They said that what gay people did was nasty and what not. Then they moved on how they disagreed on gay marriage and then how they shouldnt have children. I acted like i didnt care what they said, when inside i wanted to yell at them so bad. Honestly it kinda hurt me for them to say that. They dont know im gay what so ever. But the fact that they are being so narrowminded and ignorant pissed me off. We were barely driving over there and they had already made me feel bad and they didnt even know. That was only one time. Then they moved on to another subject. The next day that we were driving from the Hotel to Sequoia they saw 2 guys in a car. My sister said look there goes a couple and laughed. I guess that wasnt a big deal but she laughed like making fun of them and bothered me. Then while we were leaving the park my mom said something about me having kids and getting married. I told her that i didnt want that. both my mom and sister looked at me like I was crazy. Then my mom said yea right and didnt believe me. I told her i was serious. My sister asked me why and i said cuz i dont like kids. They knew i was lying from there because they both know i love kids and i always wanted some. But i kept telling them i didnt want my own. Then my sister said "what!? why? are you gay? please dont scare me!! do you like guys? or girls?" I asked her why i scared her and she said because she thought I would be gay. I didnt deny it but i kept trying to change the subject but she insisted on me answering. I wanted to tell her the truth, but i told her i was straight. i felt bad saying it. Then she said good, you scared me for a second. Now this made me feel bad too because they made it seem like it was bad. I was pretty serious the rest of the way to the hotel. i wasnt mad, but sad. Later when we arrived at the hotel my mom brought back the subject of me not wanting kids. I told her i was serious about it, but i know neither of them believe me. My sister asked if i had a girlfriend, i told her no. then she asked if i had ever kissed a girl, i said no, and if i had ever kissed i guy, i stared at her and she started laughing and said have you? and i said no. she kept bugging me if i was serious that i never kissed a girl. She made me feel like a total loser. She was embarressing me. Then she turned to my mom and moved her lips without me seeing. Then my mom told her she was crazy, she had asked if i was gay. That night i couldnt sleep. I was sad about what they had said all day. I ignored it and went to sleep. Today was ok and they didnt say anything about it, until we were almost home. My sister said that there were 3 things in the world she disapproved of. 1) abortion 2) prostitution and 3) Fags. nasty fags. This was the worst thing she had said all weekend. My mom said well i dont agree with gay marriage or adoption, but if they r gay bcuz they were born that way its ok. My sister said still its not right. I have had this very uncomfortable feeling that i dont wanna be around my family. She hurt me. I actually thought that they would be ok about it. But from what they said they made me feel sad. I dont know what to do. I was actually thinking of coming out to them soon, but now they made me take a step back. I feel like i dont belong here. I dont know if this belongs here but i just want to know what u guys think of this? ]]> Support and Advice Danny19 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38441 Small towns http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38440&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:33:16 GMT Can a gay man be happy in a small town, less than 20,000 people? I've thought about this for a long time, and I love the city. But everytime I'm looking into it and doing research all I hear about is crime & murder, etc. Being that I want to have a family some day, I don't want my future children exposed to the problems of big city life, likewise I don't want them sheltered. So do you think a gay man can thrive in a small town? Or is it not possible? ]]> Chit Chat travelinsoul21 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38440 Happy Birthday September 7 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38438&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:23:13 GMT I'd like to wish a happy birthday to our following members:


Zingerific (34)
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nance377

:birthday: guys! (!) ]]> Introductions, Welcomes and Congratulations Gerry http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38438 A limp response to Palin http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38436&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:56:20 GMT http://voices.washingtonpost.com/postpartisan/2010/09/_i_resisted_really_i.html ---Quote--- I resisted. Really, I did. I saw Sarah Palin at the... http://voices.washingtonpost.com/pos..._really_i.html

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I resisted. Really, I did. I saw Sarah Palin at the Glenn Beck rally and barely mentioned her. Bristol made it onto Dancing with the Stars (I guess this makes Bristol a star), and I stayed mum. Not a word about Palin's plans to go to Iowa. And I had no intention of mentioning the nasty new Vanity Fair piece about Palin -- not even the "roughly $3,000 worth of underwear" supposedly purchased for her by the RNC or the alleged hurling of canned good during a typical Sarah-Todd spat.

But then she goes and does it again. Makes me write about her.

Two words made me do it. "Impotent" and "limp."

As in Palin's comments to Sean Hannity about the Vanity Fair piece: "Those who are impotent and limp and gutless and they go on their anonymous -- sources that are anonymous -- and impotent, limp and gutless reporters take anonymous sources and cite them as being factual references."

As it happens, I think Palin had a legitimate beef with the Vanity Fair piece. It was very short on identified sources. You could hear a lot of axes being ground in the background.

But couldn't she have chosen different adjectives? The Vanity Fair writer, Michael Joseph Gross, is gay, which makes matters worse -- conjuring the stereotype of "limp-wristed." But whatever the sexual orientation of the offending reporter, Palin should not have been questioning his manhood...

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]]> LGBT News, Rights, Issues and Equality Dan82 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38436 Anti-gay group organizes in Anoka-Hennepin as community deals with gay suicides http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38435&goto=newpost Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:39:44 GMT http://minnesotaindependent.com/64047/anti-gay-group-organizes-in-anoka-schools-as-community-deals-with-gay-suicides ---Quote--- The woman sobbed... http://minnesotaindependent.com/6404...h-gay-suicides

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The woman sobbed as she told her son’s story to the Anoka-Hennepin School Board on Monday. “Hi, I’m Tammy Aaberg, the mother of Justin Aaberg, who was a gay student at Anoka High School who committed suicide July 9th of this year.” The school district has become ground zero in the battle between those who want safe spaces for LGBT students and those who want any mention of homosexuality banned from high school campuses.

According to LGBT advocates, Justin’s death is one of three suicides by gay students in the last year, and while the district says it takes bullying seriously and has beefed up discipline against harassment, it has spurned invitations by LGBT groups to do anti-bullying education. To make matters more complicated, a group of parents opposed to homosexuality has formed to put pressure on the board not to bow to LGBT interests.

The district — the state’s largest, with around 40,000 students — made headlines last year when the Minnesota Department of Human Rights alleged that two teachers conspired to harass a student, Alex Merritt, who they thought was gay. The news led to protests at school board meetings urging the district to adopt stronger anti-bullying policies and offers by LGBT groups to provide education. The school board rebuffed those efforts.

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]]> LGBT News, Rights, Issues and Equality Dan82 http://emptyclosets.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38435