Elections « American Refugee

• November 4, 2009 • 1 Comment

Posted in Barack Obama, Bigotry, Civil Rights, DOMA, Defense of Marriage Act, Election, Elections, Gay, Hate, Human Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Lesbian, Public Discourse, Transgender, politics
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Day of Decision-Toronto Xtra Article

• May 26, 2009 • Leave a Comment

Posted in Bigotry, Bush/Cheney, Civil Rights, DOMA, Day of Decision - Toronto, Defense of Marriage Act, Election, Elections, Gay, Hate, Hope, Human Rights, Human Rights Campaign, Human Rights Crimes, Jim Crow, Lesbian, Media, Prop 8, Public Discourse, Rhetoric, Toronto, civilization, politics
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The Gays Protest Prop 8 in Toronto!

• November 16, 2008 • 1 Comment

Posted in Bigotry, Civil Rights, Election, Elections, Gay, Hate, Jim Grow, Lesbian, Prop 8, Public Discourse, Rhetoric, Transgender, politics
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Jim Crow Gone Gay

• November 12, 2008 • 2 Comments

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The Drifts, my novel coming soon! November 23, 2009
Here’s the catalog description of the novel I’ve written which will be published in Spring 2010 by Coach House. The Drifts a novel by Thom Vernon Night is falling, and so is the snow. As a blizzard buries the ground, it uncovers the resentments, hopes and aches of a small town in northeastern Arkansas, where, like in any [...]
Untitled November 4, 2009
Well, another day of discriminatory legislation passed yesterday. We did win a couple of small victories in Washington State and elsewhere. But all in all my sense is that we’re just going to continue batting our civil rights back and forth. The amount of energy, the tremendous resources and heart [...]