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“Significant Other”

By Galen|2019-06-07T16:14:23-07:00June 7, 2019|plays, San Francisco Playhouse|

We walked away from the theater disappointed that a witty, entertaining evening ended with the message that straight millennials will couple up in happy marriage while their gay contemporaries are destined to remain single and desperate. As much as I love throwback memories, reliving the experience of watching a negative stereotype of lonely queens wasn't what I expected,... or wanted. The play watches four best friends, three women and one gay man, navigate social life in their late 20's. The four start out spending all their time together and being jaded about traditional dating/family. But, one-by-one the women fall in [...]

Talking to LGBT Refugees About the Orlando Shootings

By Galen|2016-06-13T10:36:48-07:00June 12, 2016|Social Justice|

There is no place where you are absolutely safe. No place in the world. The men and women whom my church's Refugee Guardian Group has helped all fled their home countries to avoid being beaten or killed because of their sexual orientation. Most of our clients come from Muslim countries. They know first-hand the deadly acts against LGBT people carried out in the name of Islam. The news from Florida this morning must have sounded frighteningly familiar. Today I contacted the four men for whom I have been a mentor. I wanted to check in. How were they after the murders at [...]

Brendan Eich Had to Go

By Galen|2014-04-03T16:42:56-07:00April 3, 2014|philippic|

Mozilla's press release announcing Brendan Eich as its CEO is gone Mozilla did good today in obtaining the resignation of its newly appointed CEO, Brendan Eich. Eich gave financial support to the anti-equality Prop 8 five years ago. His belief that is okay to deny equal legal rights to gay and lesbian people makes him someone I would not want to work for or give my money to as a business. His continued blindness in 2014 to the issue of equal rights is what made his removal from Mozilla essential. In a March 26th blog post about "Inclusiveness [...]