http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog brought to you by kaleidoscope - a program of BMC Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:13:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   I wonder how many other lgbtq pacifists out there are finding themselves in a conundrum over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the US military’s policy that confines people to the closet. After years of work by advocacy groups, it appears that the military’s discriminatory policy may finally be coming to an ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2010/02/24/dont-ask-dont-tell/ As the BMC volunteer/ Kaleidoscope coordinator I know I’m supposed to be filling my mind with thoughts about Brethren and Mennonite stuff in North America, but I keep finding my mind wander to secular issues or world politics. Maybe it’s because I’m bombarded with emails about the latest state marriage ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2010/01/12/world-news-and-other-minor-things/ So there's a group of really cool, really hip folks getting together some focused actions to start good conversations at the upcoming Mennonite convention in Columbus this summer about queer folks.   It will apparently involve wearing lots of pink.  We're like the gay Mennonite version of the Obama campaign, that's ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2009/03/03/pink-menno-campaign/ Tuesday was quite the night. I found my way to Grant Park (coveted tickets for the official campaign event in hand) and joined the crowd of a hundred thousand gathered to scream, cry, hug, and jump our way into a new spirit of hopefulness that is solidifying around us. Besides Obama's ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2008/11/11/proposition-hate/ There's a reason BMC changed its name from the Brethren Mennonite Council for Gay and Lesbian Concerns. And I'm not talking about bisexuality -- though that calls for a blog post of its own. I'm not talking about sexual orientation in any capacity, actually. Throw out homosexuality, ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2008/09/29/gender-and-sexuality/ This summer's Annual Conference was my first experience with a Brethren Conference of any kind. I showed up at the Richmond Coliseum with my mindfull of fears and worries of what might happen when a group of lgbta people start walking around with large reminders of the exclusion the CoB ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2008/08/05/a-first-step-toward-hope-%e2%80%a6i%e2%80%99m-not-yet-sure-it%e2%80%99s-going-to-happen-written-by-maggie-miller/ http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2008/05/16/the-active-and-passive-closet/ Lawrence King?s young life tragically ended in his junior high computer lab in Oxnard, California. Larry, who identified as gay and sometimes dressed in a ?feminine? manner, made the mistake of asking his fellow student, Brandon McInerney, to be his valentine. Apparently the idea of this was so abhorrent and ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2008/03/07/remembering-lawrence-king/ So occasionally I get sucked into writing on this other blog, and recently I've been discussing the topic of sexuality and how the church approaches it. I feel pretty strongly that the church's problem in dealing with sexuality through history have come because the church has the wrong fundamental ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2008/01/22/we-have-what-they-need/ Well folks, it's been a while since I've written here. I've been mostly away from the ol' BMC office and studiously attending my classes, learning the trade of cooking. All this has gotten me out of my head a little and I spend a lot less time at a desk, ... http://www.bmclgbt.org/blog/2008/01/20/martin-luther-king-jr-day/