Hello there dear Bad Evan blog readers! Evil Woobie here. I am guest posting for Evan as he is currently recovering from his major operation.
Evan asked me to talk about the Philippine gay scene, from lifestyle to status of gay rights. Luckily, I found the ideal candidate to discuss these issues with. AJ of baklaako.com is a twenty-something gay urbanite who believes that life may be unfair, but it still is worth living. He is gay, and he makes no excuses for it.
BadEvan needs your help! As many of you know, I have been suffering from Sever Ulcerative Colitis for a couple of years now. The medication I’m on was never supposed to be a long term treatment. Very high doses of steroids. They are taking their toll on my body. The side effects are becoming just as bad as the disease. But if I go off the meds I end up in the hospital for a week or two. Needing heavier steroids, antibiotics, morphine and blood transfusions the whole time. No fun at all!
The doctors have said that they can’t keep me on that treatment any longer. It’s time to operate! I have to have a complete Colectomy. You know, they go in and take out your entire large intestine, colon and rectum. That’s why I haven’t written anything in the past 15 days. I’ve been pretty down about the whole thing. On top of that mental crap, I physically feel like a bag of poop.
“I’m not in favor of gay marriage”. That was Senator Barack Obama’s response to a question on same-sex marriage, asked during a town-hall meeting in Columbus,IN on Friday. I reported Thursday that Senator Obama has declined all media request from the GLBT press since his Senate run in 2004. I was surprised by both the question and his answer.
The question came from the top of the rafters in the packed high school gym. Gage Watson, a 16 year old openly gay student from Brown County, IN posed the question to the presidential hopeful. “Senator Obama, Thanks for coming first of all. I’m very politically active, right now, and I’ve noticed that actually some issues important to many have kind of been pushed aside, such as Darfur but mainly gay marriage. What can you do with your power to insure that we all have equal rights to marry?” The crowd erupted with cheers and applause. I must admit, I almost leapt from my seat in the press-pin.
Sadly there were a few people who clapped for the beginning of Obama’s response, “I’m not in favor of gay marriage…” You could see people searching the crowd. Looking for the faces of the people that could publicly agree with such a sentiment. Attention quickly focussed back to the Senator as he finished his thought, “but I am in favor of a very strong civil union. Which allows same sex couples to transfer property, to share social security benefits, to be recognized legally by the state for their relationship. I think that is very important.”
People arriving to the Indianapolis headquarters of American Trans Air (ATA) this morning were greeted by police. They were escorted through the building to gather their personal items and then instructed to leave. They were informed that the company had filed for Bankruptcy and would not be reopening.
ATA had already posted a statement on their website.
“We apologize for the disruption caused by the sudden shutdown of ATA and regret the impact on passengers, employees, suppliers, and other parties. ATA customers should seek alternative arrangements for current and future travel.”
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