Author: Shawn Weston

World AIDS Day testing available

North Texas LULAC teamed up with Dallas County Health and Human Services and other city and county organizations and officials to offer free HIV testing on World AIDS Day.

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Anti-LGBT amendment stripped from defense bill

The Russell Amendment could have allowed for an individual:
• To be fired for marrying a same-sex partner — or denied benefits afforded to other married couples
• To be fired for being transgender
• To be fired for being a woman taking birth control

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Raising money by pissing people off: The Hanuka Grinch's first holiday post

Dear Non-Profit organizations:
I’m on a lot of your mailing lists. I read your emails. I use the information you send me. And I understand you must solicit funds.
If I recently unsubscribed from your mail list, it’s because I receive more solicitations from you than actual information. So why am I writing this today? Because the barrage of solicitations came to a head today. It’s Giving Tuesday.

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