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Dec. 20th, 2012 04:03 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gwydion* A ninth health worker has died of a gun shot wound to the head for trying to fight the polio epidemic in Pakistan.
* In India, the protests against endemic violence against women are spreading to other cities. They are demanding not only justice for the latest victim, bu a reform of the justice system and an end to police ignoring sexual harassment, sexual assault, etc.. I wish them all luck. It's an important cause.
* The US and the Netherlands are deploying patriot missiles to protect Turkey, what with Syria periodically shooting over the border and deploying SCUD missiles against Syrian civilians. Meanwhile, Putin is calling for talks between Assad and the Opposition and has acknowledged a need for change in Syria.
* "Nizah Morris Case-Ten Years Later:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/nizah-morris-case-ten-years-later.html
And people ask me why I hate Philadelphia so much that I only go back for Weddings, hospitalizations, and Funerals. It's her I think of every time I say, "I don't feel safe there."
* Modern Day Maya keep trying to tell the stupid tourists that it's not the end of the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20753292
* "Archbishop Tutu Reminds Ugandan MP's God Does Not Discriminate:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/archbishop-tutu-reminds-ugandan-mps-god.html
"One thing that Ugandan legislators should know is that God does not discriminate among members of our family. God does not say black is better than white, or tall is better than short, or football players are better than basketball players, or Christians are better than Muslims … or gay is better than straight. No. God says love one another; love your neighbour. God is for freedom, equality and love."
* "Christine Jorgensen-Sixty Years Later:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/christine-jorgensen-sixty-years-later.html
* Rajini Vaidyanathan interviews women protesting violence against women in India: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20794347
* In India, the protests against endemic violence against women are spreading to other cities. They are demanding not only justice for the latest victim, bu a reform of the justice system and an end to police ignoring sexual harassment, sexual assault, etc.. I wish them all luck. It's an important cause.
* The US and the Netherlands are deploying patriot missiles to protect Turkey, what with Syria periodically shooting over the border and deploying SCUD missiles against Syrian civilians. Meanwhile, Putin is calling for talks between Assad and the Opposition and has acknowledged a need for change in Syria.
* "Nizah Morris Case-Ten Years Later:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/nizah-morris-case-ten-years-later.html
And people ask me why I hate Philadelphia so much that I only go back for Weddings, hospitalizations, and Funerals. It's her I think of every time I say, "I don't feel safe there."
* Modern Day Maya keep trying to tell the stupid tourists that it's not the end of the world. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-20753292
* "Archbishop Tutu Reminds Ugandan MP's God Does Not Discriminate:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/archbishop-tutu-reminds-ugandan-mps-god.html
"One thing that Ugandan legislators should know is that God does not discriminate among members of our family. God does not say black is better than white, or tall is better than short, or football players are better than basketball players, or Christians are better than Muslims … or gay is better than straight. No. God says love one another; love your neighbour. God is for freedom, equality and love."
* "Christine Jorgensen-Sixty Years Later:" http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/12/christine-jorgensen-sixty-years-later.html
* Rajini Vaidyanathan interviews women protesting violence against women in India: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-20794347