KERN NAMED AMONG WORST POLITICIANS
Right up there with Dick Cheney, Spiro Agnew, Florida’s Governor Rick Scott and the felonious Rod Blagojevich, infamous Oklahoma Legislator Sally Kern made TruTV’s list of the top 50 WORST politicians! TruTV says, “Arguing in support of a 2011 bill to end affirmative action, the state representative said women usually don’t want to work as [...]
LGBT Health Awareness: tobacco companies push a deadly habit – High smoking rates contribute to premature deaths
Staff Report Oklahoma has one of the highest smoking rates in the nation, and the smoking rate in the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community is even higher. The result is an excess of heart disease, strokes and cancer, leading to many years of life lost to premature death. This did not happen by [...]
Tulsa Pride celebrating 30 years and a new look in 2012
(Tulsa, OK) Tulsa Pride is celebrating its 30th year in 2012 and the Tulsa Pride committee is presenting our community with a new logo that will last through the ages and represent our city and our pride. The committee received great feedback from the LGBT community about what images came to mind when we think [...]
Eureka Springs Pride events
A commentary by Robin Dorner Gayly Editor in Chief Seriously Gayly readers; it’s as if it’s always Pride in Eureka Springs! Every day the businesses all over town fly their rainbow flags, gay couples can stroll down the streets of Eureka holding hands and not be judged, discriminated against or, for that matter, thrown out [...]
Corporation seeks approval for rate hike when earnings at all-time high
Occupy OG&E: The Hearings By Ken Townsend Contributing Writer The Public Hearing for the $73.2 million rate increase proposed by OG&E began Monday, December 13, 2011 before the Oklahoma Corporation Commission in the 3rd floor courtroom at the Jim Thorpe Building. Testimony and cross examination of witnesses is scheduled for the morning sessions with public [...]
Kansas Teenager defends First Amendment and gets apology from Governor Brownback
Staff Report Social Media is more popular than ever but when 18-year-old Emma Sullivan tweeted last week that that Kansas Governor Sam Brownback “sucked,” she thought her words to her 60 Twitter followers would perhaps be ignored. But then she got called to the principal’s office in her High School in Prairie Village, Kansas. While [...]
Fossils
By Paula Sophia Gayly Columnist In recent Republican Presidential debates, the old specter of Social Darwinism has reared its ugly head. Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney and Ron Paul are espousing a “survival of the fittest” brand of laissez-faire economics. They want government to do little or nothing to help those in need in order to [...]
Wichita themes Pridefest 2012 as, “Proud Family”
By Robin Dorner Editor in Chief The date is set and a new logo is slated to be unveiled soon for the 2012 Wichita Pridefest. According to Wichita Pride event organizers, the logo will be selected early in the New Year. “Our official event logo has not yet been chosen as it is set to [...]
Gingrich tells gays to vote for Obama
Staff Report At a recent campaign event in Oskaloosa, IA Scott Arnold, an adjunct professor of writing at William Penn University, had approached Gingrich to ask him about how he plans to engage gay Americans given his stance on same-sex marriage. Here’s a copy of the transcript and Speaker Gingrich’s direct quote telling Gays to [...]
