I was just putting in the links, when I noticed B’Rouser’s linkdump appear just below. Sheesh! Oh well, why not. I’ll take out the one duplication… but make sure you keep scrolling down to his more southern-Vermont oriented piece. There’s enough news for all…
Bush’s FDA has finally, grudgingly agreed to allow Plan B emergency contraception to be available without a prescription – but not to minors. Thankfully, Vermont is a bit more enlightened than the Oval Office crowd. Minors in the Green Mountain State will be able to obtain Plan B without a prescription under a law passed by the State legislature earlier this year. So there, Dubya.
Middlebury and Dartmouth Colleges both made the list of the top 100 LGBT-friendly colleges in the country, according to a new publication from The Advocate. Something to proud of, to be sure.
Speaking of LGBT issues, lesbian mom Cathy Resmer (of 802online) and donor Jules Fishelman discuss their relationship as part of NPR’s Storycorps project. It’s a great exchange (although granted, as such a donor myself, I’m probably more enthusiastic about the piece than most…) Here’s the podcast.
Pluto is now an ex-planet. Read Pluto’s concession speech.
For those of you…(okay, for everyone who reads or writes in this blog, most likely)… concerned that the rest of the Country will sadlle us with pro-war, pro-school prayer, pro-flag-burning-amendment Senator Hillary Clinton as the next Dem pres nominee, the trends are not looking good. According to this compilation of polls over the last year, her belated overtures to the left – such as her decision to campaign for Ned Lamont – may be having an effect. Hopefully this poll will prove more telling (minus the really nasty stuff that seems downright mysoginist).
Finally, I promise I’ll update the DorianGrays this weekend. I’m way behind. As outrageously nasty as Tarrant has gotten, his picture may already be a pile of dust by Monday.