doaskdotell External Links: Related Web Sites

Gay Patriot Blog (newer gaypatriot.net) and http://gaypatriot.net/ with “Dan” from whom I expect to see some movies one day (at a Landmark or similar theater), Bruce, and many others	“Gay Patriot” –The Musings of a gay conservative. No , this is not mine. (I know GayPatriotWest). Remember your American history: loyalists v. patriots.
MY OWN BLOG (NEW!) Also (mine): retirement blog Job market blog Internet safety blog Book review blog Network neutrality Stopping identity theft Trademark dilution legislation Andrew Sullivan’s “Daily Dish” Kausfiles Rick Sincere Gay Equality and the Law Military blogs http://www.Instapundit.com http://www.instantpundit.com (different) http://www.Dailykos.com http://www.volokh.com	A few good political and legal blogs
Public Knowledge	A major source on issues involving confluence of the law, Internet technology and intellectual propery
GLIL (Gays and Lesbians for Individual Liberty) (check also http://www.gayliberty.org/)	A site describing GLIL and now providing its interesting brief on James Dale v. Boy Scouts, emphasizing freedom of association for everyone. GLIL promotes public policy changes that better individual liberty, both generally and for gay men and lesbians in particular. GLIL advocates ideas often found in libertarianism, market liberalism, and classical liberalism.
Outright Libertarians	A site for gay, lesbian, trans-gendered, bi-sexual, or otherwise well-motivated libertarian “activists”
Independent Gay Forum	A collection of articles and press releases about gay issues, with a mainstream to libertarian emphasis. As far as I know, all issues were previously published elsewhere, but the site also contains an open discussion forum. Sponsored by a newly formed 501C3. (Note: as of 10/1/2001 the forums are no longer available; instead see Jason’s gaytruth site for new forums.
He Asks, He Tells	Andrew Sullivan (author of Virtually Normal)
SLDN (Servicemembers' Legal Defense Network) SLDN blog	Defends the legal rights of members of the armed forces, particularly those affected by the military's DADT policy for gays and lesbians.
Military Education Initiative (MEI)	A site and organization that educates and dialogues with military veterans about “don’t ask, don’t tell”
Gay and Lesbian Service Members for Equality	“GLSME is the first group of currently-serving gay and lesbian service members.  At present, our membership includes 15 active-duty service members in every branch of the military.”
Stanford University Law Library on Don't Ask, Don't Tell	A legal reference guide to the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy for gays in the military, including complete litigation history (including cases preceding the DADT policy).
Center for the Study of Sexual Minorities in the Military	Part of the University of California, Berkeley, Institute for Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research; check this site for academic work currently being one on the issue of gays in the military
Dave’s Gay Military Site	Another major reference on court cases, political history, bibliography, book reviews on the military gay ban.
Service Academy Gay and Lesbian Alumni (SAGALA)	Gay and lesbian alumni from West Point, the Naval Academy, the Air Force Academy, and the Coast Guard Academy (the toughest!)
AVER (previously, GLBVA)	American Veterans for Equal Rights (formerly, Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Veterans of America)
Gayscape’s military reference	Gayscape’s reference to gays and lesbians in the military
LGBRPCV	Lesbian, Gay & Bisexual Returned Peace Corps Volunteers
GLOBE	Federal Government Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Employees
Outsports	Gay athletes and sports fans
The Homosexual agenda	What is the homosexual agenda, anyway?
Ninth Street Center	A group, in New York City, which provides talk groups, counseling services, and publications dedicated to personal psychological growth
COLAGE	Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere
Gay Parent Magazine Online	Gay and lesbian parenting
Trevor Project	Gay and lesbian teens (TheWB “Jack and Bobby” episode 11/17/2004)
Don’t Amend Lawfully Wedded Citizen Outreach (owns lawfullywedded)	Groups trying to oppose constitutional amendments that could erase all gains in protection of GLBT equality and rights. Of course, in DADT I had proposed constitutional amendments to cement equal rights for everyobe
Families like mine	People with GLBT parents
NLGJA; special link for conflict of interest problem; Jay Blotcher	National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association; special links for COI problem (including Jay Blotcher’s situation)
Outproud and Oasis Magazine	National Coalition for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual & Transgendered Youth
Out Front Minnesota	Main GLBT in Minnesota
Teaching Tolerance	Diversity education
Independent Media Center	Collective of independent media organizations and journalists
Online Policy Group	“One Internet with Equal Access for All”
Wikipedia	Jimmy Wales’s free encyclopedia, with open source collaboration
Government information awareness “opengov” database	“To empower citizens by providing a single, comprehensive, easy-to-use repository of information on individuals, organizations, and corporations related to the government of the United States of America.”
Shadow Conventions	Shadow conventions “behind” the Republican (Philadelphia) and Democratic (L.A.) 2000 conventions—will this grow into the Town Halls I propose for Bill of Rights 2?
Muslim refuseniks	Controversial site about Islam, esp. with respect to women, by Irshad Manji
Libertarian Party	The nation's third largest political party (since the Reform Party is imploding!)
Libertarian Party of Minnesota	Libertarian Party of "The People's Republic of Minnesota"
Libertarian National Council	Assists Libertarian Party candidates
People for the American Way	Taking Action to Defend Democracy
Privacy Rights Clearinghouse	Privacy rights in employment screening, credit reporting, drug testing, medical, and similar issues
Free Market Net	Information on Free Enterprise, Individual Liberty, and Libertarian Ideas
University of Minnesota Campus Libertarians	U of M events from a libertarian perspective; U of M campus libertarian club. Several essays by webmaster Tim Lee.
Peter McWilliams books; Peter McWilliams trial.	Material from a libertarian author on trial for growing, using, and furnishing instructions on the use of medical marijuana, often valuable to AIDS and cancer patients. The government has gone aggressively after not only illegal drugs but also unapproved pharmaceuticals for patients with many diseases.
Pink Pistols	Gays and self-defense
GLSEN	Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
Repeal All Silly and Senseless Laws	A pressure group in Minnesota. It tries to encourage the state legislature to repeal unenforceable laws (including the sodomy law).
Linus Moke	Libertarian Points of View with a most politically incorrect and perhaps adult slant
Maple River Coalition	Material on the Minnesota Profiles in Learning, federally imposed "collectivist" standards in education
More libertarian materials from Minnesota	Essays by Bob Smith and many external links to other interesting libertarian sites
Advocates for Self-Government	Authored "The World's Smallest Political Quiz"
Libertaria resource list	A collection of sites and organizations (not necessarily affiliated with any political party) that support individual liberty
Economic government	Economic government (without positive law), site managed by Steven Foerster
Ludwig Von Mises Institute	Material on classical liberalism, property rights, free speech (org name based on an Austrian economist).
Forfeiture Endangers American Rights	Asset forfeiture news
Electronic Frontier Foundation	Free speech on internet and other electronic media
ACSLAW	American Constitution Society for Law and Policy
State sodomy laws State sodomy laws (another source)	Keeps track of the status of state sodomy laws (now 15, plus Puerto Rico) are still in effect, as of summer 2001); presumably invalidated by Lawrence v. Texas, 2003
Age of Consent	Documentation of the age of consent for sexual acts, by country and by state (volunteer organization providing age of consent information worldwide and presumably seeking to liberalize age of consent laws)
Institute for Humane Studies	George Mason University, Fairfax, Va.; grants and seminars for students of individual liberty issues
Americans Against Discrimination and Preferences	Web site with a huge inventory of news items on "affirmative action" issues
UK schmoo	UK site offering modern poetry, entertainment (Continental Drifts performers), music, material on substance legalization and (also) addiction withdrawal
Libertarian Alliance of the United Kingdom	Essay "Equal Rights, not Gay Rights" by Nigel Ashford
International Lesbian and Gay Association	A federation of groups and persons seeking equal rights for gays and lesbians in international arenas; a major player in European Common Market human rights actions, as with Britain’s military policy
Human Rights Campaign HRC Fact Sheet on Sexual Orientation and Child Abuse	Human Rights Campaign ; Advocacy of Lesbian and Gay Equal Rights
Cheryl Jacques	Former Execute Director of Human Rights Campaign (thru 2004)
Log Cabin Republicans	Organization of lesbian and gay Republicans, including a PAC.
American Psychological Association; GLBT links; Avoiding homosexual bias in language	Major American Psychological Association links
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund	Legal representation for lesbians and gay men in major cases: employment, HIV (and ADA), child custody, sodomy laws, military
U.S. Senate voting records	Voting records of U.S. Senators on gay issues
Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation; Catholic Church Sex-Abuse Crisis	Materials from the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) with a statement about the child abuse and pedophilia crisis in the Catholic Church
American Association for Single People Unmarried America	Promotes equal rights, in both law and private practices, for unmarried adults
Work and Family Employee Assistance Programs	Balancing work and family, and family-friendly workplace policies; WF contains many related links and sells detailed policy reports; EAP requires membership through an employer
Minnesota AIDS Project PrideAlive	Major organization in Minneapolis providing services for People with AIDS and educational services for the public at large. This organization sponsors PrideAlive (the "queer men's initiative for MAP"), which targets educational activities and "cafe chats" for gay men. Similar organizations are the Oak Lawn Counseling Center in Dallas, and Whitman Walker Clinic in Washington DC (as well as Gay Men's Health Project in New York City).
American Foundation for AIDS Research	America's leading non-profit voluntary organization dedicated to funding AIDS research, especially through private sources
Cover the uninsured	Health care debate about universal care
Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus; Dallas Turtle Creek Chorale; Galachoruses, Minnesota Philharmonic	(Minneapolis-St Paul) Twin Cities Gay Men's Chorus; The Turtle Creek Chorale in Dallas; the organization of gay choruses; Minnesota Philharmonic
Queer Soup	Queersoup reduces queer art, thought and politics to the "bare bones." A lot of varied material, including information on both the Libertarian and Reform parties. The overall views are similar to those of doaskdotell.
Outwoods; Igloo	Minnesota outdoors group for gays and lesbians; national gay outdoors group
All God's Children Metropolitan Community Church; MCC Washington DC; MCC Dallas; United Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches’ Dignity/USA (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Cathollics)	AGCMCC in Minneapolis. This links to the United Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches, which has a specific gay-affirmative ministry to lesbians and gay men. Other links right here show the Washington DC church and the largest MCC church which is MCC Dallas, the Cathedral of Hope (which will sonn build an even larger Cathedral). Also Dignity, which now has statements about the Catholic Church child abuse crisis
Independent Film Producers Minnesota Film Board, Ufilm, Intermedia Arts Project Greenlight (Matt, Ben, Miramax); Liveplanet General movie review site from ABC	For aspiring filmmakers (me??)
Lahiji project	Raw capitalism, maybe; but one of the youngest stars in the financial world
Life Research Institute: Population Control	Population replacement and fertility rates: the tables are turning
Miss Richfield (Yeah!)	Miss Richfield, a Twin Cities staple. (Okay, I like the boy bands like Nsync [Celebrity??], singers like Ricky Martin and Britney Spears, too—but mostly classical and symphonic)
ConservativeThink, Conservative-Libertarian, Board	Conservative Right Wing, Libertarian
Annenberg Political Fact Check	Check facts made in political debates
Johnwboushka.com	Java site with database tables for political arguments

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To browse the Constitution of the United States, I recommend the following URL: http://www.findlaw.com/casecode/constitution

Or visit the National Archives: http://www.archives.gov/national_archives_experience/charters/constitution.html

Declaration of the Rights of Man (France, 1789, Yale University reference)

Declaration of the Rights of Woman (France, 1791, Olympe de Gouges, CUNY reference)

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