#sally kohn

[yourdailyqueer]

Sally Kohn

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: 27 March 1977

Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish

Nationality: American

Occupation: Entrepreneur, journalist, activist

[paulrkohn]

Adelaide Fringe 2025 announcement!

Today the posters arrived for "Between Breath and Bard" A poetic show from the minds of Paul R Kohn (SA) and Sally Newman (WA).

She waits in the shadows for his voice to carry her home. He is silent. A mirror reflects. A box is opened. A promise of freedom is whispered. A box is closed. Corners of the room become memories of the past. Dust settles, wind echoes. He finds his voice.

Between Breath and Bard, their story unfolds in poetic threads. Visual imagery and the raw, emotive spoken words, connect audience and poet.

Award winning, local poet Paul R Kohn and WA creative Sally Newman bring their world premiere show to Adelaide Fringe.

This show is for the survivors of darkness, the seekers of hope and those who search for answers in unopened boxes, unexpected moments and unfamiliar dreams.

If you're looking for a Christmas gift for a loved one or for yourself, grab tickets here: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/between-breath-and-bard-af2025

Friday 21st March and Saturday 22nd March.

Hope to see you there! 🙏

[rjtaylorr]

Unit 11 4/14

For the last part of Unit 11, I took a look back at some of the most valuable information that I learned this week. Since I have already spent most of the time describing my own assignments throughout the week, I will look towards one or two of my classmates' posts in depth.

From Assignment #1, one of my classmate's posts that I really enjoyed reading was from my classmate K. K wrote about the finding from Professor Gernsbacher's lecture video, specifically, "The majority of teenagers have had social media experiences that make them feel good about themselves."

Similar to my classmate, I was also quite surprised to hear this finding. I feel that a majority of information that comes out about the Internet is commonly negative. Though this is also probably due to the popularity of negative content, ensuring that it is always making its way to the top of the headlines.

This information makes me reflect back on some important aspects that I have learned during the course of this semester. The assignment that required us to work with viral content and what constitutes its popularity really changed my thinking in some ways.

It was quite interesting to learn about how we interact with content shapes the scope of the Internet. From the Ted Talks of Sally Kohn and Monica Lewinsky, I learned about the detrimental effects of clicking on viral content. Some of this content that is so popular on the Internet contains sensitive content that we have become so desensitized to.

On the contrary, it is very delightful to learn about the positive effects on the Internet.

[my-travel-ideas]

Is "Gay Paris" Really That Gay? Uncovering Paris' LGBTQ Past - AFAR

[elizabetharzani]

The Opposite of Hate is Connection, 2020

[saddayfordemocracy]

Uganda announces a ‘KILL ALL GAYS’ law !

Uganda has officially announced its plan for a bill that is said to impose the death penalty on all homosexuals in the African region.

"The Family" is behind Uganda’s anti-gay bill and has American ties with Rick Warren, Congress, and Fortune 500 CEOs.

The “Kill All Gays” bill is not a joke, the bill was proposed in Uganda earlier this month with the purpose of actually giving gay Ugandans the death penalty for being gay. Politicians in Uganda has publicly expressed that “the legislation would curb a rise in unnatural sex in the East African nation” and “Homosexuality is not natural to Ugandans, but there has been a massive recruitment by gay people in schools, and especially among the youth, where they are promoting the falsehood that people are born like that.”

The bill was supposed to be up and running five years ago but was cancelled. Government officials have officially announced that the bill will be up and running shortly. Grave acts according to Ugandan officials will now result in a full-on death penalty and the bill is supported by President Yoweri Museveni with final voting for the law happening by the end of the year.

Hundreds of LGBT+ people have been forced to flee the country as refugees and more will follow if this law stands trial. Three gay men and one transgender woman have been killed in homophobic attacks in Uganda so far this year – the most recent attack happened just last week when a gay man was bludgeoned to death.

Rick Warren, who has personally said gay marriage is “equivalent” to incest, pedophilia and polygamy and said that gay people are “evil” and have “Christ-o-phobia,” after significant pressure eventually severed ties with Ssempa and spoke out against Uganda’s anti-gay law.

In 2008, presidential candidate Barack Obama appeared in a forum hosted by Warren at Saddleback Church, in which Obama denounced marriage equality. Obama also said, “I love the ministries that are taking place here at Saddleback.” After his election, President Obama sparked outrage when he invited Rick Warren to deliver the convocation at his first inauguration. Last week, President Obama released a statement opposing the Uganda bill.

Dozens of members of Congress, several Fortune 500 CEOs, generals and at least one Supreme Court Justice are members of “The Family,” the right-wing evangelical mission supporting Bahati as well as Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni. Sen. John Ensign (R-NV), Sen. Jim DeMint (R-SC), Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) and Rep. Bart Stupak (D-MI) among others have lived in what’s known as “C Street,” The Family’s subsidized lodging in Washington, DC. 

Hillary Clinton has been active with Family prayer groups since she was First Lady. In her memoir, Living History, Clinton described The Family leader Doug Coe as “a unique presence in Washington: a genuinely loving spiritual mentor and guide to anyone, regardless of party or faith, who wants to deepen his or her relationship with God.”

When the anti-gay legislation was first introduced in Uganda, the New York Times wrote, “You can’t preach hate and not accept responsibility for the way that hate is manifested.” James Inhofe and Rick Warren not only preached anti-gay hatred with their own words but wrapped their political and institutional arms around David Bahati and Martin Ssempa and others who have taken hatred to its ugly, but foreseeable, conclusion in Uganda. Inhofe and Warren are responsible for the way that hate is manifested. Moreover, American political figures who have proudly associated with The Family and with Rick Warren are culpable as well. They cannot feign ignorance at the end of a journey that was ugly all along.

Uganda’s anti-gay law is not just an international disgrace. It is an American disgrace. And the American religious and political figures who played a role in spreading vicious homophobia in Uganda, whether actively or by turning a blind eye, should do more than just denounce the country’s law. They should denounce their own role in facilitating it.

The LGBT group SMUG (Sexual Minorities Uganda) works towards helping and saving gay identities in Uganda, visit their site and donate today, so they don’t have to fight this war alone.

Sally Kohn 

https://sexualminoritiesuganda.com/ 

[keithboykin]

Today marks the end of two years of unified Republican control of the executive and legislative branches of the federal government. As Democrats take control of the House of Representatives, that means we will finally see oversight and accountability of the president, and  for the first time in Donald Trump's adult life, he will finally have someone to say no to him.

[the-funtime-autocrat]

Ahead of Trump's primetime address, columnist Sally Kohn took to USA Today to denounce his "nine lies." This is the same woman who wrote a piece expressing disappointment that her daughter was "not a lesbian" like her and supports a specific Middle Eastern country and its border wall.

[richdifeo]

[teakwoodtimes]

“Critical race theory is about helping Americans – all Americans – understand the reality of our nation’s past and present in order to scrutinize and ultimately fix what has long been broken for communities of color. The criticism is focused on systems, not people. “

[sophiaisthatgirl]

[rjtaylorr]

Unit 10 4/1

Unit 10 began with an assessment of the way that we judge different aspects our Internet usage.

This assignment required us to examine a series of different questions about things that we often run into on social media. The options for the questions consisted of the trustworthiness of Wikipedia, whether you should believe a rumor that someone sent you, and lastly, whether or not you should click on a link that leads to gossip.

I decided to select the last option regarding content sent to you by a friend, where it leads to sensitive gossip about someone's personal life.

This option contain materials that included both Sally Kohn and Monica Lewinsky's Ted Talks. Throughout Sally's Ted Talk, it became very apparent to me that people truly have become very desensitized to the content of others that we view online.

I know far too many times that I have been filled with anticipation when clicking on a link that my friend sent me, unsure but excited to view the content of the link. Why is it that I was so excited to view something that could contain another person in a negative context?

When you really think about the situation, imagine someone took a picture of you in your worst moment and posted it online for the entire world to see. You would be harshly criticized and critiqued by people that you have never meet in your life. One moment.

Additionally, Monica Lewinsky made some incredible points in her talk, especially when she introduced the concept that we should all stop and take the time to "click with compassion." Which I think that we as a society could take this advice to heart.

[trapstrblog]

[muvana]

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