It Ain't Truth If It Doesn't Hurt

Free Nadine Smith Now!

I sent the following statement to the National Lavender Green Caucus today in response to the arrest of LGBT civil rights leader Nadine Smith in Largo City, FL:

The National Lavender Green Caucus of the Green Party of the United States calls on the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's office to drop all charges against civil rights leader and Equality Florida executive director Nadine Smith.

Smith was arrested during a debate at the Largo City Commission after the city voted 5-2 in favor of firing 14 year city manager veteran Steve Stanton after he announced his transition from male to female. Nadine was arrested and treated roughly by police after she distributed a flier which read "Don't Discriminate" to a citizen attending the council meeting at that citizen's request.

"Nadine Smith is a role model, she is a friend, and she is a fierce advocate for liberation and justice for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender individuals. She was executing her constitutionally protected rights of free speech and assembly and was the victim of police brutality and old school COINTELPRO style false charges in her arrest," said former Chair of the National Lavender Green Caucus, Brandon Lacy Campos.

Smith is the only woman of color to lead a statewide LGBT organization in the United States, and she has been recognized in Florida and nationally for her work as Equality Florida's executive director.

The National Lavender Green Caucus, the national voice of LGBTQ Greens, applauds Nadine Smith for her constant work against gender identity discrimination and stands with her and her family. The Caucus recognizes that this is a hate motivated action on the part of the Largo police department and the Largo City Commission and asks that Greens and allies across the country contact the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney's office and the Florida Attorney General's Office and demand swift action to release Ms. Smith and drop the felony count of resisting arrest and the misdemeanor count of interrupting a commission meeting immediately.

College Kiddies...

I am sitting in Cultural House at Macalester College after a lecture/performance in an Arts and Activism junior seminar in the American Studies department.

I love coming to Macalester to perform...the students are bright and ask good questions...once you can get them to open up. I think I shocked them a little bit with how open I was about...well...just about everything. But...hey...they need to be shocked...people that make it through college without encountering something shocking are in for an unpleasant surprise when they hit the real world and that thing called reality.

I'm thinking perhaps I want to be a professor. Hmmmmmm.

You Missed the Point Entirely...

Today the unthikable occurred...during my special alone time with the View...just me...Rosie..and those other chicas...Rosie decides to debut her new favorite singer...some guy named Von Smith...a boy that is about as white (and gay) as one can possibly be...and the fool stood up and sang...I'm Telling You...from Dreamgirls.

Holy shit did he miss one of the main points of that entire movie. And so did the majority white audience that gave the fool a standing ovation. Now...the boy could sing...I'll give you that...but how the hell did he miss the whole sub-theme to the movie about WHITE PEOPLE STEALING BLACK FOLKS' MUSIC! The only way it could have been worse would have been if he had gotten up there and sang Steppin' to the Bad Side.

Rosie was all over him after he sang...just a huggin' and kissin' him...and I wanted to beam myself right onto that stage...kick Von in his pert butt...and insert my other foot right into Rosie's fun hole. I mean good lord Rosie. Get with the program...I love you and all...but keep this shit up and I'm going to join forces with Donald Trump and go tupee-riffic on your ass.

There...I let it out...I feel better...kind of.