Christina Engela

While there is no shame in being gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender or intersex - or even straight (but not narrow) - there is most certainly shame and dishonor in being a homophobe, a transphobe and a bigot.

Rejecting your gay or transgender child won't make them straight. It will only mean you will lose them.

The last week hadn__ been any better, come to think of it. On Monday they arrived at Gorda, just to find that the cargo of electronics he was to ship to Beowulf had been taken by another freighter for a lower fee. It took him until Wednesday before he found another cargo _ which had to reach Earth by Saturday. The last straw was when his crew mutinied a day out of the Hermes system and demanded a pay increase. The union tended to call that sort of thing __ollective bargaining_, not actually mutiny, but hey _ the results are the same. He tended to favor the term __iracy_, but this wasn__ the high seas and out here, there were real pirates to worry about. His former crew had also wanted more time off and a better cook _ at least one who knew how which end of a frying pan to hold. He was unable to comply, and so was forced to stop at Beowulf anyway. That was the last time he saw them. Fortunately for him, Weaver, Fuller and Jang opted to stay with him. Whether it was out of loyalty, or perhaps just convenience, he never knew.

What is your talent? What are your interests? What resources do you have at your disposal? What can you do? What would you like to do? What can you do? You could apply your outrage to activism. Get involved. Do something.

It is ironic that the only thing separating 'friend' from 'fiend' - is a single letter.

Imagine if you will:At the highly secretive, largely independent, inter-dimensional and (inevitably) clandestine organization called the Time Saving Agency, there is a saying that goes: __ou can__ break an omelet without first making eggs_. While this may appear to be a rather flippant little idiom, there is _ as is usually the case, far more to it than meets the eye.

Sure. And you say hi to Dory, __? C__on Will _ let__ get you to the Sheriff. I need a cold one.___ippee._ Said Will, not exactly brimming over with enthusiasm.Timaset Skooch reached across the table and packed the notes together. He counted them out too. Seven thousand credits! Then he scooped the coins and the (ugh) gold tooth into an empty glass for the waitress. Seven thousand credits! But what was the plastic slip under it all?

Swearing, d__ngelo entered the elevator. Fortunately, that was also still in order. When he got to the bridge, everything looked pretty ordinary _ except for the third body of the day, which was lying spread-eagled on the deck with an almost comical look of surprise on his face. Jang was dead, although d__ngelo couldn__ see the cause, but then, he was no doctor. He sighed dismally. Now he hadn__ a navigator either. Or a crew for that matter.

The simple truth is that the only real 'ex-gay' person is a dead gay person - and even then I am not too sure about the validity of that statement.

Some girls feel they are like boys, They play rough, they like a lot of noise.

But some boys like boys more -And some girls make other girls hearts soar!

Some boys feel they are like girls,They are gentle, and like their hair in curls.

They run, they touch, they learn, they play, They listen, they work hard at growing all day.

Damage report, sir?_ Skotchdopole asked, climbing off his console into his seat.__o hell with that!_ he roared, this was no accidental side-effect of arriving _ it was clear they were under attack by hostile aliens. __ire! Shoot the crap outta them!

Documentary evidence says where there is smoke there is fire, be it holy smoke or otherwise.

Jonn Deire picked up eight yellowed and dog-eared cards from the pile, grumbling __arrn_ under his breath, while chewing on a frazzled looking toothpick. Skooch threw down a five of reds and said nothing. There was an impatient pause as the players waited for Beck to remember he had to play for Peeping William, who was still grumbling softly and rolling his eyes at intervals.

It's amazing, the increase in grammatical errors in proportion to the level of hatred in the content of hate mail.

When religion ceases to be speculative and becomes factual and "true", it will become science. Science can be used to prove or disprove opinions, beliefs and accusations. Until any religion crosses that line, who is anyone to use their religion to judge others?