April 6, 2010

A terrific cause to give a damn about...



Last week I came across a really cool website that promotes a really great cause, and for the icing on the big gay cake, there is Cyndi Lauper all over the damn place...

The site is http://www.wegiveadamn.org/ and it is essentially a movement for equality for gay people, run and promoted by straight people, who yes, give a damn. Fronted by 80s pop goddess Cyndi Lauper, the site got a tsunami of media attention last week with a video it launched featuring celebrities such as Whoopi Goldberg, Elton John, and Jason Mraz, and in which Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin came out as bisexual (first Ricky Martin then Anna Paquin, is everybody coming out....?)

A long-time promoter of gay rights, Lauper, best known for Girls Just Want to Have Fun and True Colors, is awesome; I saw her in concert several years ago, when she was opening for Cher --- how gay gay gay a concert is that? Okay back on topic... Lauper started the True Colors Fund which was an impetus for We Give a Damn, as it encourages and inspires everyone to support the equality movement.

Wegiveadamn.org takes it further, with education and information ("damn issues") on marriage, discrimination, immigration, faith and more. Lauper is our virtual host, and in addition to the damn issues, the site has damn videos, damn stuff, personal stories, and a damn blog...

I learned stuff and enjoyed the time I spent on wegiveadamn.org. Check it out!

10 comments:

TICKLEBEAR said...

as far as everybody coming out, i believe in the 10 % theory. 10% gay, give or take a few..., 10% str8, the remaining 80% in the middle; some gays with previous str8 experience(s), some str8s with gay experience(s); and the bisexual dead center!! humanity is more colorful than people would have you believe, they just keep it under the sheets...

Rusty Hoe said...

Thanks for the info, such a great site. Yet another reason to love the fabulous Miss Lauper. I wish we had something similar here in Aus.

Robin said...

Love Cindi..just heard her recently do an unplugged ..True Colors..It was amazing...good for her and all those that made it happen..!

Michael Rivers said...

I will check it out!

WannabeVirginia W. said...

Dear Alfred,

I am so glad you give a damn, because I do too. I have been rooting around the site for some time and then it crashed I suppose because what's her face, oh yeah, Anna Paquin is bisexual and everyone just went "Oh my god, she is bisexual!" and hit the site like a tsunami. Is it true that she is marrying Stephen Moyer? Wait, do you watch True Blood, cause if you don't then you would have no idea what I am talking about. You are probably saying that already, "What the f is she talking about?"

Virginia.

CatLadyLarew said...

Thanks for the info on We Give a Damn! I saw one of their commercials for the first time over the weekend. Great way to support equality... I'm headed over to there from here!

Frau said...

Damn I'm glad you posted about this! It sounds like a great way to give a damn. Off to check it out! Happy Tuesday!

Ray's Cowboy said...

Thanks will chaeck it out.
Ray

Annie (Lady M) x said...

Ay! Damn good website and bloody good idea (especially breaking the issues down into distinct boxes with distinct solutions - makes it really coherent). I added my name to the list.

There is only one thing that worries me a bit, and it is the fact that if you vist regularly (I have been on 3 times), you have to listen to Cyndi say the same things again and again on each page. It might be me being a doughnut though.

Annie (Lady M) x said...

P.S. I just had the word verification FARFLUMP and I really feel like I need to do something with it

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