Wednesday, March 30, 2011

[Peckers_Pics] Model Wars; PICS + Articles; Mar 30, 2011/ Boycott TARGET



Model Wars; PICS + Articles; Mar 31, 2011
Safe PICS For All Ages / Boycott TARGET / Support Keith Olbermann coming to "CURRENT TV"

Updates on Keith Olbermann  @ ObamaBiden2008 (Update: Keith joined "CURRENT TV").  Check with your cable provider to see if you have "Current TV".  Current TV's website has option for you to request service from your cable provider.   Current TV's founder is Al Gore.  Charter Cable does not carry "Current TV".  Please Contact Charter now!  Keith is a man who stuck his neck out for progressives, as well as the LGBT community. Update:  Keith began his FOK NEWS blog. 

Alert: Target + Minnesota Forward + Tom Emmer = Support for a rather dangerous and radical political philosophy that diminishes LGBT people to pests that should be murdered. And "Target" is cool with this?   ...Now Target is suing the LGBT community for their peaceful demonstrations in front of their stores.    ....Our answer:  BOYCOTT "TARGET"

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Diet & Fitness:

  • Reminder: Did you complete your Diet Journal today?
  • Did you do any physical activity?  If not, make a point of it by tomorrow! 
  • Perhaps our male fitness photos shall inspire you to get Fit!
Health - Wellness - Exercise - Reflections:
Social Isolation May Hurt Health of Gay Older Adults

Stephanie Pappas, LiveScience Senior Writer / 30 March 2011

Despite good incomes and access to health care, gay older adults in California have more health problems than their straight counterparts, according to a new study.

The report, released today (March 30) by the University of California, Los Angeles Center for Health Policy Research, found that aging gay men, lesbians and bisexual people in California have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, and disability than older straight adults. Mental health problems were also more prevalent in older gay Californians compared with heterosexuals.

Social isolation and lack of family support might be the reason for these extra health problems, study researcher Steven Wallace, a professor of public health at UCLA, said in a statement accompanying the report.

Nationally, isolation is a big problem for older gay and lesbian individuals, said University of Pittsburgh geriatric psychiatrist Jordan Karp, who was not involved in the research.

"We know that living alone and not having supportive children or a biological family is a risk for depression and anxiety," Karp told LiveScience. Less than one-fifth of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) elders live with a partner, compared with half of straight seniors, Karp said. [Read: Getting It Straight on Gay Mental Health]

Health risks

The California report relied on data from the 2003, 2005 and 2007 California Health Interview Survey, which interviews 50,000 randomly chosen Californians about health topics every two years. People who self-identified as LGBT to surveyors were most often male and skewed toward the younger end of the 50 to 70 age group. They had more education and higher incomes than the population as a whole, and they were more likely to be white.

Just over 8 percent of LGBT respondents had insurance, similar to the 10.6 percent rate in heterosexual Californians. That's troubling, the researchers wrote, because more money and education usually corresponds with insurance coverage. In this case, however, the relatively affluent LGBT Californians were no better off than the population as a whole.

Both gay men and lesbians were just as likely -- and in some cases more likely -- to see a doctor regularly and get medical treatments. Nonetheless, the gay population was at higher risk for many chronic illnesses than the heterosexuals surveyed. Gay and bisexual men were 1.17 times more likely than straight men with similar demographic characteristics to have high blood pressure. They were also 1.28 times more likely to have diabetes and 1.24 times more likely to have a disability. Fewer than 25 percent reported mental health distress, but that number was still 1.45 times higher than the same figure in straight older men.

Lesbians and bisexual women had fewer extra risks, but they were 1.35 times more likely than straight women to experience psychological distress and 1.32 times more likely to be disabled.

HIV, which affects approximately one out of five gay men in California, likely contributes to some of the health problems identified, the authors wrote. The strain of dealing with discrimination may also contribute to both mental and physical health problems, they said.

Lack of family support is another factor: The survey found that half of gay and bisexual men in California live alone compared with 13.4 percent of heterosexual men. Lesbians were more likely to live with a partner than gay men. However, more than 25 percent of lesbians live alone, compared with about 20 percent of straight women.

Improving care

Access to medical care is improving for gay and lesbian older adults, the report found, but the quality of that care is still in question. Older LGBT individuals may hesitate to disclose their sexual orientation or talk about their sexual behaviors with health professionals, fearing homophobia, Karp said.

Services that target the LGBT population need to be aware of the higher risk of chronic conditions in this group, the report recommended. The researchers also called for policies that would extend full health and financial benefits to same-sex partners. Currently, same-sex partners cannot get Medicaid and Social Security spousal benefits.

Meanwhile, Karp said, medical professionals should work to improve care for LGBT individuals.

"Instead of just inquiring about marital status, we should be enquiring about partnership status. We should be more complete in taking a sexual history," he said. "We need to make our approach more inclusive."
Take Action:
  • Boycott advertisers of Glenn Beck - Fox News.  Glenn Beck is anti-gay rights.
  • Update: DADT has been repealed. President Obama has kept his promise!
  • Boycott Bill O'Reilly and FOX News and their advertisers.  Bill discussed a French commercial by McDonalds that was meant to show that McDonalds is Gay Friendly. Bill said what is next? Is McDonalds going to be Al-Qaida friendly as well?  Imagine - Bill O'Reilly compares Gays to Al-Qaida!
  • Boycott Arizona the home of  "hater" - U.S. Senator John McCain. Arizona's Hateful anti-Immigration Law - encourages racial profiling and increases hatred towards minorities.  A remedy: Demand Republicans to  support Immigration Reform (The Dream Act). Further, Senator McCain voted against ending DADT and Blocked Immigration reform! 
  • Boycott Target, Best Buy, Gold's Gym - for donating money towards anti-gay political candidates/organizations. Update: (12/26/2010): Target is continuing to donate to anti-gay groups/causes/politicians. Update 03/08/11 - Lady Gaga Ends Target Partnership, Reportedly Over Target's Poor LGBT Stance. Update 3/25/2010 - Target displays their hypocrisy and Sues California Gay Rights Group for Lobbying Outside Stores.  Target is attempting to block the LGBT right of free speech!  STOP SHOPPING AT TARGET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  • End DOMA (Defense of Marriage Act).  Prevents Federal employees and Gays in the Military from gaining equal benefits. Prevents Gay Partners from gaining equal benefits.    
  • Pass ENDA (Employee Non-Discrimination Act).  ENDA would prevent employment discrimination of  LGBT workforce.
  • Boycott Salvation Army as they will not hire Gays! "DO NOT DONATE TO THEM."
  • BOYCOTT "Chick-fil-a" for donating to anti-gay marriage groups.
  • BOYCOTT KOCH INDUSTRIES PRODUCTS- to include their products: Angel Soft toilet paper / Brawny paper towels / Dixie plates, bowls, napkins & cups / Mardi Gras napkins and towels / Quilted Northern toilet paper / Soft 'n Gentle toilet paper / Sparkle napkins / Vanity fair napkins / Zee napkins / Georgia-Pacific paper products & envelopes / All Georgia-Pacific lumber & building products (INVISTA Products) / Lycra / Stainmaster Carpet.   The billionaire - Koch brothers are ultra republican - tea bag founders/supporters that do not support causes of the LGBT community.
  • Boycott WALMART - The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, force criticized Wal-Mart for denying employee benefits to same-s-x partners and for failing to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. By comparison, the group said two other chain stores with a strong presence in New York, Costco and Walgreens, did much better.
  • NEW: Boycott Donald Trump, The Apprentice and NBC Network! Trump stated he is considering a run for president as a Republican. In a interview with the Des Moines Register, Trump added that he opposes all forms of legal recognition for gay couples, not just marriage. "They should not be able to marry," he said. So why does NBC keep the Apprentice running - when Donald Trump has stated he may run for president? Boycott NBC! Boycott advertisers of The Apprentice and Trump's other business's. Don't shop at any building with Donald Trump's name!  The Donald has expressed extreme Hatred.  Remember how poorly he treated Rosie O'Donnel?  Now we know why he did that!  It was hate against a lesbian as we now know he is hater.  Unforgiveable!  Ready to dump NBC because they air Donald Trump's "The Apprentice"?  Start Watching CBS Evening News with Katie Couric.
  • NEW: Boycott "APPLE." For the current owners and the aspiring owners of the I-phone,  Apple allows an application, "The Gay App", which is supposed to help gay individuals turn straight.  This is a step in the wrong direction.
    Apple needs to know that the decision to allow this App on their products is a fallacious idea! Update: March 23, 2011:  Apple removed this app from USA stores; but, possibly not from foreign stores.  This is offensive not just towards the LGBT community in the USA; but, offensive to  the entire LGBT community around the world.  How does anyone approve such a hateful, despicable app towards the LGBT community? Especially when Gay Teens are killing themselves after being harrassed by their church, parents, as well as  by bully's and teachers at school. The idea that this app was used, solicited is disgusting.  
  • Remember David Kato, Gay activist - Uganda, who was slain because he is gay!

And Now, Model Wars!

This group is called "Peckers Pics."  The English -  slang definition of "pecker" is to pluck at the truth. Therefore, we peck at items such as Gay Men's Health, Male Fitness, Gay (LGBT) Politics & Issues.  In this section you may peck at each photo in order to decide the winner of the "war of the fittest!"   Whereas, who is the model that may inspire you to exercise and "get fit?"  Warning: This may stoke you!
 
Your participation in discussion of health / news articles - appearing in this message is greatly appreciated.
 
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Stoked?
The Cafe; San Francisco; March 22, 2011
Wash. to Recognize Out-of-State Gay Marriages
A bill heading to Washington governor Chris Gregoire's desk would allow the state to recognize marriages of gay and lesbian couples performed elsewhere.

By Advocate Editors / Mar 30, 2011

 A bill heading to Washington governor Chris Gregoire's desk would allow the state to recognize marriages of gay and lesbian couples performed elsewhere.

The state senate passed the bill with a 28-19 vote, with four Republicans voting with mostly Democrats to support the vote. In the house, the bill passed 58-39 on a party-line vote, according to the Associated Press.
 
The law would classify the marriages as domestic partnerships, as same-sex couples in the state can enter into domestic partnerships, and not full marriages. State senator Ed Murray told KIRO Radio that the bill fills the gap in Washington's existing domestic-partnership law but is not meant to substitute for marriage equality.

"We're not there yet," Murray said. "The important thing is that we pass this legislation when the public is with us. We want to be able to survive a ballot initiative that surely will be filed against it."
"Every gay and lesbian person who has been lucky enough to survive the turmoil of growing up is a survivor. Survivors always have an obligation to those who will face the same challenges."
....Jake
 
 
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