The Pentagon lifted a ban to women in combat. Panetta said that the decision didn't happen over night, they have arguments going about whether the women can physically keep up. However, Obama held an inaugural speech that everyone should have equal rights.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Hello
Currently there is a large court hearing to help gay rights. The Supreme Court is looking to change the constitution from legal marriage between a man and a woman to marriage between two people. And today's topic is if gay married people should get the same benefits. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/28/us/supreme-court-defense-of-marriage-act.html?hp
Protecting the president
Julia A. Pierson was appointed by president Obama to be the first female head of the secret serves. She was previosly retired but will be taking over in the time when the secret service needs to rebuild their reputation after the scandal last year.
Monday, March 25, 2013
The CIA Agent Who Found Bin Laden Is Having Trouble at Work
The star of the movie Zero Dark Thirty is an actual CIA agent and is supposedly having a hard time at work. Her colleagues dislike her and she is acting rude to them. She was passed over for a promotion of $16,000 and has managed to piss off all of her colleagues. She and a few other workers were awarded the CIA's highest honor for non-combat officers, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, after capturing Osama Bin Laden. After receiving this award she emailed the other workers who got it also and said that they didn't deserve the award because everyone else got in her way and she was the one who was right.
The star of the movie Zero Dark Thirty is an actual CIA agent and is supposedly having a hard time at work. Her colleagues dislike her and she is acting rude to them. She was passed over for a promotion of $16,000 and has managed to piss off all of her colleagues. She and a few other workers were awarded the CIA's highest honor for non-combat officers, the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, after capturing Osama Bin Laden. After receiving this award she emailed the other workers who got it also and said that they didn't deserve the award because everyone else got in her way and she was the one who was right.
Friday, March 22, 2013
Maze does the imposible
Tina Maze of Slovenia is able to do what what Lindsey Vonn and all the men couldn't do, break 2000 points in a single season. With all the eyes on Lindsey Vonn, Maze was able to creep through her shadows and completely dominate. With Vonn suffering illneses and knee injuries, Maze had little to no compitition in taking the overall globe. After finishing second and third in the Overall for the past two years in a row, she finnaly had he time to shine.
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Shiffren is on top at 17
At only 17 years old, and on her first full year of world cup racing, Shiffren is able to over take Maze who has been nothing but dominant over the field this year to win the slalom globe.
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First transgender MMA fighter goes public
This article is about a male to female transition. She won two MMA bouts and finally went public about being a transgender. Everyone ended up reacting positively toward her.
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You Say You’re a Woman? That Should Be Enough
This article discusses different solution to women being tested in sports. They believe that women should be able to compete throughout any investigation. Also, from the science perspective, it cannot dictate what evidence we should use.
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Wednesday, March 20, 2013
Women, men must meet same combat standards in military
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed a new order in the Military opening as many as 237,000 new jobs to women. Military officials said that jobs such as infantry and artillery will have exacting physical requirements and standards will be maintained. The military has different standards based on age and sex for the Army and Marines. In both of those services the standards for infantry and other combat arms specialties will remain the same. Surveys of soldiers indicated that they are willing to give women a chance if the standards aren't lowered. The Military has several years to fully implement the new order but the plan will be executed incrementally.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta signed a new order in the Military opening as many as 237,000 new jobs to women. Military officials said that jobs such as infantry and artillery will have exacting physical requirements and standards will be maintained. The military has different standards based on age and sex for the Army and Marines. In both of those services the standards for infantry and other combat arms specialties will remain the same. Surveys of soldiers indicated that they are willing to give women a chance if the standards aren't lowered. The Military has several years to fully implement the new order but the plan will be executed incrementally.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
An NFL Team Reportedly Asked A Player If He 'Likes Girls' At The Combine
College football players have interviews with different NFL teams along with doing a variety of conditioning and strength drills. One college player, Nick Kasa, a tight end from Colorado told hosts that in the interviews the coaches asked questions meant to throw you off guard or get into your mind a little bit. Some of those questions included "Do you have a girlfriend?" or "Do you like girls?" Those types of questions should not be asked in interviews because a players sexual orientation has nothing to do with how they can play.
College football players have interviews with different NFL teams along with doing a variety of conditioning and strength drills. One college player, Nick Kasa, a tight end from Colorado told hosts that in the interviews the coaches asked questions meant to throw you off guard or get into your mind a little bit. Some of those questions included "Do you have a girlfriend?" or "Do you like girls?" Those types of questions should not be asked in interviews because a players sexual orientation has nothing to do with how they can play.
Friday, March 15, 2013
New Pope New Style
Unlike former pope Benedict, Pope Francis has chosen to go with a more simple dress. Benedict preferred to wear the handmade red loafers while Francis wore regular black loafers.
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Woman act passed
On Thursday the Democrats and Republicans were able to come together to finalize the votes to approve the Violence against women act.
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Chris Culliver
When asked about if a gay guy in the locker room would be okay with him, Chris Culliver (CB for the 49er's) said no, even while many of his teammates said they wouldn't mind.
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1878311
http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/1878311
Cheerleader ... Too fat?
Courtney Lenz, a five year veteran cheerleader for the Baltimore Ravens believes that she was not selected to dance in the Super Bowl because of a little eight she put on. She believes that because she weighed 125.4 lbs she was not selected. http://blogs.findlaw.com/tarnished_twenty/2013/01/ravens-cheerleader-barred-from-super-bowl-because-of-weight-gain.html
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
Wade Davis on NFL Players Who Live Semi-Open Gay Lives
Wade Davis, a former NFL player, who has come out of the closet and is now openly gay speaks about gays in athletics. He says that there are 3 athletes that he knows of that are gay and will not publicize that information. The author of this article states that it is so hard for gays to come out of the closet in the NFL because of its masculinity and physicality. However, an openly gay football player can protest the perception that gays aren't real men or aren't tough.
Wade Davis, a former NFL player, who has come out of the closet and is now openly gay speaks about gays in athletics. He says that there are 3 athletes that he knows of that are gay and will not publicize that information. The author of this article states that it is so hard for gays to come out of the closet in the NFL because of its masculinity and physicality. However, an openly gay football player can protest the perception that gays aren't real men or aren't tough.
Ron Brown, University Of Nebraska Assistant Football Coach: Being Fired For Anti-Gay Views Would Be An 'Honor'
The assistant coach at the University of Nebraska, Ryan Brown, is a homophobic person. Brown is an avid believer in God and his views on gays are exactly what the bible states. He says in an interview "Ultimately, if you don't have a relationship with Him, and you don't really have a Bible-believing mentality, really, anything goes...At the end of the day it matters what God thinks most." Brown states that he would rather be fired for sticking to his views and abiding my Gods rules than for losing a certain amount of games in a season. Brown is not at all upset about being fired for his views against gays.
The assistant coach at the University of Nebraska, Ryan Brown, is a homophobic person. Brown is an avid believer in God and his views on gays are exactly what the bible states. He says in an interview "Ultimately, if you don't have a relationship with Him, and you don't really have a Bible-believing mentality, really, anything goes...At the end of the day it matters what God thinks most." Brown states that he would rather be fired for sticking to his views and abiding my Gods rules than for losing a certain amount of games in a season. Brown is not at all upset about being fired for his views against gays.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Lady Geeks
When people think of computer hacking, we think of boys not normally girls unless its in the girl with a dragon tattoo. Girls are starting to become hackers just like the boys, they are being called Lady Geeks.
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German Women
German women are breaking down barriers and taking charge. The chancellor of Germany is a women and she has set a precedent for women to follow. As the most powerful women in the world, she is a great role modle for women to look up to.
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Thursday, March 7, 2013
dr. christine mcginn
Dr. McGinn is a plastic surgeon who's training was specified in transgender surgeries. She had her own SRS in 2004 and since then has been an activist and speaker on gender issues. She is the founder of the Papillon Gender Wellness Center, which is a gender support center.
Dr. McGinn is a plastic surgeon who's training was specified in transgender surgeries. She had her own SRS in 2004 and since then has been an activist and speaker on gender issues. She is the founder of the Papillon Gender Wellness Center, which is a gender support center.
College fraternity helps pay for brother's SRS
Donnie Collins attends Emerson College and is a part of the Phi Alpha Taun fraternity. Collins is a transgender and wishes to get SRS. However, health insurance will not help Collins out. The fraternity that Collins is part of started a fundraiser to raise money for the surgery, they raised $17,000 and the surgery only costs $8,100. The left over money was given to the Jim Collins Foundation, which provides financial assistance for SRS'.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
You Can Play Movement
Brendan Burke has become one of the most prominent gay people involved with hockey. His brother Patrick has started a movement in the NHL called "You Can Play" which is trying to rid the stigma of "Gay" hockey players. Brendan died at 28 in a car accident.
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/nhl-stars-will-promote-you-can-play-movement/2012/03/04/gIQAg67VqR_blog.html
http://m.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/post/nhl-stars-will-promote-you-can-play-movement/2012/03/04/gIQAg67VqR_blog.html
Josh George's
Josh George's of the Montreal Canadians is said to be scheduled to confirm his coming out later this weekend. He has yet to confirm or deny it the fact he is gay, but he would be the first openly gay hockey every in the NHL.
http://blogs.phillymag.com/gphilly/2013/03/06/pro-hockeys-josh-gorges-reported-announce-gay/
http://blogs.phillymag.com/gphilly/2013/03/06/pro-hockeys-josh-gorges-reported-announce-gay/
Danica Patrick
Danica Patrick became the first women to lead a lap at the Daytona 500. She finished 8th. But she was not the first women to race at Daytona. Janet Guthrie was the previous women and she finished 11th. http://m.cbsnews.com/storysynopsis.rbml?pageType=sports&url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-400_162-57570987/danica-patrick-first-woman-to-lead-a-lap-at-daytona-500/&catid=57570987
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