Posted on 06/08/2009 8:56:23 PM PDT by anymouse
During the month of June, NASA is joining other organizations throughout the United States to observe Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) Pride Month.
LGBT Pride Month commemorates the events of June 1969, when patrons at the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that was all too common for members of the LGBT community during that era. Celebrating LGBT Pride each June commemorates this act of rejecting discrimination and standing up for the American values of fairness and equality.
This month-long observance gives all of us an opportunity to appreciate the accomplishments of LGBT Americans and celebrate the many contributions members of the LGBT community make daily to the fabric of American life. Members of the LGBT community contribute to the richness of our diversity as a country, playing vital roles in all aspects of our nation, including here at NASA today and throughout the history of the space program. LGBT people like Todd Hawley, co-founder of the International Space University, and atmospheric scientist James Pollack have made important contributions that we all have benefitted from.
LGBT Pride Month is a reflection of NASA's commitment to inclusiveness across the broad spectrum of our workforce. NASA strives to be a model employer by ensuring it adheres to the principles of inclusion. These principles include fairness and respect for the many different backgrounds, perspectives and life experiences of our employees. We are committed to practicing these principles in all facets of our work.
At NASA, we value and acknowledge the many achievements and contributions of our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees in working toward the success of our agency. I encourage you to participate in the programs and activities planned at your NASA center in your community for LGBT Pride Month. If there aren't yet planned events at your center, I encourage you to organize one. Take time to learn about the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans, and celebrate the diversity that has helped shape and strengthen NASA and our nation.
Christopher J. Scolese Acting Administrator
Point of Contact: Michael Cabbage, Office of Public Affairs, 202-358-1600
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Kind of putting new meaning in “TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO MAN HAS GONE BEFORE.”
Last time I saw Sulu he was on a discussion panel, condescending to us rabble as to why we couldn’t enjoy “racist” Charlie Chan movies.
“Great. It’ll be just our luck we finally make contact with beings from another planet and the first earthlings they meet will be a spaceship full of gays and lesbians.
We’re doomed.”
HA Ha. That’s true! They’ll think we are all just a bunch of devaint buttslammin wussies and clipped-haired skanks and blow up the planet!
Spaced out comes to mind. I do think some folks are born gay but why in heck would you want to celebrate it? Be about like celebrating mental retardation. You’d love your kid, but you sure wouldn’t be dancing in the street about it.
Just because some people are born with their physical and psychological gender 180 degrees apart doesn’t make it something to be proud of. As a race I think we have to accept that it happens but why would I think it is a good thing. Oh well, maybe we can have cancer pride month or erectile dysfunction pride month in the upcoming years.
parsy, who wonders what this friggin world is coming to.
I suggest the gays refrain from an celebration until somebody discovers a new orifice.
Conspicuously absent is any reference by NASA to the bestiality crowd. (Johnnie Cochran, please pick up your call at the white courtesy phone).
And what about a celebration day for circus freaks?
Don’t ask me to ride on one of their shuttles.
The aliens wouldn’t have to destroy the planet, just come back in about 3-4 generations and we’ll self-exterminate.
I actually support NASA’s coddling of the “GLBT” set.
Now, we can finally send that manned mission to the sun...
June 27 1969
“She sat there with her legs crossed, the lashes of her mascara-coated eyes beating like the wings of a hummingbird. She was angry. She was so upset she hadn’t bothered to shave. A day old stubble was beginning to push through the pancake makeup. She was a he. A queen of Christopher Street.”
http://www.drakkar91.com/glbthistory/hist2.html
In single file, both hands on their umbilicals...
That was hilarious.
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