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Ay New York, You’ve Let Me Down : Gay Marriage Bill Fails to Pass in State Senate

3:49 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · GLBT|New York|Politics · 2 Comments

2 Dec 2009

I’m supposed to be working another job right now and not blogging, pero I wanted to express extreme disappointment in the The Marriage Equality Act not passing in the NY State Senate.
The vote was 38-24.

Hiram Monserrate, my state senator, whom I have written about, apparently has no love for women, and has no love for the many LGBT residents in his district and trust me, there are many. He, a Democrat, voted against the act, and I would be more than down to help organize some sort of protest in front of this vendegente’s office.

Health Care Reform : Sacrificing Millions for the Approval of 60

1:52 pm By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Health|Immigration|Politics · 6 Comments

2 Dec 2009

health_care_reform1 With the health care debate in full swing in the U.S. Senate, there is much focus and attention being paid to access to abortion and rightfully so. My inbox is filled with petitions and requests to email Senators. Hell, even my 60 some year old mother says she wants to make sure she has access to an abortion. But so far there has been just one petition demanding that the undocumented should be able to purchase their own insurance with their own money (isn’t that what capitalism is all about?).

Recent polls show that overall Latinos are in favor of health care reform especially the public option.

Overall, Latino registered voters are very supportive of efforts to reform the nation’s health care system, and show especially strong support for including the ‘public option’ as part of the reform effort. While President Obama continues to enjoy strong support from the Latino electorate, less than 1 in 7 survey respondents felt the needs of the Hispanic community were fully taken into account during the health reform debate.

Navidad en Nueva York : Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo

9:41 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · Arts|Events|GLBT · Comments Off

2 Dec 2009

n185547562636_8524 Mala may struggle with Thanksgiving, pero I’m a sucker for the Christmas season. Not the Christ-y religious part of it (although I acknowledge that I carry stuff from my Catholic upbringing), pero celebrating Navidad as a Rican in NYC is one of my favorite cosas in the world and I’m not ashamed to say it.

If you need a reason to love Navidad en NYC, here’s one: Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo .

“HO! HO! HO!” becomes “HA! HA! HA!” this holiday
season with LOS NUTCRACKERS: A CHRISTMAS
CARAJO.

This queer, Latino, holiday play
returns for
the 6th triumphant year to celebrate the holidays in a
whole new way. Written by BAAD!’s own Charles
Rice-González and directed by the award-winning
Jorge Merced.

The play features a talented and sexy cast of Latino
actors including: Johnathan Cedano, Indio
Melendez, Gabriel Morales, Cisco Perez, and
Yosvany Reyes. Returning this year, in a
special role is the legendary Bronx drag diva
Appolonia Cruz.

This play centers around a couple, Carlos and
Gabriel, who have been together for almost 15 years.
Their arguing and fighting has reached the queer
heavens from which comes a ghetto thug/diva spirit
who guides them on a trip through their lives. They
travel to the first time they met back in 1986 at a white
party at the Palladium dancing to Lisa Lisa and Cult
Jam to a catastrophic trip to City Center to see The
Nutcracker, to a dinner party with Martha Stewart
fanatics, and more.

Show times are:

* Thursday, December 3 at 8pm

* Friday, December 4 at 8pm

* Saturday, December 5 at 8pm

* Thursday, December 10 at 8pm

* Friday, December 11 at 8pm

* Saturday, December 12 at 8pm

Ay someone needs to watch my kids so I can go see this or por lo menos buy tickets and tell them merry crica from la Mala.

After the Honduran Election

7:33 am By Maegan la Mamita Mala · honduras|Latin America|Politics · 2 Comments

2 Dec 2009

Photo from fOTOGLIF

The Honduran presidential elections took place this past Sunday and despite there being a winner, Porfirio “Pepe” Lobo with 55.9% of the vote, the political crisis in the Central American country is far from resolved.

Assistant Secretary of State Arturo Valenzuela:

…while the election is a significant step in Honduras’ return to a democratic and constitutional order after the 28th June coup, it’s just that. It’s only a step, and it’s not the last step….

A government of national unity needs to be formed. The congress has to take a vote on the return of President Zelaya to office…

The issue is not who is going to be the next president. The Honduran people decided that. The issue is whether the legitimate president of Honduras, who was overthrown in a coup d’état, will be returned to office by the congress on December 2nd, as per the San Jose-Tegucigalpa Accord.

Today the Honduran Congress is set to vote on if Manuel Zelaya will be reinstated to serve the rest of his term, that is until January 27, when Lobo will assume the presidency.

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Archive for December 2nd, 2009

Ay New York, You’ve Let Me Down : Gay Marriage Bill Fails to Pass in State Senate

Health Care Reform : Sacrificing Millions for the Approval of 60

Navidad en Nueva York : Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo

After the Honduran Election

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