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thinking of leaving the Divided States of America and fleeing to Amsterdam?

If you're considering a move to somewhere where GLBTQ folks are about to be outlawed? Everyone is invited to join progessives in the Ocean State!

I am really proud that lil' ol' Rhode Island not only turned out its 4 electoral votes for Kerry, we kept all our national legistative seats, and gained Dem seats on the state and local levels.

Rhode Island may be the first state to forward-legislate gay marriage – as opposed to Mass., where the judiciary forced the state to allow gay marriage. Providence is the largest USA city and only state capitol with an openly gay mayor.

And gays/bis can indeed get married in Massachusetts, even if you don't live there. My husbear and I did last month. I won't give details here but write if you're curious how we did that.

Providence is a culturally vibrant and ethnically diverse area in a progressive state that has proven one of the most resilient against Bushonomics.

I am a proud Providemocrat.

Published by Ron Suresha

Ron Jackson Suresha is an editor, anthologist, and writer. He is considered an authority on emergent queer masculinities, in particular the subcultures of gay and bi male Bears and of male bisexuality. For Ron's service to the bear community, he was named "Bear of the Year" 2008. Born in Detroit, Michigan, Suresha attended the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, 1976-8), where he studied creative writing, and Vista College (Berkeley, Cal., 1989-92), where he studied American Sign Language. For more than two decades, he has worked as a freelance proofreader for trade book publishers such as Shambhala Publications. He was married in October 2004 to Rocco Russo. He is also a licensed Justice of the Peace in Connecticut, an ordained minister, ULC, and a member of the New London Green Party. Nonfiction works include Bears on Bears: Interviews & Discussions; Bi Men: Coming Out (coeditor, with Pete Chvany); Bisexual Perspectives on the Life and Work of Alfred C. Kinsey (editor). His latest book is The Uncommon Sense of the Immortal Mullah Nasruddin: Stories, jests, and donkey tales of the beloved Persian folk hero, published by Lethe Press.