Old Gay Lawyer--- Ramblings
The collected thoughts, rants and ramblings of Eamon O'Connor
>> The collected thoughts, rants and ramblings of Eamon O'Connor
Category: Requiescat in Pacem
03/21/12@ 11:23:00 pm Categories: Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: stand your ground laws, trayon martin , 9 words 
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Trayvon Martin 1998-2012. Another victim of a scared white guy more »
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03/01/12@ 12:16:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Douchenozzles & Douchebagery, Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: andrew breitbart , 213 words Permalink
This morning I awoke to discover that Andrew Breitbart had died in Los Angeles last evening when he was out walking. I can not find it in my heart to grieve for this man. After all he was the fellow who when Ted Kennedy died tweeted that Kennedy was a… more »
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01/23/12@ 03:17:00 pm Categories: Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: bible belt, gay teen suicides, it gets better, phillip parket , 287 words Permalink
Phillip Parker, 14, of Tennessee was found dead over the weekend apparently by his own hand. Parker was another gay teen (or someone believed to be gay) who just couldn't deal anymore with the bullying of his peers and decided that it was just too painf… more »
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12/26/11@ 03:37:00 pm Categories: Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: accidental warrior, john lawrence, lawrence v texas , 280 words Permalink
Over this past week John Lawrence passed away. Mr. Lawrence is another accidental warrior in the struggle for simple justice and equality under the law. Mr. Lawrence probably would have passed unnoticed into history except for a brush with the law of t… more »
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10/31/11@ 03:37:00 pm Categories: Politics & Politicians, Douchenozzles & Douchebagery, Cool Stuff, Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: douchebags and douchebaggery, james forrester, marriage equality , 213 words Permalink
North Carolina legislator, James Forrester, who was a retired Air Force Brigadier general, medical doctor and a twenty year veteran of legislative politics as a member of the North Carolina General Assembly has died. I extend my condolences to the mem… more »
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10/30/11@ 04:12:00 pm Categories: Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: axel axgil, denmark, gay passings , 117 words Permalink
Another of the great warriors of the fight for equality for sexual minorities has passed into history. Axel Axgil was Danish and was of the founders of the one of the oldest gay and lesbian civil rights organization in Europe. It was founded by hm and o… more »
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10/29/11@ 11:54:00 am Categories: Politics & Politicians, Cool Stuff, Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: afghanistan, barack obama, eon panetta, hamid karzai, more dead soldiers , 249 words Permalink
The New York Times reports that 13 American soldiers were killed by a suicide bomber in Kabul when the bomber drove a truck loaded with fifteen hundred pounds of explosive into a heavily armored transport outside the US… more »
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10/24/11@ 06:10:00 pm Categories: Requiescat in Pacem , 172 words Permalink
Frank Kameny a gay activist for almost sixty years has passed. I am not going to add any more to the many eulogies that have been written and spoken. I never met the man and I never had the opportunity to break bread with him. I know him only by reputat… more »
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08/28/11@ 12:07:00 pm Categories: Law Stuff, Requiescat in Pacem , Tags: a a birch jr, hero lady liberty, tennessee , 271 words Permalink
This past Thursday a man passed from the earth whom I wish I had known. His name was A. A. Birch, Jr. He is one of those lesser known and lesser appreciated people who have peopled our planet at one time or another and who have actually made differen… more »
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