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From JMG reader Sean Chapin in San Francisco. Bring on the happy dancing bears! Play loud!
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Tag Archives: Sean Chapin
Harvey Milk Day – Hope
Video by Sean Chapin. “What came to be called ‘The Hope Speech’ was initially conceived as a stump address, wherein Milk attempted to embolden a strong GLBTQ nationalism within the Castro, while also appealing for an alliance with other disenfranchised groups and straight folks,” wrote Jason Edward Black and Charles E. Morris III in their anthology An Archive of Hope: …
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SAN FRANCISCO: Activists Handcuffed At City Hall Valentine’s Marriage Protest
Fourteen activists were handcuffed in San Francisco yesterday after a marriage equality sit-in at City Hall. The group was taken out of the building and released without citations. Same-sex couples tried to get marriage licenses Thursday at the county clerk’s office at San Francisco City Hall as part of a symbolic Valentine’s Day protest against California’s ban on gay marriage. …
Read More »Sean Chapin Reacts To 49ers Flap
Santa Claus Is Coming….Out
SF Officials React To SCOTUS
Video by JMG reader Sean Chapin.
Read More »SF Chorus: A Tribute To Harvey Milk
Yesterday was the 34th anniversary of Harvey Milk’s assassination. JMG reader Sean Chapin writes with a description of the clip below: The video follows an original chorus member (Robert Rufo) who was at the chorus’ first-ever public appearance, which was at the candlelight vigil on the steps of City Hall the night when Harvey Milk was assassinated. Robert Rufo remembers …
Read More »Sean Chapin – Marry Them
Sean writes: “Marry Them is an original song about a straight husband who sings to his wife about how he’s changed his mind toward supporting marriage equality.”
Read More »Selena Leffew – I Have Two Fathers
Beyond cute.
Read More »Zach Wahls At Obama Fundraiser
Video by JMG reader Sean Chapin.
Read More »San Francisco 49ers Become First NFL Team To Join It Gets Better Campaign
Via press release from JMG reader Sean Chapin: The San Francisco 49ers have become the first NFL team to join the It Gets Better Project, an online video project where thousands of videos condemning anti-gay bullying are curated. The 49ers’ video comes after a successful petition drive, led by fan Sean Chapin, who rallied more than 16,000 people to sign …
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Pay The Gay Away
Via JMG reader Sean Chapin, who also provided the headline. Source.
Read More »SF Gay Men’s Chorus Celebrates 75th Anniversary Of Golden Gate Bridge
Sean Chapin – Evolution
A tribute to yesterday by JMG reader Sean Chapin.
Read More »SAN FRANCISCO: Rep. Nancy Pelosi Honored At AIDS Memorial Grove
Video by Sean Chapin. Have you visited the AIDS Memorial Grove? Make a point of doing so on your next visit to San Francisco, it’s unspeakably moving.
Read More »The AIDS Quilt: 25 Years Later
Video by Sean Chapin.
Read More »When San Francisco Got The News
Video by Sean Chapin.
Read More »Sean Chapin: I’m Married & I Know It
Another winner from JMG reader Sean Chapin.
Read More »Sean Chapin – He’s Gay, He’s Gay
Major League Baseball Adds “Sexual Orientation” To Union Agreement
More good news in the world of sports. Major League Baseball, which saw Jackie Robinson break the color barrier in 1947, today will announce incremental progress in another civil rights issue. The new Collective Bargaining Agreement adds “sexual orientation” to its section on discrimination, a person with direct knowledge of the agreement told the Daily News. Article XV, Section A …
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