Tag Archives: activism

HomoQuotable – Peter Staley

“Given the strength of the marriage movement, though, surely the major gay rights organizations could reappropriate just 10 percent of their budgets to fighting HIV and AIDS. “Contrary to the prevailing skepticism, that battle is not a lost cause. Treating people with antivirals both keeps them alive and prevents them from infecting others. Massachusetts saw its HIV infection rates drop …

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At Rome Pride 2013

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Rallies Planned For “Decision Day”

Activist groups across the nation are gearing up for celebrations or protests on the day that the Supreme Court hands down its decisions on DOMA and Prop 8.  Go to this interactive map for details on events near you.  The Bay Area Reporter has details on what is planned for San Francisco: In San Francisco a group of volunteers known …

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NEW YORK CITY: Gay Activist Wins $3.5M Molestation Lawsuit Against His Cousin

The Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday awarded $3.5M to activist Chaim Levin, who sued his cousin for childhood sexual abuse. Levin is also a plaintiff in the Southern Poverty Law Center’s pending lawsuit against JONAH, a New Jersey-based Jewish “ex-gay” organization. The New York Daily News reports on yesterday’s win: Chaim Levin, now 24, claimed in a Brooklyn Supreme Court lawsuit …

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Interview With Uganda’s Frank Mugisha

From Canada’s Xtra Magazine. Watch this.

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Al-Jazeera Reports On Clement Meric

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FRANCE: Paris Student Activist Left Brain-Dead After Attack By Neo-Nazis

France has been rocked by a vicious attack by neo-Nazi skinheads which has left a well-known leftist student activist brain-dead.  Former Manif Pour Tous leader Frigide Barjot has vowed to sue a prominent gay marriage activist for implicating her movement in the attack. Via The Local: French Interior Minister Manuel Valls announced on Thursday that four arrests had been made, …

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Open Thread Thursday

What are your plans for pride events this year?

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CNN Posts FLOTUS Heckling Video

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Ohio Activists: We Will Place Marriage Equality On The 2014 Ballot
UPDATE: NAT’L GROUPS DENY 2014 PLAN

Via press release from FreedomOhio: “We have decided to be on the ballot in 2014 to allow for a continuing dialogue with voters across Ohio about why marriage matters. We will continue to build upon the hundreds of thousands of conversations we’ve had already, to identify supportive voters, and to raise the resources necessary to mobilize a full-on campaign.” “We …

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June 22nd: ACT UP Reunion In NYC

The alumni of ACT UP New York will hold a reunion on June 22nd from 6:30PM to 11PM. This community-building event, which we hope will be the first of several, will reunite ACT UP members who confronted the government’s malignant neglect of the AIDS crisis and turned our anger into action that saved countless lives.  We are honored to have …

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First Lady Heckled By GetEQUAL

The First Lady’s speech at a Washington fundraiser was interrupted tonight by GetEQUAL member Ellen Sturz, who is pictured above at a 2012 protest outside a Los Angeles fundraiser for President Obama. Obama was delivering a speech at a DNC event at a private home in Washington shortly after 6 p.m. when a protester began shouting for the president to …

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Hate Groups Diss Gay Ark Painting

Gay artist Paul Richmond has created the above painting titled “Noah’s Gay Wedding Cruise: MarriageEvolved Edition.”  Among the “drowning sinners” are Ann Coulter, former Sen. Larry Craig, Oklahoma state Rep. Sally Kern, and Westboro founder Fred Phelps. Saved on the ark are Ellen DeGeneres and Portia de Rossi, Elton John and David Furnish, and Joshua and Steve Snyder-Hill, the founders …

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TRAILER: Call Me Kuchu

Plot synopsis: In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. With unprecedented access, the filmmakers follow David Kato – Uganda’s first openly gay man – and his fellow activists as they work against the clock to defeat the legislation while combatting vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one, not even the filmmakers are prepared …

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Marriage Protest In Chicago Tonight

Activists will stage a marriage equality protest tonight in Chicago’s Boystown neighborhood. Via joint press release from the Gay Liberation Network and the Civil Rights Agenda: What should have been a cakewalk instead became an epic fail. Activists are denouncing what they say was a consistent failure by the bill’s sponsors to reach out to other minority communities and involve …

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Tweet Of The Day – Illinois Unites

The live stream of the Illinois House is here.

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Dan Savage On His New Book

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Yet Another Gay Bashing in Manhattan

NY1 has the details: A Manhattan teenager is facing hate crime charges after he allegedly assaulted a co-founder of a local gay rights group in Hell’s Kitchen yesterday. Manuel Riquelme, 19, is charged with hate crime and aggravated harassment after allegedly hitting Eugene Lovendusky, 28, a Queens resident and co-founder of Queer Rising, an LGBT rights and advocacy group. Police …

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Action Alert: Contact Your IL Rep

Illinois Unites writes: We only have until Friday, May 31st to pass the freedom to marry. It’s time, Illinois. Passing SB10 in the House is the only hurdle that stands between Illinois becoming the 13th state where same-sex couples can share in the freedom to marry — and we only have a matter of days left to pass this crucial …

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Peace Corps Seeks Gay Couples

The Peace Corps has issued a press release that invites same-sex couples to apply to serve overseas together. Peace Corps Deputy Director Carrie Hessler-Radelet today announced that the agency will begin accepting applications from same-sex domestic partners who want to serve together as volunteers overseas. Same-sex couples may begin the application process starting Monday, June 3.  “Service in the Peace …

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