Tag Archives: activism

Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence Celebrate 30 Years Of Community Service

Yesterday the Sisters Of Perpetual Indulgence celebrated 30 years of service to the LGBT community with their annual Easter party in San Francisco’s Dolores Park. Here’s a great look at the Sisters’ history from In The Life.

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Wednesday: Jamaica Protest At NYC’s Historic Stonewall Inn

LGBT activists will gather at NYC’s historic Stonewall Inn on Wednesday at 6:30PM to protest the treatment of gay people in Jamaica. In a show of solidarity, Stonewall’s owners will pour their stock of Myer’s Rum and Red Stripe beer into the gutter of Christopher Street. Via press release: “We, as the owners of the Stonewall Inn, birthplace of the …

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NYC: Protest At Iraq Mission Over Murders Of Gay Men In Iraq

Led by activist Brendan Fay, today a small group of LGBT activists protested in front of NYC’s Iraq Mission over the recent spate of gay men murdered in Iraq. What would have been a relatively low-key demonstration turned somewhat ugly due to the NYPD, who at first refused to allow activists to stand on the public sidewalk in front of …

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HomoQuotable – Larry Kramer

“I don’t think we are going to win anything federal—which is really the only important place where it counts—until a few of these Supreme Court justices expire (including that homophobe Anthony Scalia) and Obama replaces them with people sympathetic to our side. This, of course, is by no means a sure thing. I have high hopes for Obama, but I …

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Vermonters Really Earned Their Freedom To Marry Today

Today’s victory in Vermont didn’t materialize out of thin air – it took years and years of tireless work by local and national activists who had to sit down over and over again with legislators, business leaders, and clergy to educate them about our issues. At the top of the “Thank You” list should be Vermont Freedom To Marry. How …

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Russian Activists Found Guilty Of “Popularizing Homosexuality”

Gay activists in Russia have been found guilty of “popularizing homosexuality” for demonstrating with pro-gay posters. A court in Ryazan has found the organizers of two public events protesting homophobia guilty of popularizing homosexuality and ruled they be fined 1,500 rubles each. Nikolay Bayev and Irina Fet were found guilty of popularizing homosexuality among minors and the court ruled to …

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National Gay & Lesbian Task Force’s 2009 New York Leadership Awards

Last night my loyal companion Aaron and I attended the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force’s annual New York Leadership Awards, where San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom and designer John Bartlett were recognized for their contributions to the LGBT movement. Here’s a quick slideshow of the event; I’ll add more thoughts on the evening later today. Full screen versions of …

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Monday: New York Leadership Awards

On Monday the National Gay & Lesbian Task Force hosts its annual New York Leadership Awards. This year’s honorees include designer John Bartlett and San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom. Tickets available here. My coverage of the 2008 awards is here.

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NYC: Iowa Celebration At Union Square

Last night Dr. Jeff outfitted me in one of his colorful native costumes and we headed to Union Square to join a small but energetic crowd of activists celebrating yesterday’s approval of marriage equality in Iowa. Speakers included heads of several New York-based marriage equality groups, lead by Civil Rights Front activist Heath Tucker who organized several renditions of the …

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Tonight In NYC: Iowa/VT Marriage Rally

Marriage equality activists will gather at 6:30pm tonight in NYC’s Union Square to react to the decisions by the Iowa Supreme Court and Vermont’s House of Representatives. The Iowa decision is expected to be posted online here by 9:30am Eastern time. Vermont’s House is expected to formalize last night’s vote sometime in mid-afternoon. Join the Facebook group The Power here.

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Leaving On A High Note

Connecticut’s Love Makes A Family is leaving on a high note. An advocacy group that was a major player in Connecticut’s gay marriage debate has decided to close its doors at the end of 2009. Leaders at “Love Makes a Family” say the 10-year-old group wants to conclude its work on a victorious note in the wake of last fall’s …

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Blade Reveals Salaries For Heads Of Major LGBT/HIV Activism Orgs

The Washington Blade has published the responses to a salary survey it sent the heads of the nation’s top LGBT and HIV activism organizations in the country. (Embiggen the chart at left for a look.) Craig Shniderman, executive director of Food & Friends, which provides meals and nutritional services for homebound people with HIV/AIDS in the Washington, D.C. area, had …

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Same Sex Kiss Day

Via their website: THE PLANShow up at a Starbucks on Tax Day at 7:15 AM, 12:15 PM, 5:15 PM, or 8:15 PM , buy a cuppa joe, then share a kiss with your sweetie, or a friend, or even a long-time crush! RAWR! INFOLGBT couples have yet to be granted the same rights to file our taxes jointly on a …

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Launched: Fairness West Virginia

New activism in West Virginia! Via press release: Today, West Virginians announced the formation of a new statewide civil rights organization committed to ensuring fair treatment for all gay and lesbian people in the state. Fairness West Virginia’s mission is to ensure gay people are treated safely and fairly in their homes, at work and in their communities. “Discrimination in …

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CA: Here Come The Ballot Drives

Two new California groups are working on 2010 marriage equality ballot amendments, but they have very different goals. The first is aiming for a straight-forward (heh) repeal of Proposition 8. “Our logic is that we should not put all our eggs in one basket and wait for the Supreme Court,” said Charles Lowe, who after campaigning against Proposition 8 founded …

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Tonight: Eve Of Justice Rallies Across CA In Advance Of Prop 8 Hearing

Major rallies are planned for tonight in numerous California cities in advance of tomorrow’s Supreme Court hearing on the overturn of Proposition 8. Visit the Eve Of Justice site for locations in your town. The rally in Los Angeles begins at 5:30PM at El Pueblo De Los Angeles Park: Special guests include Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, LAMBDA Legal representative Jenny Pizer, …

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Thursday: Prop 8 Overturn Arguments To Be Heard By CA Supreme Court

JMG reader Sean Chapin sends us his clip promoting this week’s Eve Of Justice candlelight vigils /rallies which take place around California this Wednesday, the day before the California Supreme Court hears arguments on overturning Prop 8. Wednesday, March 4 is the day before the California Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the validity of Prop 8. That evening, we’ll …

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Westboro Pickets Buffalo Funerals

Lead by the local gay activism group OUTSpoken For Equality, hundreds of Buffalo’s citizens blocked Westboro Baptist Church picketers from the view of mourners attending the funerals of residents killed in last week’s horrific plane crash. Westboro’s “Planes Crash, God Laughs” signs were blocked by the now-traditional angel wings invented by Romaine Patterson at Matthew Shepard’s funeral.

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NYPD’s Internal Affairs Now Investigating False Arrests At Porn Shops

Saturday’s protest at Mayor Bloomberg’s UES home has drawn the attention of the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau which is now looking into the allegations of false arrests of gay men at the city’s adult bookstores. The most vocal victim of the campaign, Robert Pinter, was visited at his home by the IAB early this week. Via Duncan Osborne at Gay …

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Seven Arrests At Chicago Marriage Protest

Seven marriage equality protesters were arrested for criminal trespass at a sit-in at the Cook County Office of Vital Records in Chicago yesterday as hundreds more protested outside. Buddy Bell, Dale Fecker, Dan Ware, Danielle Karczewski, Jeff Graubart, Erica Chu, and Nick Ferrin had infiltrated into the Bureau shortly before the protest and when clerks refused to issue Bell and …

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