Category: Activism
DOJ Accepts EEOC Ruling:Trans Bias Covered By Title VII
One point I want to make really clear- the importance of this coming from the EEOC and being accepted by the DOJ. So often activists and advocates get caught up in how politicians will make change and legislation makes change,
Western PA LGBTQA blogger and social media summit coming.
A "summit" may sound a bit intimidating, but it isn't meant to be. Rather, this isn't just getting together for coffee and chitchat. Our goal is to start a process where individuals who often work in isolation, now feel they
Symbolism Doesn’t Make Anything Better.
Simply saying it gets better doesn't make it so. This isn't Bewitched where Samantha wriggles her nose and things change. The value of It Gets Better is to place a sense of hope and focus that down the road,
More than just politics: Obama and gay marriage.
Really great piece on Americablog about Obama and Gay Marriage. Read it all, but here is a good clip: This is not about Obama. It’s about us. The nation is increasingly open to marriage equality because we have been listening
Stop saying Mitt Romney bullied some kid!
You! Imagine your son or your daughter, or your brother or sister or someone you know. Close you eyes and thimnk about a group of kids stalking that person, and overpowering them and holding that person down kicking andf screaming,
Race, Marriage Equality, and Obama
I'm of the belief that now that Obama has cleared the way for a Democratic Party plank for Same-sex marriage, is the LGBTQ communities responsibility to do everything in our power to get him re-elected. Part of that is
Obama evolved! Now what?
The biggest issues facing Obama are not moderate voters in swing states who may be socially conservative. One repercussion of the devastating loses in 2010 helped the GOP redistrict to favor conservatives, and enact across the country, various legislation which
Issues, ideology, process, and people.
From my perspective, At least four different levels or elements at play and one of the reasons why different people have such different takes on the Pitt Trans Policy issue grows out of assumptions about these four things.
EEOC rules that gender-identity discrimination is covered by Title VII.
I urge Pitt to get to work quickly on a thorough, fair, and comprehensive policy. While efforts are progressing, it is far from fast enough. The Pitt situation is also complex. As a university, it has students, staff and faculty
Election Day: Three reasons to vote.
We can not assure victory for Civil Rights by our individual votes, but we definitely guarantee that we will not see Equality for all, if we fail to do everything in our individual power, and that begins with voting.
