Tag: Civil Rights
Justice League- Activate! Has a New Website
I have written about and interviewed Audrey Smith from the LGBT Rights group, Justice League- Activate!, and I was presed to see they have a new website: http://www.justiceleagueactivate.com/ JLA is a network of people headquartered in State College PA, taking
Civil Rights is a Black Issue
To try and suggest that racial issues are the basis of Civil Rights, is another attempt by the far right to rewrite (or at least retell) history to suit its own needs.
GetEQUAL and Justice League – Activate! To Rep. Chris Carney: Stop Voting Against LGBT Constituents and Support Their Right to Employment Protections
While Rep. Carney is out on the campaign trail worried about his own job, he continues to leave his LGBT constituents unprotected and without any form of federal employment protections. Like all Americans, we are worried about our job
I Can Do That!
Fiascos like the Prop 8 vote or the Maine referendum have created an unfounded worry that most people, and especially most older people are opposed to gay civil rights. But this is unfounded. It just isn't true! People of all
ACLU Greater Pittsburgh Chapter Annual Meeting
Nationally syndicated radio talk show host Bev Smith will give the keynote address, "Loss of Liberties and Social Injustice: It's All About Perception."
Strategies Towards Marriage Equality
We must see the parallels in the way cultural change and the cultural notions of morality are very different beasts from the political reality of what laws say.
There Is No Wrong Time for a March
I’ve written several times that the timing of the March is a problem. And I still think that, but on the other hand, is there really any wrong time to march for our rights? Easy answer: No! The conservatives are
Why the angry queer is going to Washington
The march can do some really important things, and I too hope many make the trip to help make the march as successful as possible. but to anyone suggesting we stop work on local, regional and state levels- I say
When Activism Must Become Intimate
The linked article is a very brief analysis concerning California and Marriage Equality: So many of us had hoped beyond hope that our rallies, demonstrations and expressions of sadness and anger would have caused voters who voted yes to change
Bill Clinton, Netroots Nation, and Civil Rights for All
Almost like little children, we so often seek out the "person in charge at the top" and then think if we can get them to say the magic words, everything will be OK. but the reality is, our strategy must
