Activism

Tuesday: Phone Action Day for PA Voter’s Rights!

PROTECT VOTING RIGHTS IN PENNSYLVANIA! STATEWIDE PHONE-IN DAY – TUESDAY, JANUARY 17, 9:00 am – 11:00 PM! Join with other defenders of democracy by participating in a Statewide Phone-in Day Against Voter Suppression on Tuesday, January 17, between 9:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. Call your state Senator’s Capitol office on Tuesday and insist that he or she oppose the Voter Suppression Bill (House Bill 934) as an unnecessary, expensive, and undemocratic obstacle to voting rights. Click HERE to find[Read More…]

January 16, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general

Those who oppose marriage equality are few, but wealthy.

This is not reason to celebrate, but rather it is reason to not give up the passion with which we fight for marriage equality. We still have a long way to go, but our battle is really against a small group of very loud, very rich supporters who have no problem sinning (bearing false witness is a sin) when it works to their advantage to do what they claim is “the Lord’s work.”

January 15, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

How to refer to trans and genderqueer persons: pronoun resource.

Being a Trans Ally Takes Practice: 8 Tips for Pronouns

January 14, 2012 — 1 comment — Activism, general

Do you ask your family to assist in LGBTQ advocacy?

Today, I received an email from change.org asking for money, but it mentioned a former marine who is straight, but speaking out against the repeal of the New Hampshire same-sex marriage rights. The quote and link is to a post last year about him: Craig Stowell says his 22-year-old brother Calvin is gay, and after he heard about two hearings to repeal gay marriage in New Hampshire on Thursday, he had to speak out. Not[Read More…]

January 8, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general

RuPaul, Ron Paul, and political by couture.

Saw a post about this over on Americablog, but the quote below comes from the source at Politico.com. In the quote, the emphasis is mine: RuPaul described himself in a press release as “not a political person by nature,” but added, “any time a man leaves the house in a wig and a pair of cha cha heels, he’s making a political statement. Let us not forget that this great nation was founded by a[Read More…]

January 6, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, Election, general

Occupy is today’s way for being engaged in the process!

In the LGBT movement, the parallel for Occupy is coming out and being visible. Being a part of the dialogue rather than living a double standard or a lie. That isn’t too hard to compehend, is it?

January 6, 2012 — 1 comment — Activism, general

Book Forward: Activist Book Club

I don’t know why we know so little about the great work that groups like ACT UP did, and perhaps this book will illuminate this, but too soon for me to tell, having only completed the Forward. Do we not know, because no one thought it important enough to document and pass along/teach? Do we not know, because the larger culture is stil uncomfortable with a very queer movement, and the stigma of AIDS still creates a blockage to adequate discourse?

January 3, 2012 — 3 comments — Activism, Book Club, general

Changing the system without screwing the future.

This is from a Salon article about Occupy Des Moines: Welcome to the latest and perhaps most unique iteration of Occupy Wall Street, where a splinter cell of Occupy Des Moines protestors, many of them former Obama supporters, are heading the movement’s first significant injection of street politics into electoral politics. And if what’s happening in Iowa augurs anything for the 2012 cycle, Democrats nationwide will be facing a vote of no confidence from former[Read More…]

January 2, 2012 — 1 comment — Activism, general

Activist Book Club: Readers Welcome!

Especially as I sit in QUILTBAG meetings, I realize that this younger generation of activists have all the right motivations and passion, but in many ways are re-inventing the wheel all over, sometimes spinning their wheels. Got me wondering if there were any great boks out there to help articulate the lessons learned from ACT UP or other grass roots movements.

January 1, 2012 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general

Gay community apologizes to Amy Koch for ruining her marriage – Minneapolis News – The Blotter

The entire apology is a good read, and here is just the start of it. “On behalf of all gays and lesbians living in Minnesota, I would like to wholeheartedly apologize for our community’s successful efforts to threaten your traditional marriage,” reads the letter from John Medeiros. “We apologize that our selfish requests to marry those we love has cheapened and degraded traditional marriage so much that we caused you to stray from your own[Read More…]

December 22, 2011 — Comments are Disabled — Activism, general, Same-Sex Marriage

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