January 29, 2011
Weekly Reader: ROTC, Triangle Square, and the Death of the Civil Rights Movement
Filed by Bil Browning | January 29, 2011 6:00 PM |While news of the revolution in Egypt has dominated the mainstream media this week, we focused in on the queer happenings around the globe. What else did we bring you? Great posts like these: Sunday Reflections on Death, Families and...Read More
Find Yourself in Cedar Rapids
Filed by Joe Mirabella | January 29, 2011 4:00 PM |I just got back from the Sundance Film Festival Premier of Cedar Rapids in Seattle. You do not want to miss this movie. No, I'm not just saying that because I grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and like everyone...Read More
Understanding Uganda
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | January 29, 2011 2:00 PM |With the tragic bludgeoning death of Ugandan gay activist David Kato last week, international attention has once again focused on the state-supported open homophobia in Uganda. Many, including President Obama, issued statements condemning this murder, while the Ugandan authorities said...Read More
Transforming Anger
Filed by Guest Blogger | January 29, 2011 12:00 PM |Editors' Note: Guest blogger Alan L. Bounville is a full time graduate student studying theatre for social change at New York University and is one of the founding members of Queer Rising New York City, a direct action group fighting...Read More
Why Obama's Appointment of 'Damn Lesbian' Roberta Achtenberg to the Civil Rights Commission is Important
Filed by Karen Ocamb | January 29, 2011 10:00 AM |Concern over heated political rhetoric is much in the news since the assassination attempt against Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. But not that long ago hate speech against LGBT people in the corridors of Congress was unabashedly acceptable. One recipient of...Read More
Keep Chick-fil-A Out
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 29, 2011 7:30 AM |"We have the right to choose where our money is going. Giving money to an organization that supports anti-gay networks and isn't environmentally conscious is the wrong thing to do. And the more we pay them, the bigger they grow."...Read More
Fred Karger's NOM Ad
Filed by Alex Blaze | January 29, 2011 7:00 AM |Fred Karger made an ad taking on NOM, where he accuses them of killing gay teens....Read More
