Waymon Hudson

Waymon Hudson

At a Glance:

Waymon Hudson has been a Project Contributor since September 2007, has written 771 entries and currently lives in Chicago, IL.

Bio

Waymon Hudson is President and Co-Founder of Fight OUT Loud , a national non-profit organization dedicated to helping LGBT individuals and their allies fight discrimination and hate. He is a vocal community activist and LGBT rights advocate. Waymon is also a political consultant, focusing on new media/social networking and youth outreach.

Waymon has been happily partnered for over 8 years with his husband Anthony. They received their civil union from Vermont and are registered domestic partners in Broward County, where they now live with their two wonderful dogs. They recently married in San Francisco, CA, becoming one of the 18,000 couples to remain married after Prop 8 passed. Waymon and Anthony are also proud foster parents of a now college-aged son.

Waymon was born and raised in Orlando, FL. He has held every stereotypical job a gay man could ask for: performer at Disney World, lounge singer, flight attendant, and personal trainer. All of these jobs helped prepare him for his current life in politics, which is the biggest three-ring circus of all.

Waymon Hudson: Recently Filed

Waymon Hudson

Illinois Looking Toward Marriage Equality

Filed by Waymon Hudson | January 12, 2012 4:00 PM | 1 comments

A group of Illinois legislators and organizations have held meetings to strategize on moving from civil unions to full marriage equality for LGBT couples. I do not delude myself into thinking this will be an easy process. But we need to take the first step. Read More

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Springfield, IL Reinstates Civil Union Benefits After Public Outcry

Filed by Waymon Hudson | January 11, 2012 1:00 PM | 0 comments

Saying that civil rights can be trampled on and disregarded to save a few bucks is a ridiculous and dangerous argument to make in the first place.Read More

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Catholic Charities Ends Illinois Anti-Gay Adoption Lawsuit

Filed by Waymon Hudson | November 16, 2011 11:00 AM | 4 comments

The legal battle between Catholic Charities and the state of Illinois over the organization's state-funded adoption and foster care contracts, and their refusal to grant those services to same-sex couples in civil unions, is finally over.Read More

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Marriage Equality comes to Archie Comics' Riverdale

Filed by Waymon Hudson | September 17, 2011 12:00 PM | 2 comments

Archie Comics were the only comics my parents let me read, since I was raised in a very strictly religious household. I snuck others with more adult themes, but I have a special love for the residents of Riverdale.Read More

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9-11 Remembered: A Flight Attendant's Tale

Filed by Waymon Hudson | September 11, 2011 10:00 AM | 0 comments

It's important that we remember what happened and how we reacted as individuals and as a nation, especially in light of the recent abhorrent and repugnant bigotry, divisions, and fear that many have stoked in the name of scoring political points.Read More