The Movement: September 2011
Russian State Outlaws Gay Activism
Filed by Bil Browning | September 29, 2011 5:30 PM |A Russian province has decided to make "the public promotion of homosexuality" illegal after religious leaders clambered for the law.Read More
Meh: FCKH8's Latest Video
Filed by Bil Browning | September 28, 2011 10:30 AM |Trust me. Just turn the sound off. The video of cuties standing around cussing while half naked is better when you can't hear them talk.Read More
The State of Sexual Freedom 2011
Filed by Ricci Levy | September 27, 2011 3:30 PM |The Woodhull Sexual Freedom Alliance has just released The State of Sexual Freedom in the United States 2011 Report, an in-depth look at some of America's sexual freedom, health, politics, identity, and policy issues.Read More
After DADT, Military Recruiters Target Gays & Lesbians
Filed by Adam Polaski | September 24, 2011 6:00 PM |From gay community centers to college campuses, military recruiters are taking advantage of the end to DADT, showing that DADT was in part repealed to broaden the population of people who are eligible to join the military. Read More
New PSAs: Anti-Violence Project Responds
Filed by Bil Browning | September 23, 2011 4:00 PM |Sharon Stapel, the Executive Director of the New York City Anti-Violence Project, shot me over an e-mail this afternoon about my criticism of their new PSA series "Bullying Is Violence."Read More
Effective or Not? New 'Bullying Is Violence' Campaign
Filed by Bil Browning | September 22, 2011 7:00 PM |I'm curious what Projectors think of the Anti-Violence Project's new PSA campaign, "Bullying Is Violence." Do you think it's effective? Or will it be ignored?Read More
Maggie Out: NOM Elects New Board Chair
Filed by Bil Browning | September 22, 2011 5:00 PM |The National Organization for Marriage announced today that it is replacing board chair Maggie Gallagher with attorney Dr. John Eastman. Gallagher will remain on the board but is stepping back her day-to-day involvement with the organization.Read More
Telling: Just the Beginning
Filed by Terrance Heath | September 21, 2011 7:00 PM |Telling is the beginning of believing in and embracing your own humanity, and reminding others of your shared humanity.Read More
Countdown to Honesty: DC DADT Repeal Party
Filed by Bil Browning | September 20, 2011 8:00 AM |Includes video of the final minute before Don't Ask Don't Tell was repealed and the start of the celebration as servicemembers reveled in their new freedom.Read More
Countdown to DADT Repeal: Party Like Its 1993
Filed by Bil Browning | September 19, 2011 11:00 AM |Tonight at midnight Eastern time the Don't Ask Don't Tell policy will finally be consigned to the dustbins of history. Gay, lesbian, and bisexual soldiers will finally be able to serve openly in the US military.Read More
When a Prominent Marriage Activist Gets Divorced
Filed by Davina Kotulski | September 17, 2011 6:00 PM |What did you do this summer? You probably know what I did this summer. I filed for divorce.Read More
NLGJA: Why I've Joined the Board of a National Organization
Filed by Bil Browning | September 15, 2011 7:00 PM |While I wasn't able to attend the NLGJA convention this year, it's gratifying to not only be the first independent blogger to win the Excellence in Online Journalism Award, but to also be elected to serve on the organization's board of directors.Read More
GLAAD All Over
Filed by Jesse Monteagudo | September 15, 2011 6:00 PM |There is still a place for GLAAD in the LGBT community, but it must choose its battles carefully.Read More
How the Denver Principles Changed AIDS & Health Care Forever
Filed by Mark S. King | September 15, 2011 3:00 PM |You must know this, because it matters. Because it has already changed your life and you may not even realize it.Read More
Tomboy Identities: A Strictly Temporary Diversion
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 14, 2011 4:00 PM |Guest Blogger Alex Drummond explores how even after 30 years of second wave feminism, we still reiterate social rules determined purely on the basis of genitalia by encouraging children to see maleness as defined in opposition to femaleness.Read More
What Will Historians Write About CA's Equality Movement?
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 14, 2011 1:30 PM |The LA Board of Education on Tuesday approved a plan to include more positive images of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in lesson plans. This news is perfect framing for this new video by the Courage Campaign.Read More
Soapbox, the Feminist Speakers' Bureau, Is 'Bi'-Operated
Filed by Amy Andre | September 14, 2011 12:00 PM |Jennifer Baumgardner, the co-founder of Soapbox, the Feminist Speakers' Bureau, speaks with The Bilerico Project about feminism's relationship with the LGBT movement, biphobia, and her new book.Read More
Trans Servicemembers: Coming Out May Cause Discharge
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 14, 2011 9:00 AM |NCTE and SLDN team up to warn trans service members that the repeal of DADT isn't for them. Read More
Redefining Our Terms & Approach: The Advantage of Social Activism
Filed by Drew Cordes | September 13, 2011 11:00 AM |Lately, I've been thinking a lot about activism, and how we define the term.Read More
Barney Frank: It Gets Better
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 12, 2011 5:00 PM |Representative Barney Frank has made an It Gets Better video.Read More
9/11: Ten Years After
Filed by Ricci Levy | September 11, 2011 4:00 PM |Today is a good time to renew our commitment to the ongoing battle to secure the values of liberty, freedom and democracy that have been crushed in the response to the tragedy of 9/11.Read More
The Top Fifty 2011 Developments In Trans Law
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 09, 2011 2:00 PM |Here's my list of the 2011 highlights in U.S. trans law. Do you have anything to add?Read More
Is It Okay to Disagree?
Filed by Viktor Kerney | September 08, 2011 10:00 AM |The one thing that bugs me about our community is how those having a difference of opinions are treated. For some reason, it when anyone has a different view about specific topics, they become the enemy of the state.Read More
Do We Need an LGBT Underground Railroad?
Filed by Joe Mirabella | September 07, 2011 11:00 AM |As African nations like Uganda, Ghana, Congo, and others continue their witch hunt against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and perceived LGBT people, there is a growing need for a new underground railroad.Read More
Off to the National LGBT Bar Association Conference
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 07, 2011 9:00 AM |I'm flying off to Hollywood today to the National LGBT Bar Association Conference, affectionately known as "Lavender Law," which begins on Friday.Read More
An Open Letter to Estranged Queer Family Members
Filed by Guest Blogger | September 06, 2011 6:00 PM |Guest blogger Zeph Fishlyn pens an open letter to the estranged factions of the LGBT community after attending the Michigan Womyn's Music Festival for the first time in over a decade.Read More
Brussels Hosts International Intersex Organizing Forum
Filed by Adam Polaski | September 06, 2011 2:00 PM |This weekend Brussels played host to the first-ever International Intersex Organizing Forum. 24 activists from 17 different intersex organizations around the globe attended the forum, which was facilitated and sponsored by the ILGA.Read More
Comment of the Week: Tim K on Joe Solmonese's Resignation
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | September 04, 2011 6:00 PM |Is the problem with Joe Solmonese perception, or reality?Read More
Dan Choi Is No Hero: Rage, or the Lack Thereof
Filed by Yasmin Nair | September 04, 2011 12:15 PM |If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, is Dan Choi insane?Read More
EQCA's Video Response to StopSB48 Referendum Effort
Filed by Karen Ocamb | September 02, 2011 2:00 PM |Equality California has come out swinging against the Capitol Resource Institute-originated StopSB48 referendum effort with a video calling the opponents of the California FAIR Education Act liars, haters, and extremists. Read More
Black Gay Men: Looking Forward & Backward
Filed by Antoine Craigwell | September 02, 2011 11:00 AM |While many black men are demonstrably strong against the usual suspects, which tend to want to oppress them and make them less than, they seem to be powerless against belonging to a gay community that is fragmented, divisive, unwelcoming, and untrustworthy.Read More
The Choi Trial: Latest Attack on Peaceful Protest
Filed by Patricia Nell Warren | September 01, 2011 7:00 PM |Make no mistake - protest is going away as an American tool for change.Read More
