The Movement: October 2012
Trans Depathologization: The Spark of Change
Filed by Mercedes Allen | October 30, 2012 1:30 PM |In the course of a news story, issues ignite, blaze hotly and then smoulder into memory. After awhile, one develops some sense of when a campaign will spread like a prairie fire or when it will extinguish itself.Read More
Against Equality: Prisons Will Not Protect You
Filed by Yasmin Nair | October 29, 2012 12:30 PM |LGBT organizations have rallied around hate crime legislation to address the violence faced by queers people. Hate crime legislation ostensibly provides added protections to minority groups and serves as a deterrent, but it only extends the reach of the prison industrial complex.Read More
A (No Longer) Quiet Revolution: Intersex Awareness Day
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 26, 2012 2:30 PM |Today is Intersex Awareness Day. How aware of the condition are you? How can you find out more?Read More
OutServe-SLDN Pick Trans Activist Allyson Robinson as Executive Director
Filed by Karen Ocamb | October 25, 2012 1:30 PM |When President Obama signed the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, most in the packed room realized that the mission of full equality was unfulfilled. The fact that DADT repeal didn't cover trans servicemembers was left to another day. That day may have arrived.Read More
Why LGB People Should Care about Trans Bias in the Military
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 24, 2012 2:30 PM |Attorney and former Marine Captain Tom Carpenter has been writing about the bias against trans servicemembers for a very long time. This essay hopes to serve as a reminder of the pain of serving in silence.Read More
Log Cabin Issues Two Starkly Different Romney Endorsements
Filed by Bil Browning | October 23, 2012 1:30 PM |The gay Republican group has posted two differing copies of their endorsement of Mitt Romney. One calls it a "qualified endorsement" and suggests they won't actively work for the campaign while the blast sent to the press removes that language.Read More
Clash of the Neoliberals: Obama's Shell Game
Filed by Yasmin Nair | October 21, 2012 4:00 PM |In the end, the public confrontations between the two men amount to little more than a Clash of Neoliberals. We are persuaded that a gamble is actually a choice, and that may be the biggest shell game of all.Read More
Two Interesting LGBT Infographics
Filed by Bil Browning | October 19, 2012 2:00 PM |Two new LGBT infographics are out today that you just have to see. One is about LGBT teen bullying while the other shows what the outcome of this year's election could have on marriage equality nationwide.Read More
Cruz Comes Out
Filed by Leslie Robinson | October 05, 2012 11:30 AM |Featherweight boxer Orlando Cruz has become the first openly gay man in the history of the sport. Read More
'Sex-Work' Deserves A Nuanced Discussion
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | October 04, 2012 5:01 PM |"Sex-worker" is arguably one of the most loaded terms in modern sexuality & gender discussion. Like so many other debates in our culture, issues around sex work are often difficult to discuss with nuance. People have a tendency to pick a side of the debate and hold fast to it. Read More
Is There a Debate on Same-Sex Marriage in the LGBT Community?
Filed by Guest Blogger | October 04, 2012 12:30 PM |LGBT people opposed to marriage equality are more likely to be Republicans and conservatives than those from the left.Read More
Present & Former EqCa Board Presidents Squabble Over Marriage
Filed by Karen Ocamb | October 03, 2012 1:30 PM |Disparaging comments about former Equality California leaders have not sat well with several former EQCA board members and presidents concerned about the accurate history of the organization.Read More
