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Vanessa Edwards Foster HRC Protest Houston: Only The Committed Continue Fighting Against The Odds

"There's no way out of here, when you come in you're in for good There was no promise made, the part you've played, the chance you took There are no boundaries set, the time and yet you waste it still So it slips through your hands like grains of sand, you watch it go." — There's No Way Out Of Here, Unicorn … Continue

Added by Vanessa Edwards Foster on May 17, 2009 at 9:30pm — No Comments

Iyamdagmar East Boston vs. Phelps Hate

I celebrated the vernal equinox by venturing out at dawn to meet & greet the Phelps Hate Squad. I've seen pix and video of this group and I not only wanted to see them in action, I felt it my duty to go out and confront them. [For more information about the Phelps mob and how you can confront them visit drivingequality.com] What a pathetic little pack of squabblers they were. They numbered seven at most, anchored by one he… Continue

Added by Iyamdagmar on March 22, 2009 at 4:00pm — No Comments

Chris Mason LGBT Rights Protest

This Saturday, supporters of equal rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered (LGBT) people, will rally at Boston City Hall to call on President-Elect Obama and the new Congress support equal rights. The event is being organized by Join The Impact MA, the same group that organized the protest at Boston City Hall on November 15th which drew thousands of people as Boston saw the largest LGBT related protest in decades. LGBT Rights Protest… Continue

Added by Chris Mason on January 8, 2009 at 2:37am — No Comments

Chris Mason Boston Phelps-A-Thon

Fred Phelps' clan is coming to Boston! The "God Hates Fags" Westboro Baptist Church is coming to picket the Laramie Project at the Boston Center for the Arts. Fred Phelps and his group travel all across the United States spreading their message of hate. When the group comes to Boston, however, they will be helping to drive equality across America. Driving Equality is hosting a… Continue

Added by Chris Mason on December 1, 2008 at 4:01am — No Comments

Kip Williams The Movement We've Been Waiting for (Yes We Will!)

Election night was a rollercoaster in the Castro. We took the streets to celebrate Obama's election, but we were blindsided and brokenhearted when it became clear that Prop 8 was going to pass. The last couple of weeks have been a blur of emotions, analysis, and most importantly...ACTION! I just finished a video that pretty much tells the whole story - interviews with folks in the Castro as we celebrated Obama and learned that Prop 8 was ahead, a candlelight vigil at City Hall, and massive stre… Continue

Added by Kip Williams on November 28, 2008 at 5:16pm — No Comments

Chris Mason MassResistance "Special Report" on Boston Protest Against Prop 8

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Added by Chris Mason on November 26, 2008 at 2:12am — No Comments

Chris Mason News Coverage of Protest in Cambridge

The protest at Cambridge City Hall on Sunday was a testament to the city's strong commitment to social justice and to the queer community. It was literally freezing out, yet dozens of people showed up to hear the mayor, city counselor, and four state representatives speak. After the speaking program at city hall, we marched to Harvard Square, chanting the entire way. Here are a couple of good news articles about the protest: The Harv… Continue

Added by Chris Mason on November 25, 2008 at 11:30am — No Comments

Chris Mason Protest at Cambridge City Hall

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Added by Chris Mason on November 22, 2008 at 12:38pm — No Comments

Chris Mason Largest LGBT Queer Protest Boston has Seen in Decades

Thousands of people protested on Saturday in front of Boston City Hall. The official count is between 5,000 and 10,000 people. That is the largest LGBT Queer related protest in the city of Boston since the 1970's. Old school activists were coming up to me, saying that they haven't seen anything like it in decades. More people turned out for Saturday's protest than showed up during our state's own fight for marriage equality. As organizers, we made the decision to focus the protest on more than… Continue

Added by Chris Mason on November 16, 2008 at 4:35pm — 1 Comment

Chris Mason A Hundred Gather in Cambridge to Protest Prop 8

A hundred people gathered in Cambridge, the first city to legally marry same-sex couples, to protest Proposition 8. Openly gay State Represenative Carl Sciortino addressed the crowd before they marched from Central Square to Harvard Square.

UPDATE: Boston Globe reports on protest: http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/11/10/dozens_protest_gay_marriage_ban/

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Added by Chris Mason on November 9, 2008 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Aidan Dunn Why I'm not at the Mormon Temple protest today

This week, my local Yahoo groups and Facebook networks have been buzzing with news about today's No on 8 protest at the Mormon Temple in Oakland. I decided to stay home. Here's why. I understand that many of us (including me) are in mourning right now; something important was taken away from us. Some of the stages of mourning include grief, then anger, then action. That's why I thought that the progression from Wednesday's candlelight vigil at San Francisco City Hall, to Friday's take-to-the-st… Continue

Added by Aidan Dunn on November 9, 2008 at 4:21pm — 1 Comment

John Los Angeles rally over 10,000 strong!!!

Tonight I was joined by QueerToday blogavist Madame V and our friends Julie and Steve at what may have been the largest demonstration in California so far opposing the passing of California Prop 8 which promotes discrimination and makes gay marriage unconstitutional. Over 10,000 people gathered in Los Angeles' Sunset Junction - a diverse group of people of all races, ages and orientations - to march a 3 mile block that took us down Santa Monica Blvd, up Vermont and back down Sunset Blvd.… Continue

Added by John on November 9, 2008 at 5:16am — 2 Comments

Chris Mason Protest Against Prop 8 in Cambridge, MA

Election Day was bittersweet for LGBT Americans across the country. Barack Obama's victory filled me with hope, while the passage of anti-gay amendments in three states left me feeling dejected. California's vote to ban same-sex marriage is especially disturbing. Gay couples in that state have been able to marry since June. The equality ended on Election Day. Thousands of people are taking to the streets to protest the discriminatory amendment. There was a candlelight vigil in San Francisco on… Continue

Added by Chris Mason on November 8, 2008 at 9:43pm — No Comments

John West Hollywood is OUTRAGED about Prop 8!

Tonight I joined hundreds of people as we overtook the streets of Los Angeles in a rally expressing our community's passing (well, it's looking that way) of California Prop 8. What was supposed to be a small rally on one city block became a 3 mile march that took people from the heart of West Hollywood to Beverly Hills, Hollywood, the Sunset Strip and as many places we could walk in three hours. After an hour of motivational speeches about equality and the future of gay rights, several groups o… Continue

Added by John on November 6, 2008 at 5:00am — 4 Comments

QueerToday Boston HRC Protest, Sign Making Party, and After Party Details!

Protest HRC's Trans Exclusion & Conservative Alignments! October 25th, Sheraton Boston 5PM Sign making Party! 14 Beacon Street Conference Room Saturday October 25, 3PM! March to the protest together! Join the "Left Out" party following the Boston HRC protest at Spontaneous Celebrations located at 45 Danforth St Jamaica Plain, MA Continue

Added by QueerToday on October 22, 2008 at 2:41pm — No Comments

QueerToday HRC Boston Protest, After Party Details & More

ACTIVISTS UNITE IN PROTEST OF HRC GALA Calling on Donors to Stop Giving Boston - Over 70 LGBTQ activists from throughout New England have signed up to attend the protest of national gay-rights organization Human Rights Campaign's (HRC) annual Gala to be held in Boston on October 25th. The protest, organized by local QueerToday.com activists Trevor Wright and Ethan St. Pierre, is in response to HRC's lack of support for the Trasngender community and their consistent alignment with conservative… Continue

Added by QueerToday on October 20, 2008 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Ethan St.Pierre Keisling responds to Luna's misrepresentation of working relationship between HRC and NCTE

I arrived home from a five day vacation just in time to play catch up with emails and news items I had missed. I was happy to see that Baywindows had published an article on the Boycott of the New England HRC gala. The article started off reasonable enough:
In response to Human Rights Campaign’s stance on the Employment Non-Discrimination Ac
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Added by Ethan St.Pierre on August 26, 2008 at 12:34pm — 4 Comments

Ethan St.Pierre Great local coverage of planned HRC protest

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Added by Ethan St.Pierre on July 26, 2008 at 4:56pm — 1 Comment

QueerToday Amazing Smith College Queers Shut Down Anti-Gay Event!

Congrats to all of the queer activists at Smith College for a successful demonstration! A large group of queer students shut down Ryan Sorba's anti-gay, hate-speech event on April 29th. Watch videos of their rad takeover here! Ryan Sorba is a young Republican promoting his new book "The Born Gay Hoax." He has been touring campuses at the invite of College Republican groups. MassReistance was i… Continue

Added by QueerToday on May 4, 2008 at 11:45pm — 6 Comments

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