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Bouncer uses unnecessary force to remove gay man at guerrilla queer bar

This month's Cincinnati Guerrilla Queer Bar event took place at Million's, sibling bar to Mount Lookout Tavern. Not unlike queerings past, women were allowed to dance on the stage or poles but men were not, resulting in the use of force against a gay man. Many men were asked to leave the stage and were pulled down by a bouncer. Some tried to resist, but it wasn't until a pair refused to leave the stage that the situation began to escalate, as evidenced in the video below. The man was escorted… Continue

Added by Jamie on November 12, 2009 at 12:06pm — No Comments

"SNL" parodies "300," Obama, DADT

While Saturday Night Live has been flailing as of late (Can't we just rewind the tape a few years to the much more hilarious times?), the show has been producing some queer content as of late, especially when it comes to Don't Ask, Don't Tell. This past Saturday, Oct. 17, the show parodied 300 and DADT in a brilliant sketch that highlighted the flaws of the policy and the failure of the Obama administration to remove the ridiculous policy. King Leonidas declares that the time just isn't right… Continue

Added by Jamie on October 21, 2009 at 3:29pm — No Comments

Lady GaGa beats out Obama on equality

On Sunday, Oct. 11, activists, community organizers and concerned citizens from across America took the long walk past the White House to the U.S. Capitol building with rainbow flags blazing and fists in the air, all in the name of equality. The National Equality March drew an estimated 200,000 people to Washington, D.C., to send a message to policymakers, Americans and the world at large, that lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people aren’t going to take it anymore. Equality is on the hor… Continue

Added by Jamie on October 16, 2009 at 1:15pm — No Comments

National Equality March in video

National Equality March

I apologize for the quality, which took a significant nosedive when I uploaded it to YouTube. At least it is still watchable. Crossposted from Stuff Queer People Need To Know.

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Added by Jamie on October 16, 2009 at 12:58pm — No Comments

Hate Mail

I am on a 100-day, 16,000 mile, 48-state trek through the United States to collect stories from queer communities in hopes of advancing LGBT equality. The project is called Driving Equality. (http://drivingequality.com) Since this journey began, I have received a ton of email from supporters and well-wishers. But I have also received hate mail from folks who disagree with the idea of equal rights for LGBT people. It is always a shock to receive an message like the one below: "Gays deserve… Continue

Added by Chris Mason on June 29, 2009 at 6:18pm — No Comments

Well, hello!

I intend to bring queer, spiritual, performance arts and imaginative, impressive and grandiose with me to the site. Check out my groups and see if anything can be useful. Ta ta Continue

Added by Dana Zakharov on June 13, 2009 at 1:53am — 1 Comment

China's leading queer webcast launches third season with a big gay bang

In 2007, a couple of young Chinese gay men started the country’s first independent video podcast dedicated to discussing the issues that effected them and other members of China's Queer/LBGT community. Since then their online talk show “同志亦凡人 Queer Comrades" (tongzhi yi fanren) has earned itself quite a following, and kicks off its third season with some new surprises...… Continue

Added by Ilsa on April 23, 2009 at 11:30am — No Comments

"The Vagina Monologues" includes transwomen

From my original blog: Stuff Queer People Need To Know Over the weekend I saw the University of Cincinnati's V Day production of The Vagina Monologues. This was the first time I saw it performed with the transwoman monologue, "They Beat The Boy Out Of My Girl," (a random video of it can be found below) and quite frankly, I think it was well done. My companion for the evening had mentioned that the Monologues had recently included a… Continue

Added by Jamie on March 2, 2009 at 9:57am — 1 Comment

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Added by Sridhar Rangayan on January 7, 2009 at 3:00am — No Comments

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

"You mother fucking transsexuals, get the fuck out of my neighborhood!"

I attended the Boston Transgender Day of Remembrance last night. It was very moving. The speakers were great. The MC, Judah Abijah Dorrington, was amazing. After the speaking programing we lit our candles and walked down the street in the 25 degree weather to Union Square. We read the names of the transgender victims that had been killed in Massachusetts and around the world. There were far too many names. One of the organizers said there were more names of trans people killed this year than any… Continue

Added by Chris Mason on November 21, 2008 at 10:31pm — 5 Comments

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

Montreal Protest in Solidarity with U.S. LGBTQ Groups

Queer Mcgill, the organization that provides social, political, information… Continue

Added by Gay Persons of Color on November 11, 2008 at 8:38pm — No Comments

The View from the Fence: Bisexuals, Ominsexuals, Pansexuals on the Range

Defining bisexuality is not a simple endeavor. It involves more than sex, and in many cases, more than two genders. Many who do not fit within the monosexual mold of either straight or gay choose not to identify as bisexual. Those for whom the primary identifying factor is not sex have sometimes used the term bisensual, broadening the terminology to include emotional and romantic attraction. But this is not enough… Continue

Added by JD Ranger on September 29, 2008 at 12:06am — No Comments

Queer Women of ALL Colors Unite for QWOC WEEK! (Aug 4-11)

QUEER WOMEN OF ALL COLORS UNITE! “QWOC+ Boston Fills A Gap In The Local LBGTQ Community—With A Week Long Celebration” Boston, MA – August 1, 2008 - On August 4, 2008, Queer Women of Color and Friends (QWOC+ Boston) will launch the first ever, first annual QWOC WEEK, a multicultural pride festival for people of all backgrounds. Intended to increase visibility for LBGTQ people of color and be a rich celebration of pride and authentic diversity for all New Englanders, QWOC WEEK is open to all: fro… Continue

Added by Adaora (iQWOC) on August 6, 2008 at 12:05am — No Comments

Femme Musings...

Lately I've been thinking a lot about my queer identity. It has always been very important to me to be recognized as queer. Now that I am in a long-term committed relationship, I don't feel as 'invisible' as I used to be. When I was single, it used to really burn me that I was always pegged as a straight girl. Even in a gay bar, I would be written off as a 'fag hag', or one of those straight people who like to hang out at gay bars (which I always found weird). I couldn't get someone to flirt wit… Continue

Added by FlamingFemme on May 7, 2008 at 10:00am — 5 Comments

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

my Catholic-ness...

In honor of Pope Benidict XVI's visit to the US, I've decided to start my blog with a post on Catholicism. I realize that a lot of people have an idea of what Catholics are like - anti-choice, homophobic, conservative, etc. I think that it's important to give a Catholic perspective that's quite different from Bill Donahue's. If you've read the "about me" section on my profile you've probably noticed that I'm not the stereotypical Cat… Continue

Added by Kat B. on April 15, 2008 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Queers United

Come check us out! The LGBTQIA Activist hub with action alerts for the Queer community & Allies! http://www.queersunited.blogspot.com Continue

Added by Queers United on April 14, 2008 at 1:38pm — No Comments

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