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Posted in Activism, Editorials on Jan 24th, 2010
What a week! As someone born and raised in Massachusetts, I never thought I’d live to see the day when a Republican would take the seat of the late Ted Kennedy (D-MA). Senator Kennedy – truly a legend in Massachusetts and a progressive nationwide – held his seat for 47 years. For [...]
Posted in Activism, Editorials, Gay Marriage on Nov 30th, 2009
Source: Landis, L. (2009, Nov. – Dec.). Blacks lack standing on marriage question. The Gay & Lesbian Review / Worldwide.16(6), 4, 6.
Following the passage of Proposition 8 in California last November, the battleground for marriage equity has now shifted to the nation’s capital as efforts are under way to repeal the Defense [...]
Posted in Activism, Mission, Vision, Values on Oct 20th, 2009
The tagline “Nothing Stops A Bullet Like A Job” from Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries won all-star honors in the 2009 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards.
Homeboy Industries, which assists at-risk and former gang member youth with job training and placement, received the top honor among 12 other winning nonprofit taglines this year.
Nancy E. Schwartz, president of [...]
Posted in Activism, Editorials, Gay and Lesbian on Jul 2nd, 2009
I can’t let this week pass without commenting on that fact that President Obama hosted a Monday, June 29th White House reception for three hundred people in honor of gay pride. This included the following historic 20-minute address on GLBT concerns.
In the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, a small gay bar – the Stonewall — [...]
Posted in Activism, Faith-based, Fundraising, Grants, Research on May 17th, 2009
U.S. Health and Human Services, is now accepting applications for funding from the Compassion Capital Fund (CCF) Intermediary Demonstration program. To view the full program announcement, click here.
The CCF program seeks to fund organizations (i.e., intermediaries) who can provide technical assistance to sub-grantees in four areas: leadership development, organizational development, program development, and community engagement. [...]
Posted in Activism, Gay Military Ban, Gay and Lesbian on May 9th, 2009
I am repeating a wonderful post from the GLAAD blog. While I have expressed tremendous concerns that the president was backing away from his clear campaign commitment to end — read REPEAL — the gay military ban, I am thrilled to share very positive news.
Lieutenant Sandy Tsao is a Chinese American woman and an [...]
Posted in Activism, Gay Military Ban on May 1st, 2009
The blogosphere is on fire regarding perceived changes by the administration on repeal of DADT - the military ban on gays serving openly in the military.
Just last month the New York Times reported that Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates stated that any repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law would have to be [...]
Posted in Activism, Gay and Lesbian, Hate Crimes on May 1st, 2009
Rachel Maddow interviewed Judy Shepard - mother of slain Matthew Shepard - last night in response to the outrageous comments by Rep. Virginia Foxx (F-NC) calling Matt’s death “a hoax,” contrived to pass hate crimes legislation (which passed the House of Representatives by an excess of 75 votes).
I encourage my readers to contact Rep. Foxx’s [...]
Posted in Activism, Gay and Lesbian, Hate Crimes on Apr 29th, 2009
We just got the news: the U.S. House has passed the fully inclusive Matthew Shepard Act.
This was not an easy victory. But we WON in the House – thanks in part to the tireless, fearless Judy Shepard, who joined Joe Solmonese of the Human Rights Campaign in critical last-minute meetings on Capitol Hill today.
It happened! [...]
Posted in Activism, Gay and Lesbian, Hate Crimes on Apr 29th, 2009
Today, Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the Senate version of hate crimes legislation now being considered by the House. Kennedy stated that this legislation is “long overdue” and added “hate crimes are especially poisonous.”
President Obama issued a statement in support of the bill yesterday.
“This week, the House [...]
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