Senate Passes Gay Hate Crimes Bill
Friday, October 23, 2009 By a vote of 68-29, the U.S. Senate passed a hate crimes bill making violence against gays and lesbians a Federal crime on Thursday. The bill is expected to be signed by President Obama. The passage of the bill is seen as a victory for civil rights groups that have long sought to expand the Federal statute beyond attacks motivated by religion, race, color or national origin. Named in honor of Matthew Shepard, a gay student at the University of W

Corey Johnson & Dan Savage talk LGBT rights with Anderson Cooper
Dan Savage and Towleroad's Corey Johnson talked LGBT rights with Anderson Cooper last night. From Obama's speech at the HRC dinner to yesterday's passage of hate crimes legislation, they trio take a really good look at the state of LGBT rights currently. Kudos to Corey for kicking ass on the show; he makes a really good talking head, doesn't he?

Harvard Event Credits Obama Sicko CZAR Jennings
A poster featured at a Harvard display of Act Up radical homosexual material, an event supported by Obama Safe Schools chief Kevin Jennings Obama's safe-schools boss sponsors radical porn Harvard event honoring AIDS activists credits Jennings for 'gifts and grants' wnd The chief of President Obama's Education Department Office of Safe Schools, homosexual activist Kevin Jennings, is being credited for helping sponsor a Harvard University display honoring the work of th

Firuzeh Shokooh Valle, “Puerto Rico: Reflections on the National Strike”
22 October, 2009 — MRZine – Monthly ReviewOn October 15, thousands of people in Puerto Rico flooded the streets to protest the government’s decision to lay off around 17,000 government employees (in total there have been around 25,000 lay-offs this year). Workers and members of trade unions, women, environmentalists, religious groups, students, teachers, professors, lawyers, and the LGBT community, among many other groups of the civil society, answered the call of the labor movement that initial

Rome holds flash mobs to call for legal protections for gays
Demonstrators in Rome last weekend 3 Comments on Rome holds flash mobs to call for legal protections for gaysClose Bookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser Favorites / BookmarksAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBuddyMarksBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDiggdiigoDotNetKicksDropJackdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed Me LinksFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleHuggJamespotJeqqKaboodlekirtsylinkaGoGoLinkedInLinksMarkerMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceMyWebNetvouzNewsvineone