Archive for the ‘Dont Ask Dont Tell’ Category
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008
Today Congress will hold the first hearing on the anti-gay "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy since its passage in 1993.
The hearing is at 2 p.m. and can be watched live via the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network website.
Until then, let's take a trip down memory lane, to Sept. 21, 2006, Greensboro, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Greensboro, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Right to Serve, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
In a campaign modeled after the 2006 Soulforce Right to Serve Campaign (I was the Greensboro City Organizer for the Soulforce action), students from Harvard University have set out upon their journey toward creating discussion and bringing attention to the discriminatory "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" gay ban of the U.S. ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, College/University, Dont Ask Dont Tell, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, United States | 7 Comments »
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
What I am going to say may seem counter-intuitive, but hear me out. No, John McCain is not as good on many gay issues as the leading Democratic candidates, who at least pay lip service to gay issues like ENDA and relationship recognition, and who did show up to ...
Posted in Dont Ask Dont Tell, Guest Contributors, LGBT, Politics, Republican Party | 5 Comments »
Thursday, August 9th, 2007
Catch the article on Obama's post-forum teleconference here.
I'll be watching the HRC Presidential Debate tonight via visiblevote08.logoonline.com (we don't get LOGO here in North Carolina).
I'll definitely be writing up my responses.
I think it will be interesting to see how all the candidates respond to the various issues. This is the ...
Posted in Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
Seth Crawford, a junior at Northwest Guilford High School in Greensboro, NC, wrote a great student journalism article and profile on me and my activism as a part of a multicultural journalism workshop with the Greensboro News & Record.
His article appears in today's paper:
UNCG student fights for gay rights
June 26, ...
Posted in Civil Rights, College/University, Dont Ask Dont Tell, High School, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Equality Ride, Soulforce/Right to Serve, Triad, United States | No Comments »
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
A new report from Media Matters is proclaiming "Conservative America is a Myth."
According to Media Matters, their report (PDF) based on over 20 years of opinion and public polling data shows that America is no where near conservative and progressive on almost all issues.
Although other issues are certainly important, I'll ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Employment Discrimination, Hate Crimes, LGBT, LGBT Adoption, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States | 3 Comments »
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
I've always been a loud mouth. I've always had a big mouth to spout off my opinions. I never was a huge loud mouth on the issue of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, however, until I became involved as the Greensboro city organizer of the Soulforce Right to Serve Campaign.
Since then ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Dont Ask Dont Tell, LGBT, Politics, United States | 2 Comments »
Monday, June 4th, 2007
In the past few days that I've been working on ScoutPride, I sure have missed a lot of news.
'Gay=Pedophile' GOP Chairman loses bid for state Chair
This weekend, the [tag]North Carolina Republican Party[/tag] held its state convention. Thank God Almighty with all the heavenly hosts! [tag]Marcus Kindley[/tag], the [tag]Guilford County[/tag] Republican ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Civil Rights, Democratic Party, Dont Ask Dont Tell, Ex-gay, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Media, North Carolina, Politics, Religion, Republican Party, Sexuality, United States | 5 Comments »
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007
The Military Readiness Enhancement Act was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by Representative Marty Meehan (D-MA). YAY!
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