Archive for the ‘Soulforce/Equality Ride’ Category
This is the category archive of posts regarding the Soulforce Equality Ride. The archive contains posts following the Riders journey in 2006 and the 2007 journey in which InterstateQ.com Owner/Editor Matt Comer and Contributors Brandy Daniels and Cylest Brooks participated.
Thursday, April 3rd, 2008
Soulforce Q, in partnership with SoulforceNYC, PlanetOut/Gay.com and Young People For, presents an exclusive benefit concert for the 2008 Equality Ride, which will take 20-some young adults to Southern Christian colleges and universities that discriminate against LGBT students and faculty.
Award-winning recording artist Ari Gold will perform with special guests including ...
Posted in College/University, Community Events, LGBT, LGBT Youth, New York, Soulforce/Equality Ride | 2 Comments »
Thursday, November 29th, 2007
Matt and I met during the Soulforce Equality Ride this past spring and have been involved in other Soulforce actions and events. In June, Soulforce teamed up with Beyond Ex-Gay and the LGBT Resource Center of UC-Irvine to host the first ever Ex-Gay Survivor Conference.
As you may be aware, ...
Posted in Ex-gay, LGBT, Religion, Soulforce/Equality Ride | No Comments »
Thursday, September 6th, 2007
The Soulforce Equality Ride visited Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, this past April. The group was completely welcomed on the campus with invitationst o eat and dine with students, attend student forums and other official discussions... a scene quite contrary to the unwelcoming experience felt at Grand Rapid's Cornerstone ...
Posted in College/University, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Soulforce/Equality Ride | 2 Comments »
Monday, August 27th, 2007
Back in April, news came about that Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, had changed its anti-gay student conduct code, contributing the force for the change, in part, with the Soulforce Equality Ride visits to the university.
A second Christian university visited by the Equality Ride in March 2007 has amended ...
Posted in Soulforce/Equality Ride | 7 Comments »
Monday, July 16th, 2007
Had another article published in the Greensboro News & Record today. My friend John told me it was published...
Gay rights activists endure tough road
By Tom Steadman, Staff Writer
July 16, 2007
He was arrested in Grand Rapids, Mich., and barred from a dozen college campuses, and he wondered if he'd ever get ...
Posted in College/University, Greensboro, LGBT Youth, Media, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Equality Ride, United States | 1 Comment »
Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
A community member in Mankato, Minnesota, writes a letter to the editor on the Soulforce Equality Ride visit to Bethany Lutheran College.
He makes the argument that Soulforce "should be more open to change," for our "viewpoints" and our "lifestyle:"
Was SoulForce just as willing to become less liberal and more conservative, ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Soulforce/Equality Ride | 2 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 »
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
Federal Appeals Court knocks down [tag]FCC[/tag] obscenity rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that FCC policies fining broadcast stations for airing programs containing certain obscenities are out of bounds:
If President [tag]Bush[/tag] and Vice President [tag]Cheney[/tag] can blurt out vulgar language, then the government cannot punish broadcast television stations for broadcasting ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, Boy Scouts, Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, LGBT Youth, Marriage Equality, Media, Politics, Republican Party, Sexuality, Soulforce/Equality Ride, United States | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, June 5th, 2007
The Point Foundation released its list of 2007 Point Scholars today.
According to the press release 2007 Equality Rider Brandon Kneefel (who also makes a really great cover model - sorry Brandon, I couldn't resist, haha) is among the youth chosen for the high-caliber scholarships.
From the press release:
Point Foundation provides financial ...
Posted in College/University, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Soulforce/Equality Ride, United States | 6 Comments »
Monday, June 4th, 2007
I will be the guest speaker at this month's meeting of the Triad Business & Professional Guild:
The Triad Business and Professional Guild Will Host
A presentation by Matt Comer
Matt Comer took a journey with Soulforce's Equality Ride to have an open dialogue on LGBT issues on traditionally conservative college campuses.
Matt Comer ...
Posted in Civil Rights, College/University, LGBT, LGBT Youth, North Carolina, Politics, Soulforce/Equality Ride, Triad | 1 Comment »
