Archive for June, 2007
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007
The City Commission of Largo, Florida issued an official apology to Nadine Smith, the Executive Director of Equality Florida, an LGBT advocacy organization.
Smith faced what she describes as police brutality after being arrested at a February 27th City Council meeting. She was arrested for handing a "Don't Discriminate" flyer to ...
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Kevin Jennings, the Executive Director of the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) and native of Winston-Salem, NC, is among several folks in a new list of prominent LGBT leaders endorsing John Edwards for President released by the campaign today (source).
"As a first-generation college graduate from rural North Carolina, ...
Posted in Democratic Party, LGBT, North Carolina, Politics, United States | No Comments »
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
This Friday's episode of iQweekly will feature an exclusive interview with North Carolina trans advocate Robbi Cohn.
A preview of the iQweekly exclusive interview has been published:
North Carolina Trans advocate Robbi Cohn sat down for an exclusive interview with iQweekly yesterday. Cohn spoke of her experiences with the North Carolina ...
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Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
Freedom to Marry, a national marriage equality advocacy organization, is marking the 40th anniversary of the landmark Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court decision in a provocative, perhaps, controversial way.
The organization's new ad campaign has run a series of five ads in The Politico and Roll Call. The campaign ends today. ...
Posted in Civil Rights, LGBT, LGBT Families, Marriage Equality, Politics, United States | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, June 12th, 2007
A teenage lesbian couple was kicked off a public bus in Portland, Oregon, last week. The girls, both aged 14, say that they were kissing, a female passenger complained and the driver told them to "knock it off" and called them "sickos." When the girls then hugged, the driver stopped ...
Posted in Anti-LGBT, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Politics, Republican Party, United States, Western U.S. | 7 Comments »
Monday, June 11th, 2007
A trans and intersex oriented site has just joined the InterstateQ.com Network, a growing online network and community of progressive individuals, organizations and websites committed to the cause of civil, social and religious equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and intersex people.
From the InterstateQ.com Network (http://network.interstateq.com/news/06122007.html):
Trans, Intersex oriented ...
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Monday, June 11th, 2007
Bilerico.com, a progressive LGBT blog in Indiana, was recently named "Indiana's Most Influential Political Blog."
They want to take it to the next level, the national one.
And they are starting off well, if you ask me.
The Reverend Irene Monroe, a national recognized writer, speaker and theologian, and Candice Gingrich, HRC's ...
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Sunday, June 10th, 2007
The digital age has changed a lot of things in the world. From the way we bank to the way we communicate with friends, colleagues and our elected officials. It has changed how young people learn and how we all work.
But who would have thought we would abandon good old ...
Posted in Global, LGBT, LGBT Youth, Media, United States | 1 Comment »
Friday, June 8th, 2007
June 8th's Premier Episode of iQweekly
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
I'm so excited... and I just can't hide it!
Pulling from the resources of this site - InterstateQ.com - my readers, commenters and contributors and the resources provided by those who read, work with or contribute to other sites on the InterstateQ.com Network, a new online news show for the LGBTQ ...
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