Citizens in North Carolina will be protesting the house and senate bills HB 361/SB 272 which would redefine marriage to be recognized as being the union of only one man and one woman.
The rally will be to show opposition to the bill, and to show support for equal rights and marriage equality in NC.
When- Saturday, June 13,2009
Time-12pm-3pm
Where- Pritchard Park in downtown Asheville, NC.
Find out more at the LGBT Social Movement in Asheville NC.
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Sunday, June 7, 2009
Marriage Inequality Protest in Asheville, North Carolina
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Protest at Senegal High Commission in London
The planned LGBT / HIV human rights protest outside the Senegal Embassy in London on Friday 23 January has been canceled.
This is at the request of LGBT and HIV activists in Senegal. They say negotiations are going well with the Senegalese government for the release of nine men from jail. Although the activists appreciate our planned protests and have expressed their gratitude for our support, they now feel that negotiations are at a very delicate stage and they are nervous that protests might alienate the government.
For further information contact Dennis Hambridge, of Gay Activists Alliance
Email: dhambridge@btinternet.com
Crossposted via LGBT Asylum News.
Sunday, December 28, 2008
U.K. Petition to NHS & Prime Minister "Stop Gay Blood Ban"
"The UK is currently dangerously low in it's stocks of blood.Therefore the NHS spends lots of taxpayers money on advertising and marketing costs in order to increase donor levels.
However, if the NHS changed one simple rule, they could potentially have several million extra donors eligible to give blood - instantly and without any marketing costs.
SIGN THE PETITION that will be sent to the NHS blood donor Chief Executive and the Prime Minister later in 2008.How? Allow gay people to give blood.
The UK law is outdated, stereotypical and discriminatory towards gay men.
More than that, it is risking lives - the UK urgently needs more blood.
A straight man who has sex with a different girl every weekend can give blood TODAY.
Intravenous Drug users can give blood after 1 year.
Prostitute users can give blood after 1 year.
Those who have had sex abroad in a high risk HIV country can give blood after 18 months.
Gay men are banned FOR LIFE, even if they've only ever had sex with one partner and they used protection."
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Nationwide DOMA Protest Jan 10th 2009
National Rally to be held at city halls everywhere in the United States on Jan 10th at 1:30pm EST/10:30am PST. The LGBT community is protesting the Defense of Marriage Act and urges President-Elect Barack Obama to repeal this act.
Goto Join The Impact for more information on your specific location.
Saturday, November 15, 2008
Join The Impact - National Protest Against Prop 8!
On Saturday November 15th cities in every state across the nation will be protesting the passing of proposition 8 which eliminated same-sex marriage in California. Find the protest location nearest you, or organize one yourself! The website also provides, media relations, badges, protest signs, videos and more. Get involved in demonstrating the power of equality across the nation this Saturday.
Join The Impact!
Click your state below to learn more.
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Gay Picket in Tambov, Russia on Oct 10th
Russian gay activists will be protesting the governor of Tambov's violent and homophobic comments on Friday October 10th. If this goes down successfully without police intervention it will be the first officially authorized gay demonstration in Russia. The mayor of Tambov has approved the demonstration and activists are also in talks with the local government about holding a gay pride rally there on Oct 18th. Meanwhile activists will be rallying for a criminal investigation of the governor.
"Earlier this year, in May, he declared in an interview to “Komsomolskaya Pravda” about gays : “Tolerance?! To hell! Faggots should be torn apart. And their pieces should be thrown in the wind”." (Gay Russia)The demonstration will take place on the Square facing the Sports Palace "Kristall" where all public events are conducted in Tambov.
For more info about the protest and other LGBT activities in Russia please contact contacts@gayrussia.ru
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Bigots Should NOT be in the Radio Hall of Fame!
As we reported earlier in a contest by the National Radio Hall of Fame, James Dobson was nominated to be awarded as an influential and important figure. To non-christians, and to the LGBT community James Dobson represents lies and bigotry.
Activists are still encouraging the Radio Hall of Fame not to honor this right-wing extremist bigot.
The protest is scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM, at the Renaissance Chicago Hotel, 1 W Wacker Drive.
4 steps of action YOU can take:
* E-Mail Radio Hall of Fame CEO Bruce Dumont, brucedumont@museum.tv, and urge him to withdraw Dobson’s honor.
* Sign our letter to the Radio Hall of Fame urging them to reverse their foolhardy decision to celebrate Dobson’s shameful and ignoble career.
* If you live in the Chicago area, please sign up to participate in our protest.
* Donate to Truth Wins Out or Donate to the Gay Liberation Network to help us stand up to James Dobson and the Radio Hall of Fame.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Demonstration Against Bolthouse Farms in Hollywood, California
We reported a few months ago that William Bolthouse donated $100,000 to proposition 8 to amend California's state constitution to ban same-sex marriage. Now Californian's Against Hate is asking activists to join in protesting and calling for a boycott against Bolthouse Farms.
Contact Bolthouse and let them know you will boycott them:
http://www.bolthouse.com/ContactUs.aspx
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Protest Irvine PR Company That Runs "Yes on 8"
The Irvine PR company that runs the “Yes on 8” media campaign to promote the anti-marriage amendment in California is holding an Open House for their new locale on:
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
5:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m.
2020 Main Street
Irvine, CA 92614
All those opposed to Prop 8 are invited to attend and/or rally at 2020 Main on August 14th. (More info here on protest).
Flyer & View of building:
Friday, August 1, 2008
Protest at Crews Inn Bar in Dallas Texas
"Dallas Transgender advocates and allies have committed to a continuing a protest at Crews Inn, a Gay bar in Dallas Texas, in response to the expulsion of a transgender woman from the bar on Tuesday July 15, 2008."
Contact Kelli Busey
Tel. 214.226.7080
kellibusey@yahoo.com
Protest
Tuesday evenings at 10:00 pm
Crews Inn
3215 N Fitzhugh Ave
Dallas, TX 75204
(214) 443-9350
For more on the story and info on the protest goto (Planet Transgender)
Friday, July 18, 2008
Wingnuts Protest at McDonald's Headquarters
The following is a video of a small protest by right wing fanatics in front of the McDonald's headquarters. Hate groups such as the American Family Association, and Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, gathered to hold a press conference because McDonald's donated $20,000 to the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce.
TAKE ACTION: Call McDonald’s to thank them for supporting LGBTQ organizations 1-800-244-6227 (or 630-623-3000)
or use their E-contact form - http://apps.mcdonalds.com/contactus/navigate.do?link=mcbiz
Saturday, July 12, 2008
Australian Activists Set to Protest Pope's Visit
"The NoToPope Coalition is inviting all civil libertarians, sexual health workers, condom producers, gays/ lesbians/ queers, women's rights activists, abortion providers, Christians and faith/holders, to challenge NSW governments attacks on free speech."
The NoToPope Coalition will peacefully protest on Saturday July 19th 12 noon at Taylor Square, Darlinghurst.
Youth Against World Youth Day are rallying in Melbourne Sunday July 13, 1:30pm (speakers from 2pm), Step of Parliament House, Spring St, Melbourne. Call Jason 0407781406
A kiss-in and condom distribution action will take place in Brisbane on Saturday July 19th at 3pm in Queens Park. Call Luke 0400 195 203 Dominic Hale o431 638 772
For Adelaide's Kiss-in Queen Street, Bowden Saturday July 19th at 2.30pm for 3pm please contact: Troy-Anthony Baylis 0439 684 876 or Jess Cronin 0438 668 370
Lismore NoToPope event at Winsome Hotel contact Tara 02 6629 5358
For Newcastle call Star 0410 326 006
http://www.notopope.com/
Monday, June 16, 2008
Gay Sheep Experiments Aimed to "Fix" Homosexuality
I am bumping this thread back up since these cruel and homophobic experiments continue to occur in the name of science.
According to PETA:
"Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU), a school that has received criticism in the past for torturing monkeys in its labs, has officially been outed. Information has been brought to light about ridiculous “gay sheep” experiments that are being conducted at the school. OHSU experimenter Charles Roselli is spending millions of taxpayer dollars to kill homosexual rams and cut open their brains in an attempt to find the hormone behind homosexual tendencies so that these tendencies can be changed. Roselli is also working with experimenter Frederick Stormshak of Oregon State University (OSU), who has surgically inserted an estrogen implant in the bodies of these rams in an effort “to restore tissue levels of estrogen comparable to those of heterosexual rams and affect sexual behavior accordingly.”
In addition to being cruel to animals, these experiments also carry the insidious implication that homosexuality in humans needs to be "cured." In his application for public funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the experimenter states that “this research also has broader implications for understanding the development and control of sexual motivation and mate selection across mammalian species, including humans.”
Please use the form below to write to OSU President Edward Ray and OHSU President-Elect Joseph Robertson Jr. asking that they immediately stop these needless “gay sheep” experiments and use taxpayers’ money for legitimate research instead."
http://getactive.peta.org/campaign/GaySheepExperiments
*Thanks to Rachel Young off of Creative Commons for the adorable graphic.
Friday, May 23, 2008
"Right to Serve" Preparing to Protest DADT
UPDATE: Here is the official website for the tour beginning tomorrow. http://harvardrighttoserve.org/index.php
"A groundbreaking bus tour protesting Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, “Right to Serve” is an LGBT event in which everyone devoted to true equality—gay or straight, open or closeted, liberal or conservative—can participate. The day after finals end, students from Harvard College and the various graduate schools will embark on a weeklong journey that will highlight the injustice of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The bus tour will make four stops across the country; and at each stop, one openly gay Harvard student will attempt to enlist for military service. When their desire to serve is rejected, participants on the tour will sit-in at the recruitment station to highlight the injustice of denying a citizen the right to serve based solely on their sexual orientation."
For more information, contact Jarret at president@harvarddems.com
When: Sat, May 24 at 5:00 pm to Sat, May 31 at 5:00 pm
http://harvarddems.com/node/3569
Saturday, May 17, 2008
HRC Protests Over Lack of Trans-Inclusivity
According to TransGriot:
The following are some upcoming Human Rights Campaign events where transgender folks and allies who are upset over HRC's lack of trans-inclusiveness, and their lack of effort to include TG in the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) can protest...
HRC at the Mystics: Washington Mystics vs. Los Angeles Sparks
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Washington, DC
Trans-Unity Pride
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Los Angeles, CA
Ladies Spectacular at the WNBA Chicago Sky
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Chicago, IL
HRC Equalizers Softball Game
Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Nashville, TN
HRC Night with the Indiana Fever
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Indianapolis , IN
2008 HRC Utah Gala Dinner
Saturday, June 14, 2008
Orem, UT
Save the Date, HRC Columbus Gala Dinner 2008
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Columbus, OH
Third Annual HRC Pride Cruise
Wednesday, June 25, 2008
New York, NY
2008 HRC Chicago Gala: Summer Chic
Saturday, July 19, 2008
Chicago, Il
2008 HRC San Francisco Bay Area Gala
Saturday, July 26, 2008
San Francisco, CA
3rd Annual HRC Dinner: Life, Liberty & Pursuit of Equality
Saturday, September 6, 2008
Las Vegas, NV
2008 Twin Cities Gala Dinner
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Minneapolis, MN
9th Annual Pacific Northwest Dinner
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Seattle, WA
2008 HRC National Dinner in Washington DC
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Washington, DC
27th Annual New England Gala Dinner
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Boston, MA
Annual HRC San Antonio Gala Dinner
Saturday, October 25, 2008
San Antonio, TX
Black Tie Dinner, Inc.'s 2008 Dallas/Ft. Worth Gala
Saturday, November 22, 2008
Dallas, TX
Thursday, May 15, 2008
Protest Scheduled at Boy Scouts of America National Conference
Scouting for All will be protesting at the Boy Scouts of America National Conference to be held May 21-23, 2008.
Here are the details we know as of right now:
LOCATION
Manchester Grand Hyatt
1 Market Pl.
San Diego, California., 92101.
Hotel phone: 1-619-232-1234.
For further information contact Howard Menzer, Scouting for All SouthWestern Regional Director, Email: howmen@sbcglobal.net
We'd like to see a large gathering to protest along with us. We are protesting the BSA's national policy of discrimination, which excludes both the gay and atheist communities, adults and children.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
Solidarity Rallies in New York, Chicago, and San Francisco for LGBT Russians
According to Petrelis Files:
"Gay activists in three U.S. cities will mobilize for vigils on May 16 and 17 for IDAHO, International Day Against Homophobia, and the focus will be to apply pressure on the Russian government to grant all necessary permits to the organizers of Moscow's third gay pride parade, scheduled for late May.
Last year, despite the mayor of Moscow refusing to grant permits to parade, gay marchers from around the world attempted to peaceably take to the streets for equality and tolerance, and were violently assaulted by ultra-nationalist thugs, sending some of the gays, covered in blood, to the hospital. Russian police stood by and did nothing to stop the attacks."
City: Chicago, IL
Date: Saturday, May 17
Time: 3:00 pm
Location: Women and Children First Bookstore
Action: Rally in front of store, then a march
Address: 5233 N. Clark Street, cross street is Farragaut
Contact: Andy Thayer; lgbtliberation@aol.com
Web site: GayLiberation.net
City: New York, NY
Date: Friday, May 16
Time: 12 noon
Location: Russian Consulate
Action: Speak out
Address: 9 E. 91st Street, cross street is Fifth Avenue
Contact: Brendan Fey; brendan@stpatsforall.com
City: San Francisco, CA
Date: Friday, May 16
Time: 12 noon
Location: Russian Consulate
Action: Speak out
Address: 2790 Green Street, cross street is Baker
Contact: Michael Petrelis; mpetrelis@aol.com
Saturday, April 19, 2008
More Queer Papal Protests/Vigils
An Interfaith Vigil of Hope:
Saturday, April 19: 6-7pm,
on the eve of the Pope’s visit to Ground Zero & in memory of Fr. Mychal Judge.
With members of New York's LGBT community we will “remember our families and friends who died in the World Trade Center Tragedy, and pray for change of heart, for an end to prejudice, for understanding, peace, and reconciliation."
Meet outside St. Paul's Chapel at Broadway & Fulton St at 6 pm. From there the candle light vigil will walk to the corner of Church and Vesey Streets where the body of Fr. Mychal Judge was first placed on 9/11. Bring your own candle.
A 7-foot banner painting of Mychal Judge, by Brooklyn artist Ian Hart, will be unfurled at the vigil. The banner depicts scenes from his life of reconciliation and compassionate caring, including as Fire Chaplain, with Chinese immigrant-survivors of the Golden Venture wreck, walking with his St Francis Aids Ministry in the Pride parade, and at Long Kesh Prison in the North of Ireland. The event will call attention to the important role gay clergy have played in the Catholic Church.
CONTACT: Brendan Fay: 718-721-2780.
Counter-protest Westboro Baptist Church AKA: "God Hates Fags"
The following may likely have counter-gay protests, but I don't have a source as of yet to confirm, anyone know?
Ground Zero possible counter protest of anti-gay Fred Phelps clan:
Reverend Fred Phelps' virulently anti-gay Westboro Baptist Church will demonstrate at Trinity Place and Liberty Streets on Sunday at 8:30 a.m. by Ground Zero in Manhattan.
Yankee Stadium sossible counter protest of Anti-Gay Fred Phelps clan:
Later in the day they will picket the pope's Yankee Stadium Mass at 161st Street and River Avenue in the Bronx from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Monday, April 14, 2008
Embrace Your BillO'phobia!
Check out this video by Media Matters, it is a small sampling of the many anti-gay things Bill O'Reilly has said on his Fox News show. His show is reaching an audience of millions of Americans per night, and he must be held accountable for his hateful rhetoric.
Contact Bill O'Reilly and Fox News and tell them to cut out their homophobic and transphobic coverage.
Email: oreilly@foxnews.com
Email: Comments@foxnews.com
Phone: 1-888-369-4762
Fox General Contact Form:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,77538,00.html
Monday, April 7, 2008
LGBT Catholics to Protest Anti-Gay Pope
As noted at DignityUSA:
Dignity USA the largest LGBT Catholic organization will protest when Pope Benedict XVI's visits the United States April 15-20.
DignityUSA's executive director. "We need to recognize the damage that this Pope's attacks on our community have caused countless individuals and families. We witness on their behalf."
Events throughout Washington D.C. and New York City:
THURSDAY, APRIL 10 (10 a.m. New Ways Ministry Press Conference):
LOCATION: Murrow Room, National Press Club (529 14th Street, NW; 13th floor, Washington D.C.)
"A Few Moments with the Pope: Lesbian/Gay Catholics Speak about their Church" - Speakers: Teresa DeCrescenzo, executive director of Gay Lesbian Adolescent Social Services (GLASS), Gregory Maguire, author of more than a dozen novels, most notably Wicked, which was the basis for the Tony-award winning Broadway Musical. Heather Mizeur, delegate representing the 20th District in Maryland and a leader in the debate about legalizing gay and lesbian marriages. Richard Rodriguez, social and cultural commentator, author and Peabody-award winning contributor to PBS News Hour with Jim Lehrer.
SATURDAY, APRIL 12: (11:30 a.m. Press Conference - 12:00 Demonstration at UN)
LOCATION OF PRESS CONFERENCE AND DEMONSTRATION: Ralph J. Bunche Park (43rd Street and 1st Avenue, New York)
"The Global Impact of Pope Benedict's Anti-Gay Campaign" - Speakers: Lourdes Rodriguez-Nogues, Cuban immigrant, lesbian Catholic activist, editor of Out in the Workplace. Brendan Fay, Irish-born gay activist, filmmaker and cofounder of New York's inclusive St. Patrick's Day Parade. Currently involved in an international controversy regarding the unauthorized use of images from his marriage to Dr. Thomas Moulton by Polish President Lech Kaczynski. Jeff Stone, Dignity/New York Steering Committee. Marianne Duddy-Burke, executive director of DignityUSA.
TUESDAY, APRIL 15: Papal Motorcade Demonstrations
LOCATION AND TIME: Press advisory to follow when officials announce time and route.
Demonstrations will be along the Pope's motorcade route through Washington D.C.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 16: (5:30 p.m.) Demonstration during Pope's Meeting with U.S. Bishops
LOCATION: Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (400 Michigan Ave. NE, Washington D.C.)"
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