Screaming Queens-The Riot At Compton's Cafeteria Documentary

Screaming Queens: The Riot At Compton's Cafeteria is the 2005 documentary produced by Victor Silverman and Susan Stryker about San Francisco's 1966 Compton's Cafeteria riot. It preceded the more famous Stonewall one by three years.

Here's a link to more information about it, and enjoy these clips from the documentary.







This is a great piece of LGBT and trans history rarely shown or heard of.

Crossposted via TransGriot.

Open Forum: Heterosexuals Waiting for Gay Marriage

There have been a slew of straight celebrities lately such as Brad Pitt, Charlize Theron, Mehcad Brooks, and Angelina Jolie who is bisexual but in a relationship with a man, among others who refuse to marry until LGBT's can as well. There are also many regular folks out there who are boycotting marriage until the institution is open to all who wish to be legally recognized.

What do you make of this tactic? Are these people just avoiding marriage and using it as an opportunity to look good, or are they sincere? Should straight people avoid marriage, or should we encourage people who can get married to do so while still fighting for the rights for the rest of us? or do you believe we should all just get off this marriage bandwagon and focus on other issues?

Word of the Gay: "Lesbonia"

"Lesbonia" is a street, bar, or place where many lesbians congregate, the word is based off the island lesbos.

So You Think You Can Dance Features Same-Sex Dancers

Fox’s So you Think You Can Dance has featured a same-sex dancing couple Jacob Jason and Willem De Vries on their show. This is a clear turn from the earlier controversy where judge Nigel Lythgoe unfairly criticized same-sex dancing. This show introduced the audience into the world of same-sex ballroom dancing, and showed the raw emotion of the dance partners.



Contact Fox's So You Think You Can Dance to thank them for this segment:

Jason Clark
Vice President, Fox Publicity
Jason.clark@fox.com

Lindsay Luttrell
So You Think You can Dance
(323) 575-6100

National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day

Today is National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day and the theme for this year is "HIV Over 50, Get Educated, Get Tested!." There is an alarming rate of infections among the elder population, due to fear, lack of information and resources targeting this demographic.

This day is meant to bring awareness to the growing issue of HIV/AIDS for older people and it is essential to promote testing, safe-sex, and education for this age group.

In 2007, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported persons aged 50 and older accounted for approximately:

10% of new HIV diagnoses

24% of persons living with HIV

33% of persons living with AIDS

19% of all AIDS diagnoses (The AIDS Institute).

NHAADD awareness day pamphlet, fact sheet, and resources.

Find an HIV testing location near you, and get tested regularly!

Word of the Gay: "GWM"

"GWM" is an acronym used to either mean gay white male, or gay working male, used within gay chats and personals.

Gulf War Vet Discusses Being Intersex

National Geographic has put out a documentary featuring Gulf War veteran Rudy Alaniz, who discovered through an MRI that he possessed ovaries and a womb. The short clip below shows the ordeal and results that come from lies and shame perpetrated by the medical establishment.

University of Alaska Students Protest "Ex-Gay" Speaker

Students at the University of Alaska Fairbanks are protesting a series of speaking engagements by Edward Delgado a so called "ex-gay" evangelist. Brought in as a guest speaker by the Campus Bible Ministries Mr. Delgado will give 14 lectures titled “From Sin’s Bondage to Christ’s Freedom" on his claim that through reading the Bible he magically journeyed from being gay to becoming a heterosexual.

The visit is offensive to gay students, and allies because of advertisements around campus with the headline “Gay? Lonely? Confused?” attempting to draw students to the event in hopes of their salvation.

Delgado also parades around using lies and myths about what it means to be gay and claiming that it is a destructive lifestyle.

"Delgado said the homosexual lifestyle leads to promiscuity, abuse, alcoholism and drug abuse" (Newsminer).

GSA members and activists have protested with "stop the hate" t-shirts and by handing out literature, and plan to continue doing so for the rest of Mr. Delgados presentations. Mr. Delgado will speak in the Wood Center conference room today at 11:30 a.m., 2 and 5:20 p.m. You can protest him Friday in the Wood Center at 10:30 a.m., 1, 3:30 and 5:30 p.m.

Danes to Support LGBT Equality March

LGBT activists in Denmark will show solidarity with the American National Equality March by demonstrating in front of the U.S. embassy in Copenhagen on Oct 11th.

Sunday, October 11, 2009
1:00pm - 3:00pm
American Embassy
Dag Hammarskjölds Allé 24
Copenhagen, Denmark

For more information or to get involved email BrandonMayo@gmail.com

Word of the Gay: "Companion"

A "companion" is a neutral word to describe a lover, friend, or roommate, and pays no attention to sexual orientation or gender.

No on 1 Response Ad: "Clearing Up Distortions"

The anti-gay right has been misleading the public in Maine to suggest that the government forced marriage in order to avoid a peoples vote, and that if the referendum passes that there will be a flood of lawsuits and homosexual marriage will be taught in schools. These lies are being used as scare tactics to get Mainers to vote against marriage equality. The No On 1 campaign by Protect Maine Equality is fighting back with a new ad to set the record straight:

Blog Spotlight: Asexual Curiosities

Asexual Curiosities is for the asexually curious and the curiously asexual people out there, as the blog puts it. The blog is run by an 18 year old British male who identifies as a romantic gay demisexual.

Tell Congress to Support the Respect for Marriage Act

It’s official — the Respect for Marriage Act has been introduced and now it’s time to repeal the discriminatory “Defense of Marriage Act.”

Go to www.RepealDOMAnow.org and tell your member of Congress to join on as a co-sponsor.

Crossposted via Burning Or Building Bridges in the Community.

LGBT Center Awareness Day (9.15.09)

Today is LGBT Center Awareness Day, an opportunity to honor and celebrate the difference queer community centers make in our lives. The 2009 theme is “My Community Center Changed My Life” and will focus on the vital role that community centers play in the health, empowerment, and unity of LGBT communities.

Celebrate the day by going to an event at your local LGBT center or share your story about how the center has impacted your life.

Find a center, join a program/club, or donate at the Directory for LGBT centers.

Ohio House to vote Today on Equal Housing and Employment Act Today

The Ohio House of Representatives is scheduled to vote on HB 176, the Equal Housing and Employment Act, today, at 11:00 AM.

This bill if passed will bar discrimination against LGBT people and stop the fear they face where they live, work, and socialize.

Take action to let your representative know you support HB 176.