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NAACP Leaders Pursue Gay Support

From the Washington Post: Even as the NAACP engages in a tense debate over same-sex marriage, the group’s leaders have begun reaching out more forcefully to gay rights groups. The outreach has been steered by former chairman Julian Bond and the group’s president, Benjamin Jealous. Both men are supporters of same-sex marriage rights, though the [...]

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Thursday September 23rd, 2010 in , , , , , | 4 Comments »

Obama Heckled At Fundraiser By AIDS And DADT Repeal Activists

President Barack Obama got heckled at a fundraiser Wednesday night by protesters pushing for more funding for AIDS programs and quicker action to allow gays to serve openly in the military. From AP: NEW YORK — President Barack Obama got heckled at a fundraiser Wednesday night by protesters pushing for more funding for AIDS programs [...]

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Thursday September 23rd, 2010 in , , , , , | No Comments »

Report Offers “Better Together” Insight For Racial Justice Orgs And LGBT Groups

From Bay Windows: A landmark study released Wednesday, Sept. 15, found that a lack of resources, funding, and community support are obstacles to engagement between racial justice organizations and LGBT groups. According to “Better Together: Research Findings on the Relationship between Racial Justice Organizations and LGBT Communities,” produced by Applied Research Center (ARC) in partnership [...]

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Thursday September 16th, 2010 in , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Black Dads Make Million Father March A Chicago Tradition, How Bout Going Nationwide?

This kid starts first day of school with Pops’ at his side. See, that’s what we talking about! As many of you know we’ve been dialoging with Pastor Joshua Beckley of of Ecclesia Christian Fellowship in San Bernadino. Pastor Beckley was one of the individuals behind the recent lawsuit (it was dismissed) that was seeking [...]

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Thursday September 9th, 2010 in , , , , | No Comments »

Feeling Lame Cause You Haven’t Handcuffed Yourself To The White House Fence? Listen To Tim Wise On The Many Faces Of Activism

This post was featured on Racialicious and titled Tim Wise Takes On The Critics Of White Anti Racists. We all know who Tim Wise is right? That hipster white guy who’s making quite a substantial living these days writing shocker essays and books while on the lecture circuit the whole time he’s doing this telling [...]

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Tuesday September 7th, 2010 in , , , , , | 2 Comments »

The Kuchu Movement: LGBT Ugandans Are Kuchu, Not Gay

From Behind The Mask How activists are using coalitions to promote LGBTI rights in Uganda. The kuchu movement is abuzz in Uganda. Kuchu is a (plural: kuchus) word, apparently of Swahili origin, that lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) Ugandans have minted to describe their identities. “We do not use the word ‘queer,’” explains [...]

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Monday August 30th, 2010 in , , , | 1 Comment »

Turn Off Fox News, Get A Cute Sticker

Color Of Change has this great new boycott/campaign called Turn Off Fox News. We love it! Even if just getting a lame sticker is a dumb idea. Why not a t-shirt? Whateves, we’re still cool with the idea of TURNING OFF FOX NEWS. Yea, it’s time to shut those lying conniving eeffers down. Check out [...]

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Thursday August 26th, 2010 in , , | No Comments »