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Lesbian, Gay, Bi & Trans
Hundreds of thousands of spirited marchers and cheering spectators
participated in Boston’s 40th Lesbian/Gay/Bi/Trans/Queer Pride Parade on
June 12. The theme of this year’s march was “From Riots to
Rights.”...
Posted Jun 24, 2010
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Chanting, “Queers come out and take a stand, there’s too much
blood on Israel’s hands!” an angry group of LGBTQ activists
picketed on June 17 in front of the Castro Theatre in San Francisco to protest
Israeli support of the Frameline LGBT Film Festival....
Posted Jun 24, 2010
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Activists in the lesbian, gay, bi and transgender communities are
continuing to push for a repeal of the reactionary “don’t ask,
don’t tell” law, which dictates the discharge of LGBT members of
the U.S. military if they reveal their sexuality or if it is otherwise
exposed....
Posted Jun 23, 2010
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A powerful and historic alliance has developed here between hotel and
restaurant workers represented by UNITE HERE and the lesbian/gay/bi/trans/queer
community, through support and struggle for each other’s causes....
Posted Jun 10, 2010
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West Virginia Pride held its 14th annual LGBTQ Pride Parade/Festival in
the capital city of Charleston on June 6. ...
Posted Jun 10, 2010
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Over 100 University of Massachusetts students and community supporters came out
on Dec. 1 to protest the appearance near the UMass campus of the white
supremacist, anti-gay, anti-Semitic Fred Phelps and members of his Westboro
Church in Kansas....
Posted Dec 13, 2009
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On the evening of Nov. 30, scores of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and
queer activists packed Cleveland City Council chambers in anticipation of a
tremendous victory for the transgender community. That night the Council
revised the city charter to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity
and gender expression....
Posted Dec 13, 2009
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Excerpts from a talk given by Fight Imperialism, Stand
Together organizer LeiLani Dowell, at the WWP National Conference, Nov. 14....
Posted Dec 6, 2009
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Over 150,000 strong and overwhelmingly young, the sea of marchers demanded
full equality for lesbian, gay, bi and trans people in the National Equality
March on Washington, D.C. on Oct. 11....
Posted Oct 14, 2009
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Mokgadi Caster Semenya is a South African runner who won the
women’s 800-meter gold medal at the 2009 World Championships. She was
subsequently challenged by competitors to prove her gender and subjected to sex
tests by the International Association of Athletics Federations. South African gender and political analyst Nomboniso Gasa responds....
Posted Sep 9, 2009
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A court in India’s capital has made a historic decision in overturning a
law that banned sex between people of the same gender. The law, section 377 of
the Indian Penal Code, was imposed on the Indian people by the British when
they colonized the country. It declared “carnal intercourse” to be
“against the order of nature,” with penalties of up to 10 years in
prison. While few were criminally prosecuted under the law, many lesbian, gay,
bi and trans people were persecuted and harassed because of it....
Posted Jul 20, 2009
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Pride weekend kicked off in New York City on June 26 with
a militant march for trans and gender non-conforming (TGNC) peoples’
rights. The Trans Day of Action marched from Union Square past New York’s
Human Resources Administration to demand that all people receiving public
assistance, including TGNC people of color, be treated with respect and
dignity....
Posted Jul 1, 2009
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Shelley Ettinger says: When I volunteered to speak about Workers World Party’s history with
regard to the party’s role in the lesbian, gay, bi and trans struggle, I
didn’t realize what an enormous task I was taking on. The party’s
contribution to this struggle is, in fact, a huge topic....
Posted Jun 24, 2009
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In Cuba the campaign against homophobia has access to all the mass media and is
an ongoing educational effort, not just a one-day affair. This information may
surprise many people in the United States, who get very little news from the
corporate media here about the great social progress that has been made in Cuba
as a result of its revolution.
However, readers of Workers World newspaper were fortunate enough to learn a
great deal about Cuba’s campaign to rectify old prejudices through the
series of articles called Lavender & Red. ...
Posted Jun 24, 2009
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Only eight hours after the announcement of the California Supreme Court’s
prejudice-based ruling supporting Prop 8 on May 26, 5,000 disappointed, sad,
but mostly angry San Diegans stormed out of Balboa Park onto Sixth Avenue and
chanted their way to the heart of downtown. ...
Posted Jun 6, 2009
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The struggle for lesbian, gay, bi and trans (LGBT) equal rights under bourgeois
marriage law won back-to-back victories this month with the extension of full
marriage rights to same-sex couples in Vermont and Iowa. These two states
joined Massachusetts and Connecticut as the only states to perform same-sex
marriages....
Posted Apr 24, 2009
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“Milk” is a rare film for, from the viewpoint of partisans for LGBT
liberation, it deserves the acclaim it’s received. Although it is
ostensibly about the title character, this is really a movie about something
much bigger than one person....
Posted Feb 11, 2009
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Imani Henry, trans activist who is a co-founder of Rainbow Flags for Mumia and a contributing writer for Workers World newspaper.
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Posted Dec 2, 2008
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Organized by a coalition called Californians Against Hate, a large crowd of
LGBT activists and representatives from many area unions gathered in front of
the Manchester Grand Hyatt Hotel to send a two-pronged message to the
hotel’s CEO....
Posted Jul 27, 2008
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Lesbian, gay, bi and trans pride was marked with activities continuing the
struggle for LGBT rights from June 27 to 29 in New York City....
Posted Jul 2, 2008
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Members of Picture the Homeless and the Radical Homosexual Agenda joined
forces on June 24 for a protest at the Gracie Mansion where billionaire Mayor
Michael Bloomberg was hosting a dinner and reception in honor of LGBT Pride
Month....
Posted Jul 2, 2008
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Since its founding in 2000, Fabulous Independent Educated Radicals for
Community Empowerment! (FIERCE!) has worked strenuously to create and amplify a
voice for LGBTQ youth of color in New York City....
Posted Feb 7, 2008
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U.S. and British military public relations, and their embedded media, focused
on Taliban laws and attitudes about same-sex love to agitate for the October
2001 invasion and justify occupation....
Posted Dec 16, 2007
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