For three decades, national gay rights groups have acted as little better than wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Democratic Party, and have gotten precious little in return. In fact, Bill Clinton ran ads on Christian right radio stations bragging about signing …
Declaring Independence from the Democrats (& Republicans) Read more »
Americans For ‘Truth’ About Homosexuality (AFTAH) is a suburban-Chicago based organization which uses fake “studies” of gay people to rationalize why LGBT should not have legal equality. Its dishonesty in this endeavor is so persistent that it has been designated …
Who Is “Americans For Truth About Homosexuality?” Read more »
La Fiesta restaurant in south suburban Alsip did its level best to deny service to a local gay couple, Frankie Nielsen and Danny Hankes. What Frankie and Danny found out was that the enforcement provisions of Cook County and Illinois …
Kissing-In for Equal Rights in Cook County Read more »
The Gay Liberation Network’s Brent Holman-Gomez and Roger Fraser discuss the series of direct action protests demanding repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the ban on employment of openly gay, lesbian and bisexual people in the military. Brent and Roger …
“Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” & Update from Moscow Pride Read more »
Harvey Milk was one of the most prominent gay activists in history, successful in leading the fight to defeat an anti-gay ballot initiative in California three decades before Proposition 8. Tragically he was gunned down by an anti-gay assassin in …
Celebrating Harvey Milk Read more »
From sit-ins to directly confronting President Obama at his fundraisers, direct actions seemed to be coming back into favor as more and more progressives soured on the Democrats. In this episode the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz and Brent Holman-Gomez …
Using Direct Action Tactics to Promote Real Change Read more »
On the eve of the 7th anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Joleen Kirschenman of the Chicago Coalition Against Racism and the Gay Liberation Network’s Andy Thayer discuss how we can build a movement that forces the United States …
Organizing Against the Wars Read more »
Upon inauguration, President Obama’s first promise to the American people was to shut down the infamous Guantanamo Bay prison. Not only did Obama break that promise, he has managed to make the United States’ record on civil liberties violations even …
Organizing Against U.S.A. Torture Read more »
Recently a spate of performers who perform what is known as “Murder Music” have emerged in the U.S. music scene. One such band, “Evil Incarnate,” advocates murdering African Americans and gays, and is part of an attempt to rally youth …
Protesting Anti-Gay “Murder Music” Read more »
Maine was the latest in dozens of referendum defeats for the LGBT community. But it was eminently winnable. Unlike in many other campaigns, our side had a decisive 2-1 fundraising advantage. The examples of marriage equality not leading to the …
Analyzing the Defeat in Maine Read more »
