A recent video-taped stabbing in Chicago’s LGBT entertainment district has led to calls to “Take Back Boystown” — racist code words, we believe, against minority LGBT youth who hang out in the neighborhood. Rather than supporting expansion of neighborhood youth …
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Joe Murray of the Catholic, pro-LGBT Rainbow Sash organization is interviewed by Bob Schwartz of the Gay Liberation Network regarding a forthcoming protest against Chicago Cardinal Francis George at Holy Name Cathedral on February 13, 2011. Originally broadcast February 11, …
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In this show the Gay Liberation Network’s Bob Schwartz and Andy Thayer discuss the significance and real politic that went into Illinois’s new civil unions legislation. On a related note, they discuss the Obama administration’s cynical, go-slow approach to dismantling …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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How did the modern gay political movement emerge onto the public stage after decades of repression? What can we learn from the early modern gay movement of the early 1970s? On the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall Rebellion in New …
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Many Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) people are undocumented immigrants, and obviously have an interest in genuine immigration reform. But the crossover benefits of immigration reform for LGBT people are far more than that. Tanya Unzueta, an undocumented immigrant, …
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Uploaded on Jan 19, 2008 Part 5 of 7: 9th Annual Matthew Shepard March and Rally for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Freedom October 6, 2007 Chicago, Illinois. “Community Support & Solidarity” This segment features Gay Liberation Network member Bob …
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