African countries passing harsh laws against LGBTs and our allies have been much in the gay press over the past year. But all too often African LGBTs have appeared as mute objects of repression, rather than people organizing to win …
LGBTI Solidarity in Africa Read more »
Chicago like many other big U.S. cities is increasingly marginalizing and pushing out working class and people of color. Sweetheart deals put millions of taxpayer dollars in the pockets of wealthy developers building luxury projects for other well-off and downright …
A City Just for the 1%? Read more »
Kim Hunt of Affinity Community Services joins Brent Holman-Gomez of the Gay Liberation Network to discuss the forthcoming October 22nd March on Springfield for Marriage Equality. Ms. Hunt explains the disappointment many felt over the failure to pass marriage equality …
Marching on Springfield for Marriage Equality Read more »
Many same-sex couples are living proof of the injustice of United States immigration laws. “Bi-national couples” – one person foreign-born and the other a U.S. citizen, face big challenges whether gay or straight, but same-sex couples face the additional burden …
U.S. Immigration Law Tearing LGBTs Apart Read more »
Respecting each other’s self-identification on gender is about respecting other people’s dignity and humanity. Transgender people face much higher levels of violence and unemployment than the general population, and so the last thing they need is disrespect. Kate Sosin, Senior …
Speaking Trans: A Primer on Gender Language Read more »
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender seniors face unique challenges as our identities and relationships are not always respected by institutional and government authorities. The vulnerabilities that all elders are potentially prone to are thus accentuated for LGBT seniors. In this …
Issues For LGBT Seniors Read more »
Openly bigoted Republicans have frequently used anti-gay hate as a “wedge issue” in election after election. Now the Democrats are using LGBT equal rights as a political football – cynically promising things to their LGBT core voters while doing nothing …
Gay Marriage: More Broken Promises, More Money For the Democrats Read more »
The Hyatt Hotel Chain is one of the “big 3” hotel groups in U.S. and its biggest stakeholder is the Chicago-centered Pritzker family, one of the ten wealthiest families in the world. For all their wealth, Hyatt is a notorious …
Hyatt Workers’ Struggle for Justice Read more »
The Gay Liberation Network’s Brent Holman-Gomez and Andy Thayer discuss how the Democrats got the drubbing they richly deserved. In betraying their promises of “change” to their supporters in the Black, Latino, LGBT, and anti-war activist communities, they got walloped …
The 2010 Drubbing of the Democrats 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 »