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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Using a draconian June 2010 Supreme Court ruling, the Obama administration has targeted dozens of anti-war and international solidarity activists for FBI raids and grand jury subpoenas. These raids represent the most serious government attack on the anti-war movement in …
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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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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 »
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 …
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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 …
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