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 …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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Professional organizations like the American Psychiatric Association (APA) have designated Transgender people “sick.” Until 1973, the same “sick” designation was applied to gays – but protest forced a change. GLN’s Dr. Ronnie Drantz and Brent Holman-Gomez discuss the very political, …
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Andre Perez leads a discussion of a new project he’s launching focusing on an often-neglected portion of the LGBT community, recording the histories of Transgender, Transsexual,Intersex, and Genderqueer people. Since our show is for a general audience of people who …
Transgender Oral History Read more »
Despite spending more per capita on healthcare than any other nation in the world, the United States ranks worse than 30 other countries in the quality of care it delivers to its residents. Many preventable diseases are allowed to fester, …
Healthcare Reform & LGBT People Read more »
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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The Gay Liberation Network’s Scott Free discusses Chicago’s premiere LGBT music/performance event, Alt Q, which aims to bring together leading Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans performers in one venue each year. For too many years, street fairs and entertainment events …
Alt Q Festival: A Celebration of LGBT Music and Performance Read more »
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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