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 »
Rick Rozoff is not only Chicago’s premiere expert on the NATO military alliance, he is internationally renowned for his encyclopedia knowledge of the largest such alliance in world history. With NATO coming to Chicago this May, our local media has …
What’s Wrong With NATO? Read more »
The Gay Liberation Network has long argued that LGBT people shouldn’t concern ourselves only with our own rights. We are a rainbow community, many of us sharing additional oppressed identities in addition to being LGBT. We must not only demand …
Eyewitness Honduras: Since the U.S.-Supported Coup Read more »
With the recent victories for equal marriage rights in California and Washington state, full marriage rights for same-sex couples is finally on the legislative agenda in Springfield. But standing in the way is Chicago’s Cardinal Francis George, who can be …
Cardinal George vs. Equal Rights Read more »
Chicago’s Cardinal George recently got himself in hot water by comparing gay rights demonstrators to the KKK, then defending that comment on at least two occasions subsequently, before finally saying “sorry” in a short note posted on the Archdiocesan website. …
Countering Bigotry in Church Leadership Read more »
In the run-up to Chicago May 2012 G8/NATO summits, the City is preparing to pass repressive legislation designed to punish protesters for exercising their 1st Amendment rights. Predictably, Mayor Emanuel introduced the legislation by saying that it was “just” for …
The 1st Amendment & Chicago’s G8 / NATO Protests Read more »
Minutes after taking office in 2008, President Obama’s first promise to the American people was that he was going to close down the notorious Guantanamo Bay prison camp, where people were being imprisoned for years in conditions internationally recognized as …
10 Years of Injustice at Guantanamo Bay 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 Occupy Wall Street Movement has captured international attention as a breath of fresh air in contrast to the financial scandals, economic malaise and bankruptcy of “mainstream” politics. What stake do Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender people have in this …
The ‘Occupy Movement’ and LGBTs Read more »
Scott Lively, widely seen as the principal North American promoter of Uganda’s infamous “kill-the-gays bill,” was recently honored by the anti-gay hate group “Americans For Truth About Homosexuality” in Arlington Hts, IL. While Lively and AFTAH founder Peter LaBarbera have …
Opposing Anti-Gay Hate Groups Read more »
