Feb 12th marks two years since the tragic murder of 15 year old Lawrence King due to his sexual orientation and gender expression. Lawrence King was an innocent victim of queerphobia, murdered simply because he asked a fellow classmate to be his valentine. We must never forget Lawrence King and the countless others murdered due to hate, and we must continue to fight for a comprehensive hate crimes legislation in every locale and an end to state-sanctioned homophobia/transphobia.MinnesotaEnd the ViolenceBlaine, MinnesotaFriday, February 12, 201011:00 a.m - 1:00 p.mLocation: Blaine High SchoolCo-Sponsored By: Blaine High School Gay Straight AllianceVirginiaVirginia"I Love ...
Ever since Osama bin Warren was allowed to unconstitutionally participate in the inauguration, there has been a growing disquiet with the Obama administration and congressional Democrats in the queer community. We constantly have been told to "give him a chance" whenever we speak up. Younger queers found it bizarre that basic rights are treated as trivialities which must be set aside indefinitely. Those of us who have been around longer remember being told "give him a chance" during a previous Administration only to have Bill Clinton turn out to be viciously homophobic.Cleve Jones and the other organizers of the ...
Randomly I caught this segment when it aired. I don’t know why I’m still shocked at this kind of thing, but I really am. Pat Robertson spread deliberate lies about the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Act, saying, “You know, there’s a law – what about a law that says it’s a federal crime to attack somebody because of his religious beliefs? Not a chance! . . . The noose has tightened the noose around the necks of Christians . . . and it was all embodied in something called the Hate Crimes Bill.”
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President Obama with Judy Shepard, mother of Mathew Shepard, in the Oval Office in June 2009Here are the President's Remarks on the signing of the Defense Reauthorization Act (which included the Mathew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr Hate Crimes Prevention Act) today white the White House emailed to its Press List:Now, speaking of that, there is one more long-awaited change contained within this legislation that I'll be talking about a little more later today. After more than a decade of opposition and delay, we've passed inclusive hate crimes legislation to help protect our citizens from violence based on ...