Groups are organizing around the country to demonstrate the LGBT community's disappointment over the passage of the anti-gay marriage measure, Proposition 8, in California, as well as anti-gay marriage amendments that were also approved by narrow-minded voters in Florida and Arizona.  Of course, we here in Georgia have been living ... ...

Earlier this primary season the Barack Obama campaign made history with the first ever LGBT specific presidential advertisement. The theme continues as President-Elect Barack Obama outlines his Administration's policy agenda for the LGBT community and promises to continue to "speak... ...

The website for President-elect Barack Obama’s transition team has posted a fairly comprehensive list of policy objectives for the LGBT community, including fully inclusive employment non-discrimination protections, hate crime protections, repeal of “don’t ask, don’t tell,” expanded adoption rights and “full civil unions and federal rights for LGBT couples.” So while I’m happy to see the president-elect sign on to a very comprehensive LGBT civil rights agenda, I would be very surprised to see White House leadership on these issues. I expect that Obama will have his hands full with the economy and pressing issues in Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and ...

We’re dealing with a new movement. New rules. New pain and hurt. New emotion. It’s all raw and it hasn’t been formed into any sort of movable movement — at least not yet. Almost 40 years since Stonewall, the LGBT community is experiencing a re-birth. What will come of it is yet to be known. is this true? Are we dealing with a new type of Movement? If this is a new type then I would also have to ask what rules are we playing by now.? Just who is making these rules for us to follow? I do agree ...

There are people trying to stop this movement. People who want to discriminate against us is just one group. The other group is people inside our movement who are pointing fingers at a group and demonizing it. The 21st century cannot be stopped.The floodgates have opened and we will not go back.Look at these protests America, and learn this: The homosexual community represents EVERY race, religion, and creed in this country. In fact, the LGBT community is an exact microcosm of these United States. People say that we are not a legitimate minority because homosexuality is an act or a ...

I live in Rocky Mount, NC, this pass Saturday the 15th I attend the National Prop8 protest in Greenville, NC. The event first off could have been better organize,first it was to be held at the courthouse, somewhere along the line it was move to City Hall. There were between 32 and 40 people at this event. Very small turn out. But I have to wonder who the turn out be the same if it was held in Rocky Mount? I have to wonder about this. The Raleigh event had close if not more then 1400 people, from the community. Rocky ...

This is from Q-Notes A statewide LGBT advocacy and lobbying group in South Carolina is facing possible closure if it doesn’t meet its budget requirements by the end of the year. After the economic crisis, Drew said the average size of contributions was cut by almost half. As a result of the diminished income, the organization buckled down and shaved off every extra expense — a message made clear in the letter. “In this crisis, the Board of Directors and I have reacted quickly and created a business survival plan,” the letter read. “We were already a ‘lean and mean’ organization, ...

Below will be the Good, the Bad and Ugly, about this National Protest. Click here to be taken to my Public photo Album of this event. The protest was to take place in front of the Courthouse, so where along the line they decide to have it in front of City Hall of Greenville, NC, and a course there was a church on the other side of the road. I arrive early to Greenville this Saturday. I had lunch at The Tipsy Teapot (490 South Evans Street, Greenville). One of their employee was at the protest. There was ...

I had a discussion today with a straight person who thought that "gay people are okay - the ones I've met just want to be like everybody else I know. They want to be a part of mainstream American culture." He explained that that's why "they" want marriage, tax rights, etc.But as a queer person, I don't want to assimilate into mainstream American culture. Mainstream American Culture is full of things that I do not like about the world.Reading all sorts of white LGBT bloggers writing about how black people or black churches "lost us the proposition 8" battle reminds ...

link to their photo gallery As I browse through their photos I become proud of our lesbian sisters. All were welcome at their events, Every form of Lesbianism was there, from the lipstick to the Macho Dykes. From thin to full figure and more. Nice to see our sister welcoming each other, while their brother are so vain and self-center, where in our brotherhood we must all look like, those that don't fix in our class just need to get lost. Where only the jock type of bodies are welcome but on the other hand if you are slightly over ...

Hi there!  It's dickie I'm Just Gaying... filling for David with a guest post concerning the protest against James Dobson held in Chicago last night.  I hope you enjoy and I hope you go get involved as well.  Oh, and be sure to swing by I'm Just Gaying... sometime! In a post from my old blog, I talked about attending rallies and protests. At the time, I held a belief that people that attended protests often could care less about the protest itself. They either wanted to push their own agenda (which was hardly ever the same as the ...

"I'm proud of all of you who are standing up with us to protest prop 8 and the hate that it stands for. I am most proud of my wife who amazes me with her strength and devotion to this site and to the people who visit here. It's not easy to stand up for what is right and I'm sure that most of you have felt the pain of being a "second class citizen". Right now is the time for us to fight these injustices together and strike while the iron is hot! Do not let our ...