 Canada.com | Gay Bishop to Deliver Prayer at Inaugural Concert Washington Post, United States - By Jacqueline L. Salmon Episcopal Bishop V. Gene Robinson, an openly gay man whose ordination helped touch off a worldwide struggle within the Anglican ... Openly Gay Episcopal Bishop to Deliver Invocation at Lincoln Memorial Gay bishop gets role at Obama inauguration event After Rick Warren Flap, Gay Activists Cheer Obama's Invite of Gene ... |
 Entertainment Weekly | 'Greek' exclusive: Meet Calvin's new gay crush Entertainment Weekly - Greek's stereotype-shattering gay brother, Calvin, is going to literally have his hands full this semester. (Oh, no he di'int. Oh, yes I did. ... Exclusive "Greek" scoop! Meet Calvin's potential new love interest! |
Kalamazoo City Commission repeals gay rights law Chicago Tribune, United States - Six weeks after passing a gay rights law, the Kalamazoo City Commission has voted to rescind it. The commission voted Dec. 1 to make it a civil offense in ... City repeals gay-rights ordinance; commissioners hope compromise ... |
Ruby-Sachs: Civil Rights Progress - Taking Stock Before the ... Huffington Post, NY - But, in this time of struggle for many LGBT Americans, I can't help wondering why those who are passionate about some civil rights, aren't interested in all ... LGBT Rights: The Civil-Rights Struggle of Generation Y |
LGBT couples stressed by Prop. 8 The Post Online, OH - Nelson organized a rally in Athens in December to get young LGBT individuals and friends to demonstrate for same-sex marriage and equality. ... A Movement in the Wrong Direction Supporting the gay community is not an obstacle to re-election ... MARRIAGE EQUALITY USA RELEASES REPORT: "PROP 8 HURT MY FAMILY, ASK ... |
LGBT-Friendly Caribbean Resorts Caribbean Travel News, WI - The luxurious yet intimate Inn on the Blue Horizon Vieques is popular with LGBT travelers, celebrities and business leaders. A majority of the nine guest ... |
Traveling GLBT art exhibit comes out to YorkArts York Daily Record, PA - Don Blyler III of Lancaster County curated the exhibit after directors of the Common Roads organization for GLBT youth decided an arts event would be a good ... |
Games include GLBT characters The Olympian, WA - While "Fable II" is gaymer-friendly, it is not the first video game with GLBT possibilities. "There is a history of GLBT characters appearing in video games ... |
We have overcome. Now keep going Pittsburgh Post Gazette, PA - I assumed anti-discrimination laws covering GLBT people were already on the books in Allegheny County, if not statewide -- but that isn't the case. ... |
On May 16, 2007, Sean Kennedy, a 20-year old gay man, was attacked on the streets of Greenville, South Carolina. He died of his injuries later that night. Yet, because of the lack of hate crimes legislation, his attacker may be eligible for parole in February!Sean was a brave young man with a bright, infectious smile. But his life was cut short and justice left unserved. Now, PFLAG is joining with Sean’s mother, Elke Kennedy, and asking all of our members to write to the parole board and urge them to rule that Moller must serve his complete sentence for this heinous, anti-gay crime.
Because South Carolina â€" and many other states- lack protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people, Moller was able to plea-bargain to involuntary manslaughter charges (considered a “non-violent crimeâ€) and received a suspended five to three years sentence for his crime. Because of the credit he received for time served before sentencing, his full sentence means that he will be free in September 2009. And he is also eligible for parole in February, which means that he will have served only 8 months of his full sentence for Sean’s death.
The parole board is currently conducting a review on whether to grant Moller parole. It is critically important that they hear from our community, and that we each send a strong message that it is unacceptable to grant such early parole following a brutal anti-gay murder!
Please join us in writing a letter to the parole board, and ask them to deny Stephen Moller’s parole. If you have the time, please write a personal letter by hand or by computer, as those will be the most effective, and if you knew Sean or his family personally, please include that information.
Also, please let Elke Kennedy, Sean’s mother, know if you send a letter. Elke has asked that you also send her a copy of the letter, so she can have copies to take with her to the parole hearing. This will help her in building her case â€" and send a clear message that PFLAG families won’t tolerate anti-gay violence.
Be sure to include Moller's full name and ID number: Stephen Andrew Moller - SCDC ID # 00328891.
Send your letters to:
Department of Probation Pardon and Parole Services
2221 Devine Street, Suite 600,
PO Box 50666
Columbia, SC 29250
Also, please be sure to send a copy to Elke Kennedy, Sean’s mother. You can send materials to her at:
Elke@seanslastwish.org
Or via mail: Elke Kennedy
PO Box 5697
Greenville, SC 29606
Be sure to read about PFLAG’s policy position in advocating for federal hate crimes legislation, too â€" to ensure that all people in all states have protections, and that future anti-gay violence will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law!
Join PFLAG Dayton, Ohio and actor Ryan Kelley (who stars as Bobby, above with Sigourney Weaver as his mother, Mary) for their chapter Prayers for Bobby viewing party. Here's the details...
When: Sunday, January 25, 2009 at 3:00 PM
Where: Cross Creek Metropolitan Church
667 Miamisburg-Centerville Road
Dayton, OH 45459
RSVP: via e-mail: daytonpflag@yahoo.com or by phone: 937-426-8037
There will be no charge. We will be asking for donations at the event. Seating is limited.
P.S.: If your chapter is sponsoring a Prayers for Bobby viewing party, please let us know!
Robert Gibbs, press secretary for President-Elect Obama, responded to a supporter's question about the new commander-in-chief's support for repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" with a simple - and unmistakable - response.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves. For more information, and the full video, visit Change.gov online.
We couldn't have said it better ourselves. For more information, and the full video, visit Change.gov online.
My friend and college, Adele, over at Existential Punk has a great post about recycling…yes recycling, you know, being ecologically sound minded. As someone who grew up in Michigan, a state that recycles everything (and therefore you don’t see trash all over the sides of the road) then moving to Florida where recycling is minimal, [...]
There is a great post on American Chronicle about how the Right is scrambling to draw a new game plan after their hefty defeat this past November. According to this particular post, part of their re-thinking is re-visiting their past…and not some much their recent past, but their way past. Here is an excerpt from the [...]
Gene Robinson, the Episcopal Bishop from New Hampshire who has been a vocal and strong advocate of gay rights, will open President-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration celebration with a prayer at the Lincoln Memorial for Sunday’s kick-off event. In an email, Robinson binson states; “I am writing to tell you that President-Elect Obama and the Inaugural Committee have invited [...]
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