HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Dec. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Shepard Fairey will judge an art contest based on graphic "remixes" of his poster DEFEND EQUALITY LOVE UNITES which he produced by commission from FAIR (Freedom Action Inclusion Rights), a grass-roots organization formed to promote equal rights and combat homophobia. The contest launched over two weeks ago on deviantART.com, the largest community of artists ever assembled. The contest, which challenges deviantART members to re-conceive Shepard's 'Defend Equality Love Unites' image, has exploded since its debut. To date, there is a contentious but organic online dialogue from the deviantART community with comments numbering more than 6,000 individual posts and over 1400 submissions. These numbers make this one of deviantART's most popular contests ever. Full details on the contest can be found at http://news.deviantart.com/article/99837/.
After a debate that underscored that civil unions are not the equivalent of marriage, today the New Jersey State Senate failed to pass legislation recognizing marriage equality for same-sex couples, voting 20-14 against the bill. The bill had passed out of the Judiciary Committee by a 7 to 6 vote this past December. After today’s vote, Garden State Equality [...]
On Tuesday, the Salt Lake County government passed two non-discrimination ordinances that would cover lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the workplace and in housing. This achievement comes on the heels of similar non-discrimination ordinances passed by Salt Lake City in late 2009. Due to the way the county government is structured, these ordinances only [...]
The New York Times reported yesterday that former Rep. Harold Ford, D-Tenn. is considering opposing Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-NY in the 2010 New York Primary. After losing a race for Senate in his home state of Tennessee in 2006, Ford moved to New York and has worked for Merrill Lynch. But Ford’s positions and values greatly [...]
MENDHAM TWP. - PFLAG, Morris County (Parents, Family and Friends of Gays and Lesbians), is a confidential, mutual support group to help parents, grandparents and friends adjust to a child’s gay or lesbian orientation. The group meets at 7:30 p.m. on the second Monday of each month at Brookside Community Church, 8 E. Main St.
Long Beach. The organizers of the 27th Annual Long Beach Lesbian and Gay Pride Celebration are seeking applications from booth and food vendors and other potential participants.
Following bitter defeats in California, Maine and New York, the gay and lesbian community has a New Year's victory to celebrate.
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