| [USA]: BREAKING: NAACP Endorses Marriage Equality |
[19 May 2012|10:47pm] |
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The Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), the United State’s of America’s largest and oldest civil rights organization, today endorsed marriage equality at an meeting on Saturday, 19 May 2012. The organization had originally been founded in 1909 to improve the lives of the country’s African American citizens.
The NAACP’s move comes as attitudes in the African American community towards lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people are changing rapidly. A recent poll found that 54% of African Americans supported US President Barak Obama’s recent decision to also personally endorse marriage equality in the USA and his additional remarks that he favors the repeal of DOMA, the misnamed “Defense of Marriage Act” that codified anti-marriage discrimination into law on a federal level.
The Decision Affirms Opposition to Government Efforts to Codify Discrimination
“The mission of the NAACP has always been to ensure the political, social and economic equality of all people,” said Roslyn M. Brock, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NAACP. “We have and will oppose efforts to codify discrimination into law.”
“Civil marriage is a civil right and a matter of civil law. The NAACP’s support for marriage equality is deeply rooted in the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution and equal protection of all people” said Benjamin Todd Jealous, President and CEO of the NAACP. “The well-funded right wing organizations who are attempting to split our communities are no friend to civil rights, and they will not succeed.”
Below is the text of the resolution passed by the NAACP board of directors:
The NAACP Constitution affirmatively states our objective to ensure the “political, education, social and economic equality” of all people. Therefore, the NAACP has opposed and will continue to oppose any national, state, local policy or legislative initiative that seeks to codify discrimination or hatred into the law or to remove the Constitutional rights of LGBT citizens. We support marriage equality consistent with equal protection under the law provided under the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Further, we strongly affirm the religious freedoms of all people as protected by the First Amendment.
Source NAACP, Bi Magazine, Democratic Underground, TransGriot
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| Please check your own privileges at the door |
[15 May 2012|09:47pm] |
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Sometimes we don’t have to look too far to find the people who persecute members of the LGBTQ+ Community(s).
Be honest. How many of these have you used? And how many of these have been used against you?
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| Positivity: Mental Illness + the LGBTQ Community |
[16 Apr 2012|09:28pm] |
I thought a few of you here may be interested in this. I know that community promotions aren't allowed, but I thought that maybe since this (mentioned below) is relevant, and that it could possibly be helpful and/or inspiring to many of you, that this wouldn't be under that same category... If this is unacceptable, I'm so sorry! I didn't mean to break any rules!
New blog -- Positivity: Mental Illness + the LGBTQ Community
It's a blog I (Crazy-Making) created about the stigma surrounding mental illness, as well as the stigma regarding the LGBTQ community. This blog is for those of us who need that little extra inspirational push throughout the day. Personal stories, anecdotes, suggestions, inspirational things, etc. are definitely welcome.
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| Help a bi author and activist bring bi (and gay) characters to rock fiction. :) |
[15 Mar 2012|03:15pm] |
My first novel, Shadows in the Spotlight, is available for pre-order.
Please check out the info. Thank you.
Mods, if this isn't cool, just let me know. Thanks.
In 1981, the world shifted. Heavy Metal climbed to the top of charts around the world, displacing older styles and bringing young rebels out of the closet to bond together under cover of ear splitting feedback and chaotic distortion. In a smoky bar in Los Angeles, two young musical brothers meet up with a leader in the scouting world and together they form a band that changed the way Metal was perceived for a generation. More than that, they formed a family that stuck together while drugs and disease brought down the nation.
Marc Gadling and Jared West made no secret of their relationship when they were on stage. As Marc’s soaring vocals took the world to higher levels and Jared’s guitar pushed the envelope with every new chord and riff, it became clear to all watching that they were lovers. But what they and band mates Jason Matthews and Tony Gadling did keep secret was Jared’s own battle with AIDS. After Jared’s death, Marc spiraled out of control and his problems with drugs and alcohol almost ended everything for the band. It took the birth of his son to bring him back from the cliff’s edge.
Even still, the Music Gods had plans for the boys in Time Machine. With guitarist Michael Wilson at the strings, they started over, again changing and challenging the world’s definitions of Metal and Family while being brought to the brink as they face the one crisis they might never recover from.
This is their story.
( Details on how to order below the cut. )
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| South Asian Queer, Bi, and Gay men! |
[06 Mar 2012|03:00pm] |
Hello! We are part of a diverse research team composed of graduate students and faculty members at Teachers College, Columbia University. We are looking for individuals who would like to participate in a research study exploring the life experiences of South Asian sexual minority men (men whose sexual orientations are gay, bisexual, or queer). This survey should only take about 20 minutes of your time.
After reading below, if you are willing and eligible, please click on the link provided below. Thank you in advance for your time and input. We would really appreciate it if you could pass this message along to anyone else that you think may be eligible and willing to participate, it would be greatly appreciated!
Eligibility Criteria:
* Must be at least 18 years old
*Must identify as a sexual minority man (for example: gay, bisexual, or queer)
*Must identify as South Asian or of South Asian Descent
*Must reside in the United States
If you meet the above eligibility criteria and are interested in participating, please click on the below link to take you to the survey:
https://columbia.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_6S8VlLgV3A1lYEI
***This study has been approved by the Teachers College, Columbia University Institutional Review Board: Protocol #12-170. If you have any complaints, questions, concerns, or would like to know the results of the study, please feel free to contact Dr. Riddhi Sandil at sandil@tc.columbia.edu
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