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#BlackLivesMatter Speaks Out On Orlando Killings

June 21, 2016 Staff, www.blacklivesmatter.com , , , , ,
By Staff of Black Lives Matter - Homegrown terror is the product of a long history of colonialism, including state and vigilante violence. It is the product of white supremacy and capitalism, which deforms the spirit and fuels interpersonal violence. We especially hold space for our Latinx family now, knowing that the vast majority of those murdered were Latinx, and many were specifically Puerto Rican. From the forced migration of thousands of young people from the island of Puerto Rico to Orlando, to the deadly forced migration throughout Latin America and the Caribbean...

Overnight Peace Vigil At NRA

June 18, 2016 Rebecca Green, www.codepink.org , ,
By Rebecca Green for Code Pink - This Monday, June 20, CODEPINK and a diverse coalition are organizing an overnight peace vigil in front of the NRA to honor the 49 people killed and 53 injured in the tragic mass shooting this past weekend in Orlando and call for a ban on assault weapons. We will have 49 hearts to honor those slain in the horrific act, and will have individuals volunteer to represent these lives that were ended too soon. We will be joined by representatives of Muslim groups, LGBTQ groups, anti-gun violence organizations, mothers who have lost children to gun violence, peace groups, and individuals who have been directly affected by the epidemic of gun violence

Queerness And Next System: Opening Up The Discussion

June 18, 2016 Erik Lampmann, www.thenextsystem.org
By Erik Lampmann for The Next System Project - For centuries, the erasure of LGBTQ people from public policy has been the norm. Trapped within the confines of our closets by regimes of sexual and gender conformity enforced by brutal violence, sterilization, and incarceration, LGBTQ people have long been denied formal political agency, legal recognition, and the ability to live as our full, authentic selves. It can be tempting to forget that, even in 2016, a presupposition of heterosexuality remains an integral component of this country’s cultural firmament.

LGBTQ Community Mourns Victims Of Orlando Shooting

June 17, 2016 John Zangas and Anne Meador, www.dcmediagroup.us , ,
By John Zangas and Anne Meador for DC Media Group - Washington, DC — Victims of the June 12 shooting at an Orlando, Fl., gay nightclub were remembered in two vigils in Washington, DC. Now pronounced the country’s deadliest mass shooting ever, the massacre was carried out by a lone gunman armed with a semi-automatic weapon who killed 49 people and injured 53 more at the Pulse nightclub. Hundreds of people in the Washington LGBTQ community and their supporters joined two separate gatherings at the White House and DuPont Circle to express feelings of grief, fear and anger.

They’re Killing Us. Help Us Stop Them.

June 16, 2016 Grace Dolan-Sandrino, www.otherwords.org , ,
By Grace Dolan-Sandrino for Other Worlds - From Orlando to Washington, a culture of fear and bigotry is taking hold of this country. We can stop it together. The weekend of June 12 sent me on a rollercoaster of emotions I never thought possible. The previous Friday, I was an invited participant in the first-ever White House Summit for African American LGBTQ Youth. I felt amazingly supported, empowered, and valued — by my school, by my family and friends, by President Obama, and by my LGBTQ community.

Stop Exploiting LGBTQ Issues To Demonize Islam

June 14, 2016 Glenn Greenwald, www.theintercept.com , ,
By Glenn Greenwald for The Intercept - IN THE LATE 1990s, Eric Rudolph — raised Catholic and affiliated for a time with a Christian Identity sect — bombed abortion clinics and a gay bar, insisting they were venues of immorality and evil. Last July, an Orthodox Jewish Israeli attacked the marchers in the Jerusalem LGBT pride parade, stabbing six of them, and one of them, a teenager, died of her wounds; justifying his attacks by appealing to Talmudic punishments for homosexuality, he had just been released from a 10-year prison term for doing the same in 2005.

Obama To Name Stonewall First National LGBT Rights Monument

May 6, 2016 Elizabeth Daley, www.advocate.com , , ,
By Elizabeth Daley for Advocate - President Obama is expected to sign a proposal which will designate New York City's historic Stonewall Inn as the nation's first LGBT national momument, the Associated Press reported Tuesday. Stonewall first became known as the birthplace of the LGBT rights movement following a series of riots which took place on June 28, 1969, during a routine police raid targeting LGBT clientele that frequented the space. The Inn's original location was designated a National Historic Landmark in 2000 and a New York City Landmark in 2015.

Repealing ‘Hate Bill 2’; Protesters Welcome Back NC Lawmakers

April 26, 2016 Deirdre Fulton, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Deirdre Fulton for Common Dreams - The legislation, which opponents say is unconstitutional, requires that transgender people use bathrooms that match the sex on their birth certificates, and forbids cities and counties from enacting their own ordinances to prohibit discrimination against lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender people. Lambda Legal, the ACLU, and the ACLU of North Carolina are fighting the law in federal court. More than 100 business executives, President Barack Obama, and countless social justice warriors have denounced HB 2.

Saudi Arabia Supports Right To Torture And Kill LGBT People

April 13, 2016 Kit O'Connell, www.mintpressnews.com , , ,
By Kit O'Connell for Mint Press News - GENEVA — At the most recent session of the U.N. Human Rights Council, Saudi Arabia objected to a resolution that condemns the use of torture by law enforcement and reaffirms the human rights of LGBT people. The resolution, passed during the council’s 31st session, which closed on March 24, condemns the use of torture “and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment,” and urges nations to prevent torture by police or during pre-trial detention.

Protesters Flood Streets As Discrimination Law Backlash Grows

March 31, 2016 Nika Knight, www.commondreams.org , , ,
By Nika Knight for Common Dreams - "If we don't get no justice, then they don't get no peace!" was the rallying cry echoing in the streets of downtown Chapel Hill, North Carolina, for hours on Tuesday. Hundreds of anti-discrimination activists flooded the streets and stopped traffic through the afternoon and evening in a planned protest against the state's sweeping, unprecedented anti-LGBTQ legislation signed into law last week.

Kentucky Clerk Violates Law Refuses Marriage License

September 1, 2015 Kevin Zeese, www.PopularResistance.org ,
By Kevin Zeese for Popular Resistance - David Moore and his partner, David Ermold, confronted Kim Davis on September 1 when she refused to grant them a marriage licence. Davis told them that the clerk's office would not be issuing any marriage licenses today, when asked under what authority she was denying them a license, she claimed to be acting "under God's authority." Those seeking licenses told her she was welcome to have her personal religious beliefs but they did not belong in a county building and should not be used as an excuse for denying them their legal rights under law. In the heated exchange, couples being denied a license accused Davis of bigotry. Moore said to everyone in the room "You should be ashamed of yourself. Everyone in this office should be ashamed of themselves. Is this what you want to remember? Is this what you want to remember — that you stood up for this? That you children have to look at you and realize that you are a bigot and that you discriminated against people?"

Israelis Protest Violence Against Gays and Palestinians

August 2, 2015 Noam 'Dabul' Dvir, Roi Yanovsky, Ahiya Raved, Gilad Mora, www.ynetnews.com , ,
By Noam 'Dabul' Dvir, Roi Yanovsky, Ahiya Raved, Gilad Mora for YNet News - Anti-violence rallies throughout Israel after acts of nationalist, homophobic terrorism Following two blood-soaked days, in which a Palestinian infant was killed and his parents and sibling were critically wounded in a fire and six people were hurt in a stabbing at Jerusalem's gay pride parade, thousands are expected to protest in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, and Haifa; President Rivlin, party chairpersons, and religious leaders to condemn violence. Several anti-violence demonstrations were being held throughout Israel on Saturday night, with Israelis crying out for justice in the wake of two shocking incidents of violence over the past few days.

Equality Is Far Away: Conversation W/ Authors Of “Queer (In)Justice”

July 20, 2015 Joe Macaré, www.truth-out.org , , , ,
By Joe Macaré in Truthout - LGBTQ leadership has also had an impact on broader campaigns and movements around police accountability at both the national and local levels. It's well known that both #BlackLivesMatter and BYP 100 were launched by queer Black womenwho have consistently insisted on a framework for understanding state violence and anti-Black racism that centers on the lives of Black women, trans and queer folks. Of course, that insistence hasn't always been heeded - but Black queer women on the front lines in Ferguson, in the leadership of BYP 100, and in chapters of #BlackLivesMatter and BYP 100 across the country have made it clear that this is a nonnegotiable part of the current movement and moment.

Privilege And Social Identity: Getting Real

July 19, 2015 Eva Orbuch, www.kosmosjournal.org , , ,
By Eva Orbuch in Kosmos Journal. Oakland, CA - Last Fall, I participated in one of the most meaningful educational experiences of my life—a training facilitated by Generation Waking Up. A very diverse group of 25 young adults spent three whole days together examining the major issues of our time and learning enlightening frameworks from which to re-view things like social justice, oppression, and the environment. What made the training go beyond solid curriculum and into actual shifts in our mindsets and hearts was our commitment to working deeply and intimately with ourselves and with each other. By the middle of the second day, we had shared a lot of our personal stories and often some of the pain that was behind who we are and why we act today.

The Ghosts Of Stonewall: Policing Gender, Policing Sex

July 9, 2015 Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock, www.truth-out.org , , ,
By Joey L. Mogul, Andrea J. Ritchie and Kay Whitlock in Truthdig - The policing of queer sexualities has been arguably the most visible and recognized point of contact between LGBT people and the criminal legal system. In many ways, policing of queers has not changed significantly since the days when it sparked outrage and resistance from LGBT communities, although its focus has narrowed to some degree. According to the New York City Anti-Violence Project, "Young queer people of color, transgender youth, homeless and street involved youth are more vulnerable to police violence... AVP's data analysis also reveals that transgender individuals are at a greater risk of experiencing police violence and misconduct than non trans people."
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