Hate Crime

Racial Incidents and Threats Against Obama Soar: Here Is a Chronicle

Greg Mitchell | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


Greg Mitchell

Since election day, the number of threats against the president-elect, and racial or violent incidents directed at his supporters, have soared, and the Secret Service is concerned.

A New Level of Hate

Sara Whitman | Posted 10.16.2008 | Living


Sara Whitman

In Illinois, an elementary school bus driver taunted a ten year-old boy, calling him "gay." He then, at the child's bus stop, encouraged other students to go beat him up.

Pro-Immigrant Media Campaigns

Naazish YarKhan | Posted 10.01.2008 | Media


Naazish YarKhan

Courtesy DuPage Immigrant Solidarity The majority of Americans do not hold extreme anti-immigrant views, but it is difficult for those of us who don'...

Tennessee Shooting: When will the Right Wing Go on Trial?

Sara Whitman | Posted 07.30.2008 | Living


Sara Whitman

When will we examine the right wing groups that create such hatred in our society? When will we put them on the stand and cross examine their lives, their homes, their parents?

Lawrence King Deserved To Die

Sara Whitman | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics


Sara Whitman

Lawrence King had the constitutional right to be dressed the way he chose to. Will gays be blamed for the violence against them for being out and proud?

When Silence Speaks Volumes

Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home


Rep. Lois Capps

Today is the 12th Annual National Day of Silence, an annual observation in which students across the country take a vow of silence to bring attention to anti-LGBT harassment faced by individuals in schools.