Online and Off, Millennials Redefine Civil Rights Activism
Many believe that if Millenials are online activists and information seekers, we are not also at rallies or organizing at our schools. This is just patently untrue.
Many believe that if Millenials are online activists and information seekers, we are not also at rallies or organizing at our schools. This is just patently untrue.
Sara Whitman | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics
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?
Rep. Lois Capps | Posted 04.25.2008 | Home
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.
Hilary Rosen | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
Washington is agog with celebrations of the Holy Father, so I hate to be a pooper at the papal party but...it is worth pointing out a visit by another holy man to the U.S. last week.
Sara Whitman | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics
Dear Senator Kennedy: I understand you are going to support a non-gender identity inclusive Employment Non-Discrimination Act. As a constituent, as a lesbian but mostly, as a mother, I am asking you to reconsider.
Jennifer L. Pozner | Posted 03.01.2008 | Entertainment
Hearing Ellen qualify her outrage at a gay child's murder by saying "This is not political" seemed to map to her discomfort in addressing serious and, yes, political LGBT issues on air.
Huffington Post | Posted 02.29.2008 | Media
Ellen Degeneres took a moment on her show Friday to remember 15-year-old Lawrence King. King was shot and killed by 14-year-old Brandon McInerney, who...
Dipayan Gupta | Posted 02.26.2008 | Media
When one cuts an hour-long show down to 24 minutes, some sacrifices must be made. But excluding this murder while giving ample room to a kid singing in his underwear is a terrible lapse in judgment.
Sara Whitman | Posted 02.18.2008 | Life
The message of hate is getting through to our kids, loud and clear. It's okay to kill someone who freaks you out because they don't fit a gender role to your liking.
Tom Gregory | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
Fifteen-year-old Brandon McInerney has absorbed and internalized the slandering tongue of the president for half his life; it's no wonder he pulled the trigger on a gay student.
LA Times | Catherine Saillant and Gregory W. Griggs | Posted 02.14.2008 | Home
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Tanene Allison | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics