Friday, April 15th is the National Day of Silence sponsored by GLSEN. To find out how you can participate go to their website: http://www.dayofsilence.org/ GLSEN Day of Silence PSA with Lance Bass: http://youtu.be/T8kNYV5EAVw Take action. Be a part of the solution. Let’s replace the prejudice and hatred with compassion and Respect for All. -MsQueer ©2011 [...]
Archive for the ‘Anger Into Action’ Category
Day of Silence April 15th 2011
April 14, 2011
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via NPR: Wash. Lawmaker Introduces Valentine’s Day Gay Marriage Bill
February 15, 2011
by Brianna Butterfield You can also listen to the audio HERE February 14, 2011 from N3 OLYMPIA, Wash. – Lawmakers in Olympia don’t expect to pass many hot-button social bills in the midst of the budget crisis. But gay rights advocates took Valentine’s Day as an opportunity to make the case for same-sex marriage. ———————————————— [...]
Posted in acceptance, Activism, Anger Into Action, CA Proposition 8, culture, discrimination, family, gay, gay families, gay marriage, gay-straight alliance, gays and politics, gender discrimination, glbt, hate crimes, homophobia, HRC, human rights, lesbian, lgbt, LGBT Allies, MsQueer, Same Sex Civil Unions, Tolerance | Tagged: gay, gay culture, gay families, gay marriage, gay rights, homophobia, human rights, lgbt, LGBT Allies, love, MsQueer, Proposition 8, same sex civil unions, same sex marriage | Leave a Comment »
Fight Child Trafficking at Super Bowl 2011
January 24, 2011
from Change.org: Every year, children as young as 11 are trafficked involuntarily to Super Bowl cities. There, football fans – usually men, often inebriated – will pay traffickers to have sex with them. The Texas Attorney General estimates these kids have a life expectancy of just seven years from the time they’re first trafficked. This [...]
Posted in Activism, Anger Into Action, Child Trafficking, culture, discrimination, domestic violence, family, gay, gay families, Gay Parenthood, gay-straight alliance, HRC, human rights, lgbt, LGBT Allies, MsQueer, safe schools, sexual abuse, Super Bowl 2011 | Tagged: child abuse, child trafficking, culture, gay, gay culture, gay families, gay rights, gay teens, gay youth, glbt, human rights, human trafficking, MsQueer, queer, Super Bowl 2011 | 1 Comment »
2010 in review
January 2, 2011
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Fresher than ever. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 4,200 times in 2010. That’s about 10 full [...]
Posted in Activism, Anger Into Action, anti-gay legislation, Awards, Bette Porter, Bullying in Schools, Coming Out, culture, discrimination, Equality, family, Freedom To Marry, gay, gay adoption, gay buying power, gay commitment ceremony, gay families, gay marriage, Gay Parenthood, gay philanthropy, gay political influence, gay teens, Gay TV, gay youth, gay-straight alliance, gays and politics, Gays in Military, gender discrimination, GLAAD, glbt, GLSEN, hate crimes, homeless gay youth, homeless youth, homophobia, HRC, human rights, Ilene Chaiken, Jennifer Beals, Kate Moennig, Katherine Moennig, Laurel Holloman, Lawrence King, lesbian, Lesbian Chat Sites, lgbt, LGBT Allies, LGBTQ Social Networking, life, lipstick lesbians, MsQueer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Obituaries, Our Chart, Parenting Gay Youth, Pioneer Gay Rights Activists, queer, Queer TV, safe schools, Same Sex Civil Unions, sexism, student mental health, student suicides, suicide prevention, teens, The L Word, The L Word Final Season, The Trevor Project, TiBette, Tina Kennard, Tolerance, transgender, troubled youth, Who Killed Jennifer Schecter?, youth | Tagged: Alice Pieszecki, Bette Porter, bullying, gay, gay culture, gay families, gay marriage, gay rights, gay teen helpline, gay teen suicide, gay teens, Gay TV, Gay TV Shows, gay youth, glbt, homophobia, human rights, Ilene Chaiken, Jennifer Beals, Jenny Schecter, Kate Moennig, Katherine Moennig, Laurel Holloman, Leisha Hailey, lesbian, lgbt, LGBT Allies, love, Mia Kirshner, MsQueer, Our Chart, Pam Grier, queer, Queer TV Shows, Rose Rollins, Shane McCutcheon, ShowTime, Tasha Williams, The L Word, The Planet, The Trevor Project, TiBette, Tina Kennard, TLW, troubled gay youth | Leave a Comment »
GLOBAL PRAYER AND MEDITATION FOR PEACE AND PROSPERITY
December 12, 2010
December 21, 6:00 A.M. Cairo, Egypt There are people of all Faiths and all Religions coming together to pray, and to focus/mediate on celebrating global peace and prosperity at this time. Join us in your places of worship and praising of all good things. Note that this falls on different days in other countries and [...]
Posted in Activism, Anger Into Action, Climate Change, Earth Changes, Equality, glbt, human rights, lgbt, MsQueer, Planetary Evolution, World Peace | Tagged: glbt, Global Prayer and Meditation, Heal the Planet, human rights, lgbt, MsQueer, queer, World Peace | Leave a Comment »
Curing Hate Within the LGBTQ
November 9, 2010
We are at a crossroad as LGBTQ people. We are actively lobbying in the political arena for equal rights. We are also vocal in the socio-cultural arena “demanding” Respect. We can March, we can Lobby, we can form non-profit Activist groups until we are blue in the face, BUT UNTIL WE ARE WILLING TO LIVE [...]
Posted in Activism, Anger Into Action, Bullying in Schools, Coming Out, culture, discrimination, Equal Rights, family, Freedom To Marry, gay, gay families, gay marriage, Gay Parenthood, gay political influence, gay teens, gay youth, gay-straight alliance, gays and politics, gender discrimination, GLAAD, glbt, GLSEN, hate crimes, homophobia, HRC, human rights, lesbian, lgbt, LGBT Allies, MsQueer, Parenting Gay Youth, queer, Same Sex Civil Unions, sexism, society, student suicides, teens, The Trevor Proejct, Tolerance, transgender, Transgender Day of Remebrance, troubled youth, youth, YouTube Videos | Tagged: 2010 Election, culture, Domestic Partner Rights, equality, gay, gay culture, gay families, gay marriage, gay politics, gay rights, gay teens, gay youth, Gender Neutrality, hate crimes, homophobia, human rights, inclusion, It Gets Better Project, lesbian, lgbt, LGBT Allies, MsQueer, queer, Respect, same sex marriage, The Trevor Project, tolerance, transgender, transgender inclusion | Leave a Comment »
“It Gets Better” (Broadway sings for the Trevor Project)
October 20, 2010
AWESOME Video put together for The Trevor Project and the It Gets Better Project. Thanks to all who made this video possible – you are amazing. Nuff said! Please help share this video with as many people as you can! Help get this beautiful and powerful message out to our LGBTQ Youth! -Deb Adler ©2010 [...]
Posted in Activism, Anger Into Action, anti-gay legislation, Bullying in Schools, Coming Out, culture, discrimination, Equality, family, gay, gay families, Gay Parenthood, gay political influence, gay teens, gay youth, gay-straight alliance, gays and politics, gender discrimination, GLAAD, glbt, GLSEN, hate crimes, homophobia, HRC, human rights, Lawrence King, lesbian, lgbt, LGBT Allies, life, MsQueer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Suicide prevention Week, Parenting Gay Youth, Positive Action Demonstrations, queer, safe schools, society, student mental health, student suicides, suicide prevention, teens, The Trevor Proejct, Tolerance, transgender, troubled youth, youth | Tagged: anti-gay, Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, bisexual, bullying, Caleb Nolt, civil rights, Cody J. Barker, culture, dadt, doma, enda, equality, Felix Sacco, gay, GLAAD, glbt, harassment, Harrison Chase Brown, human rights, human rights activists, It Gets Better Project, lesbian, lgbt, MsQueer, non-discrimination, prop8, queer, Raymond Chase, Seth Walsh, student, suicide, The Trevor Project, transgender, Tyler Clementi | Leave a Comment »
Wear Purple on October 20 for Spirit Day
October 20, 2010
GLAAD (Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) has launched a “Wear Purple on October 20 for Spirit Day” Campaign on Facebook, Twitter and through its website: http://www.glaad.org/spiritday to ask people to honor the recent LGBTQ teens who committed suicide and to End Anti-Gay Bullying. Here are some of the suggested additional activities: “ On Wednesday, [...]
Posted in Activism, Anger Into Action, anti-gay legislation, Bullying in Schools, Coming Out, culture, discrimination, Equality, family, gay, gay families, Gay Parenthood, gay teens, gay youth, gay-straight alliance, gays and politics, gender discrimination, GLAAD, glbt, GLSEN, hate crimes, homophobia, HRC, human rights, lesbian, LGBT Allies, LGBTQ Social Networking, MsQueer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, National Suicide prevention Week, Parenting Gay Youth, Positive Action Demonstrations, queer, safe schools, student mental health, student suicides, suicide prevention, teens, The Trevor Proejct, Tolerance, transgender, troubled youth, youth | Tagged: anti-gay, Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, bisexual, bullying, Caleb Nolt, civil rights, Cody J. Barker, culture, dadt, doma, enda, equality, Felix Sacco, gay, GLAAD, glbt, harassment, Harrison Chase Brown, human rights, human rights activists, It Gets Better Project, lesbian, lgbt, MsQueer, non-discrimination, prop8, queer, Raymond Chase, Seth Walsh, student, suicide, The Trevor Project, transgender, Tyler Clementi | Leave a Comment »
Stand Up To Youth Suicide
October 12, 2010
This is re-published from YouTube channel SeanChapin1 | October 10, 2010 “Video montage of the “Stand Up To Youth Suicide” rally and candle light march in San Francisco on October 8, 2010, organized by Affirmation: Gay and Lesbian Mormons. Featuring speakers from The Trevor Project, GSA Network, Soulforce and more (including myself singing my original [...]
Posted in ACLU, Activism, Anger Into Action, anti-gay legislation, Bullying in Schools, CA Proposition 8, Coming Out, culture, discrimination, Equal Rights, Equality, family, gay, gay families, gay marriage, Gay Parenthood, gay teens, gay youth, gay-straight alliance, gays and politics, gender discrimination, GLAAD, glbt, GLSEN, hate crimes, homophobia, HRC, human rights, lesbian, lgbt, LGBT Allies, LGBT Centers, life, MsQueer, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, Positive Action Demonstrations, queer, safe schools, Same Sex Civil Unions, sexism, student mental health, student suicides, teens, The Trevor Proejct, Tolerance, transgender, troubled youth, youth | Tagged: anti-gay, Asher Brown, Billy Lucas, bisexual, bullying, Caleb Nolt, civil rights, Cody J. Barker, culture, dadt, doma, enda, equality, Felix Sacco, gay, glbt, harassment, Harrison Chase Brown, human rights, human rights activists, It Gets Better, lesbian, lgbt, MsQueer, non-discrimination, prop8, queer, Raymond Chase, Seth Walsh, student, suicide, The Trevor Project, transgender, Tyler Clementi | Leave a Comment »
It Gets Better Project – Deb Adler
September 28, 2010
Here’s the video and the text from my submission to the “It Gets Better Project” on You Tube. Hi. My name is Deb Adler. I’ve been out for about 40 years. I’m a singer-songwriter. I’ve been a professional actor, a businesswoman, an entrepreneur, and I‘m also the author of a blog called MsQueer.com. I just [...]
Posted in Activism, Anger Into Action, Bullying in Schools, Coming Out, culture, Del Martin, Ellen Degeneres, family, gay, gay families, gay teens, gay youth, gay-straight alliance, gender discrimination, glbt, GLSEN, hate crimes, homophobia, human rights, lesbian, lgbt, LGBT Allies, MsQueer, National Suicide prevention Week, Parenting Gay Youth, Phyllis Lyon, Pioneer Gay Rights Activists, queer, safe schools, society, student mental health, student suicides, suicide prevention, teens, The Trevor Proejct, Toll Free Help Lines, transgender, troubled youth, volunteerism, youth, YouTube Videos | Tagged: bullying, Bullying in Schools, culture, Del Martin, gay, gay culture, gay families, gay rights, gay teen helpline, gay teen suicide, gay teens, gay youth, glbt, homophobia, human rights, It Gets Better Project, LBGTQ, lesbian, Lesbian/Woman, LGBT Allies, MsQueer, Phyllis Lyon, queer, safe schools, self esteem, The Trevor Project, YouTube | 1 Comment »
