Video Montage of the Meet in the Middle 4 Equality Rally in Fresno, CA
The Meet in the Middle 4 Equality rally in Fresno, CA took place on Saturday, May 30, the first Saturday after the California Supreme Court upheld discrimination in the state by upholding Prop 8, eliminating the fundamental civil right to marry for thousands of same sex couples in the state. Here is a video montage of the rally. 26 different speakers appear in the video below, including (but not limited to): Michelle Clunie, actress from Queer As Folk and Without a Trace Rabbi Denise READ MORE »
Prop 8 Decision Day: California Upholds Discrimination
The California Supreme Court upheld the discriminatory Proposition 8 and has yet again told its same sex citizens that they are not worthy of equal protection under the law. While the 18,000 same sex marriages that were performed in the short amount of time that the state recognized gay marriage in 2008 will be upheld, the option of marriage for thousands of other same sex couples in the state will not be able to become a reality–At least not until Prop 8 is overturned. While Prop 8 READ MORE »
Third Grader Organizes Gay Marriage Rally
This has me smiling. A lot. As part of an independent class project, Ethan McNamee organized a same sex marriage rally in Colorado. His incredibly powerful speech is below. Now folks, this is what happens when you raise your children to think for themselves and to be a good human. I would also like to mention that Ethan doesn’t sound confused by same sex marriage in the least. Just sayin’… h/t TakePart READ MORE »
The New & Improved Searching for Angela Shelton DVD Now Available!
The new version of the documentary that has been inspiring, empowering, and changing the lives of survivors, friends, and allies for the past five years, Searching for Angela Shelton, is now available for pre-order. The new version of the DVD includes super fancy graphics, never before seen footage, closed captioning, Spanish subtitles, and a photo album. If that isn’t enough incentive, Angela Shelton will be signing all copies that are pre-ordered, as she is sending out these DVDs READ MORE »
Celebrating Unconventional Families
If you have read this website long enough or happen to talk to me on a personal level, you will know that Mother’s Day is not a very good day for me. In fact, it is one of the most loathed days of the year for me right up there with spending Christmas surrounded by devoted religious people who all believe that they were put on this Earth merely to convert as many people as they can while asking me repeatedly if I’m sure I don’t want to attend mass with them. For about a READ MORE »
A Rock Shock to the Status Quo
The Chicago Alliance Against Sexual Exploitation, PAVE, and The Voices and Faces Project have all teamed up to host a rock concert to benefit the great organizations working to end sexual assault. A Rock Shock to the Status Quo will feature Martha Berner, The Laureates, and Tyler Jon Tyler. When: April 26th, 7:00pm. Where: Schubas, located at 3159 N. Southport , Chicago, IL. The event is only $10 so if you’re in the Chicago area, please consider attending this event and helping the READ MORE »
Womanism/Feminism…Feminism/Womanism
When we look at labels to describe activism by women we commonly use the term womanist, or feminist. Words mean something despite how casually we toss them around. They are how we order and understand our world. In an effort to be inclusive when we write about activism many will often write feminists/womanists. This acknowledges that some WOC have to some degree separated themselves and have taken on the label of womanists because of the history of racism within the feminist movement. The READ MORE »
Blogging IS Activism
Debra Dickerson recently published a reply on Mother Jones to a New York Times article on the future of abortion providers, saying: Today’s feminists need to blog less and work more. If women want reproductive choice to remain more than rhetoric, they’d better stop assuming these clinics will be there when they need them. I agree with the fact that women should stop assuming that abortion clinics will be there when they need them, which is why I encourage pro-choice people to READ MORE »
The Army of Angels Conference: Moving from Survivor to Warrior
It is very different to have survived abuse and trauma and to truly be a survivor. However, being a survivor, as it turns out, is simply is the tip of the iceberg. Angela Shelton, the woman who made the award-winning documentary Searching for Angela Shelton and wrote the book Finding Angela Shelton has become an expert in trauma and recovery and it’s really no surprise how she did it; she survived her own abuse and as she got older (and wiser) she dealt with her past and looked READ MORE »
Ten Ways to Make America a Better Place to Live
Helen Keller once said, “Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it.” These days many people are suffering in America. Skyrocketing job losses (2.6 million in 2008, according to the Labor Department’s Jobs Report), skyrocketing foreclosures (up 81% from 2007 to 2008, per RealtyTrac), skyrocketing healthcare costs (and the many personal bankruptcies that have followed), rising college costs (up 6.4% at four-year public colleges this school year READ MORE »
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