‘Tis the season to head to the polls, but voting isn’t as easy as just showing up. So, if you are casting a ballot, check out these resources: Verify your voter registration status, where to vote and what sort of identification is required to cast a ballot at CanIVote.org. Many states allow early voting. Check with … Continue reading »
Today marks the implementation of several key aspects of the Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. health care reform and ObamaCare), including free birth control and coverage of crucial disease screenings. The following services are now available without copays: screening for gestational diabetes counseling and screenings for HIV counseling and screenings for domestic violence birth control, including … Continue reading »
What’s The T? is the latest production of About Face Youth Theatre, an offshoot of the queer theater company aimed at engaging young people to tell their stories and create community through the stage. Every two years the youth ensemble selects a new topic to tackle, drawing on their own stories and interviewing community members … Continue reading »
There has been no public outcry by HRC. (Seriously, how can an organization bill itself as the Human Rights Campaign and not address McDonald’s case at all?) The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force signed on to a list of 35 organizations supporting McDonald, but I can only find their support listed on other websites with nothing directly from the Task Force. And it’s because McDonald’s case and so many others involve gender-variant people of color and the white gay establishment can’t be bothered to care. These cases may somehow tarnish the whitewashed, assimiliationist gay crusade for equality, especially marriage equality, and they just can’t have that. Continue reading »
A Cincinnati federal court yesterday ruled in favor of a gay student who sued Waynesville High School for prohibiting him from wearing a “Jesus Is Not A Homophobe” T-shirt. For the April 2011 Day of Silence, Maverick Couch wore the shirt to school, but Waynesville High School Principal Randy Gebhardt ordered him to turn the shirt inside out. When … Continue reading »
The U.S. House of Representatives passed 222-205 a version of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization bill that cut protections and programs for same-sex couples, indigenous tribes and undocumented immigrants. The U.S. Senate previously approved those protections in April. The following provisions were cut from the Republican-controlled House version of the bill, all of which were originally … Continue reading »
North Carolina is voting today on Amendment 1, a state Defense of Marriage Act to constitutionally ban same-sex marriage, something the legislature already banned. Rev. Dr. William J. Barber spoke out against the amendment and the precedent it sets of letting the majority vote on minority rights, saying: The question shouldn’t have been “How do you … Continue reading »
Illinois State Senate President John Cullerton announced the Corporate Tax Transparency bill (SB 282) at a Lakeview Action Coalition meeting May 6. Under the proposed legislation, a public corporation would have to make tax filings public, and if the corporation does not pay any taxes, it would have to disclose why. Cullertion will introduce the … Continue reading »
