The video below is from the Anti-Defamation League: Take just 80 seconds of your time to watch this powerful video, which imagines a world without racism, homophobia or anti-Semitism — a world in which the hate violence that took the lives of Martin Luther King Jr., Anne Frank, Daniel Pearl, Matthew Shepard and others did [...]
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Queer Talk: FBI 2011 Hate Crimes Statistics Show Increase in Sexual Orientation Based Hate Crimes
The FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting Program focuses on hate crimes. The 2011 report revealed that hate crimes based on sexual orientation rose, and for the first time, were second behind the leading factor of race. The number of reported hate crimes committed against gay men and lesbians increased from 1,277 in 2010 to 1,293 in [...]
Queer Talk: An Interview That “Will Save Lives”
An NYT article is getting a lot of attention, at least in the LGBT world. Published last Friday, “After Gay Son’s Suicide, Mother Finds Blame in Herself and in Her Church” is an honest conversation with the parents of Tyler Clementi, the first year Rutger’s student in September 2010 who took his own life three [...]
Queer Talk: After All the ‘Right-ful’ Judging, Some Peace and Tranquility Would Be Nice
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Okay, so I sound like an “old hippie,” who happens to be queer: but I really could use a few minutes of peace and calm and quiet, maybe sitting by a softly babbling brook, because I’m really, really tired of the loud and obnoxious babbling [...]
Queer Talk: ‘Openly Gay,’ Sally Ride, Chick-Fil-A & Hate Crimes
Joyce L. Arnold, Liberally Independent, Queer Talk, equality activist, writer. Being “out” is personal, and it’s political. And while there are obvious differences, I include the “out” heterosexual supporters of LGBT equality. Not long ago I shared a marriage equality story on Facebook, a straight friend then shared it, and very quickly he was strongly [...]
ABC Report: George Zimmerman Injuries Described, Prescription Drugs Also Cited in Weeks Prior to Shooting
According to the report, prior to the shooting Zimmerman had been prescribed Adderall and Temazepam, medications that can cause side effects such as agitation and mood swings, but in fewer than 10 percent of patients. – ABC News Exclusive A LEAKED MEDICAL report by George Zimmerman’s family doctor that is exclusive to ABC News offers [...]
Prosecutors File Witness List in George Zimmerman Case
“He has no protection under my law,” former Sen. Durell Peaden told the newspaper. [...] “The guy lost his defense right then,” Peaden told the Miami Herald. “When he said ‘I’m following him,’ he lost his defense.” – Author of “stand your ground” law: George Zimmerman should probably be arrested for killing Trayvon Martin THE [...]
Queer Talk: Don’t you just hate that …
Joyce L. Arnold: Liberal, lesbian, Independent, equality activist, writer. You’ve likely heard about the polls which consistently show increasing support for LGBTs. So it might be surprising to know the findings of “A Report From the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs: Hate Violence Against Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and HIV-Affected Communities in the United [...]
Queer Talk: He was gay. He was a soldier. He was a son.
Joyce Arnold is a liberal Independent activist whose column “Queer Talk” appears regularly on Saturdays, and occasionally on other days of the week. On this past Saturday, CNN ran a story under the headline: “Soldier leaves legacy much larger than ‘he was gay.’” It was widely picked up by blogs and other media, and so [...]
Queer Talk: The Bully(ing) Pulpit
A White House Conference on Bullying Prevention, scheduled for March 10, was announced on Tuesday of this week. Most likely it’s another 2012 action, but like many such bits and pieces thrown out by political campaigns masquerading as Very Serious Electeds, some good could come from it. Also reported this week was the death of [...]
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