With the Selection by Pro-Gay Massachusetts Gubernatorial Hopeful, Charlie Baker, of Openly Gay Republican Senator Richard Tisei as Potential Running Mate for 2010, Gay Community Seems to Have What It Wants But Sadly May Not Have the Guts to Say It
Could the 2010 Massachusetts Governor's Race be' [...]
Last year we had a significant loss in California to Prop. 8. This November we had another startling loss in Maine with Question 1. Now on the heels of our most recent loss in New York I have to ask the public, have you seen enough yet [...]
In the Empire Strikes Back fear and hate is personified by a tyrannical sith lord. In the Empire State tyranny took a less obvious but no less evil form today as the New York Senate voted 38 to 24 against marriage equality. [...]
Republished with permission
In last week’s column, I pointed out that the GLBT movement might be the first where a majority gets to vote on the rights of a minority. If the basic freedoms of women, immigrants and African Americans were subject to the whims of voters, there is no doubt [...]
Tonight, in an unprecedented union of GLBT grassroots organizations here in Massachusetts Join the Impact brought together members of MassEquality, KnowThyNeighbor.org,The Anti-Violence Project, and such notable leaders as GLBT icon Arline Isaacson, and Cambridge Mayor Denise Simmons for a 6:00PM rally in the Boston Common in response to Maine's' [...]
Today is a sad day for equality in Maine, throughout the country, and around the world. Yesterday Maine voters who were frightened by misinformation went to the polls and voted away marriage equality in their state, saddening GLBT activists and supporters everywhere, but our fight [...]
"The Road Less Traveled" is that of the volunteers who care enough to go door to door like Rachel.
Whether this fight is our turning point, or the next, or even one years from now we need to keep focused on the fact that [...]
Originally I was going to be live blogging from the National Equality March but there were several factors that kept that from happening, so let me now share with you how things went. Join the Impact MA brought over 250 people to Washington DC by bus, which traveled overnight each way, [...]
Many LGBT activists are currently in Washington DC attending events all over the city that are geared to teach people how to become better at fighting for their rights. The call was put out in May by Cleve Jones who organized a March through DC that coincides with the 30th [...]
This story was something a guru once told me and I was happy to find it on the internet in a blog writing below...
An adult elephant can easily uproot huge trees with its trunk; it can knock down a house without much trouble. When an elephant living [...]
We're going on a road trip folks! No, not the extensive one Chris Mason made in his travels over the summer with his latest venture, drivingequality.com, but rather to the National Equality March in Washington DC this weekend. John Hosty-Grinnell will be accompanying Join the Impact MA along with the' [...]
Big Week Ahead for Washington's Referendum 71
by: Lurleen
Sat Aug 29, 2009 at 12:44:11 PM EDT
Referendum 71 faces two major milestones this week: The Washington Secretary of State (SOS) anticipates that the signature checking process will wrap up on Monday or Tuesday, and the Washington Families [...]
Pulbished in OnTopMag.com:
Amid declining revenues, Focus on the Family is getting out of the “ex-gay” business.
The AP reported the socially conservative group was facing a “serious budget shortfall.”
In a letter to donors, Jim Daly, president and CEO of Focus, explained that the group is about $6 million in [...]
The sponsors of Referendum 71, who seek to put Washington's expanded domestic-partnership regulations on the November ballot, must not be allowed to make their citizen lawmaking an anonymous act.
Referendum and initiative petitions are public records and must remain so. People [...]
Dan Sytman, Spokesperson for Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna, Sets the Record Straight to KnowThyNeighbor Regarding the State's Absence at Wednesday's TRO Hearing to Stop Public Access to Names of Signers of Referendum 71 as Well as Washington's Official Stand on Public Records Laws
KnowThyNeighbor has [...]
Anti-Gay Petitions Circulating in Washington State Have Finally Surfaced to the Anger of Gay Community. Secretary of State's Office Goes on Record Defending the State's Policy of Allowing "Lies" and Deception To Be Printed on Actual Petition Sheets
You are reading this correctly. Thanks to our friends [...]
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June 8, 2007
WHOSIGNED.ORG REFUTES INTIMIDATION CHARGES; WILL POST NAMES OF PETITION SIGNERS AS PLANNED
Seattle, WA - Despite criticism that making public information more accessible to the public amounts to intimidation, Whosigned.org and its national partner KnowThyNeighbor.org announced today that they will proceed with plans to post online [...]
Washington State’s Ref. 71 Petitioners to Have Names Posted Online
OFFICIAL PRESS RELEASE:
Seattle, WA, June 1st, 2009 –
WhoSigned.org, a grassroots organization of Washington State residents, announced today that it would make the names of Referendum 71 petitioners looking to overturn the expanded domestic partnership law accessible online. The law [...]
If You Are Looking To Beat Up Some Queers, Welcome to Massachusetts. From Provincetown to Boston's South End to Gloucester It Appears That Hunting Season On Gays Is Now Open. But Who Ever Thought The Latest Gay Bashing Would Be In a Boston Municipal Court Room
A very dangerous precedent [...]
This Says It All...
Tom Lang and Alexander Westerhoff spent all day at the Massachusetts State House on Friday holding an 8' x 4' sign which reads, "Thank You Massachusetts for 5 Years of Equality. Lang and Westerhoff who have been together for 21 years and who were married on the first day" [...]
Mike Duke, Newest CEO of WalMart, Inc. Is Listed As a Signer of The Anti-Gay Adoption and Foster Care Petition
A one, Mike Duke of 16 Pinnacle Drive, Rogers, Arkansas with the birthdate of 12/07/49 appears on a petition sheet for the Anti-Gay Arkansas Adoption and Foster [...]From Our Email Archives Ever Since We Published The Names of Signers of Act 1, Foster and and Adoption Ban
Hi,
I just checked your list here on Arkansans who signed the petitions. I must say I am a little upset with all [...]
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Arkansas Contact:
Randi Romo, Center for Artistic Revolution
ArtChangesU2@sbcglobal.net
(501) 244-9690 (office)
(501) 258-3186 (cell)
NAMES OF ARKANSAS ANTI-GAY PETITION SIGNERS POSTED ONLINE
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, April 28, 2009 -- KnowThyNeighbor.org, the gay rights organization that drew national attention for posting online the names [...]
Our Old Friend Kris Mineau of the Massachusetts Family Institute Needs to Stop Lying About Gay Marriage
I am quite sick of this. Again, the Anti-Gay Marriage folks terrorizing churches and those blind followers into thinking that if Same-Sex Marriage is allowed that churches will be forced to [...]
Architect to the Nullification of the Goodridge Decision and Anti-Gay Fear Mongerer, Mary Ann Glendon Has No Business Being Validated By Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves, the human rights and educational organization which provides resources to communities worldwide by linking the past with the moral choices [...]
Vermont Allows Same Sex Marriage with 100-49 Vote Veto Safe Count in the House. Vermont's Republican Governor Jim Douglas Volunteers As Seventh Horseman.
MONTPELIER, Vt. – Vermont on Tuesday became the fourth state to legalize gay marriage — and the first to do so with a legislature's [...]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States, in a reversal of Bush administration policy, has decided to sign on to a U.N. declaration that calls for the decriminalization of homosexuality, the State Department said on Wednesday.
State Department spokesman Robert Wood said the Obama administration, which took office eight weeks ago, [...]
Redistributed with permission from author Dr. Pat Gozemba
If one did nothing but read even the half-baked right-wing screeds about the effects of same-sex marriage, life could be pretty scary. Take for example Brian Camenker’s insane piece “The Effects of Same-Sex Marriage on Massachusetts” and put it in the [...]
This is an amazing speech full of passion and articulate, intelligent points. One thing to make note of, Olberman makes it clear at the begining of his monologue that neither he, anyone in his extended family or circle of friends are gay, he is simply standing up against what he [...]
We need to come to the aid of our GLBT brothers and sisters in California and give them the financial support they need to win their battle against this discriminatory ammendment effort. visit [www.noonprop8.com] and make your contribution, none is too small nor unwelcome. Remember, Californians helped support our [...]
Associated Press reporters Pat Eaton-Robb, Stephanie Reitz and Larry Smith in Hartford contributed to this report. Thanks to Aaron Toleos for alerting me to this...
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- Connecticut's Supreme Court ruled Friday that same-sex couples have the right to marry, making the state the third behind Massachusetts and California [...]
Oklahoma State Representative Sally Kern didn't know she was being recorded when she delivered this disgraceful tirade about how gay citizens are destroying America by choosing to advocate for themselves and participate in our democracy.
Aaron Toleos, Director
(978) 821-4620
This week's Boston Business Journal has a feature article examining how gay marriage is benefiting the Massachusetts workforce. Get this -- it seems that some gay people would prefer to live in a place where their families are respected and honored rather than a place where they [...]
Valentine's Day. A moment to pause and celebrate the love , affection, and enduring commitment you share with your significant other. That is unless you live in a place where gay individuals, couples, and their children are dehumanized and denied basic rights because of the fear, [...]
Florida is heating up again. Stay posted as more info will be coming soon.
Aaron Toleos, Director
(978) 821-4620
What our presidential candidates should be saying when asked if they support gay marriage:
Aaron Toleos
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Straight Couple Brings National Gay Rights Vigil to Salem, MA
SALEM, MA, October 8, 2007 -- Aaron and Susan Toleos, a straight couple from Boxford, MA, will be spending their ninth wedding anniversary wrapping up plans for a [...]
DOH! Only 116 signatures short. I knew we should have hired those people (Arno???) to steal signatures...
AP story follows:
SALEM, Ore. -- State election officials say opponents failed to turn in enough valid signatures to block Oregon's new domestic partnership law for same-sex couples.
State elections officials reported Monday the effort fell only 116 [...]
Jerry Sanders, San Diego's Republican mayor, reverses his opinion on gay marriage in a tearjerker of a press conference.
Read more here.
Aaron Toleos
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Oregons Anti-Gay Petitioners to Have Names Posted Online at KnowThyNeighbor.org
Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA, September 5, 2007 KnowThyNeighbor.org, the gay rights organization that drew national attention for posting online the names [...]
Everyone, here's the latest from Oregon. Go, Brandon!
Aaron Toleos, Director
KnowThyNeighbor.org
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