Posts tagged ‘grassroots’

Join RENWLs Petition: Sherri Shepherd Falsely Claims Downlow Men Cause Of Black HIV Rates

The View's Sherri Shepherd Needs Fact-based HIV Prevention Information Pronto!

On the June 22, 2010 episode of ABC television talk show “The View” on which the topic discussed was about Gays Giving Blood, co-host Sherri Shepherd made the false and dangerous claim that black women are contracting HIV because they’re sleeping with bi-sexual black men on the “downlow.”


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Shirley Q. Liquor, Equality And The Double Standards Of Gay White Male Culture

Hey folks. Guess what? On Juneteenth weekend—actually Juneteenth is this Saturday the 19th—-the traditional day on which the freedom of African American slaves is celebrated—guess how hundreds of white gay men in Northern California plan to kick off this special weekend? Why, they’ll be treating themselves to a live performance of female impersonator Charles Knipp. If you’re by chance unfamiliar with Mr. Knipp why take a gander at the YouTube video we’ve provided right here:
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Radical Queers Challenge Get Equal Folks To A Faceoff; Shockingly They Accept

As we reported Tuesday in our post Queers Finally Unveil Their DADT Campaign: Get Lost Get Equal, our dear friend radical queer Tony Cochran hurled a molotav cocktail smack dead at Get Equal and friends ripping into the group for their warmongering ways. But apparently that was just appetizers. On Tuesday, the same day we ran the above post, Cochran sent a love letter to both Get Equal’s Kip Williams and Robin McGehee. Read the following:
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Outraged Queer Activists To Protest Israeli Consulate Role In Bay Area Gay Film Fest

Israeli Consulate accused of "pinkwashing" Israeli crimes

A contingent of pro Palestine activists have announced that they will picket the opening night of San Francisco’s Frameline film festival. The opening night for the internationally renown gay film fest which bills itself as the largest queer cultural event in the world, opens this Thursday.

The groups protesting the event—Southwest Asian and North African Bay Area Queers (SWANABAQ), Queers Undermining Israeli Terrorism (QUIT!) and Arab Resource and Organizing Center (AROC)—are objecting to the participation of the Israeli Consulate-General which is listed among the festival sponsors.
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Hoops & YoYo About To Catch “Black Hoe” Hell With Racist Hallmark Graduation Card

Community activist Jasmyne Cannick just sent out a press release on the behalf of RESPECT ME Coalition, a collaborative movement aiming to represent the interests of Black women. The group demands an apology for a talking Hoops & Yo Yo graduation greeting that says “black hos” in a dialogue between the animated characters in the card. Check this out:

We’re not even going to launch a diatribe on racism with this one. It’s pretty obvious wouldn’t you say?
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Dan Choi Ends Fast After 7 Days; Gets Girlish Figure Back

Lt. Dan Choi posts tonight on his Website that he has ended his fast after 7 days proclaiming success “because people have been educated to the use of fasting as a tool to bring attention to a set of clear political and social demands.”

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Tonight, we will end the fast knowing that the inadequacies of the ‘compromise’ to end ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ are well known.  Our quest to end the discharges, stop the insulting study, and institute a non-discrimination policy is not over.  In the coming weeks, we will prepare to resume our fast and will provide many ways for those who believe in uncompromising justice to join us.
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