Tag: queer
group name: nbjc
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May 08, 2007 09:54 PM EDT --
Thanks to Racheline for starting this group and for her first article in it. She's sparked some great conversations about life as a queer woman and it inspired me to invite folks to ask questions from . . . more
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September 25, 2007 06:10 PM EDT --
Jena 6's black leadership splits queer community
by: Rev. Irene Monroe
The Jena 6 case - in which Southern white law enforcement in Jena, La., unabashedly doled out biased treatment against . . . more
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October 25, 2006 02:17 PM EDT --
How exciting! I went to college in NJ and lived there after for some time. It has always been a fairly progressive state. This move would be very exciting if it goes through. We . . . more
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November 03, 2006 11:15 AM EST --
The article below is from Andrew Sullivan's site. I really agree with his assessment of how damaging the conservative religious position on homosexuality is to people, and this man's case is a . . . more
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October 31, 2006 11:21 AM EST --
I was actually surprised it took this long for the "activist judges" and "sanctity of marriage" would work it's way into the pre-election speeches. I just hope that this issue doesn't . . . more
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November 07, 2007 07:03 PM EST --
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy has released a report (a full version--all 164 pages--can be found here ) condemning abstinance only education. The programs that teach abstinance . . . more
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March 25, 2007 01:33 PM EDT --
I read this in the current issue of The Advocate. (It's tough to link to, but I think THIS might work, at least until the next issue comes out.) It is an open letter from a straight . . . more
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November 01, 2006 04:43 PM EST --
Gosh, I'm really hoping this isn't true. I'm all for gay rights, but it is not the role of the faculty to force people to sign on their support for something that go against their belief . . . more
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June 12, 2007 08:18 AM EDT --
This past weekend was Pride in Indianapolis. It was the first time I'd gone to a pride event in several years; I'd forgotten what a fun and empowering event it can be. It reminded me how diverse . . . more
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November 14, 2006 01:12 PM EST --
I wish that this was the issue that gay folks had latched onto rather than gay marriage. Although I support gay marriage, and think it will do wonders for helping gay people, I think this is a more . . . more
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December 15, 2006 08:09 AM EST --
The NJ legislature, under an order from the NJ Supreme Court created civil unions for gays and lesbians, chosing not to use the word marriage. Those in a civil union "shall have all of the same benefits, . . . more
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November 26, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
An interesting conundrum for states that border Mass that I first read about on cnn.com. If a couple is married there and your state has been silent on gay marriage, how do you handle a gay divorce? . . . more
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June 27, 2007 09:40 AM EDT --
CNN, I guess in tandem with Pride Month (June) is running a series of articles on GLBT life in America. Their most recent one discusses a series of polls they ran about gay people. I was surprised, sometimes . . . more
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February 09, 2007 05:24 PM EST --
On Wednesday, Sec of State Rice was complaining before a house panel about the dearth of linguists able to assist in the war on terror. She was there defending the president's spending bill.
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November 27, 2006 11:39 AM EST --
Well, it's interesting and encouraging to see more diversity on TV. I wonder how story lines like this one really impact the folks that watch them. It may be a sense of sensational freakery . . . more
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December 03, 2006 06:56 PM EST --
In the commercial bonanza that is the yule season, the Human Rights Campaign has provided a list along with their scores on the HRC's 2006 Equality Index, which rates how well companies treat thign . . . more
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December 13, 2006 04:04 PM EST --
…this time in Denver. Paul Barnes, the pastor of a mega-church in Denver, resigned Sunday in a video-taped statement, saying he was gay and has repeatedly had sex with men. "I have struggled . . . more
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March 23, 2007 04:24 PM EDT --
This was the question posed by Larry Kramer, the long-time gay and AIDS activist in the opening of an opinion piece for the LA Times. He cites the recent comments by Gen Pace, Clinton's and Obama's . . . more
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November 01, 2007 08:42 AM EDT --
November is Here!!
H. Alexander Robinson
NBJC Executive Director & CEO
NBJC is still in talks with Sen. Barack Obama's presidential campaign.
We hope to . . . more
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December 06, 2006 08:16 AM EST --
California Legislator Mark Leno is re-introducing a bill into the California Assembly that would redefine marriage as a civil contract between two persons instead of a contract between a man and a . . . more
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