Supremes Won't Stop Queer Marriage in MA
posted by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

The U.S. Supreme Court on May 14 refused to delay the issuance of marriage licenses by the state of Massachusetts to same-sex couples. Here's how the mainstream media reported the decision and the ongoing debate over same-sex marriage, including the bizarre contention of opponents that somehow their opposite-sex marriages are weakened or jeopardized by the government's sanction to loving Gay and Lesbian people in equally committed relationships.
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OTC Emergency Contraception Rejected by FDA
Kate A.,

Outrageously, after more than one million of us Marched for Women’s
Lives in Washington, DC, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) late
Thursday decided to reject over-the-counter status for emergency
contraception. We must now make our voices heard once again
expressing our anger that the FDA has allowed right-wing politics to
trump women’s health.
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MARCH FOR WOMENS LIVES
Danielle Siembieda,

March 25, 2004 1.15 Million People March the streets of DC for a womans right to choose.
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SD Leather Title Holders Show Mutual Respect
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Six current or former San Diego Leather community title holders — Graylin Thornton, sheryl lee, Bill Mitchell, Juan Zazueta and MC Adam Latham — appeared at the April 21 meeting of the San Diego League of Gentlemen (SDLOG), a predominantly Queer Leatherman group. The titleholders were a remarkably diverse group: African-American, Latino and white; Queer and straight; deaf and hearing, and showed a great deal of mutual admiration and respect.
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Abortion backers operate on illogic
Stephen Cathers,

Just remember this the next time you hear pro-abortion protesters talk about extremists against choice: They're inadvertently describing themselves.

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PFLAG Chapter Forming in Temecula
Kynn Bartlett, Inland Anti-Empire,

How can you help take a stand against discrimination and intolerance? Jim Woodward of Temecula is organizing a local chapter of PFLAG -- Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered Persons. If you want to be part of the PFLAG chapter, there is an organizing meeting in Temecula on Sunday, May 16 at 3:00 p.m. For directions and more information, please call Jim Woodward at (909) 693-4852.
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political graffiti in san diego
pedestrian,

found in various areas around san diego...
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Queer Locations Symposium in Irvine
Kate A.,

The "Queer Locations" Collective has organized a symposium on "Queer Locations: Race, Space, and Sexuality" on May 11-12, 2004 at the University of California, Irvine. All people are welcome to attend this (free) conference to discuss queer theory and network with other activsts and scholars.
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Marriage Equality in Spain!
posted by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

As if he hadn't pissed off Bush enough by pulling his country's troops from the coalition of the no-longer-willing in Iraq, Spanish prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero has announced plan to legally recognize same-sex marriages. From the Netherlands this wasn't a big surprise, but SPAIN? Just goes to show what you can accomplish once you get rid of a religious dictatorship ...
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Was Artist Jessica Lawless Censored?
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

Was Queer artist Jessica Lawless censored when her three pieces, "Blue Things I Wear" — one of which depicted a dildo — were removed from an art show at the University of San Diego last February? An on-campus forum held to discuss that highlighted not only the expected issue of artistic freedom but also the limitations on Queer activists on a Roman Catholic campus and the fear they work under than their groups can be shut down at any time by administrative fiat.
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Audre Lorde Tribute in Sherman Heights
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

A tribute to the late African-American Lesbian feminist author and activist Audre Lorde took place at the Sherman Heights Community Center April 12. Held in conjunction with the American Education Research Association convention in town, the event featured a 12-minute excerpt from the new video, "The Edge of Each Other's Battles: The Vision of Audre Lorde," and a panel of local education activists. The complete video will be shown Sunday, April 18, 6 p.m., at the World Beat Center, 2100 Park Boulevard in Balboa Park.
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Women's Lecture Series
Kate A.,

The San Diego LGBT Community Center and the SDSU Women's Studies Department are presenting an eight week series of free lectures by women in the SDSU Women's Studies Department. See www.thecentersd.org for more information.
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Censorship of Queer Art
Kate A.,

Jessica Lawless recently had some work removed from an art exhibit on GLBT issues at the University of San Diego. This has resulted in a panel discussion on "academic freedom, freedom of expression, and artistic freedom" at the USD on Thursday April 15, 7-9pm.

Also: SDSU Women's Studies Department Lecture Series at The San Diego LGBT Community Center:  http://sdimc.org/en/2004/04/103770.shtml
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Censorship of Queer Art
Kate A.,

Queer artist Jessica Lawless recently had some work removed from an art exhibit on GLBT issues at the University of San Diego. She will be participating in a panel discussion on "academic freedom, freedom of expression, and artistic freedom" at the USD on Thursday April 15, 7-9pm.
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RadioActive Benefit Show Thursday!
lotus at radioactiveradio d0t org,

Benefit Show Thursday Night @ The Flame!

The Peppermints - lots of not-niceness!
 http://home.earthlink.net/~marenthebest/
Diaspora - samba fucking drummers!
DJs from the RadioActive San Diego collective
and
The Radical Fucking Cheerleaders!

Thursday, April 8th, 8pm at the Flame in Hillcrest at 3780 Park Blvd. $3 and up donations will be happily accepted.

Come to the last week of the flame and support community radio!

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Transgenders, Families Gear Up to Lobby on Ca
NTAC Media,

Transgender activists from all over America will converge on Capitol Hill, April 29-30 to lobby Congress for transgender inclusion in, and passage of hate crimes and employment rights legislation. Lobby Days 2004 is sponsored by the National Transgender Advocacy Coalition (NTAC), the country's largest and most active organization advocating for the rights of transgender Americans at federal, state, and local levels.
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Same-Sex Marriage Forum at Malcolm X Library
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

A coalition of Queer community groups in association with the local chapters of the NAACP and ACLU held a community forum March 29 at the Malcolm X Library to discuss whether the U.S. Constitution should be amended to ban same-sex marriage. Four of the five panelists opposed the proposed Amendment as a constitutional sanction of discrimination that could be used later as a precedent against people of color and other oppressed groups.
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Administration Targets Federal Employees, Rem
NTAC Media,

Recently, one of Scott Bloch’s first acts as newly appointed Special Counsel to the White House was to instill fear in ‘homosexual’ employees of the federal government. In an increasingly common curtailment of individual rights, the Bush Administration has removed decades-long protections from employment discrimination against those who serve our nation.
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Local Queer Couple Marry in San Francisco
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Interview with Steve Van Keuren and John Martinez, who married in San Francisco in March after more than 20 years as a couple.
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Same-Sex Marriage Rally Article, 3/18/04
Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Over 100 people attended a rally outside the San Diego County Administration Center downtown on March 18 to call for California to recognize marriages between same-sex partners as legal, despite only two days’ notice and a near-exclusive reliance on e-mail to publicize the event. Their primary demand was for action at the state level: specifically passage of a bill called the Marriage License Nondiscrimination Act, which would make marriage “gender-neutral” and available equally to same-sex and opposite-sex couples.
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Same-Sex Marriage Rally Transcript, 3/18/04
transcribed by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Complete transcript of the rally held outside the San Diego County Administration Center, March 18, 2004, to support marriage equality and civil rights for same-sex couples. Includes pre-rally interviews with Equality California staff member Jeffrey Mittman and Win Anderson, who recently married his partner in San Francisco.
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Jeffrey Mittman: Equality & Same-Sex Marriage
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

The statewide Queer lobbying organization Equality California [EQCA] — which until recently was called California Association for Pride and Equality [CAPE] and before that was the Lobby for Individual Freedom and Equality [LIFE] — has sent Bay Area attorney Jeffrey Mittman to San Diego as the first official in any California statewide Queer organization to be based here. What’s more, EQCA has chosen San Diego to be the pilot city in an ambitious electoral outreach program called the California Voter Project. Zenger’s interviewed Mittman on March 17 and mostly discussed the same-sex marriage issue.
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hate crime perpetrated by the "LAPD'S finest"
SUSAN DYER,

THE STORY ABOUT THE WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF SUSAN DYER.

COMMISSION OF A HATE CRIME MY CORRUPT LAPD OFFICERS.
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¡DETENGAMOS LA 'RESOLUCIÓN BRASILEÑA'!
Libertad de Expresión,

La reunión de la Comisión de Derechos Humanos de las Naciones Unidas se llevará a cabo del 15 de marzo al 23 de abril en Ginebra, Suiza.
Uno de los puntos más polémicos que se someterá a debate es el de la resolución sobre la “orientación sexual” que fue aplazada en la 59va sesión. Esta resolución, presentada por Brasil, fue expuesta como una medida para no discriminar a los homosexuales. Sin embargo, los miembros de la comisión en 2003 pudieron no haber comprendido totalmente las implicaciones de esta resolución.
 http://www.stopbrazilianresolution.com/spanish.html
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SD Women's History Month
LGBT,

On Tuesday March 23, 2004, local activist record company
Say It Records and Danielle Lo Presti and The Masses, in conjunction with The LGBT Center of San Diego present "Celebrate Women's History Month!"

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Marriage Equality Rally Thurs. 3/18/04
Equality California,

San Diego's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community and our Friends, Allies, and all Fair-Minded San Diegans will rally for EQUALITY! -- in support of Full Marriage Equality, the Marriage License Non-Discrimination Act (which will prohibit discrimination against same-sex couples in the issuance of marriage licenses by County Clerks), and in support of all same-sex couples who have received their marriage licenses and those who wish to get married.
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SM101 Workshop this Sat!
sm101@riseup.net c/o lotus,

A workshop hosted by Tracy Bartlett - known for her kissing workshops and collaborations with Good Vibes and Babes in Toyland.
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Queer Film Opens at Landmark Hillcrest 3/12
Mark Gabrish Conlan/Zenger's Newsmagazine,

It’s really just your ordinary fish-out-of-water, unlikely-romance movie — ruthless Gay sexual predator Christian (Wes Ramsey) sets his sights on Aaron Davis (Steve Sandvoss), Mormon missionary who has been dropped into another unit of his West Hollywood apartment complex, and grabs the brass ring of Aaron’s body but gets far more than he bargained for in the process — but Latter Days, written and directed by Sweet Home Alabama screenwriter C. Jay Cox, manages to transcend the clichés through a suprisingly deep portrayal of the central characters’ emotional pain.
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Have they no shame? GOP's Gay Appeal
posted by Mark Gabrish Conlan,

Have they no shame? The Republican Party maintains the Web link below to try to indicate that "Gay Republicans and Bush-Cheney" are "Working together for an inclusive party and a bright future for all Americans" despite their endorsement of the anti-marriage constitutional amendment and ceaseless pandering to the anti-Queer agenda of the radical religious Right. Note that their most recent news link is from December 2002.
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Mom's for Marriage - SD
Women's Resource Center at the Center,

If you are a mother of an LGBT son or daughter don’t miss this unique opportunity to unite with other moms in the community and speak out for your children’s civil rights! Everyone welcome.
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