Posts in All things LGBT

I can’t get married nor do I want to but this is still a win for our communities (regardless of what I think about the institution of civil marriage). The most important bit from the 138 page ruling: Proposition 8 fails to advance any rational basis in... [+]

Hosted by Asian Pacific Americans for Progress (APAP)-Washington, DC Chapter Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 6-7:15PM Cannon House Office Building Room 121 Washington, DC http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=371721409463 Panelists: Karen Narasaki – Executive Director, Asian American Justice Center (AAJC) – moderator Prerna Lal – DREAMActivist.org founder, Change.org Blogger Deepa Iyer – Executive Director, South Asian Americans Leading Together... [+]

Just want to give some overdue shoutout to Rachel LaBruyere from the Center for Community Change for pushing on the inside for the organization to take a stance for UAFA inclusion in CIR. I know it wasn’t easy and it took a lot of fever-induced... [+]

Most of us know about the power struggle between ‘gay rights’ groups in California and the lengthy debate over campaigning to repeal Prop 8 in 2010. The ironically-named Courage Campaign officially announced that it would back no such effort due to shrinking support in the polls... [+]

I received 3 emails today from different sources, asking for my blog posts on the intersectionality of immigration and LGBT rights. I will just index everything I have written on the issue (not much) here, and maybe right something else soon to address some new concerns. What... [+]

Fantastic cover shot from The Advocate referring to how Obama has let down queers.  He certainly owes the LGBT community much more than he has delivered thus far. But he is telling us to ‘wait’ a little bit longer. Sorry, that just is not acceptable.... [+]

Here is the polling question and results: As you may know there will be one question on the ballot this November in Maine addressing the issue of same-sex unions. In part it will read “Do you want to reject the new law that lets same-sex couples... [+]

A recent State of the Nation 2009 CNN-IBN survey revealed quite a homophobic India. As many as 73% Indians feel homosexuality should be considered illegal while 83% felt that homosexuality is not part of Indian culture and 90% of Indians won’t give their house on... [+]