Celebrating the California Supreme Court Decision on Marriage Equality
By Rev. Debra Haffner, member of the National Religious Leadership Roundtable, July 18, 1:39 pm
As a Unitarian Universalist minister, I am often called on by couples I don't know to perform their wedding ceremonies.These couples generally are from different religions or one is divorced or they don't belong to a church or synagogue.
Put the B back in LGBT
By Chrysanthe Tan, Communications Intern, July 7, 4:45 pm
The first time I heard the “b” word was in ninth grade, when one of my precocious classmates declared, “bisexuality is so in fashion right now.”
Del & Phyllis: A 21st-century lesbian’s history project
By Becca Harrington, Intern, June 23, 8:58 am
I don’t consider myself much of a “history person,” but when it comes to the history and legacy of the LGBT rights movement, I want to know everything there is to possibly know.
Bearing witness to a historic moment
By Dan Hawes, Director of Organizing & Training, June 18, 2:19 pm
5:01 p.m., Monday, June 16. My colleague Sarah summons me and the rest of our organizing team into the conference room of our Los Angeles office. “It’s time to celebrate!” she says while pulling out a plate of wedding cookies and a bottle of champagne. Together, we raise a happy toast to the same-sex couples who are marrying in California.
The yellow brick road to victory
By Michael Bath, Special Events Manager, May 27, 10:33 am
As a somewhat typical gay man, I can find parallels to The Wizard of Oz in almost any situation. Such was the case when I joined many of South Florida’s most prominent activists in the chambers of the Miami-Dade County Commission to witness the May 20 passage of a domestic partnership ordinance by an 8-to-4 vote.
Inspired in Miami-Dade
By Michael Bath, Special Events Manager, April 22, 1:29 pm
As a member of the Task Force’s special events team, I don’t have as much opportunity as my colleagues to see our community flex its political muscle.
Breaking new ground in Riverside
By Becca Ahuja, Senior Field Organizer, April 10, 2:20 pm
Riverside, Calif., a dusty city east of Los Angeles, is a place that has provided me with the most challenging and rewarding organizing experience I’ve had in years.
Running the perfect play to win equality
By Sarah E. Reece, Project Director, Organizing & Training, April 3, 11:30 am
Never in a million years did I think that my elementary, middle and high school basketball “career” would prepare me in so many ways for my life as an organizer. My nickname back then was “Lil’ Bit.” Today, I prefer “Mr. Campaign Manager, Sir.”
Something special in Palmdale
By Trystan Reese, Field Organizer, March 27, 12:35 pm
I’ll be honest. I was not excited about organizing here in Palmdale. Having gone through an awkward queer adolescence in this desert town, returning to it was not high on my wish list.
Fighting for equality in Fresno
By Dan Hawes, Director of Organizing & Training, March 20, 12:16 pm
It’s 1:30 p.m. on a Tuesday afternoon in Fresno, and three newly hired organizers and I are preparing for our “Stop the Initiative” pledge-gathering shift.
