Day Three: Democratic National Convention in Denver
By Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director, August 28, 9:59 am
We started this day on a somber note, as we learned the sad news that Del Martin passed away.
We issued a statement [1] and Sen. Obama released a statement as well:
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Day One: Democratic National Convention in Denver
By Lisa Mottet, Transgender Civil Rights Project Director, August 26, 12:14 pm
The atmosphere in Denver is energized; the city is packed with politically-minded people from all over the country.
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Gender Expression is for Everybody
By Kyla Bender-Baird, Vaid Fellow, Policy Institute, August 7, 8:48 am
It catches me off guard whenever someone is surprised that I research and advocate for transgender rights. I do not identify as trans; I keep my bisexual identity pretty private.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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