Posts Tagged ‘ gayrights ’

ctrp325 Prop8 on Trial

January 20, 2010
By bicyclemark
ctrp325 Prop8 on Trial

Ballot initiatives are not the only battle ground in the struggle for equal rights in the United States. One year after California voters passed a proposition banning gay marriage, a court battle has
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bm296 An LGBT Magazine in Turkey

March 7, 2009
By bicyclemark
bm296 An LGBT Magazine in Turkey

Kaos GL started publishing in the 90's in an effort to get LGBT issues into the public sphere as part of the struggle for equal rights and equal protection under the law.  But what is the state of the
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Respect to Stonewall

June 28, 2008
By bicyclemark
Respect to Stonewall

On June 28th 1969 NYC police raided the Stonewall Inn. That night police arrested and beat numerous people, especially transgendered and gender non-conformist people.  Outraged and tired of the oppres
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Civil Rights, Now

January 22, 2008
By bicyclemark
Civil Rights, Now

Only recently did I learn about the film Freeheld and the story of Laurel Hester, a NJ police officer with a terminal sickness, fighting so that her wife and partner could receive her pension, just li
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bmtv50 Oppression in Russia

June 3, 2007
By bicyclemark
bmtv50 Oppression in Russia

This vlog was put together before I left Berlin yesterday. It concerns last week's gay rights demonstration in Moscow, where once again we see what kind of police state the entire country has become.
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LGBT Podcasters in NYC

April 11, 2007
By bicyclemark
LGBT Podcasters in NYC

As one of my last activities from the whirwind visit to the US and A, I briefly attended Podcamp NYC, a conference dedicated to podcasting (obviously). Normally I care nothing for these events. Th
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