Film Saturday, Sept. 25

[Judith Pratt]

poignant and sad..

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/nyregion/19critic.html?_r=1&hp

ALSO: Next Saturday, on campus in BDC 153, GLSSN is co-hosting the showing of "8:The Mormon Proposition" - I will be sending everyone the flyer early in the week. GLSSN President Johnnie will be speaking as part of the post-film panel. The movie starts at 7 p.m.

I will need some GLSSN members to come a bit early to help me set up. Anyone want to make signs for the event in the Student Activities office? Let me know please.....

[Judith Pratt]

Florida will immediately stop enforcing its ban on adoptions by gay people following a decision by a state appeals court that the three-decade-old law is unconstitutional, Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday.

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/103558464.html

[Renee Wilson]

Hoorah for Florida!!!! This is a wonderful victory for both gays/lesbians and children. Now more children in Florida will have the opportunity to be adopted into loving, caring homes.
 

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Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 13:28:22 -0700
Subject: Florida gets wiser today!
To: glss...@googlegroups.com
From: Judith...@firstclass1.csubak.edu

Florida will immediately stop enforcing its ban on adoptions by gay people following a decision by a state appeals court that the three-decade-old law is unconstitutional, Gov. Charlie Crist said Thursday.

http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/national/103558464.html

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[Judith Pratt]

http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/27/gay-vets-who-want-to-return-to-the-military.html

[Judith Pratt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnev14XfUjY

in light of the recent suicide of Seth in Tehachapi and Tyler, the Rutgers student... watch this video and know IT GETS BETTER!

[Renee Wilson]

Thanks for sharing the video. People need to know that there are other people who are like them, and that they are not alone. It's true, it does get better.
 

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Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2010 13:08:42 -0700
Subject: It gets better VIDEO
To: glss...@googlegroups.com
From: Judith...@firstclass1.csubak.edu

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bnev14XfUjY

in light of the recent suicide of Seth in Tehachapi and Tyler, the Rutgers student... watch this video and know IT GETS BETTER!

[Judith Pratt]

Protesters hurl Molotov cocktails, injure 100 at Serbian gay-pride march

Jovana Gec

Belgrade, Serbia— The Associated Press

Published Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010 11:10AM EDT

Serbian riot police fought running battles on Sunday with hundreds of far-right supporters who tried to disrupt a gay pride march in downtown Belgrade. Nearly 100 people were hurt, officials said.

Thousands of police officers sealed off the streets in the capital where the march took place, repeatedly clashing at several locations with rioters who were trying to burst through security cordons.

Several parked cars were set on fire or damaged, shop windows were broken, garbage containers were overturned and streets signs destroyed. Several shops were looted.

The rioters fired shots and hurled petrol bombs at the headquarters of the ruling pro-Western Democratic Party, setting the garage of the building on fire. The state TV building and other political parties headquarters were also attacked, with many of the house windows shattered by stones.

The protesters, chanting “death to homosexuals!” hurled Molotov cocktails, bricks, stones, glass bottles and firecrackers at riot police. Police responded by firing tear gas and deploying armoured vehicles to disperse the charging protesters in the heart of the capital even after the brief pride march ended.

The protesters hijacked a bus, ordered all of its passengers and the driver out, and pushed it down a steep street before it hit an electric pole on a main Belgrade square.

An organizer, Lazar Pavlovic, said that staging of the pride march was a “historic event.” He condemned the violence and noted that the incidents and immense security measures illustrate the dangers the gay people in Serbia are facing.

Police said that 78 policemen and 17 citizens were injured. They said 101 people were detained, 53 of whom remain in custody, suspected of violent behaviour.

Serbian President Boris Tadic condemned the “vandalism” on Belgrade streets and pledged that the extremists will be arrested and punished.

“Serbia will guarantee human rights for all its citizens, regardless of the differences among them, and no attempts to revoke these freedoms with violence will be allowed,” Mr. Tadic said.

Belgrade mayor Dragan Djilas said that the damage was estimated at more than $1.39- million U.S.

Right-wing groups say the gay events are contrary to Serbian family and religious values. Most of the rioters Sunday were young football fans whose groups have been infiltrated by neo-Nazi and other extremist organizations.

“These riots obviously have nothing to do with the gay parade or any moral values,” said Democratic Party spokeswoman Jelana Trivan. “These are hooligan gangs which must be punished severely.”

Defence Minister Dragan Sutanovac, vice-president of the Democratic Party, said a part of the party's archive, warehouse and phone lines at the building were destroyed and shots were also fired at the building.

“It is high time that we deal in a very democratic way, through the courts, with those who call themselves members of the patriotic organizations,” Mr. Sutanovac said. “Is this Belgrade or the wild West?”

Senior Justice Ministry official Slobodan Homen said that the state response will be “fierce.” He said that the city centre is covered with surveillance cameras and that the rioters have been identified and many already detained. He said they could face up to eight years in prison.

Sunday's march was viewed as a major test for Serbia's government, which has launched pro-Western reforms and pledged to protect human rights as it seeks European Union membership.

Right-wing groups broke up a pride march in 2001 and forced the cancellation of last year's event.

Vincent Degert, the head of the EU mission in Serbia, addressed around 1,000 gay activists and their supporters who gathered at a park in downtown Belgrade which was surrounded by riot police, including armoured vehicles.

“We are here to celebrate this very important day ... to celebrate the values of tolerance, freedom of expression and assembly,” Mr. Degert told the crowd waving rainbow flags.

The same right-wing group set the U.S. Embassy on fire during riots in 2008 to protest U.S. support for Kosovo's independence.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to visit Belgrade in coming days as part of a Balkan tour.

[Judith Pratt]

http://flowtv.org/2010/10/vernacular-video-for-queer-youth/

Judith Pratt

Associate Professor, Communications Department

California State University, Bakersfield

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"ENERGY RIGHTLY APPLIED CAN ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING" - Nellie Bly

[Judith Pratt]

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/NBCTAKEACTION

Demand that NBC Universal take action to end its affiliation with KETK now

KETK-NBC news anchors ask: "Will the acceptance of homosexuality in this society be the downfall of America?"

Yes, that was a question actually posed to viewers by a Texas-based NBC affiliate TV station, both on the air and online. But it didnít end there. The station then went on to broadcast responses from viewers -- some of the most vitriolic attacks on LGBT people that you will ever hear on a network affiliate.

The video is shocking. But the lack of response from NBC Universal -- KETK's parent network -- is even more shocking. That's why we need you to watch the video now and then sign our petition to NBC Universal executives Jeff Zucker and Steve Burke asking them to end NBC's affiliate relationship with KETK immediately:

Dear Mr. Zucker and Mr. Burke,

We are shocked by the segment aired on KETK-NBC in Texas in which the anchors asked viewers if the acceptance of gays would lead to the "downfall of America." As President of NBC Universal, we demand that you take action now to end your affiliate relationship with KETK immediately.

http://www.couragecampaign.org/page/s/NBCTAKEACTION

[Judith Pratt]

Obama names LGBT pioneer Roberta Achtenberg to federal civil rights post

President Obama named former San Francisco supervisor/co-founder of the National Center for Lesbian Rights Roberta Achtenberg to be a commissioner on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights.

According to the White House, she is currently a member and past chair of the California State University Board of Trustees and serves as Vice Chair of the Board of the Bank of San Francisco.

"LGBT equality is the civil rights issue of our time and this position will allow her to bring our community's concerns front and center in the national dialogue," said Joe Solomonese, president of the Human Rights Coalition.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=81824#ixzz1CBlnGczJ

Solomonese said.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/nov05election/detail?entry_id=81824#ixzz1CBl9Rexz

[Judith Pratt]

From today's newspaper: Although the federal courts expedited their handling of the lawsuit challenging Proposition 8, the issues are far from resolved. And now that the California Supreme Court has been asked to weigh in, the case could be delayed for another year or more.

Enough already. Gay and lesbian couples should be allowed to wed while the case works its way through the system.

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/editorials/la-ed-prop8-20110228,0,3261946.story