Posts Tagged ‘LGBT equality’
Seventy-One Years of Human Rights: Equality in the Community
Tuesday, December 10th, marked the 71st anniversary of Human Rights Day. This year’s theme is “Youth Standing Up for Human Rights.” The youth are the future. Raising them to respect one another despite differences in religion, skin tone, and cultural background, and sexuality is key in creating a safer and more inclusive world for generations…
Read MoreCivil Rights For All: The Making Of “The New Black”
Here is perhaps the most salient lesson I learned in making the documentary The New Black. What goes unspoken–and unheard–in our national conversations is equally as important as what is said. When, in 2008, an erroneous CNN poll laid the blame for the passage of Proposition 8 squarely at the feet of California’s black voters,…
Read MoreGoing Global: Working Together For LGBT Equality
In just a few days, the U.S. Supreme Court will issue its ruling on Proposition 8 and the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). As public support for LGBT equality grows, there are many communities where change has yet to come. Our latest newsletter speaks to the diverse challenges and LGBT activism in the United States…
Read MoreCall Me Kuchu: Documenting The Struggle For Equality In Uganda
This film is now available on DVD and digital platforms—check out Call Me Kuchu for more information! In late 2009, we received a phone call from Uganda—it was gay activist David Kato, who we’d been speaking with as part of the initial research for our documentary film. David told us that his fears had been realized:…
Read MoreFriends Without Benefits
“It is not good for man to be alone.” Genesis 2:18 For those who strive to rebut charges of anti-gay discrimination by underscoring their love of sinners, friendship has become an important rhetorical device. The National Organization for Marriage’s Jennifer Roback Morse said of a hypothetical gay man or woman, ”What I would hope for…
Read MoreCalled To Faith & Compassion
Faith is a journey that reveals the new and unexpected everyday. That’s a core belief we have at Believe Out Loud. We challenge ourselves, and others, to walk a mile in the shoes of those around us in an attempt to grow and strengthen our common humanity. That’s why we’re committed to working with Christians…
Read MoreLove Will Make A Way: Interracial & Same-Sex Marriage
My parents wrestled with the idea of me marrying my partner. The sanctuary was packed but my father didn’t come. Dad was brought up in the Deep South and my husband looked like the people who had practiced the nauseating hatred of Jim Crow in my father’s hometown. News of the support of our union,…
Read MoreAnniversary Reflections On Marriage Equality
Okay, here’s the overly-cute truth of it: I love being married. Now, I don’t think marriage is for everybody. I don’t think it’s part of God’s plan for all of us to be cutely married to some cute person and have a bunch of cute kids. As you can probably tell, that’s all a little…
Read MoreMy Faith Taught Me To Love
It was an ordinary morning, except my partner was the one still lazing about in bed rather than me. I intended to wake her with a kiss and a cup of tea but I was suddenly stopped short. I stood fixed in the bedroom doorway watching her sleep when it struck me: I love her. This was…
Read MoreWhat The Next Pope Can Learn From A Nun On The Bus
If he was hoping to make a quiet exit, Pope Benedict (now officially pope emeritus), has left his successor a Roman Catholic Church in chaos. The findings of the so-called Vatileaks scandal, delivered to the Pope in a December 17 dossier, reveal the depths of controversy and corruption throughout the Vatican. Not only will the…
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