Posts Tagged ‘Racial Justice’
Ferguson & The Sin Of Racism
America’s original sin of racism is playing out in Ferguson, Missouri, as buildings lie in smoldering ruins and rage at injustice simmers. How did we get here? To understand this moment, we have to understand that Ferguson is yet another unraveled thread in the closely woven fabric of racism that has cloaked this country for…
Read MoreMichigan Pastor Opposes Discrimination Against LGBT People
I know a fair amount about religion and discrimination. And I know they shouldn’t mix. I’m supporting updating Michigan’s landmark Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act to include protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals—because discrimination is wrong, and religious beliefs shouldn’t foster discrimination. It’s shocking that in Michigan today, it’s legal to fire someone or…
Read MoreConfronting Echoes Of The AIDS Hysteria As We Battle Ebola
Exactly a decade ago this month I received an email flagged as urgent from Monrovia, Liberia. It was from Lee Johnson, then coordinator of “Liberian Youths Against HIV/AIDS.” “Presently, the HIV/AIDS scourge is deeply eating into the fabric of our society and there is little being done to bring this to a halt. Therefore, some…
Read MoreBelieve Out Loud Welcomes New Program Associate
Believe Out Loud is delighted to announce the hiring of Timothy DuWhite, Jr. as our new program associate. In this role, DuWhite will manage online engagement across Believe Out Loud’s social networks and provide support across program areas. DuWhite is the former program coordinator and office manager for Urban Word NYC, New York’s premier non-profit organization…
Read MoreLGBT Organizations Stand With Michael Brown’s Family
In a show of solidarity, LGBT organizations across the country are standing with the family of Michael Brown, the African-American teenager who was fatally shot by police in Ferguson, Missouri. As GLAAD reports, “Brown was unarmed, and witnesses say his hands were in the air when he was shot multiple times.” Tuesday’s letter states that we…
Read MoreCrossing The State Border: From Married To Single In An Instant
I want to begin my musing with a little history. In June 1958, two residents of Virginia, Mildred Jeter, a Black woman, and Richard Loving, a White man, were married in the District of Columbia pursuant to its laws. Shortly after their marriage, the Lovings returned to Virginia and established their marital abode in Caroline…
Read MoreRedefining Realness: How Janet Mock Is Teaching Me To Be A Better Trans Ally
“We need to give trans people space to tell their own stories, and we should follow the lead of people who are out there and being visible, and actually advocating for these rights.” –Janet Mock Over the past few months, transgender women and men have been in the news a lot. From Laverne Cox and…
Read MoreThe Lynchings Haven’t Stopped
On March 6th, in Galveston, Texas, a city outside of Houston, a young African-American lesbian couple was killed and dumped near a dumpster. Britney Cosby and Crystal Jackson (pictured left) were 24 years old and out to their families, yet the main suspect for this crime is Cosby’s father. These two women shared the same age and race…
Read MoreJordan Davis Verdict: United Methodist Coalition Speaks Out
Florida has witnessed yet another innocent, unarmed, young black man killed, and once again no one was held accountable. The very need to use descriptors like innocent and unarmed for a black man, when that is implicit if we were to say a young white man, outlines the racism that infects our communities. Jordan Russell Davis was the victim of…
Read MoreHolocaust Remembrance Day: We All Wear The Triangle
1945: Upon liberation of Nazi concentration camps by Allied forces, some interned for homosexuality are not freed, but required to serve out the full term of their sentences under Paragraph 175. Click here to see the full image. International Holocaust Remembrance Day honors the victims of the Nazi era, including the estimated 5,000 to 60,000…
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