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HBO Documentary Films Trailer: VITO – The Life of Gay Activist Vito Russo – Video
Share this:Vito recounts the life of Vito Russo, one of the founding fathers of the gay liberation movement. Playing a pivotal role in the formative years of the GAA (Gay Activists Alliance), GLAAD and ACT UP, he was also a writer, best known for “The...
Video – Russian Orthodox Christians Clash With Moscow Gay Rights Protestors, 40 Arrested
Share this:In two separate incidents on Sunday over 40 Russian LGBT activists have been arrested protesting for LGBT rights in the extremely homophobic country. Moscow police broke up one protest where gay activists gathered outside the Moscow city council ...
LGBT Activist March In Massive Chicago NATO Summit Protest
Share this:Marching along side several thousand others protestors involved in the protest against the ongoing NATO Summit in Chicago. A group of nearly 100 LGBT activists marched and demonstrated as a “queer contingent” in solidarity with...
Newt Gingrich Heckled By Gay Activists In Minnesota….. NICE!
Share this:Tuesday morning in Bloomington, Minn., gay-rights activists heckled Newt Gingrich and as The Atlantic notes things got a bit “physical” after one heckler was escorted out of the room, another stood up and took over. Before police...
5 Gay Activists, Including Nikolai Alekseev Arrested Outside Russian Embassy In Paris As They Deliver Petition
Share this: The French-language LGBT Website, Yagg, is reporting that a group of gay activists including Louis-Georges Tin, the founder of International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia Russian activist Nikolai Alekseev (pictured left); American...
Legendary Playwright and NYC Gay Activist Doric Wilson Dies At Age 72
Share this: Legendary gay playwright and LGBT activist Doric Wilson, (pictured left) an early figure in New York’s Off-Off-Broadway scene died on May 7, according to friends. He was 72 years old. Wilson was one of the first resident playwrights...
NYC Gay Rights Activist Alan Bounville Goes On Hunger Strike Demanding Gays Be Added to the Civil Rights Act
Share this:New York City gay activist Alan Bounville who has been trying to persuade Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to file a bill adding gays and lesbians to the 1964 Civil Rights Act has gone on a hunger strike. Bounville has been trying to to...
President Obama Heckled on DADT Repeal Failure and AIDS Funding at House and Senate Democratic Committees Fundraisers In NYC
Share this: At the ballroom of the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City last night Obama raised $1.4 million at receptions and a dinner for the House and Senate Democratic campaign committees, and he also drew the ire and anger of LGBT Activist. ...