All Entries Tagged With: "bigotry"
Bigotry Lines the Streets of South Boston on St. Patty’s Day
By: Nicole Lashomb*/Editor-in-Chief– Today, I had the privilege of lining up in my first St. Patrick’s Peace Parade, which started one mile behind the traditional parade since we are regularly banned from participating in the “traditional” yearly festivities. Yes, banned, as were all LGBTA groups and veterans. After having decorated our SUV with The Rainbow [...]
Experiencia en la Parada de San Patricio: Discrimen en las Calles del Sur de Boston
Por: Gricel M. Ocasio*/Publicadora de TRT– Tanta ha sido la polémica de la parada de San Patricio en Boston que pensamos que era lo correcto y justo el participar como parte de nuestro apoyo y presencia como dueñas del periódico The Rainbow Times. Luego de haber tenido una odisea con el tráfico en Boston para [...]
New Pope Must Represent the New Moral Voice of Faith and Equality
HUDSON, North Carolina — Faith In America, an organization working to end the harm to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) youth and families from religion-based bigotry, expresses its deepest hope and desire that the successor to Pope Benedict XVI will end the immense harm the Catholic Church has caused and continues to cause to [...]
Chick-fil-A Flap About Homophobia, Hate; Not Gay Marriage
By: Chuck Colbert/TRT Reporter– In the few months since the anti-gay Chick-fil-A controversy burst onto the national stage, local gay-rights activists have been clear about their main beef with Dan Cathy, chief executive officer and president of the fast food restaurant chain. Cathy is within his First Amendment rights to speak out against same-sex marriage, [...]
White House Objects as House Omits LGBTs from Domestic Violence & Defense Bills
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service– Despite a warning that President Obama may exercise his veto power, the U.S. House Wednesday (May 16) approved a version of the Violence Against Women Act that omits provisions, approved in the Senate, to help LGBT victims of domestic violence. The vote was 221 to 205. R. Clarke Cooper, head [...]
Good Theology Must Keep Religion From Sliding Into Superstition & Persecution
By Paul P. Jesep*/TRT Columnist– Rev. Dr. Patrick S. Cheng, lawyer, theologian, and seminary professor has a powerful intellectual acumen that brings a new revelation to faith. He is a passionate scholar of LGBTQ Christian theology. There are many types and categories of theology, both Christian and non-Christian. Although Rev. Cheng writes from a Christian [...]
Simplifying Racism & Blaming Marginalized Groups Is Never OK (Updated)
By: Gricel Martínez Ocasio*/TRT Publisher– No one said the world affairs and the people that surround us are remotely aware of differences that should not separate us, but unite us. I am not merely speaking of LGBT rights and the people who shed hatred from the right. That is to be expected and I think [...]
Creep of the Week: His Royal Creep, Rep. Steve King (R-IA)
By: D’Anne Witkowski*/Special for TRT– Oh, Steve King. You are a royal creep, indeed. A longstanding foe of LGBT people and anyone who sees LGBT people as, oh I don’t know, human, King has once again opened his joker of a mouth to say something incredibly dumb. Readers of this column are certainly aware that [...]
Team OUT Run Competes for At-Risk LGBT Youth In Boston Marathon 2012
BOSTON, Mass. – The Theater Offensive’s Team OUT Run will compete at the Boston Marathon 2012 and lace up their sneakers for at-risk LGBT youth from the Dorchester, Roxbury, Jamaica Plain and South End neighborhoods. Backed by sponsorship from The Theater Offensive’s neighbors at Reebok CrossFit Back Bay, Team OUT Run is headed by Adrian [...]
Creep of the Week: One Million Moms
By: D’Anne Witkowski/Special for TRT– Lest there be any confusion, last week’s Creep is not just a million random ladies with kids. One Million Moms is an affiliate of the American Family Association. So you can imagine how much these moms love homos. OMM loves homos so much that they won’t stop calling JC Penney [...]
