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audioLyn Archer speaks about New Orleans City proposed shut-down of French Quarter Strip Clubs (audio/mpeg 33.6MB) by WTUL News & Views
In-studio interview with Lyn Archer, New Orleans resident and stripper, on proposed shut-down of more than half of French Quarter Strip Clubs....
Posted: Mon, Jun 27, 2016 7:45am PDT
audioDawn Collins on RootsCampLA 2016 (audio/mpeg 10.5MB) by wtul news
We talked to Dawn Collins about Roots Camp LA, a day long unconference at UNO Student Center this Saturday, June 25th, for progressive activists to gather and share stories of success organizing at the statewide level. This year's program includes a networking night friday at Kajun's on St Claude, and Saturday night spoken word....
Posted: Thu, Jun 23, 2016 5:25am PDT
textIndonesian Atrocities against Gays by Can we get a protest going?
FYI: Indonesian Consulate General in San Francisco 1111 Columbus Avenue San Francisco, CA United States TELEPHONE: (415) 474.9571 FAX: (415) 441-4320 HEAD OF MISSION: Mr Asianto Sinambela, Consul General...
Posted: Mon, Feb 29, 2016 8:38pm PST
audioConversations in Color Featuring Alexis De Veaux and Janet Mock (audio/mpeg 2.1MB) by WTUL News & Views
Conversations in Color, an intimate discussion on Black Feminism, Sexuality, Intersectionality, Emergent Strategy and Afrofuturism featuring Alexis De Veaux, 2015 Lambda Literary Best Lesbian Fiction award winner, and Janet Mock, Trans-advocate and MSNBC So Popular Talk Show Host....
Posted: Sat, Feb 20, 2016 9:41pm PST
textTask Force Urges Pope Francis to Practice "Golden Rule" for LGBTQ People and Families by via National LGBTQ Task Force
Washington, DC, September 24, 2015 — The National LGBTQ Task Force is urging Pope Francis to practice the “Golden Rule” for LGBTQ people and their families. The Pope emphasized the often quoted axiom in his address to a joint session of the US Congress—but went on to implicitly criticize marriage equality and reproductive rights, issues of vital importance to LGBTQ people and their allies....
Posted: Thu, Sep 24, 2015 12:01pm PDT
audioDr. Alexis Pauline Gumbs & Almah LaVon on Dark Sciences: A People Of Color Dream Retreat (audio/mpeg 38.4MB) by WTUL News & Views
This is the first convening of a queer-black-feminist imagined collective dreaming house for people of color....
Posted: Wed, Jul 8, 2015 7:17am PDT
audioGirls Rock New Orleans, June 8th-13th 2015 (audio/mpeg 3.2MB) by Jesse Rafert
Girls Rock! New Orleans brings together volunteer instructors and female and female identifying kids to create an explosive showcase of talent and inspiration! From June 8th- 13th, kids learn new instruments, form bands, and attend workshops about music, art, and social justice....
Posted: Thu, May 28, 2015 5:12pm PDT
audioGirls Rock New Orleans 2015 (audio/mpeg 9.5MB) by wtulnews
Li and Saiya join us to talk about Girls Rock New Orleans, June 8th and on this summer at NOCCA. The performance will be on June 13th, and a fundraiser is tomorrow, at 5pm at Clouet Gardens....
Posted: Fri, May 15, 2015 9:16am PDT
audioInterview with LOUD Queer Youth Theater participants Latreece Reed, Nicky Cao, and Joriel (audio/mpeg 16.4MB) by WTUL News and Views
Gahiji Barrow interviews members of LOUD, the Queer Youth Theater project based in New Orleans today. They discuss their upcoming performance, Pursuit of Justice, which will take place at the Mid City Theater this weekend. Also bring up topics of how queer youth interact with the police and feel about the police in New Orleans and what the group has brought to their lives....
Posted: Wed, May 13, 2015 6:49am PDT
audioLast Call: New Orleans Dyke Bar History Project (audio/mpeg 10.9MB) by WTUL News and Views
Erin Roussel and Bonnie Gamble speak about Last Call, the New Orleans Dyke Bar History Project, and a new podcast they will be presenting in the coming weeks....
Posted: Wed, Mar 18, 2015 7:30am PDT
imagePhilippine Women’s Coalitions Launch 18 Days of Activism against Violence
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by sentro
On the eve of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women (VAW), which marks the start of the 18 Days of Activism Against VAW, women’s groups held a press conference and rally in front of the US Embassy. The coalitions announced today that they unite in focusing on the call for justice for Jennifer Laude during this 18-day campaign period which starts on November 25, and will sustain the campaign until justice is served....
Posted: Wed, Dec 3, 2014 3:52am PST
audioWTUL News & Views interview with Jessica Callahan of PATOIS film fest (audio/mpeg 7.3MB) by WTUL News & Views (New Orleans, LA)
Interview with PATOIS film fest director Jessica Callan...
Posted: Fri, Nov 14, 2014 7:30am PST
imagePhilippines: Lawmakers studying the filing of bill against hate crimes
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by Akbayan (Citizens Action Party)
A pair of reform-oriented lawmakers has expressed plans to file a critical measure that could curb hate-motivated crimes and violence directed at the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community....
Posted: Sat, Oct 25, 2014 6:19pm PDT
imageFatal encounter: Jennifer Laude meets US Marine Corps
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by Walden Bello
PHILIPPINES: As I peered at Jennifer Laude’s serene face in the open casket, I saw the wound on her forehead that was barely concealed by the mortician’s make up. I did not see the bruises on her neck and shoulders, but a person familiar with the autopsy said they were severe....
Posted: Tue, Oct 21, 2014 4:42am PDT
imagePhilippine Labor Party demands turnover of US Marine suspect in transgender killing
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by Labor Party - Philippines
Partido Manggagawa (PM) [Labor Party - Philippines] condemns the killing of transgender woman, Jeffrey Serdoncillo Laude a.k.a. Jennifer Laude, allegedly by a US Marine participating in the Balikatan exercise in Olongapo City 11p.m. of October 11....
Posted: Wed, Oct 15, 2014 10:32pm PDT
imageU.S. Marine Suspected in Killing of Transgender Filipina
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by Akbayan (Citizens Action Party)
Akbayan sends letter to US Ambassador demanding the surrender of PFC Joseph Scott Pemberton...
Posted: Wed, Oct 15, 2014 6:20am PDT
textGambia: President should reject homophobic law by Amnesty International
President Yahya Jammeh of Gambia should not sign a new Criminal Code amendment that would increase the punishment for “aggravated homosexuality” to life in prison, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said on September 9. The measure would further add to the climate of fear for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in Gambia....
Posted: Fri, Sep 12, 2014 12:54am PDT
textDeep Disappointment in Derrick Jensen's Transphobic DGR by Former Jensen Supporter (moth)
It really disturbs me that my once favorite "eco-warrior" author Derrick Jensen has turned on the trans community and is now promoting hatred against them instead of forging new allies to protect the wilderness. All that political energy directed against the trans community by Jensen et. al. is wasted, he could have used that voice to save forests from clearcutting, protect desert aquifers and many other needed battles. Now instead Jensen's "Deep Green Resistance" (DGR) is walking hand in han...
Posted: Sun, Aug 10, 2014 8:19am PDT
imageHigh school students, community stand up to Westboro Baptist Church
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by Walter Smolarek
On June 9, nearly 1,000 students and community members gathered outside Wilson High School in Washington, D.C., to stand up to the notorious bigots of the Westboro Baptist Church. Wilson High was targeted by WBC because the school was celebrating LGBTQ Pride, shortly after the school’s principal, Peter Cahall, came out as a gay man....
Posted: Wed, Jun 11, 2014 12:09pm PDT
imageThe AIDS fight back: reflection from a revolutionary
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by Preston Wood
I remember in the 1980s having to sneak into the hospital to be with my partner, lover, best friend, when he lay dying. Obviously, the hospital administration didn't consider our life-partner commitment was in any way valid. He was suffering with severe pain, clogged airways, and covered with KS lesions (Karposi Sarcoma). He was confused and alone — except for me, plus comrades and friends who were always there. Photo: A New York City march in the 1980s...
Posted: Tue, May 20, 2014 10:32pm PDT
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