We are all travelers of human life. Yes even our Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, Bi and Questioning brother’s & sister’s too. Mark Thompson has taken thousands of photos through-out the years, documenting the struggles and achievements to LGBT Human Equality. Some of our gay brother’s you will see in these videos are: James Broughton Don Kilhefner Henry Harry Hay Jr. Ram Dass Asoto Saint Joseph Kramer vachier muszaphar Robert Mapplethorpe Clyde Hall Ed Steinbrecher Malcolm Boyd Essex Hemphill Paul Monette Lou Rudolph FELLOW TRAVELERS – Part 1, Courtesy of automatpictures. Thank you FELLOW TRAVELERS – Part 2, Courtesy of automatpictures. Thank [...]
The Flag 1978, Our Colors Don’t Run, San Francisco
On Saturday afternoon March 19th while discussing the topic of Pride on a roundtable with QueerPublicRadio.com we touched on the subject of the Rainbow Pride Flag. The flag was created by Gilbert Baker an activist/artist born in 1951 often referred to as the Gay Betsy Ross, he was discharged from the ARMY in 1972 and shortly after took up sewing. Gilbert was often asked to make banners for protest and gay pride marches. Gilbert was friends with Harvey Milk whom he had first met in the mid 1970′s First raised in San Francisco, California on June 25, 1978 the original flag contained eight [...]
While It’s Love That Makes a Family, It’s Marriage That Protects It.
Jack is a British gay man living in New York raising his niece with his sister-in-law. Because he can’t marry the man he loves to stay in the country, as immigration is not a right gay marriage covers, he marries his best girlfriend for a green card. When the wedding goes horribly wrong, and he’s faced with deportation, he’s left with an impossible and heartbreaking choice…. THE POLITICS BEHIND THE FILM: Our aim for I Do is to make an intelligent, sexy, romantic dramedy with broad appeal, while highlighting one of the most divisive civil rights, political, social, moral, and [...]
Marriage Equality Cleveland Brown Style
Man you breeders are lucky, you can marry and unmarry whenever you want to… Cleveland’s wife and his two buddies want to bring Gay Marriage to Virginia. Do they fall for it? ...
Global LGBT Summit Philadelphia April 25 – May 1, 2011
Equality Forum 2011 PSA, Courtesy of equalityforum. Thank you ...
Just an Innocent Boy From the Suburbs of Toronto
Hi Everybody, I have a few stories to share with you about New York City and what it was like for me to discover it at the tender age of 15. Let me preface my memories by first explaining how it was that I ended up there. The late 70′s and early 80′s were very important pivotal years for gay rights in Toronto. There use to be a a gay bar called the St Charles on Yonge St., Toronto’s main strip. Somehow a “tradition” was started every Halloween when HUNDREDS of homophobes would line the opposite side of Yonge, directly [...]
Transexual Superstar Calpernia Addams
Calpernia Sarah Addams born February 20, 1971 transgender actress, musician, author, activist, hostess, adventurer. Here she is being her “Stunning” self. Enjoy! “Stunning” – Calpernia’s New Song, Courtesy of Calpernia Addams ...