UK gay group blasts US HIV travel ban
UK gay group blasts US HIV travel ban
Tags: Blasts, Gay Group, Gay Travel, Group Travel, hiv, Hiv Uk, Travel Ban, Travel Group, Travel Uk, Uk Gay, Uk TravelLarry Kramer Blasts Yale’s ‘Conspiracy of Silence’ on Gay History
When more than 300 Yale alumni and their guests arrived at Yale for the University’s first-ever lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender alumni reunion this weekend, they found not only camaraderie, but also controversy.
The first-ever recipient of the GALA Lifetime Achievement Award, gay activist Larry Kramer ’57, harshly rebuked the University for its treatment of gay history as an academic field during the three-day reunion, which was jointly organized by the LGBT alumni association Yale GALA and the Association of Yale Alumni. At a dinner ceremony Saturday, Kramer said the University has wrongly relegated the study of gay history to LGBT studies, arguing that there is a significant semantic difference between gay “history” and gay “studies.”
Declaring that queer and gender theories are “relatively useless,” Kramer — who was among the first to call for action against the AIDS crisis — said gay history has been “hijacked” by queer theorists.
Kramer and Yale have clashed before; in the mid-nineties, Yale rejected a sizable gift from Kramer to create either an endowed chair in gay and lesbian studies or a student center for gay students. In 2001, Kramer’s brother, Arthur Kramer ’49, gave a $1 million gift in Larry’s name to found the Larry Kramer Initiative for Gay and Lesbian Studies, which was closed after five years when the gift was spent.
In order to demonstrate the importance of gay history, Kramer declared that he believes many prominent American historical figures were gay, including George Washington, the famous explorer Meriwether Lewis, Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth.
The study of gay history is therefore important as a means of promoting acceptance for LGBT individuals, Kramer said.
“The plague of AIDS was allowed to happen because most of the world hates us,” he said. “They don’t know we’re related to Washington and Lincoln.”
While alumni sat attentively throughout the speech and gave Kramer a standing ovation, some said afterwards that they were standing not necessarily out of agreement with Kramer, but rather out of respect for his activism in the wake of AIDS.
“He’s been a provocateur all of his career, since the AIDS crisis,” said Ken Demario ’64. “I don’t know if this was an appropriate forum for as nasty a broadside as his was against the University.”
In a brief interview after the speech, Provost Peter Salovey said he agreed that the study of LGBT history is important.
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UK gay group blasts US HIV travel ban
UK gay group blasts US HIV travel ban
Tags: Blasts, Gay Group, Gay Travel, Group Travel, hiv, Hiv Uk, Travel Ban, Travel Group, Travel Uk, Uk Gay, Uk TravelUK gay group blasts US HIV travel ban
UK gay group blasts US HIV travel ban
Tags: Blasts, Gay Group, Gay Travel, Group Travel, hiv, Hiv Uk, Travel Ban, Travel Group, Travel Uk, Uk Gay, Uk TravelGOP blasts Obama pot rule
(Washington) Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is taking aim at the Obama administration’s policy change over medical marijuana.
The Justice Department has announced it will target California’s medical marijuana distributors only if they violate both federal and state law.
That’s a break from the Bush administration, which targeted dispensaries under federal law even …
Tags: Blasts, Bush Administration, Chuck Grassley, Gop, Justice Department, Medical Marijuana, Pot Rule, Taking AimPetition blasts Starr for Prop 8 ‘lies’
(Washington) Copies of an online petition electronically signed by 46,000 people has been hand-delivered to the Washington, DC offices of Kirkland & Ellis where Ken Starr is counsel.
Starr argued before the California Supreme Court to both uphold Proposition 8, which bans marriage between loving same sex couples, and to strike …
Tags: Amp, Blasts, California Supreme Court, Ken Starr, Kirkland, marriage, Online Petition, Same Sex Couples, Washington Dc OfficesUK PM blasts Prop 8
(London) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has blasted the California law banning same-sex marriage. Brown called Proposition 8, as it is known, “unacceptable” and said it was a setback for civil rights in the United States.
Brown made the comments during a speech to British gay rights leaders during a reception …
Tags: Blasts, British Prime Minister, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, California Law, Civil Rights, Gay Rights Leaders, Gordon Brown, marriage, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, same sex marriage, Setback, Uk London, united statesStand in and march by candlelight to overturn Proposition 8
To find an event near you, visit www.eveofjustice.com or www.marriageequality.org.
Many of these events feature faith leaders and are organized by people of faith. Join CA Faith for Equality, Marriage Equality USA, Equality California and other statewide and local cosponsors to share your voice and shine your light.
Statewide, March 4th, Candlelight Events and Marches. For information about locations and times in your area, visit www.eveofjustice.com or www.marriageequality.org.
Statewide, March 5th, 9am-12:30pm, CA Supreme Court hears oral arguments about overturning Proposition 8. Many supporters are traveling to San Francisco, others are gathering for viewing parties. If you are traveling to San Francisco, visit the CA Supreme Court website to know your viewing options. The California Channel will provide a live TV broadcast and online webcast.
Fresno, March 7-8th, Camp Courage. Brought to you by the Courage Campaign, this training offers us the opportunity to learn and sharpen our organizing tools and methods. For more information, please contact Lilia at lilia@couragecampaign.org.
Orange County, March 5th, 4-6pm Marriage Equality Rally hosted by Church of the Foothills. Join the Church of the Foothills to rally for marriage equality in pro-Prop 8 Orange County. 19211 Dodge Ave., (at Newport Blvd.), Santa Ana, 92705. For more information, contact Kergan at proud2bdad@yahoo.com
Pasadena, March 7th and 14th, 10am-2:30pm, Vote for Equality Canvasses. Talk to our neighbors about marriage equality. Training provided. Neighborhood Church, 301 N. Orange Grove Blvd., 91103. To RSVP or for more information, contact Laura Gardiner at 323-770-3188 or lgardiner@lagaycenter.org.
Los Angeles, March 11th, Jordan/Rustin Coalition Faith Committee Meeting. 7-8:30pm. Dinner from 6:30-7pm. At the first inaugural meeting of the faith committee, a joint project of the Jordan/Rustin Coalition and CA Faith for Equality, we will discuss and plan relationship building with African-American faith communities in the Los Angeles area. Contact Anne-Marie for more information: williams@jordanrustin.org.
Call for events!! If there are events in your area appropriate for folks interested in LGBT faith-rooted organizing, please email Kerry with details at kerry@cafaithforequality.org two weeks prior to the event. We will do our best to publicize them in our e-blasts.
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Barney Frank blasts Obama choice of anti-gay pastor
(Washington) The first openly gay member of Congress says it was a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to invite the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.
“Mr. Warren compared same-sex couples to incest. I found that deeply offensive and unfair,” Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said in a …
Tags: Anti Gay, barack obama, Barney Frank, Blasts, Gay Member, Gay Pastor, Inauguration, Incest, Invocation, Member Of Congress, Mistake, President Elect, Rick Warren, Same Sex CouplesBarney Frank blasts Obama choice of anti-gay pastor
(Washington) The first openly gay member of Congress says it was a mistake for President-elect Barack Obama to invite the Rev. Rick Warren to deliver the invocation at his inauguration.
“Mr. Warren compared same-sex couples to incest. I found that deeply offensive and unfair,” Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass., said in a …
Tags: Anti Gay, barack obama, Barney Frank, Blasts, Gay Member, Gay Pastor, Inauguration, Incest, Invocation, Member Of Congress, Mistake, President Elect, Rick Warren, Same Sex Couples
