by admin | Apr 30, 2014 | Articles, Equality, Gender, LGBTQIA+, News, Racism, Women's Rights
With National Poetry Month coming to an end, it’s never been a better time to shine a spotlight on a woman who so brilliantly merges poetry with activism: Sonya Renee Taylor. Taylor, an openly queer woman, is an award winning Poet, Activist, and Transformational...
by admin | Apr 29, 2014 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
Mary Lambert – one of our favorite body positive musicians, LGBT rights activists, and leaders to an equal world – just released a new video for “Body Love,” and it is stunning. Part song, part spoken word piece, “Body Love” is one of the songs from Lambert’s 2013 EP,...
by admin | Apr 24, 2014 | LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT
OUT Magazine, the world’s leading publication for gay fashion and lifestyle trends, has just released its 8th Annual Power List – a.k.a. the OUT Power 50. OUT Magazine wants to know, What does LGBT power look like in 2014? During its quest to find the most powerful...
by admin | Apr 23, 2014 | Equality, LGBTQIA+, News
The Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) has been in the news a lot lately – what with their founding leader Fred Phelps’ passing – but their hateful message seems to be less and less relevant. Nothing proved this more than the spirited students from the University of...
by admin | Apr 18, 2014 | Articles, Equality, LGBTQIA+, News, Power LGBT
Earlier this month, the 50th annual Civil Rights Summit was held in Austin, Texas, where speakers discussed contemporary socio-political issues, LGBT rights, and equality. This year’s summit marked the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and featured...
by admin | Apr 16, 2014 | Articles, Equality, LGBTQIA+, News, Women's Rights
Pop music icon and mega-producer Pharrell Williams was on the Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this month, where he had some pretty surprising and wonderful things to say about women’s rights and marriage equality. The musician, who was actually wrapped up in a bit of...