Posts from — August 2007

Queers Without Borders (QWB) was formed a few years ago in response to several anti-war straights that proclaimed, to a few of us queers at a Hartford march: “I thought all you “gays” were only concerned with marriage?” Clearly we were taken aback, though not totally shocked by this view, especially here in Connecticut. It seems that any semblance of a Queer Left, let alone Queer anti-racist, anti-imperialist, anti-capitalist, anarchical presence is virtually non-existent. [Read more →]

Candidates for a Breeders Statuette

By Punk Pink

Every once in awhile a good friend of mine sends me a packet containing news articles, drawings, cartoons, and other written works that may be of interest to me. Among the articles sent this month was an AP story about a man and women who I have a hankering to give a good spanking to. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar an Arkansas couple welcomed their 17^thchild and seventh daughter to their ever expanding brood. Duggar and his wife are politically conservative Fundamentalist Christians who home school their precious little messes. Less than 30 minuets after giving birth the Duggar’s were talking about having more children. [Read more →]

Beyond Same-Sex Marriage:

A New Strategic Vision for all Our Families and Relationships.

www.beyondmarriage.org/

Queers Without Borders love their Speak Out Cart. The idea of a moving “soap box” came to us in 2005. QWB had called together interested parties to help in planning a response to the Connecticut Forum’s panel discussion, “The Cultural Wars: Moral Values, Decency, Marriage, and Religion.” The panelists were Ralph Reed, Frank Rich, Margaret Carlson and David Brooks. QWB asked people, “Would you prefer a culturally diverse panel or one of political pundits from the mainstream media?” We then asked, “Whose Voice is Missing?” and answered with a resounding OURS! So began our idea of having all who came to the demonstration / street theater/ Speak Out to do just that *SPEAK OUT* [Read more →]

[note jointly written by Richard and Jerimarie] This blog entry is written to celebrate the struggle of Trannies during one hot August night in San Francisco in 1966. If interested in a pivotal piece of Trans history, then we hope you will read on.

Today’s political landscape for queer rights is dominated by the struggle for Marriage Equality. And with this we see many gays and lesbians, as well as LGBT allies, demanding equal rights in Marriage. However, what gets lost in this drumbeat for “gay civil rights” is the more fundamental issue of Queer Human Rights! Simply consider the fact that in nearly 30 states one can still be fired, denied housing, credit, etc for their homosexuality and that in more than 40 states for simply being transgender. Yet we hear the drumbeat that queer oppression will vanish once Marriage Equality is bestowed upon gays and lesbians. And with this mainstream “Civil Rights” struggle many queers and trannies are simply left at the bus station of equality, still looking for their basic human rights.

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