Posts from — October 2007

Frank of People of Faith and QWB has graciously sent us the calendar of events that he has compiled for late October and the month of November. Click on Events and scroll down. Thanks Frank.

“Oh, judge, your damn laws: the good people don’t need them and the bad people don’t follow them, so what good are they?”….Ammon Hennacy

A Dispatch from the First Ever Encuentro for Dignity and Against Gentrification
By Michael Gould-Wartofsky

In East Harlem, they have organized building by building to reclaim El Barrio from those who would “develop” them out of it. In Chinatown, they’ve rolled out a rent strike to win the repairs needed for tenants suffering from landlord neglect on Delancey Street. In the West Village, they’ve mobilized LGBT young people of color to stand up for their right to gather on the Christopher Street Pier. And on the Lower East Side, they’ve built a tenants’ union to defend “what is most beautiful about New York, the city that welcomed everyone…[that’s now] welcoming only money.” [Read more →]

on denialOctober 26th, 2007 by phoenix and tree

I found this image to be very powerful.

 It resonates with some things I’ve been thinking about recently. Denial, and the refusal to acknowledge the reality of suffering, are so widespread and so destructive. These twin forces enable the creation and continuation of so much violence. While there are important differences between the sexual abuse with which my father ripped and polluted my psyche and the invasion and occupation of  Iraq [Read more →]

Broad Street Gallery
Trinity College
1283 Broad Street
Hartford, CT

Be our Guest:
A contemporary look at immigration.

November 9- 20, 2007

Opening reception
November 9, 6:30- 10pm

Art by David Bacon
and Marela Zacarias

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Join Queers Without Borders for a:

Picket in front of the Military Recruiting Station
233 Pearl Street, Hartford
Friday, October 26th
Noon - 3 PM

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Obama has added an openly gay minster to his tour to balance the views of noted homophobe Donnie Mc Clurkin. Obama’s advisers have also asked supporters to contact HRC and urge the group not to criticize the senator. Guess they haven’t heard the news that HRC is sinking into quicksand as far as most LGBT people are concerned.  www.towleroad.com/2007/10/obama-adds-open.html. It still amuses me that anyone would put their faith in this system. 

Barack Obama is set to begin a three-day gospel tour with Donnie Mc Clurkin, a notorious homophobe who has vowed to battle, “the curse of homosexuality.” Do birds of a feather still flock together?  www.towleroad.com/2007/10/barack-obama-to.html. [Read more →]

Bees Swarm At Opening! Art Patrons Stampede!

San Diego-Calif.–An afternoon wine and cheese and art opening on Tuesday at the Gadtone Gallery ended abruptly and turned into a wild melee. Hundreds of bees came swarming down from the ceiling of the gallery startling patrons viewing a show entitled DANGER /ART! According to an eyewitness at the opening, patrons in their haste to get to exit doors knocked over tables of food and beverages, damaged works of art, and a women was injured when she was pushed and landed face down in Echo Vito’s sculpture, “Large White Eggs Buried In Fine White Sand,” causing massive damage to the work and ruining her cocktail dress.

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Dr. Marie Diane Equi

1872-1952

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NO WAR !  NO WARMING !

Sunday—Tuesday  October 21–23, 2007

Join a global movement rising up against war and global warming by participating in a massive intervention in Washington, DC.

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Hey folks - this is something I’m trying to cull together in response to a call from my fellow union members in the IWW to try and raise some desperately needed funds for a vital campaign, which you can read about below. In addition to the requests I make below, I could also use some info in terms of organizing such a thing. First off, it’d be great to get a sample copy of the HIMC food donations letter we’ve used in the past. The other thing I’d like to know was how we got around selling certain refreshments. [Read more →]

When I was having my radical growing pains as a child in high school, I made it a point to cover every centimeter of my backpack with political pins. My very first one read: “homophobia is a social disease.” I thought it was poignant and hilarious. I had message t-shirts and would write messages on my hands when inspired. The bathroom walls were my canvas for rattling off all the things I thought were screwy with the world. [Read more →]

Oh, what a game. Does this game make our democracy great? This running back and forth, these sleepless nights, this nail biting and hair pulling, this rushing, this competition, this stress. It all turns my mind to anger. [Read more →]

What Do—-

Eight Former Black Panthers

A 36-year old murder case

Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

and Abu Ghraib, Iraq

Have to do with each other?

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“Never is the tyrannical aspect of democracy more evident than when a majority seeks to withhold full and equal rights from a minority whether it is from fear and ignorance or moral arrogance.” …T.E.D

Our movement is no longer a movement for real liberation. It is rather a conglomeration of corporate funded-non-profit organizations clamoring for funding,  equal access to marriage, and the military, all the while assimilating as quick as possible. The larger vision of social change and liberation of humanity across all borders  has vanished. [Read more →]

Wednesday, October 10th 3:00 pm

Military Recruiting Station

233 Pearl Street, Hartford Ct.

Sponsored by:

 The Students for a Democratic Society Of West Hartford and Capital Community  College.

Queers Without Borders support this action and say Leave our Youth alone. Our young are not your cannon fodder. Stop all spying on LGBT student youth groups who oppose military recruiting on campus.

US OUT OF IRAQ NOW!

HRC sweatshop playland

for kids of all ages!!

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There’s been a teeny bit of talk about doing a CT consulta to plan for the DNC/RNC ‘08, and I’d say there’s a decent chance of it manifesting in the winter or early spring…

In support of the call to action issued by the RNC Welcoming Committee, Unconventional Action is seeking endorsements for the strategy consensed upon at the “pReNC,” a national planning consulta a year in advance of the Republican National Convention. [Read more →]

Lambda Legal’s Analysis of Stripped Down Version of ENDA: Gender Identity Protections Gone and Inadequate Protections for Lesbians, Gay Men and Bisexuals

‘You can’t be fired for being lesbian, gay or bisexual, but you can be fired if your boss thinks you fit their stereotype of one.’

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Let us first make one thing absolutely Queer!

 Queers Without Borders does not support the ENDA bill without our sisters and brothers in the Trans community included and included fully.Everyone and all! [Read more →]

Lavender / Rose Potpourri

1 cup of rose petals               1/4 cup of rose buds               1/2 cup of lavender flowers

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Last night’s Parade Without A Permit, put together by The Radical Homosexual Agenda [RHA] and its allies, was the second in what is likely to be a continuing series.

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