http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu a radical queer blog space that defies spatial, physical, religious, gender, political and all other imposed boundaries Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:45:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en By Syantani Chatterjee, Reuters, Wed Jul 23, 1:17 AM ET Single mother Mary White worked as a sales clerk until the bank foreclosed on the home she rented. Tossed out on the street with her six boys, she lost her deposit and her job. Now she is revved up to vote in November. ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/23/as-economic-woes-mount-homeless-plan-to-vote/ Tonight (Tuesday 22july) at 7:30pm at the corner of Capitol Ave and Broad St, (rain location is at the Charter Oak Cultural Center) there will be a candlelight vigil for Nashawn William, a 16 year old black youth who was attacked by a gang of whites in Plainfield, CT while ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/22/anti-racist-solidarity-in-hartford/ Based upon feedback we are endeavoring to improve the look and feel of the QWB blog. And this is where all you queers and such come in (or out depending upon your frame of reference)! Please drop us an email at blog@queerswithoutborders.com with any suggestions for improving the interface, usability ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/20/housekeeping-shit-and-such/ A caption from an article about the musician describes "pop songs with Perry cast as a sunnier Avril." The comparison of Avril Lavigne and Katy Perry is right on target--both are poseurs. Avril has--in pop culture--conned younger generations into believing that dark eyeliner and angst define punk, and Katy's current ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/20/dyke-lite-chapstick-lesbians-and-the-women-who-dont-love-them/ This posting was found on Kelli Busey's site planetransgender. Read all about this latest slap to our Trans Sisters and a slap to our true spirit. To Kelli and all of our people Queers Without Borders stands up and OUT and in our Queer Spirit march with you on July ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/20/gay-bar-bans-drag-queens-on-trashy-tuesday/ An Old Jewish Anarchist Revoluntionary Anthem It's Dawn Already, Wake Up! Open Your Eyes! www.akpress.org/2006/items/ana This is a wonderful historical piece that I found today. Enjoy. http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/19/music-for-a-multi-issue-peoplemovement-16/ Actions challenge criminal injustice system By Gloria RubacHouston, Published Jul 18, 2008 12:18 AM The Harris County criminal justice system here has historically been racist and targeted the poor, with justice denied for untold generations. Within the last year, the struggle against this system has intensified to the point that ruling-class politicians ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/19/on-the-national-question-houston-activists-challenge-criminal-injustice-system/   If Queers Without Borders could fly off to San Francisco we would be there for the protest against HRC's annual dinner. We will be there in spirit, in solidarity sending out our good vibs for justice and freedom for all. We will be in the street with the Harvey Milk LGBT ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/17/hrc-comes-to-san-francisco-july-26/ *  Why Workers World is endorsing Cynthia McKinney for president Published Jul 17, 2008 12:13 AM Workers World newspaper in the past has supported the candidates of Workers World Party running for national office in the U.S. presidential elections and who have put forward a revolutionary socialist program. This time we are taking the ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/17/workers-world-party-endorses-mckinney-for-president-2/ I found this discussion on Diana's Little Corner In The Nutmeg State this AM. Diana calls her posting "Revisionist History Part III." She puts it so well in her posting when she writes, "You ask why am I hung up on the Stonewall uprising and it is because so many ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/17/check-out-this-discussion/ "Nashawn Williams Addresses The Media" posted by Kevin over at the Undercurrent Blog is a video in 3 parts of the press conference held last Saturday at Charter Oak Cultural Center. Please click here. Nashawn William is a 16 year old black youth who was attacked by a gang of whites in Plainfield while waiting for ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/16/a-must-see-video/ A Tasty Coffee Alternative  You love Coffee but you can't drink it? You have to stay away from caffeine or due to a medical condition can't have that delicious cup of java? I found a very tasty pleasant alternative, a very pleasant surprise. Herbal Coffee Tea a blend by Mountain Rose ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/16/helpful-hannah/ Harking back to the dark days of Reagan and Clinton's AIDS denial and betrayals, legislation has been raised in the US Senate to lift this horrific and stigmatizing ban. Clinton signed the original US HIV Immigration Ban into law in 1993!  In addition to the United States, only Armenia, Brunei, ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/16/us-ban-on-visitors-and-immigratns-with-hivaids-could-end-soon/ We Keep giving Insurance Companies  -MORE- They keep giving us less. Where is all the money going?  Join healthcare advocates, policy makers, activists, and allies for a Roving Demonstration. DATE: Thursday July 24, 2008 Time: 3:00 PM http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/15/lets-stand-up-and-speak-out/ Wearing signs that said, "NO ATTACK ON IRAN", 200 +protesters poured into Grand Central Station at the heart of rush hour. The protesters FROZE in place for a few minutes and then erupted in shouts of "NO ATTACK ON IRAN!!!!!!!" http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/15/freezeno-attack-on-iranfreeze/ http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/14/an-invitation-come-one-come-all-its-going-to-be-a-ball/ If you work hard, you deserve a secure retirement. And no one would suggest that Hartford's retired teachers, paraprofessionals, police and firefighters didn't work hard. Of course they did. But Mayor Eddie Perez wants to slash the health benefits that retirees bargained for while they were working. Retirees are seeing their ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/12/come-out-to-rally-voice-your-support-for-hartfords-retirees/ According to the News & Observer, L.F. Easton III of Raleigh North Carolina refused to lower the American Flag for Jesse Helms and he resigned instead. "L.F. Eason III gave up the only job he'd ever had rather than lower a flag to honor former U.S. Senator Jesse Helms. Eason, a ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/12/a-hero-in-my-book/ Nashawn Williams and his family gathered with allies this morning for a press conference on the steps of the Charter Oak Cultural Center to express our collective outrage at the lack of even one arrest in the brutal hate-crime assault on Nashawn last October. Nashawn, 16, spoke briefly before being overcome by emotion ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/12/nashawn-press-conference/ Posted by Rowland Keshena on A Radical in Bermuda. The Greenward Shift of the American Revolutionary Left (Are Cynthia McKinney and the Green Party a real alternative for American workers and youth?) *  As I posted last night, one my biggest gripes with sections of the American revolutionary left (including the US branch of ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/12/some-real-food-for-thought-check-this-out/ A musical slide show of today's Cuba and its contrast to Gitmo. Music by Los Lobos, Photo's by Dan Heller, posted on you tube by gustaf3. Thanks to all for this tape. http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/11/guantanamera-to-gito/ To read some more on the Metroline click on over to Diana's Little Corner in the Nutmeg State. There you will find her "Revisionist History Part II." http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/11/more-on-the-metroline/ Be it GAA or some current LGBT entity, the dirty little secret of Racism in the "gay" community still rears its ugly head. Below is a clip from the KQED documentary Outrage '69, where activists from the '60's and '70's talk about the issue of racism and sexism in ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/the-gay-communitys-dirty-little-secret/ A key inspiration to my process of organizing and activism has lately been driven by the amazing Ella Baker. Ella was a leading civil rights and human rights activist starting back in the 1930's. In the world where many notable activists demand center stage for their voices and egos, Ella ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/in-ella-bakers-words/ On Tuesdays, Charlie Vazquez writes Gotham After Dark, a peek into what goes on in Manhattan's queer nightlife, with club and event reports and profiles of fascinating New Yorkers.The Radical Homosexual Agenda-I loved the name as soon as I heard it and loved them even more when they gave the ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/radical-maneuvers-the-radical-homosexual-agenda/ Received from our comrades at RHA The JustUs Legal Collective has put together a Know Your Right Summer Training Series for folks heading to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul or Democratic National Convention in Denver this summer. Join us for one of our Know Your Rights trainings. ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/justus-legal-collective-know-your-rights-summer-series-is-here/ Where to begin when trying to knock tricksters off the pedestal that they sit up upon.  Many of our readers and those in our e-mail circles know about the recent flap with the Metroline. Joe DaBrow the editor wrote in the Metroline's so called PRIDE issue these words. "Stonewall was ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/setting-the-record-queer-get-thee-behind-me-tricksters/ Link to the Summer 2008 edition of LockedOut, a resource list for queer prisoners. http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/lockedout-summer-2008-edition/ NEW YORK (AP) -- A priest who runs a shelter specializing in outreach to homeless transgender youths was beaten with construction equipment and paint cans by a group of teenagers in a possible hate crime, authorities said Tuesday.Two 17-year-olds and a 16-year-old were awaiting arraignment Tuesday on charges of ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/nyc-transgender-shelter-says-director-attacked/ not that i was ever a boyscout though i did find this article (linked from the New Haven Independent blog) an interesting read.  I wonder how they would react to a heterosexual Tranny (either youth or adult) in their presence?  Perhaps the US Blood Banks will take heed. By Henry Fernandez | ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/killing-itself-for-the-right-to-discriminate/ Forgot to mention in my previous post about the Providence IWW action that it would be wonderful to get a big carpool (dare I say, caravan?) to the protest next month. I will also send a note out to other relevant listservs, but I hope we can rally some righteous ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/10/almost-forgot-carpool-to-provi-810/ Babi Badalov has been campaigning to stay in the UK since his claim for asylum was rejected. He has been informed that he is now liable to be detained and has to sign in every week at the Border and Immigration Agency offices in Cardiff. His first signing was ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/09/keep-queer-artist-babi-safe-in-cardiff/ To all of our friends outside of the Connecticut area in the U.S., and around the world who read the QWB blog a little explaining is in order about what is going on here and what has gotten QWB steaming. The Metroline is a GL magazine that is the oldest GL ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/09/to-our-friends-around-the-world/ On August 11 2007, while marching in solidarity with our union sisters and brothers of the Industrial Workers of the world (IWW) 460/640 campaign in NYC, the Providence, RI IWW branch was attacked by the out of control North Providence Police force. During the attack Providence IWW member Alexandra Svoboda was brutally maimed by ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/08/august-11th-2008-one-year-since-vicious-attack-on-iww-solidarity-picket-in-n-providence-ri/ A great radio interview with Rev Marilyn Bowens, Paster of MCC/New Haven hosted by SoulSistas of Sappho at blogtalkradio Have you ever struggled with how to balance your religious beliefs, experiences and sexuality? If so, be sure to join us as we tackle this topic with our featured guest, Reverend Marilyn ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/08/bridging-the-gap-integrating-religion-spirituality-sexuality/ Nashawn Williams was brutally attacked by racist whites in Plainfield while waiting for a school bus in Oct 2007.  Minister Cornell Lewis will bring the family to Hartford for a Press Conference on Saturday July 12th at 11 AM.  This is the first time Nashawn Williams will publicly speak about ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/08/nashawn-williams-press-conference/ Many thanks to Diana for providing QWB her copies of the videos she took at Trans Pride 2008! Jerimarie Liesegang Miss Majors pt1 http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/07/trans-pride-08-videos/ In this video clip from a panel that Sylvia Rivera was on in Italy, we hear her speak in her own words to the attempts by some in the gay community who insist upon a history of the Stonewall Rebellions that totally excludes any mention of Trans folks! As ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/07/in-sylvias-own-words/ Hartbeat Ensemble, Hartford's Theater for Change will once again give free performances this July in the parks of Hartford. The plays this year are about people and health care. There will be family activities and live music starting at 4:00 and the performances begin at 5:00. Hartbeat suggests that one ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/07/hartbeat-ensembles-plays-in-the-park-7-12-7-27/ This AM I saw this as an incoming link to QWB and thank who-ever linked. The piece was from the ENDAblog. The original posting is over at Pam's House Blend. Not much shocks me now-a-days but I am shocked over this. What do these gays and lesbians think that Trans people do in the bathroom? UGH!!!! ... http://queerswithoutborders.com/wpmu/blog/2008/07/07/you-have-got-to-read-this-trans-exclusion-at-pride-gee-thats-never-happened/