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Why Chicago Leaders Hate the Homeless : Originally published October 15, 2017 Credit: Uptown Tent City Organizers   Saturday, October 21st 2:30 PM – 5 PM Lincoln Park Public Library 1150 W. Fullerton Ave. One block west Continue Reading →
Building a Trans-Affirming Community : Originally published October 15, 2017 This interactive 2-hour workshop is for community members who want to discuss how to create more trans-affirming spaces. Whether at work, school, worship or with Continue Reading →
Indigenous, LGBT & Organizing for Justice : Originally published October 15, 2017 Friday, Oct. 20th 7 PM Loyola University’s Lakeshore Campus Regis Hall, 6340 N. Winthrop Wheelchair accessible 1 block south of the “Loyola” Red Line el Continue Reading →
Chicago Water Department Armed Security Force Expert at Uptown Tent City 3 : Originally published September 25, 2017 By Yehuda Rothschild  Reprinted from www.UptownTentCity.org Homeless people really are scary to the City Ralph Chiczewski, the Asst. Commissioner Safety and Security, City of Chicago, Department Continue Reading →
Uptown Trauma : Originally published September 25, 2017 By Jeremy Nichols Don’t misunderstand this: what happened in Uptown this week was extremely traumatic for an already traumatized people! For years, I’ve known people Continue Reading →
Stop Ald. Cappleman’s Purge of Homeless People! : Originally published September 25, 2017 5:30 PM, Monday, Sept. 25 46th Ward Office 4544 N Broadway Avenue just south of the “Wilson” stop on the Red Line el Despite his Continue Reading →
Surge in Homeless Tent Cities Will Result from Destruction of Housing Serving Poorest Residents : Originally published July 27, 2017 Developer responsible for destroying other SROs prepares to flip more last-resort housing for the city’s poorest CHICAGO – With the recently announced sale and pending Continue Reading →
STOP TrumpCare Before It Starts! : Originally published July 27, 2017 TWO Actions to Demand Healthcare for ALL! On Friday, 5 pm to 6:30 pm, join a “Die-in for Improved Medicare for All” at Federal Plaza, corner of Adams Continue Reading →

Why You Should Volunteer for GLN @ Market Days!

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published July 31, 2015 From its start, the Gay Liberation Network has promoted justice issues long before they became popular. ** Opposing the invasion of Afghanistan in September 2001, when few Continue Reading →

Posted in Intersectionality, LGBT rights, Uncategorized | Tagged Activism, Market Days | Leave a reply

Remembering David Kato, Facing the Future

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published July 14, 2015 After a panel discussing the future of LGBT organizing in Uganda and memorializing the late David Kato, a Ugandan LGBT leader murdered due to anti-gay Continue Reading →

Posted in International LGBTs, LGBT rights | Tagged Africa, LGBTQ rights, Refugees, Uganda | Leave a reply

How Can We Stop the Violence?

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published July 14, 2015 In June, Chicago’s “Open University of the Left” kindly invited the Gay Liberation Network‘s co-founder Andy Thayer to speak about the devastating level of violence in Chicago Continue Reading →

Posted in Class, Police, Racism | Tagged Black Lives Matter, Chicago Police Department, Economic Inequality, Police Brutality, racism, Violence | Leave a reply

Pride Parade Contingent for Immigrant, Refugee & Asylee Rights!

Posted on October 28, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published July 8, 2015 From the Chicago Sun-Times: “Ana Santoyo walked in the parade with the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition, which stands for “Act Now to Stop War and End Racism.” She said Continue Reading →

Posted in Immigrant Rights, International LGBTs, Pride | Tagged Immigrant Rights, Refugees | Leave a reply

Supreme Court Decision Day!

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published July 8, 2015 Allie Buchwach, a volunteer with Marriage Equality USA and a key organizer of the event Brent Holman-Gomez of the Gay Liberation Network and Chicago Welcoming Continue Reading →

Posted in Courts, LGBT rights | Tagged Equal Marriage Rights, LGBTQ rights, Supreme Court | Leave a reply

Welcome Ugandan LGBT Leader to Chicago!

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

First published July 8, 2015     A few years ago Uganda’s “Kill the Gays” bill, later modified to be a “Jail the Gays” law, drew the ire of the world. Continue Reading →

Posted in International LGBTs | Tagged Africa, LGBTQ rights, Pepe-Julian Onziema | Leave a reply

The Court Didn’t Give Us the Right to Marry

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

 …and neither did the politicians nor their hangers-on First published July 1, 2015 by Gay Liberation Network co-founder Andy Thayer reprinted with permission from Huffington Post and CounterPunch It’s been a long road to get where Continue Reading →

Posted in Courts, LGBT rights | Tagged Equal Marriage Rights, Supreme Court | Leave a reply

We SUPPORT Refugees’/Asylees’ & Immigrant Rights!!

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published June 26, 2015 Join us for the We SUPPORT Refugees’/Asylees’ & Immigrant Rights!! Contingent @ Pride Parade A record number of immigrants — 2 million+ — have been deported by President Obama, and even half-hearted Continue Reading →

Posted in Immigrant Rights, International LGBTs, Pride | Tagged Immigrant Rights, Refugees | Leave a reply

Defend Uptown’s Homeless!

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published June 26, 2015   Protest the moving of people experiencing homelessness from under the viaducts in order to “clean up” and “make it safe” for concert goers to Continue Reading →

Posted in Class, Homeless Rights | Tagged Alderman James Cappleman, Chicago Police Department, homeless, North Side Action 4 Justice, Uptown Tent City Organizers | Leave a reply

Supreme Court VICTORY!

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Andy Thayer — Leave a reply

Originally published June 26, 2015 Speak-Out / Celebration  7 PM Tonight!!   This morning the Supreme Court announced that we have prevailed against the bigots who said that LGBTs didn’t have Continue Reading →

Posted in Courts, LGBT rights | Tagged Equal Marriage Rights, LGBTQ rights | Leave a reply

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