Why the Chicago ‘68 Convention Matters Today
In 1968, Richard M. Nixon was the Donald Trump. How was he stopped? By Andy Thayer The events around the 1968 Democratic Convention were a sharp turning point in U.S. Continue Reading →
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In 1968, Richard M. Nixon was the Donald Trump. How was he stopped? By Andy Thayer The events around the 1968 Democratic Convention were a sharp turning point in U.S. Continue Reading →
Rest in Power Longtime LGBTQ activist Arthur Gursch died on June 22. He was 72. Art was an LGBTQ activist for nearly 50 years. He also identified with the struggles Continue Reading →
Originally posted January 3, 2017 Excerpt from a Windy City Times article by Matt Simonette and Tracy Baim “This savvy pressure group was composed of ordinary people doing extraordinary things,” Continue Reading →
Originally posted November 18, 2016 In November 2008 after California passed Proposition 8, the anti-LGBT ban on marriage rights for same sex couples, protests against the measure and its main backers, the Continue Reading →
Originally posted November 18, 2016 Personal reflections by GLN co-founder Andy Thayer The right and some on the left have derided the large post-election protests against Trump’s election. What both Continue Reading →
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 →
Originally published June 19, 2015 The next Supreme Court decision on LGBT rights could be about much more than equal marriage rights. Depending on how the Court decides, legal guarantees Continue Reading →
Originally published June 19, 2015 On the day that the Supreme Court announces its decision on marriage rights for same-sex couples, Chicagoans will join a coalition of over 50 cities responding to Continue Reading →
Originally published June 3, 2015 Pat Robertson? Rick Santorum? The “God Hates Fags” Westboro Baptist Church? Nope. Our own complacency. We haven’t won yet. Not even on marriage, Continue Reading →