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March 18, 2013 - Iraq, Obama and the Left, 10 Years On - Endless war and shredded civil liberties are the new normal.

November 12, 2013 - The Long Road to Equal Marriage Rights in Illinois [pictures]


2012

January 4, 2012 - Windy City Times - Letters: Cardinal George

January 6, 2012 - Why Mayor Emanuel's Proposed Anti-Protester Ordinances Are Everyone's Concern

January 7, 2012 - Sunday's Protest Canceled, but Cardinal George's "Apology" to Gays Doesn't Get to the Heart of the Matter

January 13, 2012 - ALERT: Rahm's Newest Anti-Protester Ordinances, Proposed Yesterday, are Little Better than the Earlier Proposals

January 21, 2012 - Mayor 1%'s new rules try to thwart protest, while groundswell of public dissent grows

April 18, 2012 - Windy City Times - LETTERS: pinkwashing

May 13, 2012 - Why We Oppose NATO

May 23, 2012 - Windy City Times - LETTERS: Obama's Symbolic Marriage Flip

September 21, 2012 - An Open Letter to Barack Obama - Mr. President, You Are Abetting Murder in Honduras [pictures]

October 3, 2012 - "Success" Stories @ Chick-fil-A Change Nothing - BOYCOTT CONTINUES!

October 12, 2012 - What Good is This War?

November 8, 2012 - GAY RIGHTS, YES! PALESTINIAN OPPRESSION, NO! [video]

December 11, 2012 - The Fake Budget Crisis [video & graphic]


2011

Febuary 14, 2011 - GLN Responds to Cardinal George's Criticism of Our Protest

March 3, 2011 - On the Controversy Concerning Russian Gay Leader's U.S. Tour

April 17, 2011 - Updated GLN Statement on Anti-Semitism of Nikolai Alekseev

October 18, 2011 - LGBT and IML role in boycott of Hyatt hotels

November 27, 2011 - Opposing NATO and the G8 - Why LGBTQs Should Be Involved...


2010

January 29, 2010 - Comment on Obama's State of the Union Address Pledge to Real Don't Ask, Don't Tell

Febuary 12, 2010 - Thank You for Joining the Peace Movement, Mayor Daley!

May 25, 2010 - Why I'm Going to Moscow for Gay Rights -by Andy Thayer [pictures]

August 1, 2010 - WHY We Are Protesting "Americans For Truth About Homosexuality" (AFTAH)

August 26, 2010 - No More LGBT Support for the Democratic Party

October 26, 2010 - Who Cares Who Wins the Elections

October 31, 2010 - Who Cares Who Wins the Elections - Part 2

December 19, 2010 - Statement on DADT repeal

December 21, 2010 - But Wasn't It the Democrats Who Gave Us DADT in the 1st Place?


2009

January 18, 2009 - Reply to Chicago Free Press editorial criticizing the DOMA protest

January 22, 2009 - How the Gay Community Got Chicago'd at the Inaugural

June 12, 2009 - Another March on Washington: To be Worth the Effort, the Gay Rights March Has to be Done Correctly

June 14, 2009 - The Blank Check: How We Got the Obama - DOMA Debacle

July 15, 2009 - "Open Letter" sent to Mayor Daley, Free Press, Windy City Times, Gay Chicago

August 23, 2009 - An Open Letter to Live Nation, Inc. Regarding Anti-gay "Murder Music"

October 9, 2009 - Why We are Picketing President Obama & HRC Saturday Night....To Make Genuine Change, We Must Make Demands on BOTH Parties

November 4, 2009 - WHY WASN'T THIS MAN BRANDED A BIGOT BY OUR SIDE IN MAINE?

November 4, 2009 - Maine: Analyzing Failure #31

November 24, 2009 - The Murder of Jorge Steven López-Mercado Lessons From a Lynching


2008

May 14, 2008 - "What does unchangeable skin color have to do....with changeable sexual orientation?"

May 21, 2008 - Letters to the Editor: Philadelphia Gay News "Traditional Marriage"

06-18-2008 - Windy City Times - Letters: Immigration/marriage; A goodbye

December 20, 2008 - Obama's Praying Homophobe: Reaping the Harvest in Rick Warren

12-14-2008 - OpEdNews - Now More Than Ever, The World Needs A Bold U.S. Antiwar Movement [pictures]



2007

January 16, 2007 - GLN Joins MLK Day Protest For "Respect and Justice" on South Side

April 10, 2007 - Take the Pledge to Prevent an Anti-Gay Constitutional Amendment in Illinois

August 15, 2007 - Open letter from LGBT activists to the Black Community of Bedford-Stuyvesant

August 19, 2007 - Thank you for cancelling bigot banquet

September 22, 2007 - GLN Makes News on LaBarbera's Website -- Again

November 20, 2007 - HRC & Leading Democrats Betray Trans People, And In So Doing, Our Entire Movement


2006

Febuary 7, 2006 - Catholics Against Bigotry & Scapegoating: 8TH DAY CENTER FOR JUSTICE A Response to the Instruction from the Vatican Congregation for Catholic Education

March 3, 2006 - Youth in the Crosshairs: the Third Wave of Ex-Gay Activism — Task Force Policy Institute report reveals ex-gay movement's new tactic of targeting youth

April 27, 2006 - Cristo-Fascists Call Their Campaign to Enshrine Hate a "Debate." The Old Tyme Religion Demonized Jews, African Americans, Too. The Illinois Family Institutes calls its hate campaign, "a debate."

May 9, 2006 - Letter to the Editor: The Chicago Tribune

May 15, 2006 - Letter to the Editor: The State Journal Register

May 31, 2006 - Mayor, Police, Neo-fascist Thugs and Religious Bigots Shut Down Russian Pride Events An Open Letter to the Russian Orthodox Church in the United States

June 4, 2006 - Black LGBT & Allies For Equality

June 21, 2006 - Marryland Republican Governor Fires Antigay Bigot

June 24, 2006 - Iron Cross with Nazi Swastika

July 25, 2006 - BIGOT'S BUST ON HALSTED STREET

October 4, 2006 - JAMAICA, ISLAND OF HATE -- Its Leading Gay Activist Speaks

November 13, 2006 - Which way forward to defeat antigay marriage referenda, win gay marriage?

December 13, 2006 - Chicago Free Press Letter To The Editor - Issues with Daley



2005

April 29, 2005 - The Late Pope & Human Rights

July 12, 2005 - Time For Another March on D.C. How many marriage bans must pass before we get angry? We need to march before the next president is elected.

August 13, 2005 - A Must-See Exhibit About Lynching in America

August 16, 2005 - Threat of Anti-Gay Amendment in Illinois Debated at Recent Forum

September 9, 2005 - WHY THE 2008 MARCH? Robin Tyler Responds to 13 Veteran Activists

September 9, 2005 - "We Stand With Paryani" Gay Community Activists React to Website Soliciting Negative Information About Murdered Cabdriver Haroon Paryani

October 3, 2005 - BLACK GAYS CALL OUT HOMOPHOBIC PREACHERS

October 21, 2005 - Kansas Supreme Court Unanimously Strikes Down Gay Sex Ruling

December 2, 2005 - CRUNCH TIME: The LGBT Civil Rights Crisis & What We Need to Do About It

December 20, 2005 - LESBIANS AND GAYS CELEBRATE AT SPAIN'S PARLIAMENT BUILDING - SPANISH PM ZAPATERO'S REMARKABLE GAY MARRIAGE SPEECH



2004


2003


2002


2001

Febuary 11, 2001 - Dear Editor, [RE: Jeffrey Lyons gay -bashed by Chicago police]



2000

Febuary 12, 2000 - Thank You, Chicago Free Press - This week's Chicago Free Press has a very supportive editorial about Terry Phalen, who was gay-bashed at Cook County Jail.



1999

July 30, 1999 - Open Letter to Police Supt David Hillard And Mayor Richard M. Daley




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