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To Hell with the Black Church?
For LGBT activists, ever since Proposition 8, the question of how to properly “outreach” to communities of color has been on the front burner. When the infamous homophobe and "ex-gay", Donnie McClurkin came to Boston July 18 for Gospelfest, “Join the Impact” Massachusetts rightfully protested. Afterward, Rev. Irene Monroe…See More
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To Hell with the Black Church?
For LGBT activists, ever since Proposition 8, the question of how to properly “outreach” to communities of color has been on the front burner. When the infamous homophobe and "ex-gay", Donnie McClurkin came to Boston July 18 for Gospelfest, “Join the Impact” Massachusetts rightfully protested. Afterward, Rev. Irene Monroe…See More
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ANSWER Immigration Rights Protest Work Meeting Friday, July 9
There will be a meeting to put together materials for the ANSWER protest Friday, July 9 at 6 pm. Location is 33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor, Boston. For more info contact bricar82 at gmail.com See you Saturday!See More
A blog post by Brian was featured
San Francisco Pride Diary
Saturday night, June 28, 2010, San Francisco. My good friend dropped me off a few blocks away from the Castro because there was no way he was getting anywhere close with the car. He went back to our hotel to get dolled up for the Club Papi party we were headed to later that night. As I made my way up Market Street, the crowd began to get more and more dense with revelers and partygoers. One of the things I noticed about the crowd was that there was not a lot of openly same-sex affection. Lots…See More
Brian posted a blog post
San Francisco Pride Diary
Saturday night, June 28, 2010, San Francisco. My good friend dropped me off a few blocks away from the Castro because there was no way he was getting anywhere close with the car. He went back to our hotel to get dolled up for the Club Papi party we were headed to later that night. As I made my way up Market Street, the crowd began to get more and more dense with revelers and partygoers. One of the things I noticed about the crowd was that there was not a lot of openly same-sex affection. Lots…See More
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- Who are you? (Creative answers encouraged!)
- I graduated from Brown University in 2004 and received a Master of Divinity (MDiv) from Harvard Divinity School in 2007 with a focus in Hebrew Bible and Political Theology. I am currently pursuing a PhD in Religious Studies at Brown University with a focus on the Bible and the Ancient West Asian world.
I have been involved in numerous political causes in the past eight years including the global justice movement, the anti-war movement and the LGBT civil rights movement. I am more of a classical Marxist and have a rocky relationship with the more new-fangled stuff like Foucault and Butler (certain authors get pissy when you lump them all together as "postmodernists").
I am also a Christian and amateur theologian, with interests in theologies of liberation (especially black and Latin American), biblical prophets, and hermeneutics. I have studied and continue to study several biblical and cognate languages including Hebrew, Greek, Akkadian, Ugaritic and Aramaic.
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To Hell with the Black Church?
Posted on August 11, 2010 at 1:00am 0 Comments 0 Likes
For LGBT activists, ever since Proposition 8, the question of how to properly “outreach” to communities of color has been on the front burner. When the infamous homophobe and "ex-gay", Donnie McClurkin came to Boston July 18 for Gospelfest, “Join the Impact” Massachusetts rightfully protested. Afterward, Rev. Irene Monroe… Continue
ANSWER Immigration Rights Protest Work Meeting Friday, July 9
Posted on July 7, 2010 at 6:14pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
There will be a meeting to put together materials for the ANSWER protest Friday, July 9 at 6 pm.
Location is 33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor, Boston.
For more info contact bricar82 at gmail.com
See you Saturday!
Location is 33 Harrison Ave, 5th Floor, Boston.
For more info contact bricar82 at gmail.com
See you Saturday!
San Francisco Pride Diary
Posted on June 29, 2010 at 3:58pm 5 Comments 0 Likes
Saturday night, June 28, 2010, San Francisco. My good friend dropped me off a few blocks away from the Castro because there was no way he was getting anywhere close with the car. He went back to our hotel to get dolled up for the Club Papi party we were headed to later that night. As I made my way up Market Street, the crowd began to get more and more dense with revelers and partygoers. One of the things I noticed about the crowd was that there was not a lot of openly same-sex affection. Lots… Continue
Civil Rights vs. Human Rights?
Posted on February 10, 2010 at 8:30pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
As the United States prepares a militarization of Haiti, take a look at this provocative column by Cecilia Lucas from Counterpunch:
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Shocking! Some Gay Relationships are Non-Monogamous!
Posted on January 31, 2010 at 11:55pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
“New research at San Francisco State University reveals just how common open relationships are among gay men and lesbians in the Bay Area. The Gay Couples Study has followed 556 male couples for three years — about 50 percent of those surveyed have sex outside their relationships, with the knowledge and approval of their partners.”
Scott James, “Many Successful Gay Marriages Share an Open Secret”, New York Times, 1/28/10
It would be unwise to generalize from… Continue
Scott James, “Many Successful Gay Marriages Share an Open Secret”, New York Times, 1/28/10
It would be unwise to generalize from… Continue
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Thanks for the clarification. Are you in the San Francisco Bay Area? I'd love to talk more.
Honestly I have to look up those pre stone wall references. I'm still not convinced about more moderate people starting movements though-- unless I'm not hearing exactly what you are trying to say. I think of butch-femme working class bar culture for example. Although it could be said to not be activist I also think it could be argued as a factor in starting queer movements. So I'd love to talk more.
I do think there are many interesting and often ignored issues in LGBT communities. I too am worried that many queers will stop organizing once SSM is achieved. I see the reproductive justice movement as a fearful indicator of what may come. My understanding of this movement is that once abortion rights were secured, other reproductive justice issues that pridominately affected women who were not white or middle-class (such as the right to be free from forced sterilization) were simply dropped. I worry that once SSM is achieved activism to address issues such as those on the Beyond Marriage platform will simply be dropped.
Fast forward to 2008 and the right to abortion does not seem as strong a victory now as it did in the past. I think queer activists have a chance to avoid this trajectory although I have no ideas of what might keep people mobilized after a SSM victory.
Cheers,
Kevin