Rev. Dr. William Barber, President of the NC NAACP reads his electrifying, landmark letter in opposition of the marriage amendment. Responding to the letter: Rev. Nancy Petty of Raleigh’s Pullen Memorial Baptist Church; Rev. T. Anthony Spearman of Clinton Tabernacle AME Zion Church in Hickory and Chair of the NAACP's Religious Affairs Committee; Caitlin Breedlove, a leader of Southerners On a New Ground (S.O.N.G.); moderator: Pam Spaulding. You can read Rev. Barber's letter here: http://goo.gl...
A recent spate of gay teen suicides has rocked the nation's conscience about the struggle of young homosexuals. The opportunity for gays to serve openly in the military is closer than ever before. Here in North Carolina, there was a recent incident at Raleigh's Cameron Village involving bigotry against a lesbian couple. Host Frank Stasio will talk about the issues facing gays today with Caitlin Breedlove, co-director of Southerners on New Ground; Steven Petrow, a writer on gay issues and autho...
This is the crowd drowning out one of the pathetic local homophobes who spoke after Brian Brown..
This is a speaker who believes that marriage is a "natural immune system."
Wrap up of discussion group conclusions from the facilitators of the group.
Pam Spaulding of Pam's House Blend interviews the Executive Director of this organization. It was his first time attending Netroots Nation.
Executive Director Aubrey Sarvis discusses 1)The 4/23 2010 LGBT Leadership Town Hall, 2) LGBT advocacy orgs working with the Netroots, and 3) DADT repeal strategy.
I asked SLDN's Legal Director Aaron Tax about how the organization counsels those in the military who are still closeted because of Don't Ask Don't Tell. There's lots of good advice in this clip.
To give you an idea of the commitment to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell that is shared by the staff at SLDN. I had a chance to go behind the scenes at the organization while I was in DC for the LGBT Leadership Town Hall. The day after the event I was invited by Communications Director Trevor Thomas to visit the SLDN offices and since I had my camera with me, I was pleasantly surprised that all of the staff members present that day were willing to sit down to tell me why they came to work for SLDN.