http://www.rainbowknightlight.com LGBTQ-Friendly Blog, Event Log, and Link Sharing Site Tue, 29 Jun 2010 01:17:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en from Wisconsin State Journal, via Feministing A Wisconsin appeals court ruled Thursday that a woman who has raised her children since infancy has no legal rights as their parent. Wendy (identified only by her first name in court records) split with her partner after adopting two children and raising them as ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2010/06/28/home-grown-discrimination/ Via the NY Daily News It's sad enough that Texas only overturned an archaic law banning sodomy in 2003. Now, in 2010, the Texas Republican Party has agreed to a platform that would not only bring back the sodomy ban, but criminalize gay marriage. Same-sex marriages are already invalid in Texas; ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2010/06/25/texas-gop-platform-would-reinstate-ban-on-sodomy-criminalize-gay-marriage/ Today was this year's National Day of Silence. This event is a powerful reminder of how LGBTQQIA people are silenced in our society. To those of you who participated, thank you for your support of LGBTQQIA rights and your commitment to fight discrimination, hatred, and violence. If you are interested ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2010/04/16/day-of-silence-april-16-2010/ via the Chronicle of Higher Education: How to Be Welcoming This is an insightful guide for colleges and universities, based on the writer's personal experience with these institutions' attitudes towards LGBT faculty and staff members. Worth a read - whether you work at a college, attend college, or care about LGBT ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2010/01/30/how-to-be-welcoming/ November 20 is the International Transgender Day of Remembrance. Today, we honor the 120 transgender individuals whose murders were reported in the past year, and those whose murders may not have been reported to police or the news service. For a complete list of names and more information, visit the official ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2009/11/20/honoring-our-dead/ Yesterday was the fifth annual Celebrate Intersex Awareness Day. Some context from the Queers United blog: "On October 26, 1996, intersex activists from Intersex Society of North America (carrying the sign "Hermaphrodites With Attitude") and our allies from Transexual Menace held the first public intersex demonstration in Boston, where American Academy of ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2009/10/27/intersex-awareness-day-october-26/ Last night, I decided to not get married... at least, not until every American citizen has that right. The National Marriage Boycott is a student driven movement to urge Congress and President Obama to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). If you believe that same-sex couples deserve to be as valued ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2009/09/23/national-marriage-boycott/ Happy Celebrate Bisexuality Day! If you go to school or work at St. Norbert, stop by the Campus Center at 7:30 for our Bisexuality Discussion Panel. If not, show your bi or ally pride by celebrating wherever you happen to be. Some background info about the day: Celebrate Bisexuality Day has been observed ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2009/09/23/celebrate-bisexuality-day/ Tammy Baldwin and Jerrod Nadler have introduced what they call the Respect for Marriage Act, which will repeal the Defense of Marriage Act.  Please read the following communication from Fair Wisconsin and consider using their form to ask your congressperson to support this legislation. ________________________________________________________________________ Fair Wisconsin is thrilled to share with ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2009/09/17/respect-for-marriage-act/ Hey, its my first post!  Yes, I finally posted something.  So, hello.  It just came to my attention that there is an online LGBT database to find information on the SNC library website.  I found this very interesting, a nice highlight of researching for my Social Research Methods course.  Well, ... http://www.rainbowknightlight.com/2009/09/11/lgbt-database/