Monday, July 17, 2006
July 19 = Tulsa, OK, and Iran UN Mission Vigil Revived
For the updated full list of cities organizing actions and vigils, including the latest new city, Tulsa, click here.
Doug Ireland shares with us good developments from Oklahoma and New York City:
Tulsa, Oklahoma has become the 22nd city to join the July 19 International Day of Action Against Homophobic Persecution in Iran. A Solidarity with Gay Iranians vigil has been organized by Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights (TOHR) at 8:30 p.m., July 19th at the Tulsa County Courthouse Place. Contact is Laura A. Belmonte, Ph.D., President, Tulsa Oklahomans for Human Rights, mobile 918-906-2134.
In New York City, an ad hoc committee has taken over organizing the July 19 demonstration at the Iranian Mission to the U.N. (622 Third Avenue at 40th St., 5:00 PM) after IGLHRC's withdrawal from its promise to organize this demo. The committee is in formation, and many more names are expected in the next 24 hours, but initial endorsers of the New York July 19 action include:
Endorsers (list in formation; * affiliations for identification purposes
only):
Andy Humm and Ann Northrop, Gay USA cable TV news
Walter Armstrong, POZ magazine*
Doug Ireland, journalist
Sandy Rapp, lesbian feminist singer/writer
Doric Wilson, playwright
Church Ladies for Choice
Allen Roskoff, president, Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club
Darren Rosenblum, Associate Professor, Pace Law School
Lawrence D. Mass, M.D., physician, writer, activist, co-founder of Gay Men's
Health Crisis*
Arnie Kantrowitz, professor emeritus, College of Staten Island, CUNY, and
author, “Under The Rainbow: Growing Up Gay”
Sean Strub, founder, POZ magazine
Kenneth Sherill, Professor, Political Science, Hunter College, CUNY*
Wayne Besen, Executive Director, Truth Wins Out www.TruthWinsOut.org
Rev. Pat Bumgardner, pastor, Metropolitan Community Church of NY
Rick Shur
Andrew Berman
Frank Jump, educator, artist, activist
Rosario Dawson, actor and activist
Vincenzo Aiosa, Same-sex marriage activist
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Hello Michael!
I'm an active member at 'Homofobia - Já Era...' (somethig like 'Homofobia is the past'), an Orkut community in Brazil (35736 members).
As a protest I proposed the members to change their main page profile photos for one that shows the execution and display a text about it at description.
Hundreds of them did join the act.
We'll also send mails to Iranian Embassy, Brasilian Government, GLBTT Sites in Internet and newspapers.
Related links:
MY ALBUM:
http://www.orkut.com/AlbumView.aspx?uid=1151320280988108950
TOPICS:
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=65754&tid=2461377203217568025
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=65754&tid=2462207439723790581
INVITATION TO PROTEST:
[Homofobia - Já Era...]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=65754&tid=2470705616645948943&start=1
[Racismo, NÃO]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=832667&tid=2470715954629106567&start=1
[Sem Preconceito]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=1711593&tid=2470716102805478279&start=1
[Diga Não ao Preconceito]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=2055795&tid=2470716027643550599&start=1
[Respeito à Diversidade]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=6525410&tid=2470716064150772615&start=1
[Eu Sou Contra o Preconceito]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=95464&tid=2470724746427161479&start=1
[Eu Odeio Preconceito]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=486096&tid=2476408205782997895&start=1
[Preconceito? To fora!]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=81467&tid=2476408115588684679&start=1
[Preconceito é Coisa do Passado]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=12644036&tid=2476408010361985927&start=1
[Odeio Racismo e Preconceito]
http://www.orkut.com/CommMsgs.aspx?cmm=2652763&tid=2476407849300712327&start=1
WEB NEWS:
Grupo Arco-Íris!
http://www.arco-iris.org.br/_prt/temporario/c_iran.php
AGLT (Associação Goiana), com foto!
http://www.aglt.org.br/00homofobia.htm#ira
Site GLX, com foto!
http://hosting.pop.com.br/glx/glx.php?artid=2051
G Online, com foto!
http://gonline.uol.com.br/livre/gnews/gnews.asp?IdNews=2497
GLS Planet (Terra), com fotos!
http://glsplanet.terra.com.br/artigoraro/carrascos.shtml
Folha Online!
http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/mundo/ult94u86191.shtml
GayCity News [em inglês]!
http://www.gaycitynews.com/gcn_432/iraniansourcesquestion.html
Each two days one gay person is murdered by homofobia in Brazil!!!
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