Written by Nigel Campbell | Thursday, 25 April 2013
Tags: manila luzon, university of san diego, drag show, protests, prayer vigil 
This should be fun--we've yet to meet a drag queen that doesn't love an audience!
Some students at the apparently uber-Catholic University of San Diego (USD) are planning a protest and and a prayer vigil denouncing a university-sponsored drag show that superstar queen Manila Luzon will be emceeing!
Around 5,000 students have signed a petition opposing the show.
Why all the fuss? And what does Manila have to say about it? Find out after the jump!
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Monday, 01 April 2013
Tags: protest, rant, green street united methodist church, nolan, homophobia
Rather than going on an Easter egg hunt, a young boy named Nolan spent his Easter Sunday ranting at the congregants of Green Street United Methodist Church.
Apparently they're all going to Hell for their support of the LGBT community and Nolan wanted to make sure they all knew it.
Watched the video after the jump!
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Written by Nigel Campbell | Monday, 25 March 2013
Tags: dan choi, trial, dadt, protest
Lt. Dan Choi goes to federal trial this week to defend himself against charges that he "failed to obey a lawful order" when he refused to end his protest against "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" in front of the White House.
He could face up to six months in federal prison.
More after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Thursday, 14 February 2013
Tags: dump bhh, boycott, beverly hills hotel, unite here, launches, brunei, anti-gay, protest, petition, homophobic, lgbt, california, los angeles
Love isn't in the air in Beverly Hills, where Unite Here (a labor union that has often fought for the LGBT community) has launched a boycott of the famed Beverly Hills Hotel.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 13 February 2013
Tags: vassar, westboro baptist church, protest, raised, funds, ivy league whorehouse, the trevor project, lgbt, youth, bigotry
Westboro Baptist Church will be elated to know that it has helped funnel money to LGBT youth organization the Trevor Project! Thanks, Westboro!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Friday, 01 February 2013
Tags: supreme court, marriage equality, doma, prop 8, decision, march 26, demonstrations, protest, support, events, find, call to action
We already know the National Organization for Marriage and Westboro will be there. Will you?
Demonstrations are now being organized to show support for marriage, with events popping up on Facebook and others being set up across the country by Get Equal, Marriage Equality USA and Equality Beyond Gender. Head to the March 4 Marriage Facebook page or Light The Way for more information. See you there!
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 30 January 2013
Tags: westboro baptist church, files, amicus, brief, supreme court, proposition 8, marriage equality, joins, the national organization for marriage, protest, same sex, gay, bigots
The National Organization for Marriage has unsurprising bedfellows in the Westboro Baptist Church, which has today filed an amicus brief in the Supreme Court's Proposition 8 case.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Sunday, 13 January 2013
Tags: marriage equality, protest, same-sex marriage, paris, france
Well this is disconcerting. Hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets of Paris today in opposition of French President Francois Holland's plan to legalize same-sex marriage.
Didn't they have anything better to do? Brunch, maybe???
Details after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Monday, 17 December 2012
Tags: france, paris, same sex marriage, equality, rights, protest, tens of thousands, europe, video, gay, equality, lgbt, december 2012
In response to last month's homophobic march, tens of thousands of protesters hit the streets of Paris to demand marriage equality rights for same-sex couples. Details after the jump.
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Written by Instinct Staff | Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Tags: florida, student, strips, protest, viral videos, hotties, college, anti gay, fundamentalist, traveling, preacher, hate, homophobia
The stamp date on this video of a Florida college student's stripping counter-protest is 2011 but it was finally "discovered" today and is making the blog rounds on its way to viral status. Check it out after the jump!
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