Archive for Equality Forum
Video from Sunday Out
Well, it’s really a series of photos set to music — but the stills are moving, nonetheless.
I was talking to a colleague about my Sunday Out post, and I think a point we were discussing is worth reiterating here. Look at the riot of humanity expressing their love and commitment here and then tell me [...]
Sunday Out at the Piazza — Equality Forum Concludes
At about 1 pm this past Sunday, I set out with my pre-school twins for the newly chic Northern Liberties section of the city, where Equality Forum’s Sunday Out event had moved. I was especially looking forward to the interfaith blessing of a slew of same-sex commitment ceremonies. Our neighborhood is very progressive and we [...]
Still to Come on Equality Forum
The event wrapped up today with the sweltering Sunday Out, but I’m still catching up. Here’s a summary of what’s to come:
I’ve written up my interview with David Boies. It will run on 365gay.com, either later today (Monday) or tomorrow. I’ll link to it and excerpt when that happens.
The Conversation with Dan Choi (tomorrow or [...]
Obama Appointees Endure Withering Barrage of Questions and Criticism — But Do Pretty Well
Saturday’s Equality Forum panel highlighting some of the Obama Administration’s high-profile LGBT appointees had real fuego potential: Just the night before, Defense Secretary Gates had poured gasoline on activists’ dissatisfaction with Obama et al., advising Congress not to repeal DADT until after the implementation study had been completed. (Here’s a good summary of what’s been [...]
Equality Forum’s History Panel: Spotlight on Religion
Social justice
You couldn’t swing a rainbow cat at Equality Forum’s History Panel without hearing that phrase. In fact, social justice has been one of the recurring themes at the panels I’ve attended so far, suggesting that the movement is entering a newer, more mature phase and looking toward the day when we can move beyond [...]
Equality Forum Update
Posts to come:
Early tonight or tomorrow morning: History panel.
Tomorrow evening: Recap of Saturday panels (conversation with Dan Choi; discussion with LGBT folks appointed by Obama Administration).
Sunday: Interview with David Boies (litigating marriage equality case with Theodore Olson; of Bush v. Gore “fame”).
Monday: Recap of Sunday out, including same-sex commitment ceremonies.
I’m also hoping to interview Brian [...]
National Legal Panel at Equality Forum: Opening Wide for a Fire Hose of Information
Did Lambda Legal’s Executive Director, Kevin Cathcart, really “start the LGBT movement for legal rights,” as National Law Panel moderator Brad Sears playfully suggested at the opening of last night’s Equality Forum event?
If he didn’t, he certainly has a deep understanding of what most people think of as the legal “movement” – the litigation that’s [...]
Mara Keisling: A Panel of One (Part Two)
Mara Keisling and Stephen Glassman (facilitator) at Equality Forum (4/27/10). Courtesy of Cassandra King.
For me, the most compelling part of Mara Keisling’s one-woman show last night at Equality Forum was her rare foray into the personal. Typically, she doesn’t share this story with media (am I media? discuss!), because she’d rather leave that to other [...]
Mara Keisling: A Panel of One (Part One)
It’s good to be back blogging about the many events at Equality Forum again this year. Honestly, with my life much busier than at this time last year, part of me was wondering whether I’d made a good decision to re-up. But last night’s transgender panel was just what I needed.
Prompted by “conversation facilitator” and [...]
Blogging This Year’s Equality Forum
Once again, I will be the “official” and very busy blogger for Equality Forum. Although I won’t be able to cover almost every single session as I did last year, I do expect to hit many of them, including panels on transgender issues, legal developments, LGBT history, and several of the many Saturday programs (a [...]