Homophobia is a crime and over 300 peoples rallied in a busy street of Causeway bay in Hong Kong on May 18 to mark the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHO). The rally was full of songs, story telling and even a die-in action to protest against homophobia and fight for equal rights for sexual minorities. The SO-U.TV team filmed the joyful protest. Go to http://www.so-u.tv to watch the highlights.
From the best-selling author of Fun Home, Time magazine’s No. 1 Book of the Year, a brilliantly told graphic memoir of Alison Bechdel becoming the artist her mother wanted to be. Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home was a pop culture and literary phenomenon. Now, a second thrilling tale of filial sleuthery, this time about her mother: voracious reader, music lover, passionate amateur actor. Poignantly, hilariously, Bechdel embarks on a quest for answers concerning the mother-daughter gulf. Find out more about the author at http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/ find out more about the book at http://bit.ly/ComicDrama non-fiction, graphic novel, gay/lesbian
Gregory Maguire, Michael Cunningham, Amy Bloom, David Levithan, James Lecesne, Linda Villarosa and others tell their younger selves what they would have liked to know then about their lives as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender people in The Letter Q. Watch now! Learn more about this book http://bit.ly/LetterQbook Non-fiction, Teens
In 1995, R.J. Reynolds targeted gays in a marketing campaign titled Project SCUM. Today, an edgy Delicious Lesbian Kisses (DLK) campaign draws attention to smoking among lesbians; The Network for LGBT Health Equity helps bridge the gap between Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) organizations and tobacco control funding; and the CRUSH campaign uses ‘cuties’ to spread the message that being tobacco free is sexy.
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