Queer/Straight Friendship: Overcoming Barriers

I am active in the progressive, the lesbian, and the more generally LGBT communities, so I’ve spent a good deal of time pondering the risks and rewards of moving in the larger sphere versus those of staying within my own group. Growing up in an almost exclusively Jewish environment, I was continually warned of the dangers of the outside world, yet I consciously chose to leave its security and insularity [...]

 

Occupy Oakland alive and kicking

Occupy Oakland 2012 For those who think that Occupy Oakland is losing its steam, take a closer look. Despite the relentless police harassment and vicious arrests at Oscar Grant Plaza and at our recent occupations, the movement is alive and kicking.   Here is a roundup of major upcoming direct actions by Occupy Oakland and friends: Longview blockade of EGT ship, proposal passed by General Assembly. Dec 21st.  A major coordinated [...]