Although a little delayed, there ought to be a post about this great news!
Gay marriage protected in Massachusetts! On June 14th the Massachusetts Legislature voted against the gay-marriage ban to go to the public ballot in the 2008 election, so marriage is protected until at least 2012! Thanks to those who rallied at the state house and contacted their legislators! Read the Boston Globe's article here:
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/06/15/right_of_gays_to_marry_set_for_years_to_come/
Additionally, there is an anti-discrimination act being voted on in the senate, the Matthew Shepherd Act, a bill to include sexual orientation as aHate Crime. One in six hate crimes are due to sexual orientation--here's something you can do about it!! The HRC website has a form you can fill out to send to your senators, and a video clip about it here:
http://www.hrcactioncenter.org/campaign/fighthate_video
Still working on projects for the fall, updates coming soon!
Ellie
Ellie Ryan
Director of Women's Issues
Boston College 2009
Monday, June 25, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Save Gay Marriage in Massachusetts!
THIS THURSDAY, June 14, is the Constitutional Convention in Massachusetts where legislators will be voting on the equal marriage ballot initiative--this could potentially put gay marriage on the PUBLIC BALLOT, which could lead to the loss of the right to marry for gay couples in Massachusetts.
Here's what you can do to help:
1) http://www.massequality.org/action/maps/
Contact your friends and family members (those who live in Massachusetts) and have them contact their legislators--those who live in the red parts of Massachusetts have legislators who have not committed to supporting equal marriage rights.
2) Come to the convention!
State House (Park Street T stop)
7:30am-3:30pm, June 14th
(more info at massequality.org)
Please come show your support if you will be in Boston! This could be the end of our stuggle or the very beginning! I'll be going early in the morning if anyone would like to join.
Ellie
Ellie Ryan
Director of Women's Issues
Boston College 2009
Here's what you can do to help:
1) http://www.massequality.org/action/maps/
Contact your friends and family members (those who live in Massachusetts) and have them contact their legislators--those who live in the red parts of Massachusetts have legislators who have not committed to supporting equal marriage rights.
2) Come to the convention!
State House (Park Street T stop)
7:30am-3:30pm, June 14th
(more info at massequality.org)
Please come show your support if you will be in Boston! This could be the end of our stuggle or the very beginning! I'll be going early in the morning if anyone would like to join.
Ellie
Ellie Ryan
Director of Women's Issues
Boston College 2009
Thursday, June 7, 2007
Pride, NCOW, Faculty involvement planning
Hi all!
Despite the overcast and drizzly day, the Boston's Pride Parade and Festival was held and had a nice turnout. It was great to see the numbers of the GLBT community and Allies celebrating!
Some updates on the planning/ideas for the fall:
Orientation: in orientation there is a skit that addresses the GLBTQ community, and member Jeremy Marks is working to revamp that, as well as incorporate it into the orientation leader (OL) training for the small groups.
National Coming Out Week: we're working on revamping NCOW to be a bigger, more welcoming event. So far we're working on four events--
-a BIG barbecue: GLC pins, rainbow ribbons, live music, food, and maybe even one of those inflatable bouncy things!
-Vigil/Day of Remembrance
-Opening Boston's closet: an open-mic type night of sharing stories of gay and straight students
-Guess Who's Gay: an interactive discussion where the audience asks a panel of students questions to try and determine what their sexuality is, followed by a Q&A session--back by popular demand! Faculty and students to be included
-Allies event--we're still figuring this one out, perhaps a panel discussion? TBA
Also, for next year we've been talking a lot about building our community through connecting the faculty, staff and alumni with the current students. Some ideas:
Brian Sloan (BC A&S '88) Lambda Literary Award Finalist author who has also worked on a couple of films in the last few years is interested in coming back to BC to do a GLC event.
[http://www.briansloan.com/tale.html]
John McDargh, a professor in the theology department, suggested Jason and Demarco [http://www.jasonanddemarco.com], a gay singing duo recently featured in the documentary "We're All Angels".
Let us know what you think!
Ellie
Ellie Ryan
Director of Women's Issues
Boston College 2009
Despite the overcast and drizzly day, the Boston's Pride Parade and Festival was held and had a nice turnout. It was great to see the numbers of the GLBT community and Allies celebrating!
Some updates on the planning/ideas for the fall:
Orientation: in orientation there is a skit that addresses the GLBTQ community, and member Jeremy Marks is working to revamp that, as well as incorporate it into the orientation leader (OL) training for the small groups.
National Coming Out Week: we're working on revamping NCOW to be a bigger, more welcoming event. So far we're working on four events--
-a BIG barbecue: GLC pins, rainbow ribbons, live music, food, and maybe even one of those inflatable bouncy things!
-Vigil/Day of Remembrance
-Opening Boston's closet: an open-mic type night of sharing stories of gay and straight students
-Guess Who's Gay: an interactive discussion where the audience asks a panel of students questions to try and determine what their sexuality is, followed by a Q&A session--back by popular demand! Faculty and students to be included
-Allies event--we're still figuring this one out, perhaps a panel discussion? TBA
Also, for next year we've been talking a lot about building our community through connecting the faculty, staff and alumni with the current students. Some ideas:
Brian Sloan (BC A&S '88) Lambda Literary Award Finalist author who has also worked on a couple of films in the last few years is interested in coming back to BC to do a GLC event.
[http://www.briansloan.com/tale.html]
John McDargh, a professor in the theology department, suggested Jason and Demarco [http://www.jasonanddemarco.com], a gay singing duo recently featured in the documentary "We're All Angels".
Let us know what you think!
Ellie
Ellie Ryan
Director of Women's Issues
Boston College 2009
Friday, June 1, 2007
Boston Pride Week 2007
For those of you who are going to be in Boston this summer, the official start to Boston Pride Week 2007 was today with the raising of the flag in City Hall Plaza. Included in the events for this week are:
-Pride Day, Sat Jun 2 at Faneuil Hall
-AIDS Walk, Sun Jun 3
-Dyke March, Fri Jun 8, beginning at Boston Common
-Boston Pride Parade, Sat Jun 9 at Tremont Street ending at City Hall Plaza
-Boston Pride Festival, Sat Jun 9 at City Hall Plaza
Other events include social gatherings, book signings, and several club nights from 18 to 21+. For full event listing and details, go to http://www.bostonpride.org/multicalendar.php
Ellie
Ellie Ryan
Director of Women's Issues
Boston College 2009
-Pride Day, Sat Jun 2 at Faneuil Hall
-AIDS Walk, Sun Jun 3
-Dyke March, Fri Jun 8, beginning at Boston Common
-Boston Pride Parade, Sat Jun 9 at Tremont Street ending at City Hall Plaza
-Boston Pride Festival, Sat Jun 9 at City Hall Plaza
Other events include social gatherings, book signings, and several club nights from 18 to 21+. For full event listing and details, go to http://www.bostonpride.org/multicalendar.php
Ellie
Ellie Ryan
Director of Women's Issues
Boston College 2009
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