Protest TONIGHT -- against white supremacy & for Black lives.

Outrage, grief, solidarity, action. 5pm at Union Square today - Tuesday Nov. 25 -------------------------------- NOV. 25 -- EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTEST TO THE FERGUSON GRAND JURY! INDICT Darren Wilson! In NYC, gather at Union Square Park, 17th Street South Side 5pm on TUESDAY 11/25 https://www.facebook.com/events/36772587672964...

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Op-ed in the Irish Echo -- Un-burying Irish queer lives

The Irish Echo has been running letters and opinion pieces challenging the NYC parade organizers to catch up with Irish culture, and drop their ridiculous ban. The miserableness of letting NBC gay employees march, but not Irish LGBTQ groups, is noted. Larry Kirwan wrote a particularly nice piece last week. It's been impossible to post links to those pieces because the paper is not really online, but some clips are here. Today the Irish Echo printed...

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A different conversation in the Irish Echo...

The Irish Echo isn't online in any accessible way, but there's been a pretty rational and supportive conversation happening there about the sad parade sadness. Here are some clips: So many miles, so many changes by Larry Kirwan, 11/18/14 “Where once Irish embassy and consulate officials preferred the lace-curtain certainties of D.C. and NYC, now they travel nationwide to festivals and cultural events, as willing to listen as to lecture. And...

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