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Jerry Lewis To Be Presented With Humanitarian Award

by Cara January 12, 2009

Jerry Lewis, a veteran comedian and host of the annual Labor Day telethon that raises money for research into cures for muscular dystrophy, is scheduled to be honored with a special award at this year’s Oscar ceremony.  It’s called the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award and is intended to honor those who make great charitable contributions.  [...]

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Help For Hate Crime Victim

by Cara December 29, 2008

Last week, I blogged about a lesbian woman who was gang-raped in a hate crime due to her having a rainbow sticker on the back of her car. Thanks to Pizza Diavola in the comments, I now have information on a way that you can help the woman who was the victim of this horrific [...]

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Anti-Choice DHHS Rule Finalized

by Cara December 19, 2008

At Feministe (where I originally intended on posting this until that jerk Jill beat me to it with a really good post), I’ve been relentlessly updating you on the proposed DHHS rule that aims to limit the availability of abortion and contraception by protecting anti-choice employees of Title X funded institutions from “discrimination” based on [...]

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Add Your Voice: End the Genocide in Darfur

by Cara December 16, 2008

Now that a Democrat has been elected to the White House, progressive groups everywhere are clamoring to have something positive done about their cause for the first time in 8 years or more. You’ve probably been getting a lot of email alerts, and asked to write a lot of letters. But one of the most [...]

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November 20: 10th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance

by Cara November 18, 2008

The 10th Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance is this Thursday November 20. Events will be held all over the world to commemorate the lives of those transgender individuals who have been murdered as a result of transphobic hatred.  People like Duanna Johnson, Sanesha Stewart, Angie Zapata and many, many others.  Far too many others. Look [...]

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Help Duanna Johnson’s Family Pay For Her Funeral

by Cara November 13, 2008

EXTREMELY IMPORTANT UPDATE: A paypal account has been established; I highly recommend donating through this method if at all possible. UPDATE: More from Ilyka Per Sin Nombre informs us that Duanna Johnson‘s family is having difficulty paying for her funeral and they are in need of assistance. Duanna Johnson’s Funeral–DONATIONS NEEDED Apologies for the caps, [...]

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Supreme Court Will Not Hear Troy Davis Case

by Cara October 15, 2008

Who knew that I could possibly be more disgusted by our Supreme Court? Amnesty International is asking people to take more action for Troy Davis. From their email: Write a letter to the editor calling on Georgia to stop the execution of Troy Davis! Call on the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles to reconsider [...]

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Stand Up Against Prop 8

by Cara October 14, 2008

Thanks to my good friend Ali, it has come to my attention that Proposition 8, the anti-gay California ballot initiative which would overturn the recent ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in the state, has been gaining significant ground in the polls.  According to an email sent out by Equality California, polls on October 7th showed that [...]

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IMPORTANT: Time To Send Your Comments To HHS Is Running Out

by Cara September 20, 2008

I have previously written about the dangerous proposed Department of Health and Human Services rule that would endanger women’s access to reproductive health care. The rule, if instated, would allow health care workers to prevent women from knowing all of their health care options, including those regarding birth control — and would call government-funded providers [...]

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More Action For Troy Davis

by Cara September 16, 2008

Last week I wrote about the case of Troy Davis, a man who is scheduled to be executed by the state of Georgia on September 23rd, despite ample doubt regarding his guilt in the crime of murdering Police Officer Mark MacPhail. I asked you, along with numerous social justice organizations, to call the George State [...]

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