Protest Teaching Kids To Hate LGBTQ People | Thu, 08/05/2010 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm


Thu, 08/05/2010 - 7:30pm - 9:00pm
Event Type: 
Protest
Location Name: 
Christian Liberty Academy
Location Address: 
502 W Euclid Ave, Carol Stream, IL

Please RSVP for this protest on Facebook if you have a Facebook account, and invite your friends.

Beginning August 5th a group which calls itself Americans For Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) is organizing what they call an "academy" to "train young people (as well as older pro-family advocates) how to answer 'gay' activist misinformation and fight the homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda." ...Read more »

JTIC is co-sponsoring this event

Queers and Borders: Building Solidarity Between Movements | Tue, 08/03/2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm


Tue, 08/03/2010 - 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Event Type: 
JTIC Meeting
Location Name: 
Underground Cafe
Location Address: 
600 S Michigan

Join us for a discussion on immigration and the LGBTQ community.

JTIC is the primary organizer of this event

Queer Contingent for the March against the Arizona Anti-Immigrant Law | Thu, 07/29/2010 - 3:30pm - 9:00pm


Thu, 07/29/2010 - 3:30pm - 9:00pm
Event Type: 
Protest
Location Name: 
In front of the County Jail
Location Address: 
26th and California

Come march with the queer contingent as we show our support in solidarity with those suffering under the racist SB1070 in Arizona! July 29th is National Day of Non-Compliance! We need to be there to show our support, not simply because it is the right thing to do, but because the queer movement and immigration movement are struggling with many of the same issues--namely our status' as 2nd CLASS CITIZENS. This cannot and WILL NOT be tolerated ANY MORE!

NO HUMAN BEING IS ILLEGAL!! ...Read more »

JTIC is endorsing this event

Another DAY OF DECISION is coming


The closing arguments for the Prop 8 federal trial took only a day. No one seems to know when Judge Walker will rule. It's possible he wrote the majority of his opinion during the recess, with just a few blanks left to be filled in after closing arguments, and he is ready to issue that tomorrow. It's also possible he's going to mull it over for weeks. ...Read more »

T-Shirts Available!


Second Class Citizen t-shirts are printed and ready for purchase. They're $15, and you can get them at Chances Dances tonight, the JTIC meeting tomorrow, or by mail (email jointheimpactchicago@gmail.com for details).

A self-serve online store will be up within the next several days.

Support the ENDA 13


On May 22, 2010, thirteen activists from several grassroots LGBTQ rights organizations went to Senator Dick Durbin's office to demand that he, as the second highest ranking Democratic senator, pledge to actively promote the immediate passage of the transgender inclusive Employment Nondiscrimination Act. His representatives said he does not sign pledges and asked the activists to leave; in response, they held a sit-in until they were arrested and removed. ...Read more »

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