Logo has launched a public service announcement in response to last month’s hate-crime murder of 15-year-old gay student Lawrence King and other young hate-crime victims.
The PSA seems aimed at young people. Many of Logo’s sister brands across MTV Networks will carry it, though Logo is making it available to other networks as well. The spot features Portia de Rossi, Janet Jackson, and a whole bunch of other famous people outside my sphere of pop-culture knowledge.
Sharing the spot within the LGBT community here is preaching to the choir; perhaps those of you with teens can ask if they’ll circulate it on MySpace, Facebook, or wherever the kids of all orientations and identities are hanging out these days. You can also find other ways to take action at LOGOonline.com and at GLSEN’s Remembering Lawrence site.
"Project Harmony” to Address Needs of LGBTQ Families of Color
The Family Equality Council (FEC) today launches Project Harmony, a new initiative designed to ensure “that the issues and concerns of families of color are part of the national dialogue on LGBTQ family equality.”
“We are committed to building the most informed and effective national programs serving LGBTQ families of color and to fully integrating the voices, experiences and needs of these families into all of the work of the Family Equality Council,” said Project Harmony Program Manager Lisbeth Meléndez-Rivera. “Existing research shows that households including gay Latino men and African-American lesbians have the highest concentration of children among LGBTQ-headed families. We as a movement have much to learn from the struggles and successes of these families.”
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