Category: LGBTQI rights

Fighting for Queer Liberation: Statement by Cincinnati Socialist Workers Organization

Socialist Action editor’s note: The statement below entitled "Fighting For Queer Liberation" was adopted by the Cincinnati Socialist Workers Organization, an independent organization of Cincinnati revolutionary socialists. The statement reflects the views of Socialist Action, whose National Committee concurred with the statement in October 2021. To contact CSWO, email cincysocialistworkers@gmail.com or go to https://cincysocialistworkers.wordpress.com By Cincinnati Socialist Workers Organization Over the past few … Continue reading Fighting for Queer Liberation: Statement by Cincinnati Socialist Workers Organization →

The Radical History of Pride Webinar

Join us for a special webinar as we listen to veteran activists discuss foundational movements in the fight for LGBTQ+ liberation. Let's reclaim the radical history of the Pride movement! WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23RD AT 5:30 PM PT/7:30PM CT/8:30 PM ET Featuring:Ann Montague -Long time out Lesbian Feminist activist in the union movement (SEIU 503 Oregon), … Continue reading The Radical History of Pride Webinar →

Missing Persons Report – No Solution for Toronto’s LGBTQI Community

by John Wilson "Review Lays Bare Police Failings" topped page 1 in the Toronto Star of April 14, 2021. The Independent Civilian Review of Missing Persons Investigations report, led by retired Justice Gloria Epstein, falls considerably short of the press headline. While clearly condemning the indifference, bungling and "systemic" errors of police, the Review presents no credible … Continue reading Missing Persons Report – No Solution for Toronto’s LGBTQI Community →

Combating Police Brutality and the COVID-19 Crisis: What Socialists Demand

By JAMES FORTIN Not since the Great Depression of the 1930’s has the American working class experienced with such gravity an assault to its standing as we are witnessing today. Do we continue under the irrational capitalist rule of the 1%, or do we demand meaningful solutions to the problems that have been thrust upon us, the 99%?

Trans Liberation: A Socialist Action Resolution

We begin with our stance of full support to and respect for transgender people’s fundamental right to self-identify and for the full, unequivocal inclusion of trans people in every aspect of society. Socialist Action has a long history of unequivocal support for trans rights and implacable opposition to any and all forms of discrimination, exclusion, … Continue reading Trans Liberation: A Socialist Action Resolution →

Sports equity: Women’s soccer and the fight for equal pay

By ANN MONTAGUE After winning the 2019 World Cup, the USA Women’s Soccer Team immediately returned to what could eventually become their biggest win of all. What they were really after was no secret to anyone. Echoing throughout Stade de Lyon, the stadium where they had become world champions, was the explosive chant: “Equal Pay, … Continue reading Sports equity: Women’s soccer and the fight for equal pay →

Police attack counter-protest at Boston ‘Straight Pride’ parade

By C.J. LAPOINTE Outnumbering the “Straight Pride” parade participants, counter-protesters dominated and framed the discussion on Saturday, Aug. 31, as the fascist/Alt-Right tried to co-opt the LGBTQIA community’s Pride events with the hateful message of “Straight Pride” in Boston. While the left outnumbered the right, it was noticeably smaller than the 30,000-person response to a … Continue reading Police attack counter-protest at Boston ‘Straight Pride’ parade →

Cops attack “Celebrate Pride & Fight Fascism” rally in Toronto

By MITCHELL SHORE — TORONTO — On Sat., June 22, members of Socialist Action (Canada) joined union members, feminists, LGBTQI+ activists, anarchists, and others at the “Celebrate Pride—Fight Fascism” rally near Toronto City Hall. We were there to protest against the anti-immigrant group PEGIDA (Patriotic Europeans Against Islamization of the West), the Canada Yellow Vests, … Continue reading Cops attack “Celebrate Pride & Fight Fascism” rally in Toronto →

Self-proclaimed ‘feminists’ on Heritage Foundation panel speak against transgender rights

By AUTUMN RAIN and ERWIN FREED On Jan. 28, the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing and anti-LGBTQIA group, hosted a panel titled, “The Inequality of the Equality Act: Concerns From the Left.” The speakers were trans-exclusive radical feminists (TERFs) who argued against rights for transgender people, ostensibly “from the left.” Yet one would rightly ask why … Continue reading Self-proclaimed ‘feminists’ on Heritage Foundation panel speak against transgender rights →

Japan’s highest court upholds sterilizations for trans people

  By AUTUMN RAIN The Supreme Court of Japan upheld an abhorrent law that explicitly requires trans people to be sterilized in order to have their gender recognized by the state—a terrible blow to trans people’s rights, and reproductive rights generally. Trans people are denied the right to have their gender legally recognized in many … Continue reading Japan’s highest court upholds sterilizations for trans people →

‘We won’t be erased,’ say Connecticut protesters for trans rights

By ROZWELL SIMMONS — NEW HAVEN, CONN. — In a leaked memo published by The New York Times on Oct. 21, the Trump administration called for federal agencies to “define sex as male or female, unchangeable, and determined by the genitals that a person is born with.” Alarmed by this persecuting and transphobic policy, members … Continue reading ‘We won’t be erased,’ say Connecticut protesters for trans rights →

 Trump administration attacks trans rights

By AUTUMN RAIN and ERWIN FREED The New York Times reported on Oct. 21 that the Trump administration is “considering narrowly defining gender as a biological, immutable condition determined by genitalia at birth, the most drastic move yet in a government effort to roll back recognition and protections of transgender people under federal civil rights … Continue reading  Trump administration attacks trans rights →

ACT UP’s struggle against power

By ANN MONTAGUE The AIDS Holocaust took place from 1985-1995, and it saw the loss of many gay men who had spearheaded Stonewall and launched the gay liberation movement. But many continued with a new fight. Remembering that history will remind us of a time when gay men, together with lesbians and straight supporters, organized … Continue reading ACT UP’s struggle against power →

Stormé DeLarverie: The lesbian spark in the Stonewall Uprising

By ANN MONTAGUE Next year will be the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising. In the early morning hours, gay men and lesbians fought back against the police raid of the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village. After that event, which began in the early morning of June 28,1969, Gay Liberation had joined the lexicon of Women’s … Continue reading Stormé DeLarverie: The lesbian spark in the Stonewall Uprising →

Annette Gagne: Socialist & LGBT activist

By DAVID KIELY Our dear comrade Annette Gagne died in Providence, R.I., on March 14, the 135th anniversary of Karl Marx’s death in 1883. In her last moments, Annette was surrounded by friends and comrades. All were people who, as a close friend of Annette said, “meant the world to her.” Annette’s political legacy as … Continue reading Annette Gagne: Socialist & LGBT activist →

Trudeau’s defective apology to LGBTQ people

By JOHN WILSON — TORONTO — Some (mostly) good news for a change! Arising out of the effective resistance to a police campaign of anti-queer harassment, and arrests in Toronto’s Marie Curtis Park, all contested charges have been dropped. [In 2016, at least 78 people were entrapped by plainclothes officers, who tried to lure LGBTQ … Continue reading Trudeau’s defective apology to LGBTQ people →