November 15, 2008
Thursday the 20th November is LGBT day in the Union as part of its Education without Discrimination week. QUBLGBT will have a stall in the SU Foyer for the day and will have various information and leaflets available.
At 12pm we’ll be holding a two minute silence to mark the International Transgender Day of Remembrance just outside the SU on the steps. Over the past decade at least 239 people have been murdered due to transphobia and the numbers are rising.
If you don’t know much about trans issues then come visit the stall. QUB LGBT wishes to raise awareness about this issue and to no longer stay silent; to no longer let atrocious crimes like these happen.
Please stand with us for just 2 minutes, whether you’re straight, gay, bi, male, female, trans, gender queer or intersexed. Stand as a unified group against transphobia.
Finally at 8pm The Belfast Butterfly Club will be our guest speakers at our meeting. The room is yet to be confirmed but will be in the PFC (Peter Froggat Centre) instead of our usual SU club room. Please show your support and come along to this very special meeting.
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Posted by sarahboles
November 15, 2008
QUB LGBT presents “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” for free and for everyone on Tuesday 18th of November. So come along, watch the movie (on a rather large screen) and bring all of your friends: gay, straight, bi or undecided!
Afterwards we’re all heading to Taboo in the SU so come dressed up. It’s free in from 9pm in the Bunatee Bar (downstairs in the SU) with drinks promotions all night.
Meet in the SU foyer at 7pm or catch us in the Union later on in the evening!
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Posted by sarahboles
November 6, 2008
Our annual residential trip this year will be in London between Fri 12th-14th December. This is open to everyone so friends and non society members are more than welcome to come along!
We will be catching the Easyjet 734 12:25 flight from Belfast international to London Gatwick on Fri 12th Dec and returning on the Easyjet 741 19:05 flight from London Gatwick to Belfast international on Sunday 14th Dec. These flights can be booked on the Easyjet website here. At time of publication the total cost of these flights is £53.98.
And remember if you join the society for £3 (£10 non students) you can get 75% refunded!
The hostel will be booked once we know numbers. Any queries should be emailed to president@qublgbt.org.uk
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Posted by sarahboles
November 6, 2008
USA On tuesday, in a historic election that saw a huge victory for civil rights, California voters have come out in favour of a change to the State Constitution that will mean that marriage will now be denied to gay couples in the state. This is likely to have an effect not only on the American gay rights movement, but also worldwide.
From the San Francisco Chronical (article):
This was a classic case of a majority using its power of numbers to discriminate against a minority group.
It’s not the first time it has happened in this state. In 1964, 65 percent of California voters approved Proposition 14, which tried to wipe out a state law that said landlords could not discriminate based on “ethnicity, religion, sex, marital status, physical handicap, or familial status.” That measure was ultimately found unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, citing the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of equal protection, the same principle that led to the desegregation of schools in the landmark 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education case.
Hope remains that the proposition can be declared illegal by the courts, but by any standards this is a huge blow for International civil rights.
From the same article:
As soon as Prop. 8’s victory was assured, San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera and his counterparts from Los Angeles and Santa Clara County went to the state Supreme Court to try to invalidate it on the grounds that it conflicts with the equal protection pillars of the state Constitution.
“It goes to the heart of what the judiciary is supposed to do: To ensure that everyone is entitled to equal protection under the law,” Herrera said.
The legal swords have been drawn. Opponents of same-sex marriage instantly decried the possibility that “unelected judges” could thwart the will of the majority.
But when the will of the majority is discrimination against a minority group, the courts have a legal and moral obligation to step in to protect fundamental rights.
What are your thoughts? Let us know in the comments.
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Posted by Chris Lamb
