You didn't answer because you haven't been told by your thought controllers what to think about those things yet.
You ask me whether group marriages or incestuous marriages should be allowed, as if they are the equivalent of gay civil unions, which they are not.
Why not?
Are you aware a lot of people on the left say they are the equivalent of gay marriage, that they're the next step?
... Beyond Gay Marriage From the August 4 / August 11, 2003 issue: The road to polyamory. BY Stanley Kurtz August 4 - August 11, 2003, Vol. 8, No. 45 ShareThis AFTER GAY MARRIAGE, what will become of marriage itself? Will same-sex matrimony extend marriage's stabilizing effects to homosexuals? Will gay marriage undermine family life? A lot is riding on the answers to these questions. But the media's reflexive labeling of doubts about gay marriage as homophobia has made it almost impossible to debate the social effects of this reform. Now with the Supreme Court's ringing affirmation of sexual liberty in Lawrence v. Texas, that debate is unavoidable.
Among the likeliest effects of gay marriage is to take us down a slippery slope to legalized polygamy and "polyamory" (group marriage). Marriage will be transformed into a variety of relationship contracts, linking two, three, or more individuals (however weakly and temporarily) in every conceivable combination of male and female. A scare scenario? Hardly. The bottom of this slope is visible from where we stand. Advocacy of legalized polygamy is growing. A network of grass-roots organizations seeking legal recognition for group marriage already exists. The cause of legalized group marriage is championed by a powerful faction of family law specialists. Influential legal bodies in both the United States and Canada have presented radical programs of marital reform. Some of these quasi-governmental proposals go so far as to suggest the abolition of marriage. The ideas behind this movement have already achieved surprising influence with a prominent American politician.
None of this is well known. Both the media and public spokesmen for the gay marriage movement treat the issue as an unproblematic advance for civil rights. True, a small number of relatively conservative gay spokesmen do consider the social effects of gay matrimony, insisting that they will be beneficent, that homosexual unions will become more stable. Yet another faction of gay rights advocates actually favors gay marriage as a step toward the abolition of marriage itself. This group agrees that there is a slippery slope, and wants to hasten the slide down. .....
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BEYOND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE A NEW STRATEGIC VISION FOR ALL OUR FAMILIES & RELATIONSHIPS
July 26, 2006
We, the undersigned – lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) and allied activists, scholars, educators, writers, artists, lawyers, journalists, and community organizers – seek to offer friends and colleagues everywhere a new vision for securing governmental and private institutional recognition of diverse kinds of partnerships, households, kinship relationships and families. In so doing, we hope to move beyond the narrow confines of marriage politics as they exist in the United States today.
We seek access to a flexible set of economic benefits and options regardless of sexual orientation, race, gender/gender identity, class, or citizenship status.
We reflect and honor the diverse ways in which people find and practice love, form relationships, create communities and networks of caring and support, establish households, bring families into being, and build innovative structures to support and sustain community.
In offering this vision, we declare ourselves to be part of an interdependent, global community. We stand with people of every racial, gender and sexual identity, in the United States and throughout the world, who are working day-to-day – often in harsh political and economic circumstances – to resist the structural violence of poverty, racism, misogyny, war, and repression, and to build an unshakeable foundation of social and economic justice for all, from which authentic peace and recognition of global human rights can at long last emerge. ..... beyondmarriage.org
SIGNED BY:
o All organizational affiliations are listed for identification purposes only. o *Asterisks* indicate “BEYOND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE” authors. o This list is updated as of Friday, August 4, 2006 – more updates to follow soon.
Mimi Abramovitz Professor of Social Policy, Hunter College School of Social Work and the CUNY Graduate Center Author, Regulating the Lives of Women
Katherine Acey * Executive Director, Astraea Lesbian Foundation for Justice
Martha Ackelsberg Prof of Government and Women's Studies, Smith College co-author, Why We're Not Getting Married
Kimberly D. Acquaviva Washington, DC Kiran Ahuja Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum
Cathy Albisa Executive Director, National Economic and Social Rights Initiative
Dorothy Allison Author, Bastard Out of Carolina, and Cavedweller
Faisal Alam Founder, Al-Fatiha Foundation for LGBTIQ Muslims Charlotte Albrecht Volunteer, Fairness Campaign Rev. Ann Marie Alderman Minister, Unitarian Universalist Church of Athens and Sheshequin Rev. Kharma Amos Pastor, Metropolitan Community Church of Northern Virginia Amy Andre bi activist, and sexuality author/educator and filmmaker
Reymundo E. Anthony Former Board member and Founder, LLEGO (the National Latino/a Lesbian Gay Organization)
Ellen T. Armour E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Chair of Feminist Theology, Vanderbilt Divinity School Katherine Arnup Associate Professor and Director, Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies, Carleton University Editor, Lesbian Parenting: Living with Pride and Prejudice
Nikhil Aziz Executive Director, Grassroots International
Inelle Bagwell Coordinating Team Member, Church Within a Church Movement
Marlon M. Bailey Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow in Gender and Women's Studies, University of California-Berkeley
Maura Bairley Parent Director, the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Program, Columbia University Karen O. Bachman Co-Chair, Stonewall Democrats Transgender Caucus Andre Banks, Director of Media and Public Affairs, Applied Research Center Sean Barry Director of Prevention Policy, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) Rachel Baum Former National Program Associate Director, The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Projects Brett Genny Beemyn Co-Chair, National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education Author, Queer Studies and Creating a Place for Ourselves
Nancy K. Bereano Organizer, Tompkins County Working Group on LGBT Aging Founding publisher and editor, Firebrand Books
Jeanne Bergman Health Global Access Project (Health GAP)
Lauren Berlant George M. Pullman Professor of English, University of Chicago Editor, Intimacy Tamiko Beyer Q-Wave (Women and Transgender folks of API decent) Steering Committee Joan E. Biren (JEB) Filmmaker/photographer
Ricky Blum Board of Directors, Queers for Economic Justice Staff Attorney, Legal Aid Society Member, Pride At Work
Terry Boggis * Director, Center Kids, the family program of The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center Co-Chair, Board of Directors, Queers for Economic Justice Julie Bolcer Vice President, Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn
Marsha C. Botzer Founder, Ingersoll Gender Center Moira Bowman Family, Community and Sexuality Project, Western States Center Candice Boyce Board Chair, African Ancestral Lesbians United for Societal Change Naomi Braine Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, NDRI, Inc Pamela D. Bridgewater Professor of Law, American Unviversity, Washington College of Law Laura Briggs Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of Arizona Author, Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science and U.S. Imperialism in Puerto Rico Member, No More Deaths
Michael Bronski Visiting Professor in Women's and Gender Studies and Jewish Studies, Dartmouth College Author, The Pleasure Principle: Sex, Backlash, and the Struggle for Gay Freedom
Wendy Brown Professor of Political Science, University of California-Berkeley Author, States of Injury
Rev. Pat Bumgardner Chair, Moderator's Global Justice Team, Metropolitan Community Churches Charlotte Bunch Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers University
Kent Burbank Executive Director, Wingspan (South Arizona's LGBT Community Center)
Linda Burnham Executive Director, Women of Color Resource Center, Oakland
Judith Butler Maxine Elliot Professor, Rhetoric and Comparative Literature, University of California-Berkeley Author, Gender Trouble and Antigone’s Claim Leslie Cagan National Coordinator, United for Peace and Justice
Deborah Carney-MacFarlane Amnesty International Baltimore Polyamory Network
Mandy Carter Board Member, National Black Justice Coalition Former Executive Director, Southerners On New Ground
Ellen Carton Former Executive Director, Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation
Virginia Casper Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Bank Street College of Education, New York City Co-author, Gay Parents/Straight Schools: Building Communication and Trust
Aaron Chandler Vice President, Board of Directors, National Youth Advocacy Coalition (NYAC) Christopher Christopher Former Executive Director, R.U.1.2 Queer Community Center, Burlington, VT Jo Ann Citron Attorney, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Wellesley College Eli Clare Author, Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation Pat Clark Former Executive Director, Fellowship of Reconciliation
Cheryl Clarke Poet and author, The Days of Good Looks: Prose and Poetry: 1980-2005
Thomas F. Coleman Executive Director, Unmarried America
E.G. Crichton Professor of Art, University of California-Santa Cruz Paisley Currah Executive Director, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies (CLAGS) Director, Transgender Law & Policy Institute Wendy Curry Vice President, BiNet USA Ann Cvetkovich Professor of English, University of Texas, Austin Author, An Archive of Feelings: Trauma, Sexuality and Lesbian Public Cultures Debanuj Dasgupta * Board of Directors, Queer Immigrant Rights Project Julie Davids Executive Director, Community HIV/AIDS Mobilization Project (CHAMP) Trishala Deb Program Coordinator for the Training and Resource Center, Audre Lorde Project
Kathleen DeBold Executive Director, Mautner Project, the National Lesbian Health Organization
Lara Deeb Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, University of California-Irvine Founding member, Radical Arab Women's Activist Network Board member, National Council of Arab Americans Defense of Civil Rights Committee Joseph N. DeFilippis * Executive Director, Queers for Economic Justice Former Director, SAGE/Queens Joanne DeMark Queer Progressive Agenda John D’Emilio Professor of Gender Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago Founding Director, The Policy Institute of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Co-Editor, Creating Change: Sexuality, Public Policy and Civil Rights Bella DePaulo Author, Singled Out: How Singles are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After Lisa Dettmer Producer, Women’s Magazine KPFA Radio Caroyln Dinshaw Founder, The Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality Professor of English and Social & Cultural Analysis, New York University Founding Co-Editor, GLQ: A Journal of Lesbian and Gay Studies Bill Dobbs Betty Dodson, PhD Sexologist Author, Sex for One and Orgasms for Two Heidi Dorow Activist Marta Drury Nobel Peace Prize Nominee, 1000 Women for Peace, 2005 Martin Duberman Distinguished Professor Emeritus, City University of New York Founder, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, CUNY Author, Stonewall Aine Duggan Vice-President, Food Bank for New York City Board of Directors, Queers for Economic Justice
Lisa Duggan * Professor and Director of American Studies, New York University Author, The End of Marriage: The War Over the Future of State Sponsored Love (forthcoming) Barbara Ehrenreich Contributing Writer, New York Times, Harpers, The Progressive and Time Magazine Author, Bait and Switch and Nickel and Dimed Ruth Eisenberg Harmon, Curran, Spielberg & Eisenberg LLP
Rev. Marvin M. Ellison Willard S. Bass Professor of Christian Ethics, Bangor Theological Seminary Author, Same-Sex Marriage? A Christian Ehtical Analysis
Annie Ellman Co-founder and former Executive Director, Center for Anti-Violence Education
David L. Eng Associate Professor of English, Rutgers University
Jeffrey Escoffier Writer/Editor Author, Sexual Revolution and American Homo: Community and Perversity
Kenyon Farrow * Co-Editor, Letters from Young Activists: Today’s Rebels Speak Out Author, "Is Gay Marriage Anti-Black?" Anne Fausto-Sterling Professor of Biology and Gender Studies in the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Brown University Author, Sexing the Body
Barbara Fedders Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute Leslie Feinberg Co-Chair, LGBT Caucus of National Writers Union/UAW Author, Stone Butch Blues Chai Feldblum Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center Roderick Ferguson Associate Professor of American Studies, University of Minnesota Author, Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique Martha Albertson Fineman Robert W. Woodruff Professor, Emory University - School of Law Author, The Autonomy Myth: A Theory of Dependency Jordan Flaherty Editor, Left Turn Magazine Laura Flanders Host, AirAmerica Radio James R. Fleckenstein President, Institute for 21st Century Relationships
Charles Flowers Executive Director, Lambda Literary Foundation
Katherine M. Franke Professor of Law, Columbia University in the City of New York
Joyful Freeman Director, GLTBQ Youth Program (Seattle), American Friends Service Committee Monroe France Educational Training Manager, GLSEN: Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network Board of Directors, Queers for Economic Justice Susana T. Fried Independent Consultant on Gender, Sexuality and Human Rights Former Program Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission Stephen Eagle Funk Regional Director, Iraq Veterans Against the War Coco Fusco Associate Professor, Columbia University in the City of New York Marcia Gallo Activist Author, Different Daughters: A History of the Daughters of Bilitis and the Rise of the Lesbian Rights Movement Assistant Professor, Lehman College Robert Galloway Pastor, MCC Knoxville, Tennessee
Félix E. Gardón Actor /Activist Co-chair Queer for Economic Justice Abigail Garner Author, Families Like Mine: Children of Gay Parents Tell It Like It Is
Stephen A. Glassman Chairperson, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission Deepali Gokhale Founder, Queer Progressive Agenda David Goldberg Professor and Director, Humanities Research Institute, University of California-Irvine Author, The Racial State Tami Gold Filmmaker/Activist Professor, Hunter College CUNY Richard Gollance Los Angeles, CA Letitia Gomez Gayatri Gopinath Associate Professor of Women's Studies, University of California-Davis Author, Impossible Desires: Queer Diaspora and South Asian Public Cultures Cynthia Greenberg Activist, Consultant Co-Chair, Jews for Racial & Economic Justice Former Director, Jewish Social Justice Network Nicky Grist Executive Director, The Alternatives to Marriage Project Catherine Gund filmmaker / writer / activist Alexei Guren Program Director, Bi Men's Conference Past President and Advisory Board, BiNet USA General Manager, Bisexual.org & BiMagazine.org Ellen Gurzinsky * Educator/Activist Former Executive Director, The Funding Exchange Manolo Guzman Assistant Professor of Sociology, Marymount Manhattan College Author: Gay Hegemony/Latino Homosexualities Judith Halberstam Professor of English, University of Southern California Director, Center for Feminist Research at USC Author, Female Masculinity Eileen Hansen Catherine Hanssens Executive Director, The Center for HIV Law and Policy Jean Hardisty Consultant Author, Mobilizing Resentment: Conservative Resurgence from the John Birch Society to the Promise Keepers Kenneth R. Haslam MD Founding member, Unitarian Universalists for Polyamory Awareness Board Member, Community-Academic Consortium for Research on Alternative Sexualities Adam Haslett Writer Mary Haviland Former Co-Director, CONNECT, New York City Kris Hayashi Executive Director, Audre Lorde Project Jesse Lokahi Heiwa Queer People Of Color Action Silvia Henriquez Executive Director, National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health
Tobi Hill-Meyer Trans Activist
Robert-John Hinojosa Field Director, Fairness for all Families Campaign, South Carolina President, Palmetto Umoja, SC Co-Director, SONG, North Carolina
Ann Holder Associate Professor of History, Pratt Institute
Amber Hollibaugh * Senior Strategist, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Board of Directors, Queers for Economic Justice Author, My Dangerous Desires: A Queer Girl Dreaming Her Way Home Linda Holtzman Rabbi, Director of Practical Rabbinics at the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College
YK Hong Founder/Lead Trainer, Freedom Trainers Organizer, Writer, Artist Susan Horowitz Publisher, Pride Source Media Group, Between The Lines Newspaper
Mary E. Hunt Catholic feminist theologian Co-director, Women's Alliance for Theology, Ethics and Ritual Nan Hunter Professor, Brooklyn Law School Co-Author, Sex Wars: Sexual Dissent and Political Culture Loraine Hutchins * Co-Editor, Bi Any Other Name Advisory Board, BiNet USA Abbie Illenberger Assistant Political Director, UNITE HERE! Jessi Lee Jackson Director, Women and Prison Project Beyondmedia Education Patricia Jackson Senior Outreach Coordinator, New Leaf Outreach to Elders Lesbian Activist, Board Member, San Francisco Gray Panthers Janet Jakobsen Director, Center for Research on Women, Barnard College Co-Author, Love The Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Tolerance Amira Jarmakani Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Georgia State University Lillian Jiménez Executive Director, Latino Educational Media Center Darnell L. Johnson Organizational Manager, Fairness Campaign Co-chair, 2004 Kentucky "No on the Amendment" campaign Founder/past President, Common Ground, University of Louisville Rebecca O. Johnson Writer/Activist Ronald S. Johnson Former Associate Executive Director, Gay Men’s Health Crisis Kenneth T. Jones Research, Community Activist Board member, In The Life Atlanta
Lani Ka'ahumanu Co-editor, Bi Any Other Name Advisory Board, BiNet USA
Samantha & Azaan Kamau Journalist, poets, photographers and Married Lesbian Couple Caren Kaplan Associate Professor of Women’s Studies and Chair of the Cultural Studies Graduate Group University of California-Davis Co-Editor, Between Woman and Nation Esther Kaplan Author, With God on Their Side Host, Beyond the Pale, WBAI
Morris B. Kaplan Professor of Philosophy, Purchase College, State University of New York
Jonathan Ned Katz Historian/Independent Scholar Author, Gay American History Melanie Kaye/Kantrowitz Author, The Issue is Power: Essays on Women, Jews, Violence and Resistance Former Executive Director, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice
Bobbi Keppel co-founder, Unitarian Universalists Bi Network
Hamid Khan Executive Director, South Asian Network
Surina Khan * Senior Program Officer, Women's Foundation of California Former Executive Director, International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission David Kilmnick Executive Director, Long Island Gay and Lesbian Youth Richard Kim * Writer, The Nation founding Board member, Queers for Economic Justice Laura Kipnis Professor of Radio-TV-Film, Northwestern University Author, Against Love
John Klenert Former National President, LEAGUE at AT&T Board of Directors Member, Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund Board of Directors Member, DC Vote Cathy Knight Executive Director, Church Within a Church Movement
Debra Kolodny Editor, "Blessed Bi Spirit: Bisexual People of Faith," Exec. Dir., ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal
Cole Krawitz Communications and Events Associate, Demos Board of Advisors, National Center for Transgender Equality Kitty Krupat Associate Director, Joseph S. Murphy Center for Worker Education, City University of New York Co-editor, Out at Work
Frances Kunreuther Director, Building Movements Project Former Executive Director, The Hetrick Martin Institute
Meaghan Lamarre Chair, Board of Directors, Alternatives to Marriage Project Malachi Larrabee-Garza Advanced Political Education Coordinator, The School of Unity and Liberation (SOUL) Board Member, Transgender and Intersex Justice Project (TGIJP) Deke Law Arthur S. Leonard Professor of Law, New York Law School Asha Leong Campaign Manager, South Carolina Equality Coalition
Rabbi Michael Lerner Editor, Tikkun Magazine National Chair, The Network of Spiritual Progressives
Ricci J. Levy Executive Director, The Woodhull Freedom Foundation Jenifer Levin Author, Water Dancer and The Sea of Light Reverend Jacqueline J. Lewis Senior Minister in Charge, The Middle Collegiate Church, New York, NY Yoseñio V. Lewis Board of Directors, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Writer/Performance Artist Phoenix Lindsey-Hall Volunteer Coordinator, The Fairness Campaign, Louisville, KY Susan Lob Director, Voices of Women Organizing Project Kerry Lobel * Scott Long Director, LGBT Rights Program, Human Rights Watch
Lisa Lowe Professor of Literature, University of California-San Diego Author, Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics Craig Lucas Writer / Director Samuel Lurie Director, Transgender Awareness Training Chris Lymbertos Oakland, CA
Larry D. Lyons II Scholar/Activist Co-Founder, Rashawn Brazell Memorial Fund Pat Maher Co-Director, Haymarket's People Fund
Martin Manalansan Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana Author, Global Divas: Filipino Gay Men in the Diaspora Rickke Mananzala Campaign Coordinator, FIERCE!
William Mann Writer and Historian Beth Maples-Bays East Tennessee Bureau Chief, Out and About Newspaper Co-President, Greater Knoxville LGBTQ Leadership Council Vice President, National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association Tennessee Nashville) Chapter
Armistead Maupin Writer/Producer
Pam McMichael Director, Highlander Research and Education Center Founding Co-Director, Southerners on New Ground
Terrence McNally Writer Sunita Mehta Executive Director, Funders Concerned About AIDS Alice M. Miller, JD* Ass't Professor, Clinical Population and Family Health, Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health
Marshall Miller Co-Founder, The Alternatives to Marriage Project Co-Author, Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Couple Ryan Miller Co-Director, Queer Students Alliance, The University of Texas at Austin Gwendolyn Mink Co-Coordinator, Women's Committee of 100 Charles N. Clark Professor, Studies in Women and Gender, Smith College Author, Welfare’s End
Donna Minkowitz Journalist Author, Ferocious Romance
Nasreen Mohamed Writer & Activist, Minneapolis
Jeffrey Montgomery Executive Director, Triangle Foundation Board Member, Woodhull Freedom Foundation
Richard W. Morrison Executive Editor, University of Minnesota Press
Anya Mukarji-Connolly Activist / Attorney Board of Directors, FIERCE!
José E Muñoz Associate Professor and Chair of Performance Studies, New York University Author, Disidentifications: Queers of Color and the Performance of Politics Yasmin Nair Activist, Educator Member, CLIA (Chicago LGBTQ Immigrants Alliance) Writer, Windy City Times
Scot Nakagawa Grants and Program Director, Social Justice Fund Northwest
Mala Nagarajan Trikone-NW, Washington State Marriage Equality Plaintiff Holly Near Singer/Activist
Patti Jo Newell Deputy Director, Director of Public Policy, New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence Joan Nestle Lesbian Herstory Archives
Heba Nimr Program Coordinator, Partnership for Immigrant Leadership and Action
Reverend Dr. Penny Nixon Senior Minister, MCC San Francisco
Robin Nussbaum Educator/Activist Former Coordinator, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Queers for Justice Program
John O’Brien President, Society for Education & the Arts, Los Angeles Leading Stonewall Rebellion Participant Founder of the Gay Liberation Front Michelle O’Brien Community Organizer, Gay Men's Health Crisis Doyin Ola Welfare Organizer, Queers for Economic Justice Working Group Member, TransJustice, a project of the Audre Lorde Project Steering Committee, Uhuru-Wazobia, LGBT Africans
Ana Oliveira * Executive Director, New York Women’s Foundation Former Executive Director, Gay Men’s Health Crisis Nancy Ordover Author, American Eugenics: Race, Queer Anatomy, and the Science of Nationalism
Reverend Freeman L. Palmer, Minister Congregational Life and Development, Middle Collegiate Church, New York, New York
Bruce Parker Advocacy Coordinator, Indiana Transgender Rights Advocacy Alliance Secretary, Indiana Equality
Cori Schmanke Parrish * Board of Directors, Queers for Economic Justice Cindy Patton Professor of Sociology, Simon Fraser University Author, The Invention of AIDS
Clarence Patton Executive Director, The New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project
Gerry Gomez Pearlberg Poet/Editor
Ann Pellegrini Associate Professor of Performance Studies and Religious Studies, New York University Co-Author, Love the Sin: Sexual Regulation and the Limits of Tolerance
Denise Penn Past President, BiNet USA Board Member, The American Institute of Bisexuality (AIB)
Rosalind Petchesky Distinguished Professor, Hunter College & the Graduate Center, City University of New York Author, Abortion and Woman’s Choice Suzanne Pharr * Author, In the Time of the Right: Reflections on Liberation and Homophobia: A Weapon of Sexism Former Director, Highlander Research and Education Center Anne Phibbs Systemwide Director of GLBT Programs, University of Minnesota Judith Plaskow Professor of Religious Studies, Manhattan College co-author, Why We're Not Getting Married Nancy Polikoff * Professor of Law, American University, Washington College of Law Author, Valuing All Families (forthcoming, Beacon Press, 2007) Elizabeth Povinelli Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University Author, Empire of Love: Toward A Theory of Intimacy, Genealogy and Carnality
Achebe Betty Powell * Activist / Educator Consultant, Betty Powell Associates Lisa Powell Attorney and activist Reverend Cecil Charles Prescod Director, Public Voice for Peace and Equality Project, Love Makes A Family, Inc.
Jasbir Puar Assistant Prof. of Women's and Gender Studies, Rutgers University
Christopher Punongbayan Advocacy Director, Filipinos for Affirmative Action
Dr. Carol Queen Founding Director, Center for Sex & Culture, San Francisco Susan Raffo Editor, Queerly Classed: Gay Men and Lesbians Write About Class Chandan Reddy Assistant Professor Department of English, University of Washington, Seattle
Eric O. Reece Board member, Center for Artistic Revolution Former Executiv Director, Arizona Equality Network
Betsy Reed Executive Editor, The Nation
Reno Performance Artist
Pat Reuss Senior Policy Analyst, National Organization for Women (NOW) Holly Richardson Out Now
Ignacio Rivera * Board of Directors, Queers for Economic Justice Founder of Poly Patao Productions / performance artist Colin Robinson Founder, Caribbean Pride Former Executive Director, New York State Black Gay Network & Gay Men of African Descent
David Robinson Associate Professor of English and Lesbian & Gay Studies, University of Arizona, Author, Closeted Writing and Lesbian and Gay Literature Ruthann Robson Professor of Law, City University of New York School of Law
Juana María Rodríguez Associate Professor, Women and Gender Studies, UC Davis Author, Queer Latinidad Loretta J. Ross National Coordinator, SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective Rev. Nori Rost Executive Director, Just Spirit: A Center for People of All Faiths Kate Runyon Program Director, American Friends Service Committee's LGBT Issues Program & Faith Action Network Ann Russo Women's and Gender Studies, DePaul University
Graciela Isabel Sánchez Director, Esperanza Peace and Justice Center
Guido A. Sanchez Director, Jersey City Connections / HudsonPride
Ronni Sanlo ED.D Director, UCLA LGBT Center Founding Chair, National Consortium of Directors of LGBT Resources in Higher Education
Andrea Batista Schlesinger Executive Director, Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
Ann Schranz Unitarian Universalist minister Joan Wallach Scott Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton University
Rinku Sen Director of the New York Office, Applied Research Center Publisher, ColorLines Magazine
Pedro Julio Serrano Communications Coordinator, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force President, Puerto Rico Para Tod@s Vice-Chair, National Latino Coalition for Justice Member of Sigamos Adelante, effort to construct a new national Latina LGBT voice Mark M. Sexton and W. Kirk Wallace
Svati P. Shah Member, South Asian Lesbian and Gay Association Assistant Professor/Faculty Fellow, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality, New York University
Julie Shapiro Associate Professor of Law, Seattle University School of Law
Eveline Shen Executive Director, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice
Andrea Shipley Your Family, Friends and Neighbors Carl Siciliano Founder/Executive Director, Ali Forney Center Dara Silverman Executive Director, Jews for Racial and Economic Justice Sonja Sivesind Development Coordinator, Sylvia Rivera Law Project Kathy Skaggs Writer Anna Marie Smith Associate Professor of Government, Cornell University Author, Welfare Reform and Sexual Regulation (forthcoming) Nadine Smith Executive Director, Equality Florida Shelby A. Smith Associate Director, Southern Center for Human Rights Rita Smith Executive Director, National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
Sarah Sohn Board of Directors, Queers for Economic Justice Former Legal Fellow, Immigration Equality
Alisa Solomon Director, Arts & Culture MA, Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University Former Executive Director, Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, CUNY
Dorian Solot Co-Founder, Alternatives to Marriage Project Co-Author, Unmarried to Each Other: The Essential Guide to Living Together as an Unmarried Couple
Dean Spade Founder, Sylvia Rivera Law Project Judith Stacey Professor of Sociology, New York University Author, Brave New Families Gloria Steinem Founder and original publisher, Ms. Magazine
Jenn Steinfeld Co-chair, Marriage Equality Rhode Island
Jessica Stern Researcher, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights Program, Human Rights Watch Board Member, Queers for Economic Justice
Jacquelyn Stevens Associate Professor, Law and Society Program, University of California-Santa Barbara Author, Reproducing the State Julia Sudbury Professor of Ethnic Studies, Mills College Founding member, Critical Resistance Author, Global Lockdown Ashley Tellis
Beth Teper Executive Director, COLAGE (Children of Lesbians and Gays Everywhere)
Jennifer Terry Associate Professor and Director of Women's Studies, University of California-Irvine Author, American Obsession: Science, Medicine and Homosexuality in Modern Society
Kendall Thomas * Activist Nash Professor of Law, Columbia University in the City of New York Juhu Thukral Director, Sex Workers Project at the Urban Justice Center
Judith Thurman Writer
Bonnie Tinker Executive Director, Love Makes a Family, Inc.
Jay Toole Shelter Organizer, Queers for Economic Justice Hazel Troost Trans community activist, Minneapolis, MN
Barbara Turk Former Executive Director, YWCA of Brooklyn
Judith E. Turkel Turkel Forman & de la Vega LLP, New York
Rev. Paul M. Turner Founding and Senior Pastor, Gentle Spirit Christian Church of Atlanta
Sharon Ullman Associate Professor of History, Bryn Mawr College Author, Sex Seen: The Emergence of Modern Sexuality in America
Jo VanEvery Alternatives to Marriage Project
Paula Vogel Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of Literary Arts and Comparative Literature, Brown University Playwright, How I Learned to Drive
Anita Wagner Polyamory Educator and Sexual Freedom Activist Director of Outreach, The Institute for 21st Century Relationships
KC Wagner, Director of Workplace Issues, Cornell-ILR, NYC
Leonie Walker Philanthropic Activist
Carla Wallace Fairness Campaign Leadership Council, Louisville, Kentucky
Suzanna Walters Chair of the Department of Gender Studies, Indiana University Author, All the Rage: The Story of Gay Visibility in America
Michael Warner Professor of English, Rutgers University Author, The Trouble with Normal Alisa Wellek National Campaign & Advocacy Manager, LGBT Community Center Blanche Wiesen Cook Author, Eleanor Roosevelt, vols. I & II Professor, John Jay College & the Graduate Center/CUNY Denise Wells Cornel West Robin West Professor of Law, Georgetown University Center of Law Kay Whitlock * Writer/Organizer Former National Representative for LGBT Issues, The American Friends Service Committee Robyn Wiegman Professor and Margaret Taylor Smith Director of Women's Studies, Duke University Author, American Anatomies: Theorizing Race and Gender
Gigi Raven Wilbur Former Board Member, BiNet USA
Maya Wiley Executive Director, Center for Social Inclusion
Tara Wilkins Executive Director, The Community of Welcoming Congregations
Penelope Williams NE Regional Coordinator emeritus, BiNet USA Co-organizer, People of Color Institutes, Creating Change
Andre A. Wilson Organizer/Activist, Trans Health Advocate Co-founder, Transforum of University of Michigan Member, Pride At Work - Michigan
Joe Wilson Program Officer for Human Rights, Public Welfare Foundation Documentary Filmmaker, qWaves Productions
Ellen Willis Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication Director, Concentration in Cultural Reporting and Criticism, New York University
JoAnn Wypijewski Columnist, Mother Jones Independent Journalist
Jesi Yager Artist/Activist Former volunteer, 2004 Kentucky "No on the Amendment" Campaign Former Director, National Coming Out Day Works on Shirt Project, Louisville, KY
Michael Yarbrough Law School and Department of Sociology, Yale University
Luna M. Yasui Policy Director, Chinese for Affirmative Action/Center for Asian American Advocacy
Miriam W. Yeung Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center Diana Ming Yin Communications Coordinator, Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice Editor, Exoticize My Fist! Kenji Yoshino, Professor of Law, Yale Law School
Rebecca Young Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Barnard College
Karen Zelermyer Executive Director, Funders for Lesbian and Gay Issues Beth Zemsky * GLBT Studies, University of Minnesota Former Co-Chair of the Board of Directors, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force ______________________________________________________________________________ August 4, 2006 UPDATE: BEYOND SAME-SEX MARRIAGE WAS ALSO SIGNED BY:
o All organizational affiliations are listed for identification purposes only. o This list is updated as of Friday, August 4, 2006 – more updates to follow soon.
Imam Daayiee Abdullah Islamic Legal Scholar and Moderator, Muslim Gay Men Margie Adam singer/songwriter Glen Adams Magon Delani Adams Morgan D. Adams Morgan Dustin Adams Patricia K. Adams Betty Adams Shirley L. Addington Jean Addyman Christina H. Ahl Saadia Aleem Attorney and Activist Olive M. Allen Jon D. Allison, MD Patricia P. Almert Rebecca Alpert Associate Professor of Religion and Women's Studies, Temple University, Author: Like Bread on the Seder Plate: Jewish Lesbians and the Transformation of Tradition Robert H. Ames publisher and editor, Gotham: A Journal of the Gay Community (NYC), gay and HIV/AIDS activist (NYC and San Diego) Alice Anderson Administrative Assistant, Visual Understanding in Education David Anderson Donald Anglin Craig Apolinario Bryan W. Arendt Marc Arendt Chicago, IL Robert B. Arno Joanne E. Arnoold Maria Asaro Julio R Asturias Polly F. Attwood William Audette Steve Ault Cathy Ayers Paola Bacchetta Fabian Baez Heather C. Bailey Ellen M Baird Michael L. Baird Victoria Baker Darlene Baker-Arkansas Kazembe Balagun Jerry Ball Richard Ballou Jodi Barnes Mark Daniel Barney US Campus Greens Steering Committee Member Angie Barnfield Maiyim Baron Hope Barrett Vicky Barrios Barusch co-coordinator, Harvard Transgender Task Force; former co-chair, Harvard Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transgender, and Supporters' Alliance (BGLTSA) Paula Basta Elliott Femynye BatTzedek writer, feminist activist, life-long marriage resister Colleen Constance Beal Julie A. Beck Nathan Bell Sunny C. Bell M.E. Benefiel Anna Benfield Camill Benjamin John L Bennett Open-relationship activist and advocate Natalie Bennett John C. Beynon Assistant Professor of English, California State University, Fresno Henry Biar Laura Bierema Allan Bilsky Kelly L. Binkley Christopher Bird Cecelia Bishop Bridgette Bissonnette LOUD Program Director, Pacific Center Rooni Bissonnette Mildred Blandisher Jerry Blankenship Richard A. Bloom Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld Assitant Professor, Multicultural and International Curriculum Studies, Deparment of Curriculum and Instructions, Iowa State University Jonathan Boarman Dallas, TX Abigail Boggs Drew Boles Musician/Composer Eileen Bolinsky Kathryn Boodry Julie Borden Cynthia Bowen Ryk Bowers Jennifer P Boyd Michael D. Bradford Kimberly Brasher Doris Breiner Florida Patrick S. Brennan Tim Brewer Dana M. Britton, PhD Marie C Briz Vanessa Brocato Activist Brian R. Brotman Dan Brown Jerry Brown Kathryn L. Brown Arkansas Leslie Brown Santa Monica, CA Dennis Brumm peak oil activist, original GLF member, Iowa State University Rebecca M. Budner, MAT Liz Budnitz Dickson Bueno Advertizing Creative Brenda Buie Mary Jane Buining Rodger J. Buining Hazel Bullard Nelson Bullard Mike Burgess Elisabeth Burke Cynthia Burnette Ellen Burton Raymond Buscemi, Psy.D Judith Elaine Bush Lynda Bustilloz Pamela Wynne Butler Bertha T. Butt Amanda Buzzard Dawn Cameron Lorne J Cameron Jr John H. Campbell Robert Campbell Mona Cardell Troy Carlyle Doug Carmichael Michelle Carnes Doctoral Student/Instructor, Dept of Anthropology, American University Brian T. Carney Lavender Productions Dean Carrier Christopher Carrington Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Sociology & Program for Human Sexuality Studies Keith Carson Senior Adjunct Professor of History, Atlantic Cape Community College Gail Carte Katherine Warner Cartmell John P. Casarino, MD Colin Casey Legislative Aide/Community Liaison, NYS Senator Thomas K. Duane Jill H. Casid Assistant Professor, Department of Art History, and Assistant Director of Visual Culture Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Ruby Cervino Pam Chamberlain Research Analyst, Political Research Associates Linda Chapman Salome Chasnoff Executive Director, Beyondmedia Education, Chicago, Filmmaker Miabi Chatterji PhD Candidate, American Studies, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, New York University Chelsea Thomas Chen PhD Student, Department of American Civilization, Brown University Stuart Chen-Hayes Associate Professor of Counselor Education/School and Family Counseling, Lehman College of the City University of New York, Bronx, Past-President, Counselors for Social Justice Bob Chin Cathy Christensen Jennifer Adelia Chrysler Patricia Church John Clapp Amy L Clark Brian Charles Clark Abigail Clarke Ruby Clarkson Clovis Click Lucille Clifton Dorris W. Cogar Stephan Cohen Yve Laris Cohen Nicole Cohen George Coleman Mera L. Colling Alan Collins Steve Collins Timothy Colman Pablo Colon, DPM Michael Cona Nicole Conn John C Conniff, Jr Chloe Cooney Mark Douglas Cooper Ronak Corder Buena Vista, Baja California Sur, Mexico Rene Cordero New Jersey Margaux Cowden PhD Candidate in Comparative Literature, University of California-Irvine Karen Cowgill Martha D. Craft Laura Crepeau Suzanne Cullers Craig Cullinane Tyler Curtain Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Cultural Studies University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Billy Curtis Director, Gender Equity Resource Center, UC Berkeley William Cyran Linda Daigle Kel S. Dalton Meg Daly Writer Sylvia Dang Tallie Ben Daniel Queer Activist Chris Daugherty Dennis M. Davidson Anthony Davis James S. Davis Larry L. Davis Richwood, OH Sandra L. Davis Hercules, CA Patty De Anda Lynn DeAngelo Ralph DeCoito Eli DeHope Megan Delaney Mary Delgado Mr & Mrs William (Shirley) Deniston Kris Denny Sandy Derstine Jesus A. Diaz Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Kean University Mr. & Mrs. Joesph DiBiase Verneser Dickson-Frost Paul Dillon Co-coordinator, St. Olaf GLOW [Gay, Lesbian, or Whatever] Joseph R. DiLorenzo Christos Dimtsas Carol DiSalvo Richard Dittbenner Professor, JD Sue Doerfer, MSW, LISW Executive Director, LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland Lori Doise Mark Doise Cheryl Drye Cindy Duffy Tom Duffy Elysia Duke Rev. Vilius Rudra Dundzila, Ph.D., D.Min. Associate Professor of Humanities, Truman College (City Colleges of Chicago Seniunas, Lithuanian Ethnic Church Romuva, Affiliated Minister, Unitarian Universalist Association Lacey Dunham Andy Duran Bettigail Dyche Wayne R. Dynes Professor of Art History, Hunter College, emeritus Tom Eamoe Proud Heretic and Self-determination Advocate Deborah M. Eckberg Eilene Edwards Leonard F. Elia III activist Victoria Stagg Elliott Professor Brad Epps Harvard University Douglas Erickson Sumru Erkut Associate Director and Senior Research Scientist, Wellesley Centers for Women George Eskew Mirta Estrada Jared Evans David and Liz Ewing Amy Fannon Edward B. Farnham Chicago, IL Christina Renee Farris Leslie Elizabeth Farris Stephen Myers Farris Stephen Wesley Farris Veronica Ann Farris Doug Faunt Fred Fejes Fort Lauderdale, FL Roberta Fell Rev. Holly A Feray Danielle Morgan Feris Community Organizer Jessica Fields Assistant Professor, Sociology, Research Associate, Center for Research on Gender and Sexuality, San Francisco State University Sarah Finken KC Regional Field Organizer, PROMO Elliot Fishman GLBT Community Leader, Columbus, Ohio Lona Flanagan Stuart Flavell Brian A Fletcher Mike Fliss Durham, NC Jennifer Flynn Executive Director NYC AIDS Housing Newwork David Forbes David Forbes Juanita U. Fordham Dublin, GA Emily Forman artist, activist, Multiple Fronts Ruby Fowler Alison Fox Tucker, GA Ann Franckowiak Diane Freeman Marjorie Freeman Jeff Furner Lisa Furst Allena Gabosch Christianne A. Gadd Rahul Krishna Gairola Doctoral Candidate, English & Critical Theory, University of Washington, Seattle Rahul Krishna Gairola Doctoral Candidate in English & Critical Theory, University of Washington, Seattle Joyce Galay JoAnne S. Gallimore Gregory Gallo Joshua Gamson Professor of Sociology, University of San Francisco Ana Gan Jerome Gangwer Joan Gangwer Albert E. Ganter Jim Garbers Jennifer Gardiner Corey Gardner Reverend John Garlington Q Gaynor Steven J. Gerike Kalamazoo Alliance for Equality, Kalamazoo, MI Donald Giancola Ariel Gilbertson Mr. Charles E. Gilkey Gilkey Mrs. Sheila K. Gilkey Voylene Gill David R. Gillespie Author Susan Gilliland Claudia Ginanni Terri Ginsberg Lesley Giovanelli L. Michael Gipson Writer/Activist/Youth Advocate Clik/Pulse Magazines/BICC Youth Center Co-Founder Danielle Glover Gina Glover Amanda C. Goad Doug Goncz Replikon Research Marilyn Gonzalez Jessica Goodkind Fae Goodman Fairness Campaign Leadership Council, Louisville, KY Mal Gormley Gary D. Gott Manfred Gottschling Becky Green Evelyn Greer D. Rae Greiner Graduate student in English, UC Berkeley D. Rae Greiner Graduate Student in English, UC Berkeley Rhonda Grizzell Jet Grubaugh Mark A Gruszka Carol Guess Associate Professor, English, Western Washington University, author Femme's Dictionary Frank Guillen Heather Gulino Lauren Gutterman Edwin Hackney Emily Millay Haddad Writer/Filmmaker/Activist Circles of Fire Productions Patricia Hale Jane S. Haley Louise Hall Blane Halliday Jenna Henry Hansen Writer, Teacher, Feminist James S. Hanson Associate Professor of Religion, St. Olaf College Julie N. Hanson Oswego, IL Rod and Linda Hanson Patsy A. Hare Tamara Harper Barbara A. Harris Erin Harris Kyle Harris Acquisitions Manager, Free Speech TV Kyle Harris Vivien Harrison Julie E. Hartman Graduate Student, Sociology, Michigan State University Jean Hartzell Vivian Hause Loie Hayes Lisa Hazirjian, Ph.D. Kathryn Denman Heacock Dwayne Heath brandon e. heckman Frank Heidt Nancy Heiss Melanie Henderson Beverly Ruth Hendrix Paul Hermes Daisy Hernandez Theresa E. Hernandez Olga Herndon Laura Hershey Amie Hess PhD Candidate, Sociology, NYU Darby Hickey Activist/Journalist Program Coordinator, Different Avenues (Washington DC), Steering Committee member, Best Practices Policy Project Liz Highleyman journalist and medical writer Liz Highleyman Independent journalist and medical writer Erin Lynn Hill Robert J. Hill University of Georgia Bryan Hoffman Hugh Hogan Executive Director, The North Star Fund Mark Hogendobler Natalie Holbrook Program Associate, American Friends Service Committee Michigan Criminal Justice Program Edward P. Holcombe III David A. Holeman Candace Hollick Dale Hollick Cora Ellen Holt Dan Hope Joanne Howard Ray Hsu Ricky A. Hubert Bob Hudson Jared Hudson Steven Humes Martheda Humphries Brandon W. Humpries Student, The Evergreen State College Olympia,WA Frankie Hunt Rachel M. Hurst Louisville, KY Adele Hutchins Kevin Hutchins T. Haller Jackson, IV Vice-President, Lambda Law Alliance, Tulane University Law School Trevor H. Jacques Author, Sex Educator and Reseacher David M. Jaffrey Darrell K. James David Janvion Linne Jensen Co-clerk, Cannon Valley Friends Meeting, Northfield, Minnesota Joe Jervis Writer, Activst, Blogger Matt Johnson Angela Johnson Robert Kirk Johnston Norman W. Jones Assistant Professor of English, The Ohio State University Randall Jones T.J. Jourian Christopher Judge Holly K Founder, HigherThings.com Molly Kafka Erica Kagan Matt Kailey Author, Just Add Hormones: An Insider's Guide to the Transsexual Experience Stephen Bonggyun Kang Coordinating Committee Member, The Dari Project Steering Committee Member, Gay Asian Pacific Islander Men of New York Sarah Kanouse Assistant Professor, Department of Cinema and Photography, Southern Illinois University Carbondale Ronak Kapadia Ph.D Candidate, Social and Cultural Analysis, NYU Sara Kaplan AVP Zoe Kastl Kara Keeling Assitant Professor of Media and Cultural Studies, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Terry Keleher Mendi Kellner Marky Kelly Wedding officiant, Portland, Oregon Pira Kelly Don Kelsey Kathryn R. Kent Associate Professor of English, Williams College, author, Making Girls into Women: American Women's Writing and the Rise of Lesbian Identity David Kerlick Seattle, WA Geren and Misty Kessler Cricket Keys Malachy Kilbride Activist, DC Anti-War Network/DAWN. Washington DC Richard Kiner Gregory S. Kino Virginia Kircher Ernest D. Knight Louise W. Knight Author, Citizen: Jane Addams and the Struggle for Democracy C.Isa Kocher Debora Kodish Director, Philadelphia Folklore Project Cassandra M. Koenig John Kominetz Shari Koopmann James R. Koury Editor/Founder, Diversity Rules Jonathan Krall, PhD Mr and Mrs Russell Kramer Tom Kramer Mt Vernon, GA Doris M. Krause Paula M. Krebs Professor of English, Wheaton College, Massachusetts Joseph H. Kress Nancy E. Krody Charlie and Marilou Kruger Paige Kruza Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition William D. Kueser Catherine Marie Kuhn Kimberley & Kristi Kupferman Sandra J. Kurt Local Activist, Akron, OH Demie Kurz Co-Direcotr, Women's Studies, University of Pennsylvania Janice Kushner Jarnagin Kyle Mark LaCore Jessica LaFrank Tamilyn LaFrank Michael Lally Patrice LaMariana Psychoanalyst in Private Practice Sandra Lambert Barbara Lane Winifred E. Lane Joseph Lapsley History Dept, University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. John C. Laughton Professor of Music, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Thomas Lavenir James Madison University Assistant Director for International Student and Scholar Services and Safe Zone Coordinator Scott James Lawrence Norma Lazar Kimberly A. Lazrine Andrew H. Lee NYU Joseph Lee Madesta Leonard William Leonard Alan Lessik Regional Director, American Friends Service Committee, San Francisco Alita Letwin Leon Letwin Philip Levin Cynthia Lewin Dave Lewis Rae Lewis Jacqueline Lindo Suzanne Liska becca listermann-hammond Julian Liu Timothy B. Lloyd Aerospace Engineer Gary Lodato Liz Loeb Board of Directors, MIX Festival; Activist / Attorney / Grad Student Richard A. Loftus, MD Emilia Lombardi Asst. Professor, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Jeanne Long Amita Lonial Judith Lorber Professor Emerita, Brooklyn College and Graduate Center, City University of New York Author, Paradoxes of Gender and Breaking the Bowls: Degendering and Feminist Change Vivica L Loubriel Alfredo Louro Heather Love Assistant Professor of English, University of Pennsylvania Kaywood Loving Steven Loyd Dennis R Lucht Dana Luciano Assistant Professor of English, Georgetown University Susan Luisi Jerry Luna Gordon Lundskow Liam Rand mac Lynne Donna Jo Mallinson Laura Mamo Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Maryland Louise Marchena, LMSW Director of Youth Programs, Planned Parenthood of New York City Owen Marciano Activist Paul Marcus Executive Director, Community Change, Inc., Bonston, MA James K. Marko Consultant former Development Director Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders Lissette Marrero, MSW Aaron Marshall Joseph Marshall III Katy Martin student, writer Theresa A. Martinosky Barbara S. Martz Michelle A. Marzullo, MA PhD student & Point Scholar, Anthropology and American Studies Department, American University, Washington, DC Amy Mashberg Librarian Patrick Masterson Executive Director, National Organizers Alliance Barbara Mitchell Mauk Rev. Dr. Fran Mayes Dean Mazza William E. McBain Sister Jean McBride Lisa McCarthy Richard McCarthy Jamie McClelland Co-Director May First/People Link Mary McClintock Better-Me-Than-You Research & Editorial Services Melissa McCloud Patrick McCreery NYU David V. McCulloch Marjorie M. McCulloch RN Todd McDaniel Connie McEntire Alvin McEwen Co-Founder and Secretary, Palmetto Umoja Renee McGarry Graduate Student, Art History, CUNY Graduate Center Reverend Townley B. McGiffert, Jr. Doris A H McGinnis Louis W. Mchardy, Sr. Robert Rankin McKee Donn L. McKinney Joyce McKinney Rev. Melinda V. McLain United Church of Christ pastor, San Francisco Paul McPherson Tey Meadow JD, New York University, Department of Sociology Tommi Avicolli Mecca Longtime southern italian radical working-class queer performer, writer and activist living in San Francisco Alan Medina Davia Rakkel Medows John McLaughlin Meehan Mark Meinke Vered Meir Joan S.M. Meyers San Francisco, CA Jo-anne Meyers Dennis Milam Houston, Texas Harlan HE. & Joan M. Mills Glen Mimura Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies, University of California, Irvine, Author, Ghostlife of Third Cinema Framji Minwalla Dylan Mira Program Director, Beyondmedia Education Pat Mitchelson Rev. Apostle Darryl! L.C. Moch Liz Montegary Tamara L. Moon-James Corrie Moore James Moore Joy Moore Dr. & Mrs. Elton L. Moose Megan Morehouse Richard Morell Jean Moreno Milton A. Morey Patricia L. Morey Alex Morgan Nashville, Tn Freda Morgan Terri Morgan Tucker, GA Carol Morotti-Meeker, MS, MSLP Advisory Board Member, Institute for 21st Century Relationships James P. Morris Danielle A. Moseley Gwyn Moser Leann Moyer Jacqulyn Mulvey C Edwin Murphey Evelyn W. Murphey Robert Musgrave JoAnne Myers Ph.D. Afsaneh Najmabadi Professor of History and of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Harvard University Pablo Pérez Navarro George and Mary Nelson Mary Nestor Huong Ngo Artist Mimi Thi Nguyen Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies and Asian American Studies, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Dorothy & Terry Nichols Judith Nichols Writer, Activist, Teacher at Vassar college Noel Nickle Sandra Nierste Jeanette Norman Polyamorous, bi-sexual Pagan Joy North Aaron Norton Graduate Student, Psychology, UCDavis Linda Novak Peter J Novak Joseph Nutini Social worker, Out Trans Activist, educator and advocate Amy-Quai Nystrom AVP Pat O'Connor Thomas R. Offord Eli Ellis Ogburn Rev. Marcia Olsen Unitarian Universalist minister Ryan A. Olson Minneapolis, Minnesota Ellen Orleans Author and LGBT Advocate Bob O'Shields Wayne Otero Sarah Ottinger Christina D. Owens Mr and Mrs David Owens Jessica Pabón, M.A. Robert A. Padgug Maryann Padilla Gina Paglis Full-time Student Bob Paine Thomas C. Pang Josefina Paredes Father Richard Parker Florida Randall Parker C.J. Pascoe Digital Youth Project Jenni Paul T. Brice Pearce Richard Pender Conde J. Peoples Bill Perdue RainbowRED Organization Gerard M. Perez Faustina M. Pernas Floyd Peters Spike Peterson Professor, U Arizona Mrs. Cindy A. Phililps "Daddy Bear" David Phillips Robert Lee Pickens Ashlan Pike Tina Pittman Carol Plamann California Stephanie C. Pope Tonia Poteat Tom Potter Socialist Alternative Ken Prag Thomas Prokop Cathy Pruner Christopher William Purdom Amy Quark University of Wisconsin-Madison Peter Quesnel Library Media Specialist, Community Activist, HIV Prevention Outreach Worker Kathleen Quinn Donna Quinn National Coalition of American Nuns Dan Raley Aaron Ranney Community Regional Planning Kate Raphael LAGAI-Queer Insurrection Jane Ann Rastatter Virginia Ravenscroft-Scott Desmond Ravenstone 325 Huntington Avenue #108, Boston MA 02115 Raymond Rea Producer/ Director, Cinema Dept, San Francisco State University Kristine Reed Matt Reed Theresa "Darklady" Reed Frederick L. Reinig Janet H. Reinig Greg Resnick Jesse L. Rester College Station, Texas Arlene L Reynolds Gary Gordon Reynolds Jen Rhee John Paul Ricco Professor of Contemporary Art and Critical Theory, University of Toronto, Author: The Logic of the Lure Leonard Gary Rice Joseph M. Richard Rev. Reg C. Richburg, LMSW Austin and Janice Richmond Isabel and Paul Richter Jason Riggs Sarah Rigsbee Tim Roach Assistant Professor of English and Cultural Studies, Bryant University Lois and William Roark Frank León Roberts Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Performance Studies, New York University C Lyndsey Robinson Janis Robson Carolyn Rockwell Charles Rodgers Deborah S. Rodgers Bridget Rodriguez Richard T. Rodriguez Assistant Professor, Department of English and Latina/Latino Studies Program University of Ilinois, Urbana-Champaign Joseph Rodriquez Danee G. Roedl Eric M. Roesch J. Rogue Adam Romero Yale Law School Don Romesburg Adjunct Professor of History and Women/Gender Studies, Sonoma State University Board Member, GLBT Historical Society; Co-Founder, And Castro For All Randi Romo Co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Artistic Revolution, CAR Little Rock, AR Mickey Rooney Liz Rosenfeld Filmmaker, MA Student in Performance Studies at NYU Karen Rosenthal Andrew Ross Professor of American Studies in the Department of Social and Culturla Analysis Director, Metropolitan Studies Program, New York University Rudy Rottler Emory Rundle Gary Russell Dale Karen Russo Russ Ruszkowski Michael Rybicki George T. Ryerson, Sr James A Rynders Lynn Sacco Assistant Professor of History, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Jane M Saks Executive Director, Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media, Columbia College Chicago Stephanie Sakson Leela Sami Jeff Sanders Vivien Sandlund Historian, Chair, Social Justice Committee, Unitarian Universalist Church of Kent, Ohio Jeffrey Sandy Sarah Sawyer Marshel Sayres Daniel Schaffer State Committee Member, New York State Green Party Terry Schleder Organizer, activist, social epidemiologist Bernie Schlotfeldt MSW Susan Schmeiser Associate Professor of Law, University of Connecticut School of Law Jacquie Schott Jana Schroeder Glenda Schuff Jennifer Schultz Helen Jean Schwartz Matthew L. Schwartz Student, University at Buffalo, Dept of Linguistics & Arabic International Studies Susan A. Schwartz Elizabeth F. Schwartz attorney and activist Erin Schwiderson Bart Scivally Victoria Scolini DL Scott Elias Scultori Music Director/Graphic Artist Carolyn Sears Maria Sears Karla Berrett Sedillo Director, Safety Net Mentor Program Darrell Seeger Sean Sellers Student/Farmworker Alliance Paula A. Semones Jeffersonville, IN Kristina A. Semos Opera Singer Financial Analyst, Christopher Street Financial Victoria Shannon Debra Shapiro, MD Donald K. Sharpe Mandy Sharplin Raymond Shelby Micah Sheppard Dixie Sheridan Deanie Sherin Patricia Shine Assistant Professor of Human Services, Lyndon State College, VT Steven D. Shoup Laurie Shrage Professor, Philosophy and Ethnic and Women's Studies Departments, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Author, Abortion and Social Responsibility: Depolarizing the Debate and Moral Dilemmas of Feminism: Prostitution, Adultery, and Abortion Emily Silverstein Ellen Simons Jerry Sisler Jan Skidmore Reverend Holley B. Slauson, II Gynelle Slayton Courtney Smith Donna Jo Smith Lawanda Smith Shara Smith Entertainment technician, polyamory activist Tommy Smith Ben Snell Mark D. Snyder Founder, QueerToday.com Scott L. Snyder Naomi Sobel Nicole Witte Solomon Brooklyn, NY Royce Sormrude Joseph Jay Sosa Research Coordinator, Center for Health Behavior and Communication Research, University of Pennsylvania Meema Spadola Queerspawn, Documentary Filmmaker Dolly Spalding Arnold Sparks Helen Sparks T.E. Sparks Albert Stabler J. Stancil Jim Stangarone Buena Vista, Baja California Sur, Mexico W. Janelle Statzer Rabbi Jacob Staub Professor of Jewish Philosophy and Spirituality, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College Barbara Steel Nicole M. Stefko Jerry Steinman Chares & Alice Stephens Robin Stephens, Esq. disability rights activist, queer liberationist Aimee Sterk Kay A. Sterner Web Editor, RIVET Mary StLouis Carolyn Stockland Rick J. Storer Executive Director, Leather Archives & Museum John R Strong Becka Stroud-White Watty Strouss Robert Stubbs Betty L. Sullivan Founder, Betty's List Chris Sullivan New Jersey Patricia Sullivan RN, MSN Edwin E. Suman, Jr Aleza Summit Toni Sumner-Beebe Judith Surkis Associate Professor of History and History and Literature, Harvard University Author, Sexing the Citizen Brian Swanson Donna Allen Swartz Adam Szymkowicz Sarah Elizabeth Tackett Jamie Tam Julie Taylor Melanie Teague Joshua Teitelbaum Benjamin Thompson Caroline Tice Robert Tobin Professor of German and Chair of the Humanities, Whitman College Lea Rivera Todaro Marguerite Tompkins Karen Tongson Assistant Professor of English and Gender Studies, University of Southern California Nichola Torbett National Organizer, Network of Spiritual Progressives Jamie Trachtenberg LMSW Rebecca Trinite Sherrie Tucker Rosanna E. Tufts-Prothro Opera Singer and Composer Todd Turley Main Street Realtors, Long Beach, CA Rachel Twardowski John S. Ullman David Underwood Matthew Vail Nicholas Valentino Jim Van Buskirk Lila Van Ravenswaay Ruth Vandenack Judith L. and Terry L. Vandyke Magdalena Vanya Frederick E. Vaughn Lee Vaughn Rita Verga Staff Counsel, PSEA David Vespoli Jackie Vimo Activist New School for Social Research, Political Science Department James Keith Vincent Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature and East Asian Studies, New York University Gary Virginia HIV/AIDS & LGBT Civil Rights Fundraiser & Activist, San Francisco, CA, Past President, Positive Resource Center, SF CA Former Member, SF Human Rights Commission LGBT Advisory Committee Mark Vogel Margaret M. Vollmer Massachusetts Carolyn S. Wade Glenn Wade Saba Waheed Writer/Activist/Researcher DataCenter, South Asian Magazine for Action and Reflection (SAMAR) Cynthia Walker Jackie Walker Howard Wallace Union/Community Organizer, San Francisco, Co-Founder, Pride at Work Vice-President, San Francisco Labor Council Robert C. Wallis Jr. Nancy Walsh Doug Walters Virginia Walton Thomas C. Waters Jennifer L. Wattam Nancy Wechsler David Weimer Erica Weinstein Alex Weissman Elisa M. Welch Nancy and Lawrence West Toph West Dennis and Karen Westover Jess White Judith A. White Kathryn J. White P.A. White Gwendolyn Whitis Duane Williams James Williams Scott Williams C. Roy Wilson Wilbur and Betty Winchester Shannon Winnubst Professor of Philosophy, Southwestern University Lila Winter Lawrence Wintercom Scott Winters Mary Wior Judith Wittner Professor, Department of Sociology, Loyola University Leanna Wolfe, Ph.D. David Wolkin Education Coordinator, Storahtelling: Jewish Ritual Theater Revived Shin-Ming Wong Elizabeth Anne Wood LauraLee Woodruff Terri Worman John W. Worsham Ariel Wortzman Lawana Wright Patricia Sue Wright Bo Young White Crane Journal Joe and Janie Young Linda Young Norma Young Saphronia R. Young Mary Jane Zanelli P. Zapp Elaine Zaske Michele Zavos Julia Zay Artist and Educator, Faculty, The Evergreen State College Susan Zimmerman Stephen C. Zollman, Esq San Francisco, CA Bettykay Poly Potluck, Seattle Chias Polyamorous Percolations beyondmarriage.org |