Dear readers of TabooJive, It is my pleasure to re-introduce Get REAL! (TabooJive featured a previous project of ours on their page a few years back) We are a Canadian non-profit and our mission is to empower university and college students across the country to speak to high school…
Follow more from Faith McLay --> here. Fourteen years ago today, 21-year-old Matthew Wayne Shepard succumbed to the injuries inflicted upon him a few days earlier by two men he had met in a bar. Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson later both received two consecutive life sentences for their crime.…
October 7, 1998: Cyclist Aaron Kreifels spots what he takes for a scarecrow as he rides through a Wyoming field. When he sees the glistening blood, he realizes this is no scarecrow, and the brutally beaten University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard is rushed to a hospital, where five…
In response to this hate mail, I decided to address this issue by taking a humorous and lighthearted approach to replies.
By that time a new campaign had been launched calling for a universal decriminalization of homosexuality, and by May 17th 2006 it had attracted support from several Nobel Prize winners
Two weeks ago, I posted the tragic story of Martha, which was based on the real world. Here is the same story, which starts the same way, but ends very differently. This version of the story is based on the real world, too, at least the world we devoutly…
By Ron Kemp Every time it seems we're turning a corner on some of the madness we face, something comes along to remind us that there's still plenty of work that needs to be done. And, this one ranks right near the top of the list of the worst things I've…
"You've got to be taught/To hate and fear, /You've got to be taught /From year to year, /It's got to be drummed /In your dear little ear /You've got to be carefully taught." ~Oscar Hammerstein (“You’ve Got to Be Carefully Taught,” from South Pacific) A teenager named Sarah Crank…
“I'm a Christian man and I command a Christian ship! I will not lead men into sin!” ~Captain Thomas Davies (Roots) I recently watched the 1977 television miniseries Roots again, and discovered, again, why it was such a huge hit when it premiered: a sweeping saga about an American…
By: Stephanie Miller "UK lesbian artists band together to combat homophobic bullying." In essence, The L Project is part non-profit organization bringing together lesbian artists for the purpose of drawing awareness to the LGBT community and other organizations involved with the LGBT community, and it's also part artistic project.…