» Advocacy Alerts

Political Candidate Forums Set for September

pddorman — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:43:56 +0000

PFLAG Tulsa in collaboration with The League of Women Voters, and OkEq will host 3 Political Candidate Forums during the month of September.

Thursday, September 9, 7:00 p.m. – Tulsa County Commissioners Thursday, September 16, 7:00 p.m. – Governors Race Thursday, September 23, 7:00 p.m. – Tulsa County State Representatives and U.S. Senator Races

Advocacy Alert – Prop 8

pddorman — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:38:24 +0000

Oklahomans for Equality commends California U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker for setting a deadline lifting the stay on the issuing of marriage licenses to same gender couples. Gay men and lesbian couples may once again be able to marry in the state of California beginning August 18th. Judge Walker had ruled last week that the Prop 8 [...]

Youth Services Runaway 5K

pddorman — Fri, 14 May 2010 20:40:59 +0000

Runaway 5K in Memory of Bart Betow - June 12th! Everyone can participate!! 5K Run/Walk – 1 Mile Fun Run Family Discounts! For more info visit www.yst.org. Questions… contact Liz Cramton, 918.382.4402 or lcramton@yst.org.

Click here to register!

If for any reason the link above does not work simply copy and paste this link into your browser: http://www.yst.org/yst/Runaway_5k.asp

Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Now

pddorman — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:22:20 +0000

Good afternoon!

CenterLink has joined over 200 LGBT and allied organizations in calling on members of the United States Congress to “Pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act Now.”

Read The “Pass ENDA Now Statement”

You can click here to read the “Pass ENDA Now” statement and view the sign-on organizations. You can also follow instructions to sign your [...]

Hate Crime in Claremore!

pddorman — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:20:10 +0000

Oklahomans for Equality has been assisting Phillip Nelson a 24 year old Claremore man and Rogers State University student who has been a victim of several hate crimes. Fox 23 News aired the story on their Wednesday evening broadcast.

http://www.fox23.com/news/local/story/Gay-Man-Targeted/Ir6lF61Wf0G7ks1vzHeMZQ.cspx

Phillip has endured harassment, physical assault and now vandalism to his apartment. Under present Oklahoma law this is not [...]

Same-Gender Marriage & Religious Freedom

pddorman — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 20:17:38 +0000

A Different Way of talking about Same-Gender Marriage and Religious Freedom: A Call to Quiet Conversations and Public Debates by National Interfaith Alliance President, Rev. Dr. C. Welton Gaddy, offers a diversity of ideas based on Interfaith Alliance’s unique advocacy for religious freedom and interfaith exchange. This projects’s cross-denominational nature is at the core of [...]

PFLAG Oklahoma: 9th Annual Day At the Capitol

pddorman — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:49:03 +0000

Wednesday, April 7: 8:30am – 2pm.

Meet on the 5th floor balcony of the Oklahoma State Capitol Rotunda. Refreshments will be provided. Meet your legislator and let them meet our families. Cimarron Alliance Foundation based in Oklahoma City and Oklahomans for Equality based in Tulsa will be joining PFLAG chapters from across the state for this [...]

2010 Census Partner

pddorman — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 00:46:28 +0000

Oklahomans for Equality will be a 2010 Census Partner. We have formally pledged our commitment to share the 2010 Census message and mobilize our lgbt community in support of the Census Bureau’s goal of achieving a complete count. The 2010 Census in the United States will count gay married couples for the first time in US history. The questionnaire [...]

Thank You to Union Public School District

pddorman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:25:13 +0000

Oklahomans for Equality is pleased that the Union Public School District of Tulsa County on Wednesday evening voted 3 to 1 to keep the book “Buster’s Sugartime” on the shelf and available to students. The book by author Marc Brown was featured on an episode of the “Postcards from Buster” series on PBS. Some parents [...]

Relationship Recognition Reception

pddorman — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:22:49 +0000

Friday, February 12th: 7pm to 9 pm Great Hall of the Dennis R. Neill Equality Center

Lecture series by Tulsa’s top legal and financial professionals with expert advice on how to protect your relationships legally and financially. Reception to honor those couples who have codified and solemnized their relationships out of state through officially state recognized marriages [...]