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Monday February 7th, 7pm February is Black History Month and recognizes the many accomplishments and contributions of African Americans. The lives of black lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) people are so often left out of the picture. Black LGBT people have enriched our lives. T.L. Storrs with Young Intelligent Minds in his lecture, will focus on [...] February 16th & 17th, 2011 Registration is now open for the Conference for Change scheduled for February 16th & 17th, 2011. It is time to change Oklahoma and that change begins on February 16th in Tulsa.For too long our state has been known for its non welcoming environment and many of our community leaders say it [...] Read the transcript Oklahomans for Equality (OkEq) is excited to report that both the US Senate and US House of Representatives have voted to repeal “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”. The House voted 250 to 170 on Wednesday to overturn the ban while the Senate voted 65 to 31 today. This bill will now move to the White House, [...] On Thursday December 2nd , Ta-khaet Gibbs was honored by the Tulsa Chamber of Commerce’s Tulsa Young Professionals Division with an outstanding award. Derrick Baptist OkEq Board Member, who serves on the Diversity Crew of TYPROS, presented Ta-khaet also known as TK with the Tulsa Young Professionals 2010 Colleges & Universities Crew Volunteer of [...] November 2nd, 2010 “YOU MUST VOTE” says Nancy McDonald president of PFLAG Tulsa and Toby Jenkins Executive Director of OkEq. Oklahomans go to the polls on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010. Local precincts will be open from 7am to 7pm. This General Election will have citizens voting on our next Governor and several state wide officers. We will [...] Thursday November 11th: 7pm Oklahomans for Equality will recognize the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender veterans of Oklahoma who served in the branches of military services of the United States of America. The Wall of Honor will be dedicated on the second floor in the Veterans Billiard Lobby. These brave women and men [...] The rainbow flag is flying at half mast in memory of 19-year-old Zach Harrington who took his own life at his family’s home in Norman. Harrington’s family, who described him as a private young man who internalized his feelings and emotions, said it was the “toxic” environment at the September 28th Norman City Council meeting that [...] 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 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 [...] Runaway 5K in Memory of Bart Betow - June 12th! Click here to register!
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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 [...] 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. |
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