Equality Camp - January 3rd!

Join us next weekend in San Francisco for Equality Camp.

Sign up now for Equality Camp!

EqualityCamp
San Francisco
January 3, 2009

Get your ticket today!

Equality Camp is day to meet others, share ideas and develop ways to help the movement for Marriage Equality for ALL Americans. Equality Camp will take place in San Francisco on January 3, 2009.

If you are a member or supporter of the LGBT community and Marrigae Equality, please join us on this day! It's only $20 and you get a shirt, all day of excitement and snacks!

EVENT DETAILS:

Goals:
* An inclusive, inspiring, integrated (web and on-the-ground) movement…
* with a clear, central gathering place online…
* with feedback loops to empower a grassroots movement that integrate with any formal campaign.

For this BarCamp, we are charging $20 for registration, but it includes a cool t-shirt and your food all day. For students and the “underemployed” we have a discounted rate of $5. Be sure to sign up at EventBrite!

When?
January 3rd, 2009
9:00 am - 6:00 pm

Where?
Citizen Space
425 2nd Street (at Harrison), 3rd floor
San Francisco, CA

Nighttime Entertainment
Drinks, Snacks & Comedy
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at a venue nearby
Featuring intelligent hillarity from comics Julia Jackson, Aundre the Wonderwoman and Heather Gold. A guaranteed good time for all.

*Note: Graphic for Equality Camp by Shepard Fairey for Obey.

California Attorney General asks Courts to Reverse Prop 8

In a surprise move yesterday, California Attorney General, Jerry Brown ask the state Supreme Court to overturn the passage of Prop 8 in California.

He is taking stand against Prop 8. Jerry Brown acknowledges that the passage of Proposition 8 violates basic rights for everyone found in our state's Constitution. Taking away the rights of same-sex couples to marry is discrimination against a minority group.

"Proposition 8 must be invalidated because the amendment process cannot be used to extinguish fundamental constitutional rights without compelling justification" said Brown.

He will have a fight ahead of him though! Kenneth Starr (of Whitewater Fame) filed for the Yes on 8 campaign for the courts to uphold the passage of this discriminating proposition.

Tonight is LIGHT UP THE NIGHT! join us at Union Square in San Francisco at 5pm for Candlelight Vigil. Bring a Candle!

Donate Scarves for Homeless

It's never too late to DONATE! I NEED YOUR SCARVES!

I am collecting SCARVES this winter to pass out to the homeless on Christmas Day for my WE ARE THE WEAPON PROJECT. If you have an extra scarf in your closet, pass it on to someone in the world who can really use it. Help keep a homeless person warm this winter by donating a scarf.

For more info on donating your scarf and where to send it check out WE ARE THE WEAPON.

Keep someone warm and smiling on Christmas! All you have to do is stick your scarf in the mail. Make a difference today!

Download: LOVE IS LOVE

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Download the LOVE IS LOVE poster for your LIGHT UP THE NIGHT rallies this Saturday, December 20th! Speak up for equal rights for ALL AMERICANS! Show your support of Marriage Equality for all with this sign. Print out a few to take and pass out at the rallies!

Guys and Girls, check out the LOVE IS LOVE T SHIRT.

Separate Church & State T-Shirts!

If you believe in Separation of Church and State, this is the t-shirt for you! It's a great shirt to wear to a rally and conversation starter.

Show your support for marriage equality and our blog! Only $20! American Apparel Unisex tees. Get one today for a Christmas gift or Upcoming Protests! Be a walking poster!



Click here to download "SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE" Protest Posters.

Light Up the Night SF! Dec 20

Come join us this Saturday, December 20th, in Union Square, San Francisco for LIGHT UP THE NIGHT. This is a silent candle light vigil for Marriage Equality and the Repeal of Prop 8.



Light Up The Night • SF is a candlelight vigil for marriage equality, for the repeal of Prop 8, and for LGBT rights across the nation. We welcome all individuals and families who support these causes. The passage of Prop 8 and similar measures around the country has recreated second-class citizenship in the United States. It is a broad civil-rights issue which has implications for all Americans, regardless of race, creed, color, or orientation.

Please join with us, and stand up against injustice.

Light Up The Night • SF is a positive, holiday event that will be coordinated with similar vigils happening at the same time in hundreds of cities across the country. In San Francisco, Light Up The Night takes place at Union Square, on Saturday, 20 December 2008, from 5:00 - 6:00 PM. Please bring your own candles!

Light Up The Night • SF is sponsored by Join the Impact, supported by Equality California, the HRC, Marriage Equality USA, and many other nationwide LGBT rights organizations. For this event to succeed, and send a positive, unified image, we need you. Please RSVP to let us know you are coming. Print out flyers and help spread the word (in Spanish, too!)

Light Up The Night • SF welcomes you to join a movement for change, invites you to become a part of history, and asks you to stand united for one hour of your holiday season with thousands of others who share your views.

RuPaul as Michelle AND Barack Obama. This is not a drag!

Check out this great photo of the amazing RuPaul as Michelle AND Barack Obama. RuPaul has a new show coming to Logo in February called "RuPaul's Drag Race". Thanks to Southern4Life for sharing.

More Photos from Dec 10th Chicago Protests

The LGBT community and supporters of gay marriage and marriage equality rallied in Chicago on December 10th, 2008. The "Day without a Gay"... Hundreds of gay couples also protested at the offices of David Orr, the Clerk of Cook County, demanding marriage licenses.

Here are photos of crowds of people holding our "Separate Church and State" protest signs. Photos below from The Liberation Network.

Hundreds of Gays seek Marriage Licenses in Cook County, Illnois

On December 10th, "Day Without A Gay", Hundreds of LGBT Couples stormed the offices of Clerk of Cook County Records in Illinois demanding Marriage Licenses. The majority of protesters were holding protest signs from our blog that are a graphic interpretation of "SEPARATE CHURCH & STATE". Download you CHURCH/STATE poster here.





Photos above courtesy of Feast of Fools. See more photos from Feast of Fools here.
photos by Marc Felion - Taken at the Day without a Gay Demonstration at City Hall in downtown Chicago, Wed. Dec. 10, 2008. - Listen to the Feast of Fools Podcast.

No on Prop 8 the Musical... Starring your favorite Celebs

See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die

This is a hilarious mini musical of Prop 8 brought to you by many of your favorite Celebrities... Margaret Cho, Neil Patrick Harris, Jack Black, John C. Reily and many more... This musical comedy is sure to make you smile.

Remember Rosa Parks. Today.

Today is the day in history in which Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus to give up her seat for a white passenger. This significant individual protest sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Rosa Parks has been called the "Mother of the Modern-Day Civil Rights Movement".

Remember what Rosa Parks represented and the civil liberties and equality she fought for. Remember the strength she had as an individual to spark a civil rights movement that changed society for the better.

Nationwide School Walkout!

Here are some signs for anyone protesting at schools. Print these Protest Posters out and let your voice be heard!

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WEDNESDAY - DECEMBER 3rd, 2008

NATIONWIDE STUDENT PROTEST FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY

Walk out of class at 9 am in your own time zone.
When you leave, please leave a note on your desk or chair that says, "SCHOOL TAUGHT ME NOT TO DISCRIMINATE. SAY NO TO H8. SAY YES TO EQUALITY".

Upcoming Prop 8 Protests - Participate!

Thank you to QueersUnited for keeping us all up-to-date on the Nationwide Prop 8 Protests and Rallies. Take your friends to a march or rally and stand up for yout rights and the rights others! March for Equality!

Get Your FREE PROTEST POSTERS here.

CHECK OUT THE NATIONAL STUDENT WALK OUT!!! WED DECEMBER 3rd, DETAILS BELOW!

Saturday, Nov. 29th

Fresno, CA
Corner of N. Cedar & E. Shaw Avenues, 10 AM

West Hollywood, CA
Motorcycle Riders & Passengers For Equality!
10:00am - 6:00pm
San Vicente between Melrose and Santa Monica Blvd.
West Hollywood Park
2138041157
mrhys@flash.net

Huntington Beach, CA
Corner of Bella Terra & Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach
2-6PM Between Beach Blvd & On the sidewalk between Macaroni Grill & CPK
artists_against_aids@yahoo.com

Long Beach, CA
7:00pm
Long Beach Performing Arts Center
300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach

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Monday, Dec 1st

2nd Class Isn't Classy - Throughout California
http://www.2backofbus.com/

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Tuesday, December 2nd

CSU Walkout
11:30 AM - rally at free speech steps
Dave Hershey
e-mail: davehershey01@yahoo.com
Phone: 619-888-2895

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Wednesday, December 3rd

NATIONWIDE STUDENT PROTEST
FOR MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Walk out of class at 9 am in your own time zone.
When you leave, please leave a note on your desk or chair that says, "SCHOOL TAUGHT ME NOT TO DISCRIMINATE. SAY NO TO H8. SAY YES TO EQUALITY".
eross@studentsforequality.com

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Thursday, December 4th

Temecula, CA
Ynez & Rancho California Roads, Temecula 4-6PM
At the Temecula Duck Pond - Bring Candles
Contact: PFLAG Temecula Valley http://www.pflagtemecula.org/

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Friday, December 5th

Redondo Beach, CA
Corner of S. Catalina Avenue & Torrance Boulevard, Redondo Beach (5-7 PM)
Marching up Torrance Boulevard (5:05pm) then heading to City Hall.
Contact: southbaynoon8rally@yahoo.com

Huntington Beach, CA
Drum Corp Protest
7pm 9th and PCH

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Saturday, December 6th

Long Beach, CA
10am - TBD
Contact Info: 949-813-9123

Sacramento, CA
12 Noon
Location: Hyatt Regency Sacramento
1209 L St., Sacramento
Contact: Josh Eidelson, jeidelson@unitehere.org, (916) 494-1726

Antioch, CA
1:00 - 3:00 pm
Intersection of Delta Fair Blvd. and Somersville Rd.
Contact: Mike/orionca@aol.com

Costa Mesa, CA
3pm-8pm
All 4 corners of Bristol St. and Sunflower Ave.

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Sunday, December 7th

Santa Barbara, CA
9:30am-12pm
In front of Calvary Chapel, 1 N. Calle Cesar Chavez, Santa Barbara
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=35435559689
franksb2006@yahoo.com

Temecula, CA
Meet up: B&N, Promenade Mall, Temecula 2PM
Marching to the Temecula Duck Pond, Ynez & Rancho California Roads, Temecula

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Wednesday, December 10th

Day without Gay - Nationwide, all day!

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Friday, December 12th

Claremont, CA
2pm Memorial Park, 840 N. Indian Hill Boulevard, Claremont
ThuanAgainstH8@gmail.com or patrickmilliner@yahoo.com
http://www.myspace.com/ClaremontShameOn8Rally

Long Beach, CA
Cinemark at the Pike 7pm
Street: 99 S Pine Ave
Organized By: 8Accountability.org

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Saturday, December 13th

Atlanta, Georgia
Lenox Mall & Phipps Plaza 1-5pm
eliminateprop8@gmail.com

Las Vegas, Nevada
3 p.m. in front of the Gay & Lesbian Community Center of Southern Nevada,
953 E. Sahara Ave. in Commercial Center

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Sunday, December 14th

Pasadena, CA
8:00am - 10:00am
Pasadena Rose Bowl
littledykeboi@yahoo.com

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Saturday, December 20th
Light Up The Night - Nationwide, candle light vigil
http://jointheimpact.wetpaint.com/page/Quick+Links+States+%3E+Cities

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Saturday, Jan, 10th

Put a blue bulb in your window, on your porch light, or store front to show support for Equality.
http://blue4equality.org/

New Tee! LOVE NOT H8

New Tee!! LOVE NOT H8

Check out this new Protest Poster Tee!

LOVE NOT H8

Get ready for your next protest and get your protest tee now!

Buy T-Shirt here with PayPal Widget.

New Tee! SEPAR8 IS NOT EQUAL

New T-Shirt hot off the press!

Beautifully designed oversized print of the popular protest poster, "SEPAR8 IS NOT EQUAL". Show your support for Marriage Equality. Printed on ultrasoft American Apparel T Shirts.

Order your Shirt today! Get your shirt in time for Day Without A Gay on December 10th, 2008.

Buy your shirt here with our PayPal widget.

Protest Poster: LET FREEDOM RING

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Get the new Protest 8 Poster... LET FREEDOM RING!

Show your support for Equality in Marriage for each and every American.

Click the image above to see the larger file. Then save it to your computer and print! You now have a sign. These files are big enough to enlarge into posters also!

Prop 8 Protest and Rallies This Week

Thursday, Nov 20th

Concord, CA
Candle Light Vigil Against Prop. 8 And For Equality
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm
Where: Downtown Concord, CA. Intersection of Concord Ave. and Salvio St. next to the Concord 14 Brenden Theatres. This is the point where Concord Ave. turns into Galindo St.

San Francisco, CA
6:30pm
Location: Veterans War Memorial

Santa Monica, CA
7:00pm - 11:00pm
3rd Street Promenade
equalitynation@gmail.com

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Friday, Nov. 21st

San Francisco, CA
Time: 5:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: In Front of the Ferry Building
4 Embarcadero Center
onelovesanfrancisco@yahoo.com

Front Steps of Burlingame High School
Street: 1 Mangini Way
City/Town: Burlingame, CA
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=93382880491

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Saturday, Nov. 22nd

Lakewood, CA
2735 Carson St
Intersection of Paramount Blvd and E. Carson St. in Lakewood, CA
El Pollo Loco

Sacramento, CA
California State Capitol Building
California State Capital Building
10th Street and Capitol Mall
Saturday, 2PM
info@californiaoutreach.com

Costa Mesa, CA
Costa Mesa/Santa Ana, 3:30pm
Metro Pointe, 901 S Coast Drive, Costa Mesa
Rally @ infront of Metro Pointe til 4:10, march begins by 4:15pm. Marching to the Doubletree Hotel Santa Ana OC Airport, 201 East MacArthur Blvd Santa Ana (where the LDS held their meeting on Prop 8).

Evanston, IL
5:00pm - 11:00pm
Century 21 Theater
1715 Maple Street near the" Davis" Purple Line Stop
3128235727
runwayrebel@yahoo.com

Pasadena, CA
Old Town Pasadena, 5:30PM
Colorado Blvd/Fair Oaks Blvd.
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=47106896109

Oceanside, CA
CANDLELIGHT MARCH FOR EQUALITY
Oceanside City Hall (330 North Coast Hwy, Oceanside 92054)
Saturday November 22, @ 5:30 the Gathering
6:00 the March (Down to the Pier and bring your own candle.

Orange, CA
Candlelight Vigil to Repeal Prop 8
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
Orange Circle, Intersection of Glassel and Chapman, Orange, CA
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=110050460272

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Sunday, Nov. 23rd

East Los Angeles, CA
12:00pm - 3:00pm
Mormon Temple
10777 Santa Monica Blvd

Cambridge, Massachusetts
2pm Cambridge City Hall
795 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA. 02139

Thanks to QueersUnited for these listings. For more info, check out their blog.

New Shirt! LOVE IS LOVE

Check out our new t-shirt! A universal message of love for everyone to voice across the nation and the shirt.

LOVE IS LOVE

No matter what your race, faith, sex or choices is life, LOVE IS LOVE and love is yours! Celebrate Love with this shirt and spread the message of love at your next Prop 8 Protest Rally!

T Shirts available in red and white shirts - and all sizes for men and women!

Shirts are printed on American Apparel Unisex T Shirts. Shipping is FREE on all orders of $40 or over.

Buy here with our PayPal widget.

New Poster! LDS - LGBT - LOVE

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New Poster out today!

Get ready to rally... Protest outside LDS bookstore next week.

Spread the message of LOVE with this protest poster, LDS - LGBT - LOVE.

Download the color or black and white poster for free.


LDS PROTEST - DALLAS TEXAS - SAT NOV 29
Join us in a press conference/protest outside Moon's LDS Bookstore at 1482 Preston Forest Square. On Saturday, November 29 we will meet at 12:30 PM on the public space in front of the outdoor shopping mall. Preston Forest Square is located on the north west corner of Preston Rd and Forest Ln. DALLAS, TEXAS

T Shirts Haute off the Press!

We're printing up more Protest Prop 8 Tees! Get your SEPARATE CHURCH AND STATE T SHIRT now for the next rally!

Buy it right here with PayPal Widget:

Posters on ABC News!

Check out this shot of the Protest Prop 8 crowd at the San Francisco Rally on November 15. Four of my poster designs from this blog made the image on ABC NEWS online.

Separate Church and State T Shirt - Sighting!

This cute scruffy guy was seen in San Francisco at the Prop 8 Protest on November 15 wearing out original design... Separation of Church and State T Shirt.

Get this Protest T Shirt now for the next rally!

Special thanks to JRUDERMA for this photo.

Video from Chicago of Poster

Protesters in Chicago march for Gay Rights and Marriage Equality.

Here's a short clip of the SEPAR8 IS NOT EQUAL Protest Poster in Chicago in front of a group of protesters marching the streets chanting "Yes We Can!"

Watch the video here.

San Francisco Prop 8 Protest Poster Photos!

WOW! Thank you all so much who came out to support Protest of Prop 8. I can't express enough gratitude to those who used this poster-making resource to produce signs for the event. I was overwhelmed at the amount of signs, large and small, and t-shirts that people had used images from this site to create for protest.

I met many amazing people who made my signs. Here are photos from the San Francisco Protest on Prop 8, November 15, 2008.

I love this photo of these many different signs from this blog. It's like a living collage.

Separate Church and State was a big theme at the protests. I saw many signs in San Francisco
printed out from this blog of my typographic STATE/CHURCH separation.
Someone made their own interpretation of my Separate Chruch/State graphic, hand painted as a big sign.

Mateo and Beans, rockin' my Separate Church/State Tees at the Protest on November 15!

Rhiannimation and Figgy B, showing their latest fashion trend, Protest Tees!
Figgy B also made a VOW NOW - Marriage Equality Poster.

LOVE NOT H8 was another very popular poster at the rally.

Two really cool ladies I met showing LOVE NOT H8 Posters.

Here you see LOVE NOT H8 and WE ARE OUT RAGED in the crowd.

I found this image by Yanik of a guy holding a Love Not H8 Protest Sign.

This is a cool poster duo... Someone made a poster with a side-by-side Against8.Blogspot.com image and the image from our friends at Clubcard SF who generously printed the flyers for this rally.

One of the most popular and respected signs was SEPAR8 IS NOT EQUAL. I saw this lovely woman on her bike holding this sign. I approached her, told her I designed the sign and asked if I could take her photo. She said, "Sure". She informed me that she had them all over her office. I snapped a photo and she flipped the sign around to STR8 AGAINST H8 and her friend took a picture of us. I hurried away back into the crowd.

Shortly after, she came back up to me. She thanked me for making the sign and told me that it meant a lot to her and was a special concept because her grandfather was Earl Warren, the Supreme Court Justice who ruled on Brown vs. Board of Education in 1954 on that very concept of SEPARATE IS NOT EQUAL.

Separate Is Not Equal and Love is Love in the protest crowd in front of City Hall.

I met this amazing couple and their daughter. They were sporting
MARRIED WITH PRIDE and LOVE NOT H8
Protest Posters propped in their backpacks.


I was walking down the street and saw this cutie standing next to me waiting to cross the street.
She had the WE ARE OUT-RAGED sign.

This couple was very cool. They were very proud to be straight, to be supporting the fight against hate with a homemade STR8 AGAINST H8 sign, and supporting their son who was in New York at the same time protesting at an event he organized. They also have some Separate Church/State T-shirts for the future!

These guys made their own shirts with posters from the site.

WHO WOULD JESUS HATE was a popular question amongst protesters.

This image is 4 of my protest poster designs appeared online in the San Francisco Chronicle and ABC News on November 15.

The Mio & Earl Warren's granddaughter showing off her STR8 AGAINST H8 sign she made from this blog.

Please submit your photos with posters, signs or tshirts you made from this blog.