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BUILDING NETWORKS, ‘REBUILDING THE DREAM’

by Hale Thompson, Guest Blogger for the Network for LGBT Health Equity at Netroots Nation 2011 Blogging for the Network at Netroots has renewed my enthusiasm for social media, transgender health promotion, and community building. Grateful for the opportunity, I learned on so many different levels– from ways to write a more effective tweet, toContinue reading “BUILDING NETWORKS, ‘REBUILDING THE DREAM’”

Screening Liberally: Using Social Media for Social Change

by Hale Thompson, Guest Blogger for the Network at Netroots Nation 2011 Where are the soundtracks and films for our movements? Although creative voices from the social margins do not get much play via mainstream media outlets, social media has proven to be an excellent way to disseminate our stories. Here are the inspiring worksContinue reading “Screening Liberally: Using Social Media for Social Change”

LGBT STRATEGY SESSION

by Hale Thompson, Guest Blogger at Netroots Nation 2011 After listening to Dan Pfeiffer, President Obama’s Communication Director, defend the President’s leadership on LGBT issues, I wondered how the LGBT strategy session would play out. Of course, I find strategy and LGBT issues compelling in their own rights, but I have to wonder how weContinue reading “LGBT STRATEGY SESSION”

Lessons from Hollywood

by Hale Thompson, Guest Blogger for the Network at Netroots Nation 2011 As an aspiring, starving filmmaker, this afternoon I ventured over to ‘Moving Hearts and Minds, What Hollywood Can Teach Progressive Activists.’ Marta Evry, a film editor from Blue Cow Productions, took us through some guiding principles and very simple film and video adContinue reading “Lessons from Hollywood”

Our Common Struggles: the Immigrant and LGBT Equality Movements

by Hale Thompson, Guest Blogger for the Network for LGBT Health Equity at Netroots Nation 2011 LGBT Pre-Conference Connect This afternoon’s ‘Immigration Reform Through A Queer Lens’ session highlighted the intersections of queer and undocumented struggles for civil rights and equality in the U.S. Four remarkable young, queer, undocumented panelists shared their stories of suffering inContinue reading “Our Common Struggles: the Immigrant and LGBT Equality Movements”

NETROOTS NATION: LGBT Pre-Conference Connect

by Hale Thompson, Guest Blogger for the Network at NETROOTS NATION 2011 Good afternoon from Minneapolis and the Netroots LGBT Pre-Conference. This morning I had the privilege to hear from a room full of caffeinated LGBT activists, jounalists, and community leaders. Some of the most salient issues our various LGBT communities are facing were offeredContinue reading “NETROOTS NATION: LGBT Pre-Conference Connect”