About Andy Thayer
Co-founder of the Chicago Coalition Against War & Racism and the Gay Liberation Network (www.GayLiberation.net), a Chicago-based LGBT direct action group which has been at the forefront of gay rights, anti-police brutality and anti-war organizing. He’s been one of the lead organizers of most of the city’s large anti-war protests for the last several years, including a march of 15,000 on Lake Shore Drive at the start of the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He’s been arrested numerous times in various protests and was recently found not guilty of two felony counts from a January 2008 protest against a Chicago visit by then-President George W. Bush. In May he was among a handful of Western LGBT activists arrested along with dozens of Russians activists at a government-banned gay pride demonstration in Moscow, Russia. He currently is among the activists organizing a march on the Obama 2012 National Campaign Headquarters in Chicago on the 10th anniversary of America’s longest-ever war, the Afghanistan War. He and other activists are also helping organize the huge protests that will confront the May 2012 NATO/G8 meetings in Chicago.
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https://feastoffun.com/topics/news-rumors/2012/01/08/todays-protest-canceled-but-cardinal-georges-apology-to-gays-doesnt-get-to-the-heart-of-the-matter/ Please note that today’s protest is canceled. However, there will be a protest in front of Holy Name Cathedral on Sunday, Feb. 12 — see... » More
I wish it were simply the incompetence of the police. Instead, they directly attacked us, with the fascists getting in their kicks and punches where... » More
By our count, 18 pro-lgbt demonstrators were arrested today (15 Russians and 3 internationals), as were an unknown number of fascists who tried to attack us.... » More
My statement at the Press Conference on the Day Before Moscow Pride 2011 Introduction by Nikolai Alekseev, President of GayRussia: [Switching from Russian to English]…and the third time... » More
http://ukgaynews.org.uk/Archive/11/Mar/2302.htm Yes, a nice victory! The only shame is that Apple still hasn’t issued a public apology, let alone acknowledged that they made a mistake in... » More