NOH8: MARKS LBGT MONTH

NOH8, an anti hate, anti bigotry, pro marriage equality activist organazation is celebrating LGBT History Month in OCTOBER of 2011.
FROM NOH8:

October is LGBT History Month on October 11 every year in observance of the first National March on Washington for Gay and Lesbian Rights in 1987?

The LGBT History Month website features a new icon every day in October, including NOH8 Supporters Dan Choi (discharged under Don't Ask Don't Tell) and Constance McMillen, the Mississippi teenager who was lured to a 'fake' senior prom last year in order to prevent her and her girlfriend from attending the real thing. We encourage you to spend a few minutes checking out what the LGBT History Month website has to offer, including this year's 31 icons!



LT. DAN CHOI AND CONSTANCE MCMILLEN

The NOH8 Campaign will spend LGBT History Month hosting more photo shoots in October than any other month, planning a total of at least four open photo shoots in three states. Our month of record-breaking photo shoots is set to kick off on National Coming Out Day (Oct. 11) in Arkansas, with our anticipated biggest photo shoot to date set for Dallas on October 16th - an event with over 2,500 RSVP's on Facebook.

Our current list of open photo shoot locations in October include:

TUESDAY OCT. 11 - FAYETTEVILLE, ARKANSAS @ HOG HAUS RESTAURANT (NATIONAL COMING OUT DAY)

SUNDAY OCT. 16 - DALLAS, TEXAS @ EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION

THURSDAY OCT. 20 - TUSCALOOSA, ALABAMA @ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA (SPIRIT DAY)

FRIDAY OCT. 21 - BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA @ UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM

In addition to open photo shoots, Team NOH8 is set to participate in AIDS Walk Los Angeles for the second year in a row. If you're in the Los Angeles area and want to join us for the day, we welcome you to join our AIDS Walk LA Team (which you can register for by clicking here)!



LGBT ICONIC ACTIVISTS CLEVE JONES, LARRY KRAMER, AND (VETERAN) CALPERNIA ADDAMS

The NOH8 Campaign will also be working with OutServe this month, the association of actively serving LGBT military personnel, to commemorate the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell at the OutServe Armed Forces Leadership Summit in Las Vegas.

For more details on our events in October and beyond, stop by the EVENTS page.

How are you going to celebrate LGBT History Month?
On November 4, 2008 Proposition 8 passed in California, amending the state Constitution to ban same-sex marriage. The defeat provoked a groundswell of initiative within the GLBT community at a grassroots level, with many new political and protest organizations being formed in response.

The NOH8 Campaign is a photographic silent protest created by celebrity photographer Adam Bouska (http://www.bouska.net) and partner Jeff Parshley in direct response to the passage of Proposition 8. Photos feature subjects with duct tape over their mouths, symbolizing their voices being silenced by Prop 8 and similar legislation around the world, with "NOH8" painted on one cheek in protest.

Nearly two and a half years since its inception, the NOH8 Campaign has grown to over 13,000 faces and continues to grow at an exponential rate. The campaign began with portraits of everyday Californians from all walks of life and soon rose to include politicians, military personnel, newlyweds, law enforcement, artists, celebrities, and many more.

The NOH8 Campaign has received overwhelming support from around the world, and has appeared in various local and national news programs and publications. The images are widely used on various social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter to spread the message of equality. Eventually the images will be compiled for a large-scale media campaign.



The NOH8 Campaign is a charitable organization registered with the IRS as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation.


Funds raised by the NOH8 Campaign are used to promote and raise awareness for Marriage Equality and anti-discrimination on a global level through an educational and interactive media campaign.
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