Happy Halloween from the Republican Party

Anti-abortion activist and National Equality March protester Randall Terry is parading around Capitol Hill with a bloodied Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid in chains, Think Progress reports:

"Today, he and his followers are on Capitol Hill 'with signs and costumes, talking to House Staffers as they enter work,' and they plan to visit Pelosi 'and discuss with her child-killing in healthcare and ‘the wrath to come.’'"

EArlier this week, Terry launched a contest to see who could produce the best "Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid BURN IN HELL video". He also produced a video on the topic.

Watch, AFTER THE JUMP...

American Apparel Offers Two New Pro-Gay T-Shirt Designs

American Apparel, who introduced "Legalize Gay" T-shirts last year, continues on its activist bent with two new designs featuring images from the West Hollywood gay pride parade in 1984, and an anti-homophobia protest that took place in Anaheim in 1989.

Activist Bears Sustain Boycott of Prop 8-Supporting Cinema Chain

A group of movie-going bears in San Francisco is keeping the boycott of Cinemark theaters alive:

"Bears sat in the audience at Wednesday night’s screening of 'Where the Wild Things Are' at the Metreon center in San Francisco. Not grizzlies from the actual wild, but a group of hirsute, large gay men called the SF Movie Bears...The Bears are social, not political, and with a mailing list of 1,500 names can amass a jovial group of hundreds for a single screening. But when Alan Stock, the Cinemark chief executive, gave $9,999 before last year’s referendum election in support of stripping gay couples of the right to wed, the claws came out. Since then, the members have adopted an ABC approach to moviegoing: Anywhere But Cinemark..."

It was almost a year ago that Cinemark theaters were seeing boycotts like these.

Still Angry Over Eagle Bar Raid, Atlantans Hold Underwear Protest

(image  jim burress pba online)

Between six and ten people attended a protest at the corner of 10th street and Piedmont in Atlanta yesterday to demonstrate lingering anger over the September 10th raid on the Atlanta Eagle gay bar. Most wore visible underwear, some only underwear.

PBA Online reports: "Dressed in a T-shirt and boxer shorts on the corner of 10th & Piedmont, Laura Gentle says she's in her underwear to remind passers-by of what happened on September 10th at the Atlanta Eagle: 'The number one thing is they didn't find any sexual activity and they didn't find any drugs. People still seem to not know that they only arrested people on license and permit charges that had to do with underwear, essentially.'"

The Southern Voice reports: "Eagle co-owner Robby Kelley, holding a sign that read, “Where was the warrant?” said awareness of the raid need to continue. Kelley was one of the eight arrested and faces a Nov. 3 arraignment date in Municipal Court. The case is being prosecuted by the Solicitor’s office and a plea agreement is attempting to be reached before Nov. 3. If one is not reached, the employees will go to trial in January. 'We need to keep the focus on this so it doesn’t happen again,' Kelley said, wearing an Atlanta Eagle t-shirt and blue swim trunks. Business has been hampered as well by the raid, he acknowledged, because people are afraid to come into the bar thinking it might be raided again by the APD. 'It’s kind of understandable, but they have to understand they didn’t have the right to come in the first time and they are not going to come in again,' he said. Kelley also said his charge of not having a license for go-go dancers who were wearing attire to what he was wearing on the street was 'absurd.' ... 'I think it’s stupid that you need an adult entertainment license to have people dance on your bar in their underwear … it would be different if I was having people naked on the bar,' he said."

Image below: Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Gays and Evangelicals Face Off as Fort Worth 'Kiss-in' Gets Rowdy

A "kiss-in" planned by the group Queer Liberaction at Fort Worth Stockyards, which bills itself as "the wholesome western experience of Fort Worth", turned into a loud demonstration on Saturday as counter-protesters arrived and the two groups squared off against one another:

The Star-Telegram reports: "About 40 members of Queer Liberaction said they needed to take a stand against intolerance by carrying out public displays of affection in what they considered an area not traditionally friendly toward gays. The other group, mainly evangelical Christians and also numbering about 40, said homosexuality is a clear lifestyle choice, not a naturally occurring sexual orientation as many scientists believe. They beseeched Liberaction members to abandon their 'kiss-in' and come to Jesus Christ as straight adults. The gatherings broke up peacefully. Joe Remsik, 37, leader of Liberaction’s Fort Worth chapter, said the demonstration was to let the public know about fears within the city’s gay community."

Watch a news report from The 33 TV, AFTER THE JUMP...

Activists to Picket Obama at Human Rights Campaign Dinner

Activist Andy Thayer of Chicago's Gay Liberation Network is planning a picket of Saturday night's Human Rights Campaign dinner at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, at which President Obama is scheduled to give a keynote address.

Said Thayer in a press release: “The time for talking is over. This President promised to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), he promised to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, he promised to pass the pro-LGBT Employment Non-Discrimination Act and a whole host of other things.  Instead, he’s delivered on nothing while embracing anti-gay bigots Rick Warren and Donnie McClurkin.  The last thing we need is more flowery rhetoric in front of rich, self-effacing gays and lesbians dressed up like penguins.”

Added Queer Liberaction co-founder Blake Wilkenson, whose group is co-sponsoring the picket: "The Obama administration has likened LGBT relationships to incest and bestiality. He cited his ‘Christian beliefs’ for the reason why he now opposes equal marriage rights for same-sex couples.  He refuses issue a stop-loss order to prevent purges of lesbian and gay soldiers. If we are going to get real change out of this White House, we need to make demands of this President.  As the great anti-slavery activist Frederick Douglass put it, ‘Power concedes nothing without a demand.’”

More at LGBT POV.