Congrats to Pam Spaulding, Andy Towle, Joe Jervis and Bil Browning for receiving the 2009 Courage Award from the NYC Anti-Violence Project last night "in recognition of the impact of LGBTQH weblogs have made in the fight for civil rights and against violence in our communities." Michelangelo Signorile presented the award to the bloggers. Pam has a post on the event, including their speech, which Andy mostly wrote and she delivered. There are some great pictures and video. It's good to see people who do important work get well-deserved recognition. Here's an excerpt from the speech:
Because crimes against LGBT people are seldom reported on a national basis, and covered mostly in local papers, if at all, we have a valuable opportunity to raise awareness about how severe and widespread these crimes are, and the frequency at which they occur. As one of the few forums, and perhaps the most effective, that exist right now to communicate these crimes to other gay people and our heterosexual allies, we can inspire them to take action.
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