Students and workers expelled or fired because they are LGBT are the real victims, says Alice Kessler, legislative director for Equality California Alice Kessler Speaks at 40 Years of Pride conference in Tel Aviv. The question seemed innocuous, but Anthony Villarreal understood the threat behind it. “Do you enjoy attending William Jessup University?” the dean […]
Reverend Jesse Jackson meets with A Wider Bridge; Equality California’s Alice Kessler hopes that one day Palestine will exist peaceably side‐by‐side with Israel; Non-profit consultant Peter Rosenstein says we shall never forget that gays were rounded up and marched with Jews to the gas chambers; Emotions are rising in the aftermath of the mass protest […]
EQCA’s Legislative Director, Alice Kessler, wrote a blog post about her experience with A Wider Bridge in Israel, after traveling and meeting with a broad cross‐section of Israelis and Palestinians, Jews, Christians and Muslims, secular and religious people. Last summer, I joined A Wider Bridge, an organization that builds bridges between Israel and LGBTQ North […]
A Wider Bridge, and organization connecting LGBTQ Israelis and North American Jews, has a different perspective from many of its far-Left counterparts. Gay rights activists Vincent Jones, Alice Kessler and Danny Wein, delegates who have come to participate in Tel Aviv pride week and Friday’s parade, join VOI’s Molly Livingstone in-studio to talk about liberals’ […]
Before she arrives in Israel to participate in 40 Years of Conference this June we asked EQCA’s Alice Kessler to pick three key LGBT figures that significantly made an impact in LGBT America’s fight for equality that a non-American person must know. Sylvia Rivera Sylvia was a transgender woman of color activist who was a key figure […]
EQCA’s Alice Kessler will fly to Tel Aviv in June to take part in The 40 Years of Pride Conference, Israel’s first ever global LGBTQ leadership conference. In this new interview, she talks about the next challenges of Equality California after the legalization of same-sex marriage was achieved, and why we still need to celebrate […]
On Monday, 40 Years of Pride announced the first round of influential voices in their field to speak at Tel Aviv’s first-ever global LGBTQ leadership conference. Stellar panels of accomplished experts and thought leaders will ensure the most timely and relevant perspectives. Speakers include Mayor of Seattle Ed Murray, National Policy Project Director at Lambda […]