Name: Marsha MakatiniHometown: Nairobi, KenyaAge: 23 Statement: Growing up in a rural area in Africa, all I knew of life was that I was a human being that was born into this world. The confusion was difficult for me to handle – with different feelings in my soul and heart that were in contradiction to […]
Equality Ride
2010 Equality Rider: Nick Millar
Name: Nick MillarHometown: Cincinnati, OHAge: 25 Statement: In this country, there are still many powerful institutions, including churches and universities, that enforce doctrine that adversely affects the lives of countless GLBT people. Millions of citizens stand by and support these institutions. At some colleges GLBT students are expelled because of who they are. In some […]
2010 Equality Rider: Rohit Kumar
Name: Rohit Kumar Hometown: West Bengal Age: 22 Statement: I completed my bachelor’s degree in Comparative Literature from Jadavpur University, Kolkata this year and am presently a graduate student in the Department of English at the University of Westminster in London. I am a queer youth activist and have presented several papers on queer identity […]
2010 Equality Rider: Stuart Brewster
Name: Stuart BrewsterHometown: Valley Village, CAAge: 26 Statement: When I began coming out in college, I was a member of a Bible study group with views strongly condemning homosexuality. I believed them when they told me I needed to change – that my gayness was really a spiritual sickness from which I needed to be […]
2010 Equality Rider: Susannah Morris
Name: Susannah Morris Hometown: Greenville, SC Age: 19 Statement: I am a Christian. I am a young woman. I am a daughter. I am a sister. I am an aunt. I am a friend. I am a student. I am a straight ally. I am an Equality Rider. Most fundamentally, I am a child of […]
2010 Equality Rider: Tashana Brown
Name: Tashana BrownHometown: Montego Bay, JamaicaAge: 19 Statement: Families swear that they will stand by us for a lifetime, that they will never turn their backs on us. But today, after finding out who we really are, we cease to exist to them. No matter how hard we try to win back their affection and […]