If you follow us on Facebook, you’ll know by now that Sumo and/or Spreckles, two of the New Jersey 5, busted through one of our gates to get to the extremely tempting new grass we had wanted to let grow, unencumbered, just a bit longer before letting everyone loose on it. Ah well – we . . . → Read More: Animal Control and Busted Gates
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“Queer bird” is an old-timey expression for “someone regarded as eccentric or crazy and standing out from a group.” Back in the day, we certainly would have been regarded as eccentric or crazy, not to mention standing out from the scientific crowd, for suggesting that the birds and the bees might sometimes be “queer” in . . . → Read More: Queer Birds This weekend, the Strolling of the Heifers is taking place in Brattleboro, VT. In fact, today was the actual stroll. Beginning at 10 AM this morning, creameries, 4-H kids, and dairy farms led almost 85 heifers down Main Street. Bedecked with ribbons and led by halters, the very young cows were made to march down . . . → Read More: VINE’s Response to the Strolling of the Heifers in Brattleboro, VT At the Resistance Ecology conference last weekend, during the Q&A following my lecture on “Queering Animal Liberation,” an audience member noted that our brochure identifies VINE as LGBTQ-run and wondered why we specify that. In short, it’s because we’re proud to have met the extra material and emotional challenges that being LGBTQ introduces to the . . . → Read More: Thirteen Years of “Queering Animal Liberation” On Sunday, a wonderful (and slightly mysterious) volunteer came here from Connecticut to get a tour and help out. Her name is CJ, and she is one of those strongly self-directed types of people who wants to be given a job and left alone to do it. So, after our tour, I handed her a . . . → Read More: Old School Activism: Writing Letters 
On a hot June night in 1969, LGBTQ folk said “no” to state repression, fighting back against a police raid of the Stonewall Inn. The ensuing uprising, led by drag queens and street kids, ushered in a new, more radical, era of activism against homophobia. While earlier efforts, such as those organized by the Mattachine . . . → Read More: Pride Month Pledge Drive |
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Growl!
Veteran activist and 35-year vegan Kim Stallwood shares his views as a gay man in the animal liberation movement. . . . → Read More: Growl!