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This page includes ongoing updates about Renna Communications and our activities. You’ll find editorials and other examples of our personal work.
Cathy Renna Writes About the Prop 8 Protest in DC this Weekend in the Bilerico Project: We Are an American Family
…The crowd was huge – definitely in the thousands, probably about ten thousand. The energy was great, the people diverse and it felt like I had taken a trip back in time about 15 years…
posted: 18 November 08
Cathy Renna Comments on Why Matthew Shepard's Story Remains America's Most Prominent Anti-Gay Hate Crime
“Who Matt was was a big part of why he got that amount of attention,” Renna said.
“He was very much kind of the golden boy,” she added. “He was not as much the ‘other’ as many people who are victims of hate crimes.”
Read more...posted: 17 October 08
PR Week Highlights RennaComm's Work with Matthew Shepard Foundation
Ten years ago the death of 21-year-old college student Matthew Shepard, inspired a movement in the LGBT community against hate crimes. Now, the foundation that bears his name is taking time to remember Shepard, continue to tell his story, and engage people with its “Campaign to Erase Hate.”
posted: 14 October 08
Cathy Renna Reflects on Lasting Impact of Matthew Shepard on 365gay.com
A decade after his senseless death, it makes sense to look at the enduring impact that Matthew’s life and death have had upon our culture, our community, and the larger political climate.
posted: 14 October 08
A.A. Philips, Author of "If You Believe in Mermaids... Don't Tell," Featured on Parenting Website RootandSprout.com
Our eight-year-old son is choosing the clothes he will wear for the first day of third grade. The thigh-clinging black spandex biker shorts look good to him paired with fake leather cowboy boots. For a top he picks a green tee-shirt with preening pink birds…
posted: 8 October 08
Cathy Renna Remembers Victims of Hate Crimes in Honor Of Matthew Shepard on the Bilerico Project
Ten years ago today, Matthew Shepard was found tied to a fence and beaten badly. Instead of another re-telling of a story we are all too familiar with, let’s talk about the others – the ones who did not get the attention they deserved.
posted: 7 October 08
Leah McElrath Renna Provides Leading Commentary on VP Debate
Joe Biden did more for the equality of the sexes with his honest display of paternal emotion during the vice presidential debate than Sarah Palin’s presence on the executive ticket has or will ever do.
posted: 3 October 08
Cathy Renna Remembers Matthew Shepard in the Advocate.com
Ten years after his brutal murder, those who knew him best — and those who learned of him only at the end — remember that week in October and reflect on the legacy of Matthew Shepard.
Read more...posted: 1 October 08
Family Equality Council Congratulates Clay Aiken
“Much like Rosie O’Donnell, the announcement that Clay Aiken is gay reinforces a simple reality: the American public can no longer say it does not know a gay or lesbian parent. Clay Aiken’s desire to raise a child in an open and honest manner will make his life, and his son’s, all the better…
posted: 24 September 08
Cathy Renna in the Bilerico Project: "Not a Bad Week for LGBT Elders"
It has been a rough week – the economy, on-going political nail biting over the election etc – but it was a great week for LGBT senior visibility.
posted: 22 September 08
Cathy Renna Goes Back to School in the Bilerico Project
This week, millions of kids and young adults will stream back to school. It is a perennial media story usually focusing on the cost of supplies. Sadly, the stories of the challenges…
posted: 10 September 08
Leah McElrath Renna Gives Obama Advice in the Huffington Post
Obama’s campaign manager was recently quoted as saying, “There’s a lot of hyperventilating about national polls,” David Plouffe said, “When you look at battleground states, we feel very good about where we are.” In response, I suggest…
posted: 10 September 08
Leah McElrath Renna in the Huffington Post; Finds Warrior in Obama
Thursday night, Barack Obama found his inner warrior – and on Friday, John McCain found, well, just a woman…
posted: 3 September 08
Leah McElrath Renna Sparks Dialogue in the Huffington Post With Blog Entry
I’ll tell you the secret about what many of the millions of women who voted for Hillary really want: acknowledgement. Yep. That’s it. Well, that’s not all, of course…
posted: 26 August 08
FEC Families in the Associated Press; RennaComm Team Highlights Surrogacy and Same-sex Couples
NEW YORK — The cost remains high, and a good lawyer is essential. Yet despite complications, the idea of becoming a biological dad with help from a surrogate mother is gaining allure among gay men as the status of “married with children” grows ever more possible.
posted: 19 August 08
RennaComm and 108 Productions Commemorates Matthew Shepard
…Corpus Christi will perform for a two-week limited engagement run in the renowned Off-Broadway’s Rattlestick Theatre in October, 2008. Proceeds from the show will benefit The Matthew Shepard Foundation…
posted: 19 August 08
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$500K Awarded For Groundbreaking Research in LGBT Youth and Familly Intervention
San Francisco State University is pleased to announce significant support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and local funders to develop the first comprehensive interventions to help families increase acceptance and decrease rejection of their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) children.
FriendsYouKnow.com Launches New Home on the Web for LGBT and Allied Community
Social networking that gives back to LGBT Organizations
Family Equality Council Congratulates President-Elect Obama
The American people have overwhelmingly elected a candidate for change. President-Elect Obama’s victory is particularly meaningful for the millions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) parents raising children in this country and their extended family and friends.
New Novel on Gender Non-Conforming Teen Draws Praise
…recently released a unique work of young adult fiction, written for pre-teen and teen readers. If You Believe in Mermaids…Don’t Tell is a novel that explores an underrepresented yet timely story of a gender variant teen…
RennaComm Highlights Issues Facing LGBT Seniors in the Associated Press
Long overlooked by society at large, and even by younger gays, elderly gays and lesbians are emerging as distinct community, getting more help and attention as they confront challenges that differ in many ways from their heterosexual counterparts.
