Staceyann Chin is a spoken word poet performing artist and political activist. She wrote a poem about equality and the need to march for our rights in D.C. The video was produced and directed by Jeremy Kotin. From the National Equality March team, we thank them both for creating this wonderful piece to support the march. Staceyann will also be one of our guest speakers at the rally on the West Lawn of the Capitol. The rally is October 11 and starts approximately at 2:00 p.m following the march. To learn more about Staceyann go to http://www.staceyannchin.com/.
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Where is the TRANSCRIPT for all our hearing impaired brothers and sisters????
Please take time to read this heartfelft request.
http://tinyurl.com/ybbl6q4
(here is beginning) Transcripts, videos and accessiblity — H.R. 3101 and the online community (-)
by: joeray
Tue Sep 01, 2009 at 12:52:41 PM CDT
(This is an important topic. All of us, including the tireless Louise who has done a number of transcripts, know it’s important for the hearing-impaired to have them, but it’s also essential in making videos much more effective to include them. It helps them go viral. Unfortunately, unless provided, it’s very time-consuming to do them as a blogger and very expensive if you pay to have them done. When it’s original video (as in shot by one of us), we often post the video first and add the transcript later when we have time. It’s always a balance of timeliness versus accessibility. – promoted by Pam Spaulding)
(crossposted on DailyKos, with some changes…)
This is my first diary on PHB. I’m crossposting from DK, but I wanted to modify things just a tad. First, introductions: I’m JoeRay, sometimes JosephRainmound, and I’m a Deaf, bisexual male blogger living in NYC. I’ve followed PHB for years, and so do many of my Deaf friends. The Deaf and queer communities have a special tie – some say because we’re both flamboyant outsiders. I digress, although I might try to figure that out in a future diary.
….continued… and it is all good.
Every since reading this I have tried to transcribe ‘important’ GAY videos. Volunteers are needed as there are so many.
Please someone transcribe these.