Joseph Huff-Hannon

My friend the Iraqi

With my friend, an Iraqi refugee who lives in NYC, as he  becomes a US citizen -- on the 10th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. Salon 3/20/2013

Tarnished medals

Should medals of honor given to soldiers who massacred Native American women and children over 100  years ago be rescinded? Huffington Post 2/12/2013

VIDEO: Russia, Don't Go There

I produced this video for All Out as part of an international campaign to raise awareness, and push back on, a law in Saint Petersburg, Russia that would make any and all forms of expression about LGBT life (books, film, TV, blogs, music) ILLEGAL. More background and context in a piece I wrote for Huffington Post on the topic.

What's mainstream got to do with it?

Something I wrote for pride season, exploring the pros — and cons — of the LGBT rights movement going mainstream. Check it out at Alternet 6/23/2011

Bashed Twice

One-Two Punch: Man Is Beaten In Anti-Gay Hate Crime and Again by America's Sick Health-Care System.  Alternet. March 31, 2011.

Return of the Pitchforks?

"Uncut" Movement Comes to America. First Stop: Bank of America
The Guardian. February 28, 2011

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"Chamber-Gate"

How Big Business Subverts Democracy
The Guardian. February 16, 2011
A piece I wrote with Andy Bichlbaum of the Yes Men, responding to revelations that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has been exploring a "dirty tricks" campaign against its public interest and labor groups opponents.

More international LGBT campaign coverage

Wrote this piece for Alternet (1/11/2011) about an international campaign to to draw attention to the terrible phenomenon of "corrective rape" against lesbians in South Africa. This piece, also in Alternet (2/1/2011) explores the challenges that LGBT asylum seekers face in verifying their claims, with a focus on a Ugandan asylum seeker fighting for the right to stay in the UK, after being threatened directly by the country's most notoriously anti-gay politico (author of the "Kill the Gays" bill, David Bahati).

All Out in times of crisis for LGBT people

A video I helped produce for All Out a new international campaign organization for LGBT equality. Here also a dispatch I filed for Alternet from a global LGBT rights conference in Sao Paolo, Brazil.

Sifting through the bones, searching for truth

The Ballad of Billy Lee: The Untold Story of an American 'Desaparecido' in Argentina. The Indypendent. September 29, 2010.

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Interview with Oscar-winning doc filmmaker Alex Gibney on 'Casino Jack' and the U.S. of Corruption

An Interview with Alex Gibney
The Progressive. August, 2010.
Excerpted on the website, full text here.

The Gospel Saloon

Happy Hour Gospel
Killing the Buddha. August 11, 2010
In which I spend some time in the church that Jay Bakker built (son of Jimmy and Tammy Faye) in the back of a Brooklyn saloon. Amen!