Joseph Huff-Hannon

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.

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.

Catskills Living

On Top of Queer Mountain
New York Press. June 23, 2010
Getting to know Donald and David, a charming couple in their 80s who live on top of a mountain in the Catskills.

A Pier of Their Own

At a Pier to Be Redone, Gay Youth Find a Haven
The New York Times City Section, March 13, 2009.
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From Baghdad, with Style

Imperfect Strangers
Cover story in New York Press, October 8, 2008.
Down and out with two gay Iraqi refugees, transplanted to Brooklyn. [Full Text]

Interview with Ryan Roemerman

Person to Know: Ryan Roemerman
The Advocate, May 22, 2007.
Ryan talks about his work with the Iowa Pride Network. [Full Text]