On Friday, we heard the good news that the deportation hearing for Henry Velandia has been postponed until December, based on a surprising statement from Attorney General Eric Holder on Thursday about a similar but unrelated case. Many thanks go to all the organizations that helped out with the process of drawing attention to Henry’s case — let us debrief a bit here about what happened.

Activists from Join the Impact Chicago, GetEQUAL and Video Action League were Arrested After Refusing to Leave the Bureau Without a Marriage License

I personally think of queer activism — in my definition, any and all attempts, on any scale, that an individual makes to better the world for LGBTs — as a group effort akin to building a city. If you are building a city, you will want parks and schools. You would not ask a math teacher to plan a playground. You would not ask a construction foreman to coach softball. But the second one enters the so-called “activist” arena, their individual skills, intentions and decisions go the way of the dodo. No sooner will a person announce their desire to try and help than six others will pop up to tell them exactly how they’re doing it wrong.

Gay rights activist groups plan to rally at noon outside of the U.S. Capitol for the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell. The protest comes after the repeal failed 57-40 in the Senate. Democrats needed 60 votes in order to end the fillibuster.

In a press release from Ford last night, a third of the $70,000 funds that the EAA had through Tides Center (their fiscal sponsor) were given to GetEqual, a different, private pro-LGBTQ organization. This was after an alleged e-mail was sent to Tides from an EAA board member campaigning for a GE grant, which was not authorized by the board. GetEqual, according to EAA, was not an entity when the money was raised.