The Fairness Project

Founded in 2001 by Dr. Robert N. Minor, Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Kansas, Lawrence for over 30 years, The Fairness Project grows out of over ten years of workshops Dr. Minor has led for religious, civic, business, and community groups regionally and nationwide. It was officially inaugurated with the publication of Dr. Minor's first popularly written book, Scared Straight: Why It's So Hard to Accept Gay People and Why It's So Hard to Be Human (St. Louis: HumanityWorks! 2001) which has been receiving laudatory reviews around the country since and has been a finalist for a number of literary awards.

The mission of The Fairness Project is simple and multi-faceted: to promote fair and positive understanding of all human beings regardless of sexual orientation, sex, gender identity, nationality, race, ethnicity, age, or abilities, by educating and advocating for fundamental structural change and personal healing. We are convinced that all issues of fairness are related, that all oppressions are connected, and that all discrimination must end so that every human being can live and flourish as a full human being. Dr. Minor continues to be a popular teacher, speaker, workshop leader, and writer on issues of sexual orientation, gender, and active change.

As a project, not an new organization, people from all over the country and in other parts of the world have joined The Fairness Project to bring the insights and tools it offers to further inspire their own lives, leadership, organizations, and movements.

Joe Saunders, field director for Equality Florida, gives a state of the state update and discusses progress in changing policies and laws and educating elected officials and the public in 2010. 

Singer-songwriter, Daniel Nahmod, discusses his music and the leap of faith he took in order to play music full time.