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John McCain and family values
Lesbiatopia Jul 30 08Many lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people are parents.The 2000 U.S. Census details 33 percent of female same-sex couple households and 22 percent of male same-sex couple households reported at least one child under the age of 18 living in the home and as of 2005, an estimated 270,313 children in the United States live in households headed by same-sex couples.
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MySpace Friend of the Day: Gay is Not
Straight Not Narrow Jul 30 08http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=149090830&MyToken=a814c55d-20f5-4e19-a9bb-8cd696abfeb3Too often in our everyday language,the word gay (in reference to sexual orientation), is loosely used as an insult.
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Report Finds Attorney General's Office Broke the Law
Bilerico Jul 30 08
The Department of Justice has released a scathing report against White House liaison Monica Goodling, an aide to former Attorney General Roberto Gonzalez.
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Justice Dept. official engaged in anti-gay bias
Topix Gay News Jul 29 08The investigation found that Monica Goodling, senior counsel to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the department's liaison to the White House, told subordinates in 2006 that she denied extending an appointment of former Assistant U.
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NBJC's Robinson: CNN and the invisible black man
Pams House blend Jul 29 08Over at The Bilerico Project, the National Black Justice Coalition's chief executive officer, H. Alexander Robinson, has contributed a powerful essay on CNN's non-coverage of black gay men in its segment on HIV/AIDS in Black in America.
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Tell Congress to Pass the Matthew Shepard Act
Queers United Jul 29 08"A law protecting all of our citizens against senseless hate violence is long overdue. Last year, both houses of Congress passed a historic hate crimes bill known as the Matthew Shepard Act, which would have outlawed hate crimes based on both sexual orientation and gender identity.
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Invisible Man
Bilerico Jul 29 08
Contemplating my response to CNN's Black in America series, I was reminded of something W.E.B. Du Bois wrote in the "Souls of Black Folk" published in 1903:
How does it feel to be a problem? I answer seldom a word.
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South Florida county passes inclusive anti-bully policy
Topix Gay News Jul 29 08
The Broward County School Board has passed the strongest anti-bully policy in the state. The policy is Florida's most comprehensive; and it contains a full list of prohibited forms of harassment, bullying and discrimination, including targeting victims based on their sexual orientation and gender identity and expression.
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MA Sen. Wilkerson on the Repeal of the 1913 Laws
Pams House blend Jul 28 08Last week, the Massachusetts Senate debated and then voted to repeal the "1913 Law". This is the law that prevents out-of-state same-sex couples from going to MA to marry if that marriage would be void or prohibited in their state of residence.
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Pennsylvania activist judges?
Topix Gay News Jul 28 08The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision striking down amendments that added sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, gender, and mental and physical disability to the state hate crime law.
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About 40% Of MSM In New York City Do Not Disclose Sexual Orientation To Physicians, Survey Finds
Topix Gay News Jul 28 08
Thirty-nine percent of men who have sex with men surveyed in New York City during the past year had not disclosed their sexual orientation to their physicians, according to data from the city's Department of .
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Nike Pulls Homophobic Ads
Joe My God Jul 28 08Nike has announced that it has canceled its "That Ain't Right" campaign after it was widely criticized as homophobic by gay bloggers and advertising critics.
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Penn. high court strikes down hate-crimes protections on technicality
Qnews Jul 26 08Source: Philadelphia Inquirer , Lancaster Intelligencer Journal HARRISBURG, Pa. -- Victims of hate crimes who are gay, female or disabled no longer have special protections under state law.
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PA: expanded hate crimes law struck down
Pams House blend Jul 26 08Again, these fundies just won't quit.
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court upheld a lower court decision striking down amendments that added sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, gender, and mental and physical disability to the state hate crime law.
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Congressman Keith Ellison Joins LGBT Caucus
Queers United Jul 26 08Straight off of Keith Ellison's Congressional Website:"The mission of the Caucus is to promote lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) equality.
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Pa. justices strike down LGBT hate-crimes law
Topix Gay News Jul 25 08
Citing a technicality, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Wednesday struck down 2002 changes to the state's hate crimes law that added sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, ancestry and disability.
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Christianists Gets Pennsylvania's Hate Crimes Law Overturned
Joe My God Jul 25 08Acting on a petition filed by the Christianist group Repent America, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a lower court's ruling that struck down that state's 2002 hate crimes law, saying it was inappropriately attached to an unrelated bill.
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Is Jesus pleased?
Pams House blend Jul 25 08As a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I support same-sex marriages.
Even though I don't understand homosexuals, I support their rights as human beings.
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Judge: Gay rights a legal 'done deal' in Canada
Qnews Jul 25 08Source: Halifax Chronicle-Herald In a speech at a Halifax Pride-related event Thursday, and in an interview with the Halifax Chronicle-Herald , an Ontario judge said that the big legal battles over gay rights in Canada are over.
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News: Facebook, Barry Scott, Hail, Bahamas, Adoption, Batman
Towleroad Jul 24 08Unhealthy. Nearly 40% of gay men do not disclose their sexual orientation to their doctors: "The survey found a striking distinction: While 78 percent of the men who had sex with men and identified themselves as homosexual said they had.
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