March 2012
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WatchWoman denied communion at her mother’s funeral because she is gay speaks out in interview with MSNBC.
February 2012
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New Hampshire Legislature eyes repeal of marriage...
New Hampshire’s Legislature, which is dominated by Republicans, is looking to roll back marriage equality, banning same-sex marriages in the state.
New Hampshire passed same-sex marriage in 2009, through a Legislative vote. A new bill that’s expected to be voted on in March would take those rights away.
The bill stands a good chance of passing through both houses of the state...
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WatchA lesbian couple in Phoenix were told to “get a room” while sharing an anniversary dinner at a Sheraton Hotel District restaurant. A couple says a hotel manager told them other patrons complained about a kiss the couple shared, and that the two should leave and “get a room,” ABC15 reports.
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New Poll: 6 in 10 Californians support same-sex...
A new Field Poll, published today, shows that an even greater majority of Californians support marriage equality.
The new poll found 59 percent of Californian’s support marriage rights for gays and lesbians; 34 percent disapprove.
It’s a significant increase over the 2010 poll, that found 51 percent support for gay marriage.
In 2008, when Californians voted to pass Prop. 8 banning...
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“I have been very conflicted with my underlying Catholic faith when it came to...”
– Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire on her regrets about how long it took to pass marriage equality in her state, in an interview in New York Magazine.
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One Million Moms freak out over Kevin Keller, ask...
One Million Moms, the group that tried to spur a boycott of JCPenney after Ellen Degeneres was made its spokesperson, is now freaking out over Kevin Keller, the gay Archie comics character.
One Million Moms wants Toys ‘R’ Us to remove all of the “Just Married” copies of a Kevin Keller comic book that features Kevin and his husband on the cover. And — gasp — one...
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WatchRachel Maddow interviewed Frank Rich on Monday night to talk about the complex role Republicans play in gay rights.
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WatchStudents take the stand in the trial of Dharum Ravi, who is accused of using a webcam to spy on his gay roommate at Rutgers, Tyler Clementi. Clementi took his own life a few days later.
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WatchPaul Babeu may have bigger problems to deal with: Like having a live-in relationship with a 17-year-old student of the school Babeu was running. And allegations of abuse at the same school. This ABC15 investigation is disturbing.
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Disturbing statistic of the day: Mental disorder...
In 2010, doctors in Alberta, Canada billed the province for treating homosexuality five times.
Homosexuality is still defined in billing codes as a mental disorder akin to pedophilia and bestiality.
“In December 2010, the minister of health agreed … that doctors’ diagnostic billing codes listing sexual orientation under mental illness was unacceptable,” lawmaker Laurie...
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Maryland governor to sign marriage equality law...
What: Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley will be signing the bills passed by the state’s Legislature last week.
“The common thread running through our efforts together in Maryland is the thread of human dignity; the dignity of work, the dignity of faith, the dignity of family, the dignity of every individual,” O’Malley said after the vote last week. “Thanks to our elected...
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Christopher Plummer earns Oscar for gay role
Christopher Plummer earned a best supporting actor Oscar on Sunday night for his portrayal of a gay man in Beginners.
The film is an exploration of love, including Plummer’s role as a gay man who comes out after the age of 75.
The film is now out on DVD and trailers can be seen here.
Plummer also won a Screen Actors Guild award and a Golden Globe for the role.
“Gay characters are...
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WatchGlee star Chris Colfer is in a teen revenge flick with a twist. Check out the trailer for Struck By Lightning.
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Individual acts of defiance point out injustice...
There’s a lot of glitter-bombing going on these days. Every GOP presidential candidate still in the race, a few who have dropped out and even a few of the candidates’ spouses have been victims of the sparkle-dousing mobs.
But, while the glitter-bombings are a bit amusing, they’re not really effective. Plus, it feels a little like the gay-mob equivalent of TP-ing someone’s house.
There’s other...
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Indiana nonprofit fights to keep rainbow license plate that benefits LGBT youth. Indiana Youth Group says it has a 5-year contract with the state and breaking it would be a violation.
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Gregoire calls Obama her "inspiration" for...
Washington state’s governor called the president her “inspiration” for championing same-sex marriage after a meeting with Barack Obama and Democratic governors at the White House on Friday, Politico reported.
“He’s been the inspiration that allowed the state of Washington recognize that we need to have equality,” Gregoire said. “It’s because of what...
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“I use it as my opportunity to give them a lesson about marriage inequality in...”
– Tonya Parker, a lesbian judge in Dallas County, Texas, on refusing to marry straight couples until her state has marriage equality, according to a story in the Dallas Voice.
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“It was not an accident, not a mistake. Those acts were meant to cross one of the...”
– Julia McClure, one of the prosecutors in the Tyler Clementi spying case, in her opening statement, according to the New York Times.
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Family Research Council lashes out at Dick Cheney...
Right wing conservatives seems to be freaking out that conservative family-values Republicans are evolving on marriage equality.
The newest convert is Dick Cheney, which makes sense because his own daughter is a lesbian.
FRC’s Robert Morrison offered his take on the subject in a blog where he said blond bombshell Mae West has a better understanding of marriage than the former Vice...
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Mormons baptize Anne Frank again despite ban
According to a story in the Huffington Post, Anne Frank was among a list of names of people who were posthumously baptized by Mormon leaders.
Anne Frank, who died in Bergen-Belsen concentration camp at age 15 in 1945, became a symbol of the Holocaust. Generations of school children have read her diary recounting her nearly two years in hiding from the Nazis.
Helen Radkey, a former member of the...
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Logo TV employee: Lesbian shows tend to get left...
After writing yesterday’s post complaining about the lack of LGBT-centric shows in Logo’s 2012 lineup, I got a response from Marc of Logo’s twitter account.
(I think it’s Marc Leonard, but I’m not sure because he didn’t respond when I asked.)
Marc told me that “Logo’s not veering away from the core audience at all.”
I, of course, don’t...
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Maryland is just a governor's signature away from...
The Maryland Senate passed a same-sex marriage bill Thursday afternoon, 25-22.
Sen. Richard Madaleno, the first and only out member of Maryland’s Legislature, talked out what the vote means for his family and other same-sex families across the state.
“We are going to make history, because we are going to take another important step toward embracing every family in Maryland,” he...
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No Frappuccinos for hatemongers
Rob Schwarzwalder, a Family Research Council vice president, is giving up his Starbucks habit.
Like many right-wingers he is against Starbucks vocal support for same-sex marriage in the state of Washington.
“For now, at least, I will buy my overpriced flavored coffees elsewhere,” he wrote in a recent column on LifeSiteNews.com. ”I dislike boycotts for a number of reasons, but...
“I sincerely apologize for my choice of words in the two Facebook posts last...”
– Daniel Pokorney, Mayor of La Grande, Ore., apologizing for Facebook posts that included calling Washington state the “latest state to transition to Sodom and Gomorrah,” according to a story in The Observer.
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WatchA proposed anti-discrimination bill in Nebraska could leave LGBT citizens unprotected. Fox42 News explains to ongoing debate in Omaha.
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Maryland Senate could vote Friday on marriage
The same-sex marriage bill being debated in the Maryland Senate this week could be up for a vote as early as Friday, taking the state a step closer to becoming the 8th with marriage equality.
“I hope to have it passed in its entirety by Friday,” Senate leader Thomas Mike Miller Jr told Reuters. Miller added that while he opposes the bill, he wouldn’t stop it from passing.
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PPP: Washington state divided on marriage equality
Public Policy Polling said Wednesday that Washingtonians are divided on marriage equality in a recent poll.
Here’s what the new polling says:
50 percent of votes said they’d vote to keep marriage equality in the state.
46 percent said they’d vote to overturn the new law
The split expands though, if you look at young voters. About 63 percent of young voters favor same-sex...
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WatchNot making the cut: Antonio Darden, a hairstylist who runs Antonio’s Hair Studio in Santa Fe, NM, refused to cut state Gov. Susana Martinez’s hair because of her stance on same-sex marriage. Until she supports marriage equality, she’s going to have to find a new stylist.
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“I am freaking out. You might be scared, but I’m the one who’s going...”
– Dan Savage on Rick Santorum’s momentum and the scary thought of him becoming the GOP nominee, in an interview with Mother Jones.
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Young Democrats of America endorse marriage...
On Wednesday, Emily Tisch Sussman joined ranks with Minority Whip Nancy Pelosi, the Congressional Progressive Caucus and thousands of young voters across the country in calling on the Democratic Party to include marriage equality as a platform in the 2012 campaign.
“As the Executive Director of Young Democrats of America, I represent young people, and the way we connect young people back to...
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“Under current law, a heterosexual couple can choose to enter into a marriage or...”
– Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie calling a voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage in his state unconstitutional, according to the Hawaii Reporter.
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I want my gay TV: Logo veers away from...
Logo released their new list of upcoming shows for 2012, and while Logo likes to call themselves the “gay network,” the new spate of shows is decidedly not very gay.
As a former intern at Logo (on their now defunct 365gay.com) and a huge fan of RuPaul’s Drag Show, I love what Logo is capable of creating.
But when Logo launched in 2005 I was hoping for so much more. I was hoping...
WatchDaniel Radcliffe made a public service announcement for the Trevor Project. “I believe that reaching out for help is the bravest thing a person can do,” Radcliffe says in the PSA.
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WatchRachel Maddow had a great segment on why Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell is such a scary guy.
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WatchTonight the It Gets Better Project moves to a new venue: MTV. A special It Gets Better show follows the lives of three individuals as they deal with their lives, their orientation, their families and their discovery that life can get better after high school.
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Prop 8 update: Supporters seek full court's ruling
Supporters of Prop. 8, the same-sex marriage ban in California, filed the paperwork today asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider it’s Feb. 7 ruling calling the law unconstitutional.
The decision to request a full hearing from the 9th Circuit means the case won’t make it to the Supreme Court before November’s presidential election. And it means no marriage between...
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WatchPaul Babeu, the Arizona sheriff accused of trying to deport his ex-boyfriend, speaks to Wolf Blitzer on CNN about why he quit Mitt Romney’s campaign.
