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Same-Sex Marriage Shouldn't Be the Focus of the Immigration Debate
Filed by Bil Browning | May 21, 2013 | 2:30 PM |Binational gay and lesbian couples have very real problems that need an immediate solution. Threatening to jeopardize relief for thousands of less fortunate queers isn't it. Read More
BREAKING: UK House of Commons Passes Marriage Equality
Filed by John M. Becker | May 21, 2013 | 2:15 PM |Just now, the UK House of Commons gave final approval to a marriage equality bill by a vote of 366-161. It now moves on to the House of Lords.Read More
Peace Corps to Accept Same-Sex Couples
Filed by Bil Browning | May 21, 2013 | 12:00 PM |While married heterosexual couples have been allowed to serve in the Peace Corps since it was started in 1961, same-sex couples will now be accepted and given the opportunity to serve together.Read More
Minnesota Republicans Kill Anti-Bullying Bill
Filed by John M. Becker | May 21, 2013 | 10:30 AM |Minnesota's Republican and Catholic leaders are so incensed about losing the fight to preserve marriage discrimination that they're taking their anger out on bullied schoolchildren. I can't think of anything more disgraceful.Read More
Marriage Equality Round-Up: Illinois, UK
Filed by John M. Becker | May 20, 2013 | 5:30 PM |After frustrating delays, it looks like marriage equality legislation may be able to finally move forward in Illinois and the U.K.Read More
Charting a New Course for LGBT Youth
Filed by Mark Segal | May 20, 2013 | 4:00 PM |Speaking in front of LGBT youth at a school in Philadelphia, I was reminded recently of how bright the future looks for our community's youngest members.Read More
New York City Rocked by Slew of Anti-Gay Hate Crimes
Filed by John M. Becker | May 20, 2013 | 2:30 PM |Despite the tremendous progress that's been made on LGBT equality, we still face harassment, intimidation, violence, and even death just for being who we are -- not just in far-flung corners of the globe, but in our own backyard.Read More
Life's Just Like a Rodeo
Filed by Bil Browning | May 20, 2013 | 1:30 PM |In this country song for marriage equality, life's just like a rodeo. It's just two men who do-si-do.Read More
Courting Disaster: GOP Obstruction and the Courts
Filed by Terrance Heath | May 20, 2013 | 12:00 PM |Nowhere is Republican obstructionism more apparent than in our court system, where it may have far-reaching, disastrous consequences for public policy. And, again, that's just fine with Republicans.Read More
Mark and Kate
Filed by Patrick J Hamilton | May 20, 2013 | 10:30 AM |Do the victims of violence have to "look like me" before we are moved to action? A story of two victims of LGBT inequality and hate, with two very different faces. And reactions. Read More
Your Handy Guide to Cell Phone Etiquette
Filed by Bil Browning | May 19, 2013 | 3:00 PM |To help folks realize what is and isn't okay about using your phone in public, I thought I'd post a helpful infographic. No need to thank me. It's a public service really.Read More
I Am Your Daughter: Making Peace Before Pop Dies
Filed by Guest Blogger | May 19, 2013 | 12:30 PM |Inner peace was unknown to me until these past four years after I had finally come out as a transgender lesbian woman. Now I'm driving to a hospital so my father can meet me, the real me, Pamela, in person, before he dies.Read More
Tybee Island Georgia Has Its First Gay Days
Filed by Father Tony | May 19, 2013 | 10:30 AM |Is Tybee Island, Georgia, gay? That is the wrong question. Tybee might be the perfect example of the post-post-Stonewall well-integrated gay/straight community in which LGBT visibility, and a sense of fellowship overriding the bigotry of which southern states are usually suspected.Read More
What You Need To Know This Week (5/12 - 5/18)
Filed by E. Winter Tashlin | May 18, 2013 | 3:00 PM |Priests lead a violent attack on gay protesters, a Eurovision kiss scares Turkey, the DoD recognizes a trans* veteran's gender, Texas "morality" tears apart a family, and more stories from the past week. Read More
A History Lesson, Christian Allies, & Writing a Book [Weekly Reader]
Filed by Bil Browning | May 18, 2013 | 12:00 PM |You weren't able to read every post on Bilerico Project last week? Don't worry! Every weekend I round up the best Bilerico posts from the past seven days to help you stay up to date on the latest queer news and analysis.Read More
Quote of the Day
"OK Thunder's Durant flips God by praising fag Collins. God smashes OK. You do the math."
-- Fred Phelps, Jr. of the Westboro Baptist Church, taking to Twitter yesterday, just hours after a deadly tornado devastated Moore, Oklahoma, to place blame for the twister on Oklahoma Thunder star Kevin Durant and his support of openly gay NBA player Jason Collins.
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