May 9, 2012
Marriage Activists Launch 'We Do' Campaign After Amendment One Passes
Filed by Karen Ocamb | May 09, 2012 6:00 PM |Sometimes it is hard to remember that history is on the side of LGBT equality. Despite a recent Gallop poll indicating that 50% of Americans support marriage equality, individual states controlled by Christian conservative Republicans continue to vehemently buck the trend.Read More
Rocker Tom Gabel Comes Out as Transgender
Filed by James Holmes | May 09, 2012 5:00 PM |In this Friday's issue of Rolling Stone, Tom Gabel of the band Against Me! comes out as transgender and discusses her plans to transition. I'll admit, I have never been a fan of Against Me!, but I just may buy a record. Read More
Colorado Civil Unions Bill Runs Out of Time
Filed by James Holmes | May 09, 2012 4:00 PM |On the heels of NC's Amendment One, a Colorado bill granting same-sex couples the right to form Civil Unions died along with the legislative session. With the President evolving a day late, one has to wonder if it would have made a difference.Read More
Obama Comes Out for Marriage Equality
Filed by Bil Browning | May 09, 2012 2:53 PM |"I've just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married," Obama told Roberts.Read More
Indiana PTA Endorses Anti-Bullying Policy to Protect LGBT Students
Filed by Annette Gross | May 09, 2012 2:00 PM |The Indiana PTA has taken a giant step forward and passed a resolution at their state conference which says that all schools in Indiana should adopt anti-bullying policies for LGBT students and that these same students deserve to learn in a safe environment.Read More
Indiana Continues to Tacitly Endorse LGBT Teen Bullying
Filed by Bil Browning | May 09, 2012 1:00 PM |A bullied Indianapolis teen has been expelled from high school for firing a stun gun into the air after he was surrounded by potential attackers on school property. The sad facts of the situation is this: Indiana government doesn't give one whit about LGBT people.Read More
A Taiwanese Take on America's Gay Rights Struggles
Filed by James Holmes | May 09, 2012 12:00 PM |It is always interesting to see how the world views the internal politics of the United States. In this new animation video from the Taiwanese news station NMA, we see their take on America's fights on gay rights in California and North Carolina. Read More
Freedom To Marry's Chutzpah on North Carolina Loss
Filed by Bil Browning | May 09, 2012 11:00 AM |Freedom To Marry's press release about the passage of an anti-gay marriage amendment in North Carolina is amazingly tone deaf. In one of the paragraphs the org has the chutzpah to even claim credit for Vice President Biden's mealy-mouthed support of marriage equality.Read More
RuPaul Surprises 11 Year Old Fan
Filed by Bil Browning | May 09, 2012 10:30 AM |RuPaul made a stop on Rosie's show to surprise an 11 year old aspiring fashion designer. The poor kid looks like he's going to fall out, but his reaction is delightfully delicious....Read More
Snapshots of Austerity: Detachment
Filed by Terrance Heath | May 09, 2012 10:00 AM |What's end of the line for austerity? We've gone through despair, desperation, and indifference. The latter feeds the first two, creating "a tinderbox society" resulting in frustration over the inability of most people to get ahead.Read More
President Obama Is 'Disappointed'
Filed by Bil Browning | May 09, 2012 9:50 AM |"The President has long opposed divisive and discriminatory efforts to deny rights and benefits to same sex couples. He believes the North Carolina measure singles out and discriminates against committed gay and lesbian couples, which is why he did not...Read More
La Raza Celebrates with LGBT Community
Filed by Bil Browning | May 09, 2012 8:00 AM |"Like other Americans, Latinos have shifted their views on LGBT issues in recent years. Acceptance and support for loving couples to have the right to marry is now shared by a majority of Latinos. We celebrate this historic moment with...Read More
