June 6, 2012
AG Eric Holder's Remarks Celebrating LGBT Pride Month
Filed by Karen Ocamb | June 06, 2012 5:30 PM |Attorney General Eric Holder issued a statement in celebration of LGBT Pride Month, and the work the Department of Justice has and will continue to do for the LGBT community. Read More
American Conservative Judaism Approves Same-Sex Weddings
Filed by John M. Becker | June 06, 2012 4:00 PM |The Conservative branch of American Judaism has formally approved same-sex weddings.Read More
LGBT Connect At Netroots Nation
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | June 06, 2012 2:30 PM |I am at Netroots Nation today, the annual political convention for American progressive political activists. The convention actually starts tomorrow, but today Netroots Nation hosts the LGBT Connect program, the brainchild of Mike Rogers, a seasoned political activist, managing director of Raw Story, and a Bilerico colleague.Read More
RIP Ray Bradbury & An Inappropriate Video Tribute
Filed by James Holmes | June 06, 2012 1:00 PM |Sci-fi god Ray Bradbury passed away today at the age of 91. But as much as I love the man, his death has popped a certain song into my head that will be driving me nuts by the end of the day.Read More
NY State Appellate Court: Calling Someone Gay Is Not an Insult
Filed by John M. Becker | June 06, 2012 11:30 AM |The idea that speculation about a person's sexual orientation, founded or not, is so damaging, so grave an insult, that it amounts to defamation, is being increasingly challenged in American courts.Read More
C-279: When a Victory For One Can Be a Victory For . . . One
Filed by Mercedes Allen | June 06, 2012 10:00 AM |The second hour of Second Reading debate for Bill C-279: An Act to Amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and Criminal Code (gender identity and gender expression) occurred on Friday June 1st, and the Second Reading vote is to take place today, June 6th. Read More
Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis Welcomes LGBT Pride Month
Filed by Ed Team | June 06, 2012 8:30 AM |"Like all of the great civil rights victories in our nation's history, this hard-won progress was forged by the determined advocacy of so many pioneers who refused to settle for second-class citizenship based on who they love. While we know...Read More
Pine-Sol Prank
Filed by Ed Team | June 06, 2012 8:00 AM |What, you may ask, does this video have to do with the LGBT community? Watch, and right around 0:50, you'll know....Read More
