Politics: July 2011
Comment of the Week: Elise Harris on "We Die, You Get Married"
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 31, 2011 7:00 PM |Are the social/political effects of coming out to get married, as an act of oppositional politics, comparable to the effects of ACT UP and coming out as undocumented?Read More
Santorum: NY Is Destroying American Families
Filed by Bil Browning | July 31, 2011 4:00 PM |More jackassery from GOP presidential-wannabe Rick Santorum...Read More
Majority of Montana Voters Favor Same-Sex Partnerships
Filed by D Gregory Smith | July 31, 2011 2:30 PM |A newly released poll shows that a majority of voters in Montana support domestic partnership protections for same-sex couples.Read More
Take Action: Anoka-Hennepin School District Suicides
Filed by Kate Kendell | July 30, 2011 4:00 PM |It's tough being a teenager anywhere, but being a student in Minnesota's Anoka-Hennepin School District is especially hard. Why? Because there's actually a "gag policy" that prevents school staff from talking about LGBT issues.Read More
Drama In Trial of Accused Killer of Larry King
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 30, 2011 10:00 AM |The King family stormed from the courtroom, and the victim's mother was banned from the entire trial.Read More
Running Your Own Government: Why Pay the Military?
Filed by Don Davis | July 29, 2011 1:00 PM |You will hear a lot of conversation about the consequences from others; today, however, you get the chance to be both the President and the Secretary of the Treasury, and get to decide for yourself exactly what bills the federal government should pay.Read More
Tim Gunn: Hillary Clinton Is Confused about Her Gender
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 29, 2011 10:00 AM |Project Runway host Tim Gunn appeared on comedian George Lopez's cable show getting laughs by dissing Hillary Clinton's fashion sense. "Why must she dress that way? I think she's confused about her gender. All these big baggy menswear tailored pantsuits."Read More
Ann Coulter Wants a DADT Policy for 'All of Society'
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 28, 2011 6:30 PM |On The Joy Behar Show last night, Ann Coulter denounced marriage equality in New York, defended ex-gay therapy, and said that "all of society" should be under a "don't ask, don't tell" policy.Read More
North Carolina Postpones Talk of Anti-LGBT Amendment
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 28, 2011 3:30 PM |Lawmakers in North Carolina considered adding an amendment to the state constitution to ban same-sex marriage this week. Last night word surfaced that the lawmakers had decided against changing the rules, pushing back discussion until this fall. Read More
The Changed Political Climate for Marriage Equality
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 28, 2011 2:00 PM |Evan Wolfson, founder and president of Freedom to Marry, has spoken up about how the political landscape has evolved in favor of marriage equality. Read More
Bradlee Dean Defamation Lawsuit
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 28, 2011 8:00 AM |What Does "Muslims...calling for the executions of homosexuals...seem to be more moral than even the American Christians" mean to you?Read More
Philly Transit Giving Trans People A Hard Time
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 27, 2011 5:30 PM |I'm sorry, your gender isn't good enough to ride the bus today. Read More
GLSEN ED Eliza Byard on the CA FAIR Education Act
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 27, 2011 3:30 PM |GLSEN Executive Director Eliza Byard talked about the California FAIR Education Act. "As California goes, so goes the nation," she said about school textbooks. Read More
Pervers/Cite: Montreal's Answer to Corporate Pride
Filed by R Conrad | July 27, 2011 1:00 PM |Pervers/Cité, Montréal's collaboratively organized summer festival that aims to make links across social justice groups, queer communities, and radical visions of pride, is set to take place this summer form August 4 to 14. Read More
We Die, You Get Married
Filed by Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore | July 27, 2011 8:00 AM |The gay marriage movement enforces a single-issue politic at the cost of broader social change, literally funneling tens of millions of dollars into the drive for gay legitimacy while the needs of queers with the least access are ignored. Read More
Action Alert: Support HIV/AIDS Programs
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | July 26, 2011 5:00 PM |Tell your Senators and Representative that cutting programs vital to people with HIV/AIDS is no way to reduce the deficit - we need a fair and balanced approach now!Read More
Hitler Holds News Conference, Blames Balanced Budget for US Loss
Filed by Don Davis | July 26, 2011 4:00 PM |America's new Führer announced today that his official war history would acknowledge that one of the biggest contributing factors to the defeat of the Allies was the insistence of the former United States of America on sticking to its balanced budget amendment.Read More
After Ex-Gay Question, Bachmann Snubs Iowa News Station
Filed by Andrew Belonsky | July 26, 2011 2:00 PM |Michele Bachmann and her presidential campaign received scores of press earlier this month when it was revealed that her husband, Marcus Bachmann, runs an "ex-gay therapy" clinic. And as the scandal unfolded, Rae Chelle, a reporter from Iowa-based ABC affiliate...Read More
Dept. of HHS Considers Revisiting Gay Blood Ban
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 26, 2011 1:00 PM |Today the Department of Health and Human Services detailed what steps would need to be taken in order for the country's current ban on blood donations from gay men to be reviewed again. Read More
Prosecutor in Larry King Murder Invokes "Gay Panic" Law
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 26, 2011 8:00 AM |The killer of 15 year-old Larry King argues he was provoked into shooting him in the head at school because King was "flirtatious."Read More
Messages from Opponents of CA's FAIR Education Act
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 25, 2011 4:30 PM |The Capitol Resource Institute launched an online campaign to repeal the California FAIR Education Act using a slick new email message and a new campaign website called StopSB48.Read More
Media Round-Up: NY Couples Get Gay Married
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 24, 2011 5:30 PM |Today marked the first day that same-sex couples can legally marry in New York State. Here's a round-up of some of the most interesting media coverage we've seen today about the landmark day!Read More
My Last Weekend: A Health Care in America Story
Filed by Don Davis | July 24, 2011 3:00 PM |So I disappeared for a full week, right in the middle of what should have been a busy writing schedule, and I have to claim some "personal days" to cover the time we missed here at the blog - but it won't be time entirely wasted.Read More
More Details Emerge on Norway's Fundamentalist Terrorist
Filed by Michael Hamar | July 24, 2011 12:30 PM |Given the constant drumbeat of grievances against gays, liberals, Hispanics, blacks and Muslims being put out by so-called Christian "family values" groups and far right GOP aligned organizations, one can only wonder how many would-be Breiviks are being cultivated here at home.Read More
DADT Certified for Repeal; Policy Dies in 60 Days
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 22, 2011 3:50 PM |Today, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Mike Mullen, and President Barack Obama certified repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Repeal will take effect officially 60 days from now, on September 20. Read More
Santorum Using His Frothy Mix as a Fundraising Tool
Filed by Bil Browning | July 22, 2011 3:00 PM |Rachel Maddow loves it when Republicans try to raise money by invoking her name. Rick "Frothy Mix" Santorum is trying to link Dan Savage and Rachel together in his most recent fundraising scheme for his moribund presidential campaign.Read More
Tweet: DC's Gang Wars
Filed by Bil Browning | July 22, 2011 1:30 PM |I suppose this is one way to look at things. Can't say that I really disagree...Read More
Maryland & Colorado Begin Push for Marriage
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 22, 2011 11:30 AM |Inspired by New York's success, Colorado and Maryland are both gearing up for marriage equality campaigns, using different strategies in hopes of attaining success.Read More
NY Gay Marriage Gets Animated
Filed by Bil Browning | July 22, 2011 11:00 AM |You knew it was coming, didn't you? What big news topic doesn't get animated Sim-style by Next Media Animation now?Read More
Democrats Cave On Justice For LGBT Working Families
Filed by Rebecca Juro | July 22, 2011 8:00 AM |With the economy still in the crapper and jobs still hard to come by, with LGBT unemployment estimated at around double the national average, the silence from Democrats on LGBT workplace rights has been deafening. Read More
Certification for Repeal of DADT Expected Friday
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 21, 2011 10:30 PM |Reports indicate that Leon Panetta, Defense Secretary, and Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, are expected to certify repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' on Friday. The policy will be dead 60 days after Obama certifies repeal. Read More
The 2011 ADAP Conference in Nine Minutes!
Filed by Mark S. King | July 21, 2011 6:00 PM |The 2011 ADAP Advocacy Association conference, held July 5-7 in Washington, D.C., was bursting with spirit. But where were all of the large, national LGBT organizations? Read More
Tobias Wolff on DOMA Repeal and Full Faith & Credit
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 21, 2011 4:00 PM |Here, Law Professor Tobias Barrington Wolff breaks down the debate on the Defense of Marriage Act and sets the record straight on the Full Faith & Credit clause of the U.S. Constitution. Read More
Denouncing West's Attacks on Wasserman Schultz
Filed by Michael Emanuel Rajner | July 21, 2011 3:30 PM |Tea Partier Allen West has relentlessly bullied Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, a longtime advocate and true leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. The Florida GLBT Democratic Caucus denounces West's behavior. Read More
Gay Marriage Hearings On Capitol Hill: Democracy at its Best
Filed by Andrew Belonsky | July 21, 2011 12:30 PM |The Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday held hearings about repealing the Defense of Marriage Act, the 1996 law that prohibits federal recognition of same-sex marriage. This is democracy at its best. Read More
The Closet of the Future
Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | July 21, 2011 8:00 AM |We will still yearn for a place where we don't have to decide whether or not to come out every time we meet somebody new.Read More
Obama Continues Diversity in Judicial Nominations
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 20, 2011 7:30 PM |Today President Obama nominated Michael Fitzgerald, an out gay attorney, to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Fitzgerald is the fourth LGBT person to be nominated to a judgeship under Obama. Read More
WATCH: Franken Refutes Focus on the Family Claims
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 20, 2011 1:30 PM |Al Franken expertly refuted a false claim by Focus on the Family's Tom Minnery today during the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing regarding the repeal of DOMA.Read More
3 Openly Gay Candidates Running for Indy City Council
Filed by Bil Browning | July 20, 2011 1:00 PM |While I'd reported previously that Indianapolis has an openly gay man running for the City-County Council, another gay man and a lesbian have also jumped into the fray. Indy has never had an openly gay councilmember.Read More
No One Is the New Black
Filed by Alex Blaze | July 20, 2011 10:00 AM |For Cain, Muslims deserve discrimination because they are inherently bad people, while black people don't deserve to be discriminated against because they aren't. That previous sentence sounds Islamophobic, so it isn't hard to accept that an Islamophobe believes it.Read More
Illinois Issues New Birth Certificates To Trans Litigants
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 20, 2011 9:30 AM |The ACLU of Illinois racks one up for trans people, but there are a few questions about what this means. Read More
Follow Today's Senate Hearing on DOMA Repeal
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 20, 2011 9:00 AM |The Senate Judiciary Committee is taking up the Respect for Marriage Act today. Many LGBT activists are testifying for the repeal of DOMA and several excellent reporters will be providing continuing, live coverage of the hearing today, which begins at 10am EST. Read More
Alaska Sued Over Trans Driver License Denial
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 19, 2011 6:00 PM |The State of Alaska canceled this woman's license unless she replaced it with one listing her as male. Read More
Obama Endorses Repeal of DOMA
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 19, 2011 3:30 PM |The Obama administration announced today that the president supports repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act by publicly endorsing the Respect for Marriage Act. Read More
When Murdering a Queer Isn't Enough
Filed by Toshio Meronek | July 19, 2011 2:00 PM |Eric. A Stanley examines the violence and threat of violence experienced by queers in America today in this one-hour radio program and news article. Read More
First Openly Gay Man Confirmed By Senate To Federal Judgeship
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 19, 2011 8:00 AM |This confirmation marks another important milestone in the acceptance of gay people in our national politics. Read More
Is Utah the New Gay Political Promised Land?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 18, 2011 5:00 PM |What the hell is going on in Utah? Did someone slip them the gay pill?Read More
The Bachmann Gaffe That Wasn't
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 18, 2011 4:00 PM |The latest Michele Bachmann gaffe once again has eyes rolling and heads shaking among the commentariat. The irony is, it's not really a gaffe. In fact, it's not even that far from today's conservative mainstream.Read More
Maryland Guv Will Do Something Finally
Filed by Bil Browning | July 18, 2011 3:15 PM |After being stung by the countless comparisons to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, Maryland's Guv, Martin O'Malley, will finally get off his ass and help pass a marriage equality bill.Read More
Tim Pawlenty Touts Christian Cred
Filed by Bil Browning | July 18, 2011 1:00 PM |Check out this six and a half minute video that GOP presidential candidate Tim Pawlenty just put out.Read More
Same-Sex Couple Seeks Recognition By Israel
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 18, 2011 11:15 AM |The Israeli government is dithering over whether to recognize a same-sex couple and to provide them the same rights as other couples. Read More
Challenge To California LGBT History Law
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 18, 2011 8:00 AM |A conservative "family values" organization is bringing a challenge to the new law. Read More
Comment of the Week: Butch Peaston on Romney's Refusal
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 17, 2011 8:00 PM |Is Mitt Romney deserving of a pat on the back for his refusal to sign the anti-gay pledge?Read More
Or Else: Tea Party Wants What It Wants When It Wants It
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 17, 2011 4:00 PM |It doesn't matter that most of the rest of us don't want what they want. It doesn't matter that what they want would be disastrous for millions of American families. It's what they want, and they want it now.Read More
Chile: French PACS-style Status for Couples Proposed
Filed by Nan Hunter | July 17, 2011 10:00 AM |The government of Chilean President Sebastian Pinera will present a bill to the national legislature that would grant legal rights to gay and straight couples who have lived together for more than one year.Read More
Oh Good Lord (Pun Intended)
Filed by Bil Browning | July 16, 2011 4:00 PM |The religious right: This time they're back stronger than ever and they've all read the Left Behind series.Read More
Will DC's Old Boy Network Block First Openly Gay US Senator?
Filed by Chuck Wolfe | July 16, 2011 2:00 PM |Old boy network politics hasn't changed much in Washington, a town famous for trading in secrets and rumors. I hear that some straight white males in the Democratic Party are calling around to recruit a Wisconsin senate candidate that looks a little more like them.Read More
9/11 Gay Hero's Mom on the Documentary 'With You' & John McCain's Evolution
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 16, 2011 10:00 AM |In nine weeks, America will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. Mark Bingham, a gay PR executive and rugby player, was among 44 passengers on United Airlines Flight 93 that the hijackers aimed for the US Capitol.Read More
Gingrich Nixes 'Marriage Vow' Proposal
Filed by Terrance Heath | July 15, 2011 4:00 PM |Gingrich may have opted out of the Iowa fundies marriage pledge, but draping your genitals in the flag doesn't excuse you.Read More
White House Blogs About National HIV/AIDS Strategy at One Year
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 15, 2011 12:00 PM |The White House posted a blog by Jeffrey Crowley, Director of the Office of National AIDS Strategy, recognizing Wednesday, July 13, as the one year anniversary of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.Read More
TEDxTalk: Why LGBT Couples 'Refuse To Lie'
Filed by Nadine Smith | July 15, 2011 11:00 AM |They just released the video of a TEDx Talk I did in Tampa Bay to an almost exclusively straight audience on marriage equality and the RefuseToLie campaign.Read More
Cher on the Bachmanns
Filed by Bil Browning | July 15, 2011 10:30 AM |Well, she's never been afraid to speak her mind. Why change now?Read More
What Is Up With Don't Ask Don't Tell?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 15, 2011 9:00 AM |Confusing developments on DADT have wrong-footed some of the most astute pundits.Read More
Reaction: California Gov Brown Signs FAIR Education Act
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 14, 2011 5:00 PM |California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.'s office just issued a notice that he has signed SB 48, the FAIR Education Act.Read More
9/11 Gay Hero's Mom Urges Brown to Sign Fair Education Act
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 14, 2011 4:00 PM |Alice Hoagland, mother of 9/11 hero Mark Bingham, sent California Gov. Jerry Brown a letter Wednesday urging him to sign SB 48, the FAIR Education Act that would prohibit the discriminatory exclusion of LGBT people from public education.Read More
Michele Goldberg Takes Down the Bachmanns
Filed by Michael Hamar | July 14, 2011 3:00 PM |If sexual orientation is immutable, it then falls within constitutional equal protection rulings and analysis. This fact terrifies the Christianists.Read More
Anticipation: Will Kucinich Run in Washington State?
Filed by Don Davis | July 14, 2011 11:00 AM |Kucinich was in town to stir up the troops, and if things don't go well in Ohio there are several scenarios that could place him here in Washington - and there are at least two districts where he could have a shot at winning.Read More
Cheap Gay Jokes & Marcus Bachmann
Filed by Bil Browning | July 14, 2011 10:00 AM |While I love Second City and I despise the Bachmanns, I'm not so sure how I feel about using Marcus's sexuality as the butt of the joke.Read More
Obama Administration Mulls Appeal Of DADT Ruling
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 14, 2011 9:00 AM |The Obama Administration is considering whether to appeal the ban on DADT enforcement. There are many complex factors at work in this decision.Read More
In Memoriam: Betty Ford & AIDS
Filed by Guest Blogger | July 13, 2011 5:00 PM |America had never seen a First Lady quite like Betty Ford. She was totally open about her views, her family's lives and her own struggles with addiction. That was also the case with HIV/AIDS.Read More
URGENT: Call Gov Brown NOW and Tell Him to Sign the FAIR Education Act
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 13, 2011 3:30 PM |Gov. Jerry Brown may have a history of being pro-gay - but he also has a long history of being pro-farm worker and recently vetoed a bill dear to the United Farm Workers. Brown has an even longer history of being unpredictable.Read More
Hahn Wins 36th Congressional Special Election
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 13, 2011 1:00 PM |After a very ugly four-month special election that saw one of the ugliest racist and sexist political ads in decades, LA City Councilmember Janice Hahn is headed to Washington to take the South Bay congressional seat vacated by former Rep. Jane Harman.Read More
IL: Judge Halts State from Ending Catholic Charities Adoption Contracts
Filed by Waymon Hudson | July 13, 2011 12:00 PM |Illinois has decided to end its involvement and financial contracts for Catholic Charities' adoption and foster services in the wake of the religious organization's refusal to follow the state's new civil unions law and existing anti-discrimination policies.Read More
Romney Rejects Anti-Gay 'Pledge'
Filed by Bil Browning | July 13, 2011 11:00 AM |GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney has declined to sign on to a religious right-sponsored anti-gay statement, calling it "undignified."Read More
Ohio Supreme Court Severs Co-Parent Relationship
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 13, 2011 10:00 AM |When is a parent not a parent? When you're in Ohio.Read More
Victory for the Atlanta Eagle
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | July 13, 2011 9:00 AM |It's been a long, arduous battle to get the Atlanta Police Department to admit wrong-doing.Read More
California Approves NARTH to Give Education Credits To Therapists
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 13, 2011 8:00 AM |California therapists can renew their licenses using credits from an organization that teaches "ex-gay" therapy.Read More
Alan Grayson Will Run for Congress Again
Filed by Bil Browning | July 12, 2011 1:00 PM |The fiery liberal made headlines during the national healthcare debate by saying the Republican plan was "Don't get sick. And if you do get sick, die quickly."Read More
After Marriage Equality, What's Next, Polygamy? Yes.
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 12, 2011 12:00 PM |Marriage equality advocates were quick to denounce the connection. But there is a connection: both involve freedom.Read More
LCR v. US To Be Dismissed As Moot?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 12, 2011 8:00 AM |If the Ninth Circuit dismisses the case as moot, what happens to the District Court's ruling that DADT is unconstitutional?Read More
Indiana Accidentally Repeals Family Services Agency
Filed by Bil Browning | July 11, 2011 4:00 PM |After spending a legislative session trying to destroy unions and successfully defunding Planned Parenthood, Indiana lawmakers have discovered they've caused quite a few unintentional problems too.Read More
Tampa Bay Times Thinks 'GENDER BENDER' Is a Good Description Of Trans People
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 11, 2011 12:00 PM |The University of South Florida has just done a great thing for its trans students, so, of course, the Tampa Bay Tribune had to go and ruin it all.Read More
Dr. Bachmann's Reparative Therapy Revealed
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 11, 2011 9:30 AM |Dr. Marcus Bachmann's denial that his counseling center engages in reparative therapy turns out to be a bold-faced lie. Read More
Comment of the Week: Jay Kallio on Marriage Equality Thoughts
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 10, 2011 7:00 PM |Will marriage bring us to the end of the rainbow?Read More
Antigay CA Family Council Urges Gov to Veto FAIR Education Act
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 09, 2011 5:00 PM |Remember Ron Prentice? He's the chair of ProtectMarriage.com and the CEO of the California Family Council. Here is his action alert sent out Friday morning with specific talking points and he's targeting African American families.Read More
Former First Lady Betty Ford Dies
Filed by Bil Browning | July 08, 2011 9:16 PM |Former First Lady Betty Ford has died at age 93.Read More
White House LGBT Liaison, Brian Bond, Moving to DNC
Filed by Jerame Davis | July 08, 2011 5:00 PM |White House Deputy Director of Public Engagement Brian Bond, who also served as the White House's LGBT liaison, will be leaving his post to take up a position as the Democratic National Committee's Director of Constituency Outreach.Read More
Obama Wants To Attack The Middle Class? Take Congress Hostage!
Filed by Don Davis | July 08, 2011 4:00 PM |What I'm going to propose is brutal, unfair to many of our friends, and vindictive to the point of risking an even worse situation than we have now, but these are desperate times, and I suspect it's now time for desperate measures.Read More
Bachmann Pledges to Ban Porn; Says Homosexuality Is a Choice
Filed by Michael Hamar | July 08, 2011 3:00 PM |Erstwhile GOP presidential candidate Michele Bachmann seems hell bent to provide additional proof that she's a religious fanatic nutcase.Read More
The Time to Push for Marriage Equality in Washington State is Now
Filed by Joe Mirabella | July 08, 2011 2:00 PM |This is the time to push, and push hard for marriage equality in Washington State. We need everyone on board right now if we are going to achieve marriage as early as 2012 for gays and lesbians.Read More
California LGBT Education Bill: Backlash Ahead?
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 08, 2011 12:00 PM |On Tuesday, the California Assembly passed the FAIR Education Act by a vote of 49-25. The bill now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown to take action. Though Brown is considered strongly pro-gay, his signature is not predictable.Read More
I'll Wait for Netflix, Thanks
Filed by Bil Browning | July 08, 2011 10:30 AM |So how many of you are going to run right out to see Sarah Palin: Undefeated?Read More
DADT, Politics, and The Supreme Court
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 08, 2011 9:00 AM |The initial stay granted by the Ninth Circuit back in November raised strong arguments in favor of the stay. What's changed? We won, right?Read More
Do Washington State Democrats Have A Labor Problem?
Filed by Don Davis | July 07, 2011 6:00 PM |Let's talk about why Democrats are having all kinds of problems with what should be "natural" constituencies - and why those problems might not be going away anytime soon.Read More
DOMA Repeal Will Get Senate Hearing
Filed by Bil Browning | July 07, 2011 4:30 PM |Senator Patrick Leahy has announced that the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act. It will be the first time Congress will have debated the law since it's enactment 15 years ago.Read More
Tonight on The Rebecca Juro Show: John Aravosis
Filed by Rebecca Juro | July 07, 2011 4:00 PM |Americablog editor John Aravosis will be speaking with Rebecca Juro about ENDA, the Democratic Party and its relationship with the LGBT community, and the role of LGBT media. Read More
Indy Coalition of Progressive Groups Rally at Statehouse
Filed by Annette Gross | July 07, 2011 11:30 AM |On Thursday, June 30th, members of Indianapolis PFLAG joined with other community organizations at the Indiana Statehouse to protest the passage of several bills that will have negative impacts on women, LGBT people, immigrants, workers and teachers.Read More
Michele & Marcus Bachmann: More & More Questions
Filed by Michael Hamar | July 07, 2011 10:00 AM |The questions about Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann and the extremist anti-gay views she shares with her husband, Marcus Bachmann, continue to multiply.Read More
Will the Supreme Court Reinstate the Stay on the DADT Ban?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 07, 2011 9:00 AM |What will the Supreme Court do?Read More
Toronto City Councilor Records March, Calls for Defunding
Filed by Mercedes Allen | July 07, 2011 8:00 AM |Toronto city councilor Giorgio "Creepy" Mammoliti made it a point to film Saturday's Dyke March during Toronto Pride Week festivities, in hopes of catching any sign of Queers Against Israeli Apartheid or anyone sporting similar messaging to them.Read More
Golinski v. OPM: How Does It Affect Gender Identity Discrimination?
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 06, 2011 6:00 PM |The government's position is that the same legal standard should apply to gender identity classifications and sexual orientation classifications.Read More
The Bizarre Moral Universe of the Haters at NOM
Filed by Michael Hamar | July 06, 2011 11:00 AM |The photo of Brian Brown, from the National Organization for Marriage, crying after the New York marriage equality bill passed, reflects on the bizarre morality of his organization.Read More
Obama Appoints Gays to Prestigious Advisory Boards
Filed by Bil Browning | July 06, 2011 10:00 AM |Two prominent members of the LGBT community were appointed to advisory boards by President Obama yesterday. OutServe co-founder Sue Fulton and author Tom Healy will become the latest openly gay members tapped to serve their country.Read More
Application Process Opens for NY Same-Sex Nuptials
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 05, 2011 4:00 PM |Later today the updated forms will be available for the marriage pre-application process for same-sex couples in New York state.Read More
Some Thoughts on the New York Gay Marriage Victory
Filed by Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer | July 05, 2011 2:00 PM |My friend insists marriage may not be perfect, but it is a step toward basic respect in our society for gay people, so even if marriage is flawed it is worth obtaining access to. Get marriage first, then tear it down. Your thoughts?Read More
Bradley Manning's Role in the LGBT Community
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 05, 2011 12:00 PM |New information about WikiLeaker Bradley Manning - including a history of gender questioning and harassment from fellow U.S. military personnel - calls for an examination of whether he holds specific significance for the LGBT community.Read More
Comment of the Week: Rev. Emily Heath on Christians
Filed by Dr. Jillian T. Weiss | July 03, 2011 7:00 PM |Is organized religion bad for LGBT freedoms?Read More
Republicans Dropping Marriage Equality Boogeyman?
Filed by Bil Browning | July 03, 2011 5:30 PM |Have they finally come to their senses? Are Republicans abandoning the culture wars in favor of their corporate masters' bidding?Read More
Michigan's LGBT Legislative Struggles
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 03, 2011 12:00 PM |This week two anti-LGBT bills passed through House committees while an anti-bullying bill - one opposed by LGBT advocates for its lack of explicit LGBT inclusion - was tabled for further discussion. Read More
NC Ballot Initiative to Ban Marriage Equality Likely
Filed by Adam Polaski | July 01, 2011 5:00 PM |A 2012 ballot initiative proposing an amendment banning same-sex marriage is looking more and more likely in North Carolina, as the state's Speaker of the House spoke up todayRead More
Rep Vicky Hartzler: Don't Feel Bad Because I Hate You
Filed by Bil Browning | July 01, 2011 4:00 PM |Watch as Missouri Republican Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler tries to explain to a college student why he shouldn't feel bad that she wants to discriminate against him. Obviously, she doesn't do a very good job.Read More
Victory for Binational Couple Henry Velandia & Josh Vandiver
Filed by Karen Ocamb | July 01, 2011 2:00 PM |Federal immigration officials have cancelled the deportation of Henry Velandia of Venezuela, who is legally married to Josh Vandiver. According to their lawyer, Lavi Soloway, the action comes after more flexible immigrations guidelines were put into effect for immigrants with no serious criminal records.Read More
The Awakening: Suffrage Memorabilia
Filed by Gloria Brame, Ph.D. | July 01, 2011 11:00 AM |From 1915, an emotional appeal to grant women the right to vote across the United States. Simple and direct, the image speaks to the universal craving for equality. Read More
