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Life
Actor, artist Ron Palillo of ‘Welcome Back, Kotter’ fame dead at 63
Ron Palillo, the actor who played Arnold Horshack on the 1970’s sitcome “Welcome Back, Kotter,” died Tuesday morning at his home in Palm Beach, Fla., from an apparent heart attack. He was 63.
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News (USA)
Utah Democratic gubernatorial candidate says he doesn’t stand with party on marriage equality
SALT LAKE CITY — Peter Cooke, the Democratic candidate for Governor of Utah, is distancing himself from the party’s national platform by declaring his opposition to marriage equality, civil unions and abortion.
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News (USA)
Recreational retailer REI announces support for marriage equality
KENT, Wash. — Outdoor retailer REI, founded by a group of Pacific Northwest mountaineers in 1938, on Monday announced it has taken “a position in support of marriage equality.”
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News (USA)
N.C. college suspends Chick-fil-A from late night student events
DAVIDSON, N.C. — Students at Davidson College, a private liberal arts college in Davidson, N.C., want the school to quit serving Chick-fil-A food at school sponsored late-night events in protest of the fast-food chain’s donations to anti-gay organizations.
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News (USA)
Chick-fil-A vandalized with marriage equality stickers, rainbow flags
FREDERICK, Md. — A Chick-fil-A restaurant located on on Urbana Pike in Frederick, Md., was vandalized in the early morning hours on Sunday, according to a spokesman for Frederick County sheriff’s office.
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News (USA)
Bill prohibiting ‘ex-gay’ therapy for minors called ‘fascism, ex-gay bashing’
REEDVILLE, Va. — A new bill making its way through the California state legislature that would ban “ex-gay” reparative therapy for minors, has been called “fascism and ex-gay bashing” by the head of an “ex-gay” advocacy group.
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News (USA)
Camden’s rough neighborhood violence claims the life of a gay teen
On Chase Street in the Camden, N.J. neighborhood of Whitman Park, friends have constructed up a memorial to Wauynee Wallace at an abandoned house. Like similar tributes that pop up hours after a death, the words “In lovin Memory” are spray-painted before his name on a white sheet.
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Commentary
Nature does not care about your homophobia
One of the most frequent tenants regurgitated by those against gay equality is that homosexuality is “against nature and thousands of years of tradition.” I, and many others, have addressed the nearly infinite errors in this line of reasoning. For one, it begs the question that nature is separate from mankind and also that being against “nature” (whatever they are defining it as) is inherently immoral…
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News (USA)
Transgender woman settles discrimination suit with Illinois town
CICERO, Ill. — A transgender woman who alleged that two Cicero police officers humiliated her and discriminated against her because of her gender identity has settled a lawsuit with the town for $10,000. Cicero also agreed to enact guidelines for the police treatment of transgender people, according to her attorneys.
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News (USA)
FAA eliminates unnecessary psychological testing for transgender pilots
WASHINGTON — The Federal Aviation Administration has released new medical certification procedures for transgender pilots, eliminating unnecessary psychological testing that had previously been required.