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News (USA)
U.S. House approves rules affirming commitment to DOMA
As one of its first acts of the 113th Congress, the U.S. House on Thursday approved a set of governing rules that includes language authorizing the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group to defend the Defense of Marriage Act against litigation in court.
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News (USA)
Minnesota lawmaker to take the lead on same-sex marriage bill this session
An openly gay lawmaker in Minnesota said he will take the lead in the state Senate on a bill to legalize same-sex marriage during the 2013 legislative session.
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News (USA)
No vote on Illinois marriage equality; bill held for next General Assembly
A coalition of lawmakers, activists and organizations backing a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois announced Thursday that despite intense efforts to pass the legislation in the lame duck session of the current General Assembly, a full vote on the bill may not happen.
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News (USA)
LGBT, AIDS cuts held off two months under ‘fiscal cliff’ deal
The legislative package that Congress passed this week to avert the “fiscal cliff” puts off for only two months devastating across-the-board budget cuts to federal programs — including programs directly relevant to LGBT people and people with HIV/AIDS — putting advocates in the position to continuing fighting for them in the weeks to come.
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Life
‘Northwest Love Stories’ — Oregon couple to celebrate 60 years together
Eric Marcoux and Eugene Woodworth will celebrate 60 years together on June 13.
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News (USA)
Scott Lively argument set for next week as persecution of gays escalates in Uganda
When Scott Lively, the founder of Christian Evangelical group Abiding Truth Ministries journeyed to Uganda to incite the persecution of gays, he had no idea that his mission would lead to a lawsuit by Ugandans, on U.S. soil, charging that he had committed crimes against humanity.
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News (USA)
Rhode Island lawmakers introduce marriage bills in House and Senate
Two Rhode Island state lawmakers on Thursday formally introduced bills in the state House and Senate that would legalize marriage equality for same-sex couples, setting the stage for Rhode Island to become the tenth — or eleventh, depending on progress in Illinois — state to where same-sex marriage is legal.
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News (USA)
Tammy Baldwin sworn in as first openly gay U.S. Senator
In a historic day at the start of the 113th Congress, Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) was sworn into office on Thursday as the junior U.S. senator from Wisconsin, officially becoming the first openly gay senator.
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News (USA)
Senate committee approves Illinois gay marriage measure
SPINGFIELD, Ill. — Legal same-sex marriages are one historic step closer to becoming law in Illinois.
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Commentary
The private war that killed Spencer Cox
Gay activists like Spencer Cox were consumed by AIDS for so many gruesome years that many of them were shocked, once the war abated, to see how little around them had changed. Climbing from the trenches, they saw a gay culture that must have seemed ludicrous, packed with the same drug addictions, sexual compulsions and soulless shenanigans that AIDS, in its singular act of goodwill, had arrested for a decade or so.
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Life
Archbishop orders London church to cease masses for LGBT Catholics
The Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, who also leads the Catholic Church in England and Wales, announced this week that he has ordered the Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Central London to stop holding masses that were specifically designed for LGBT Catholics.
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News (USA)
Illinois marriage vote uncertain due to absent senators
Activists and lawmakers backing legislation that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois are regrouping and recounting potential “yes” votes in the Illinois Senate after key members of the chamber reportedly said they will be absent from Thursday’s proceedings in the General Assembly’s lame duck session.
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News (USA)
Obama signs ‘conscience’ clause-inclusive defense bill
President Obama signed into law a $633 billion package of major Pentagon budget legislation on Wednesday that includes a “conscience” provision prohibiting troops for being punished for their beliefs as he maintained the language “will not alter” the rights of gay service members.
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Life
ESPN broadcasts victory kiss between pro-bowler and husband
In what is being hailed as a first for ESPN, the cable sports network this past weekend broadcast footage of an openly gay athlete kissing his husband after a victory.
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News (USA)
Westboro protesters met by crowd of 250 counter-protesters in Maryland
Four members of the anti-gay extremist Westboro Baptist Church were met by 250 counter-protesters on Wednesday morning when they arrived outside the Anne Arundel Circuit Court building in Annapolis to protest the state’s recently enacted marriage equality law.
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News (World)
Second gay youth worker arrested in Uganda on charges of homosexuality
In a heightened ramp up of persecution of gay Ugandans, a second man has been arrested while visiting a co-worker who had been taken into custody on Monday and charged with crimes relating to homosexuality.
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News (USA)
Illinois marriage equality bill stalled in state Senate by ‘technicality’
Consideration of a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois will no longer take place in a Senate committee of the Illinois General Assembly Wednesday night.
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News (USA)
HUD settles discrimination claim against Bank of America
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) on Wednesday announced a settlement agreement in a claim it brought against Bank of America for discriminating against a lesbian couple applying for a federally insured mortgage loan.
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News (USA)
Illinois Republican leadership backs marriage equality bill
With support building for legislation that would give gay and lesbian couples in Illinois the freedom to marry, two prominent Republican Party leaders on Wednesday declared their support for the bill.
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News (USA)
Illinois marriage equality bill to be considered in State Senate Wednesday
Illinois State Sen. Heather Steans (D) said Tuesday a bill that would legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois will be heard by a Senate committee Wednesday night and a full Senate vote on a bill could come as early as Thursday.