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News (USA)
Rubio participating in NOM robocalls against marriage equality
Rising Republican star Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) is speaking out against same-sex marriage in robocalls being sent to voters in states deciding the issue at the ballot and presidential election swing states, according to an anti-gay group.
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News (USA)
Baldwin has narrow lead in U.S. Senate race in Wisconsin, polls show
Two polls out today show Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), holding a slim lead over former Gov. Tommy Thompson in the race to represent Wisconsin in the U.S. Senate.
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News (USA)
ACLU challenges Ohio school’s ban on ‘straight but supportive’ t-shirts
CELINA, Ohio — The American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio on Thursday called on Celina High School administrators to reconsider their decision to prohibit students from wearing shirts that express their support of LGBT students, calling the ban “unconstitutional.”
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News (World)
Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament claims notorious ‘Kill The Gays’ bill will be passed
ENTEBBE, Uganda — The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament has said that she would stand firm against homosexuality, and that she will push for that country’s notorious Anti-Homosexuality Bill to be passed as soon as possible by Parliament.
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Life
Madison Square Garden thinks ‘Real Men’ don’t dance in homophobic ad
It’s no secret that there’s some homophobia in professional sports, but the tide is turning. With pro athlete heroes like footballers Brendan Ayabendejo and Chris Kluwe, wrestler Hudson Taylor, Hockey player Sean Avery and dozens more speaking out for marriage equality, we can see things are changing. However, for every few steps forward, there has to be a step back…
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Life
Religious Right Rabbi blames Hurricane Sandy on gays, marriage equality
Rabbi Noson Leiter of Torah Jews for Decency is blaming Hurricane Sandy on gays and lesbians, calling it “divine justice” for New York’s new marriage equality law.
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News (USA)
Dallas County, Texas approves stipend for domestic partners’ health insurance
DALLAS — The Dallas County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to begin giving a stipend to unmarried and gay employees whose partners purchase individual health insurance because they aren’t eligible for coverage under the county’s benefits program.
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News (USA)
Openly gay congressman linked to child molester in GOP political attack ad
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A new political ad sponsored by the National Republican Congressional Committee links freshman U.S. Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) to a convicted pedophile and murderer he represented as a defense attorney twenty years ago.
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News (USA)
Biden: LGBT discrimination the ‘civil rights issue of our time’
Vice President Joseph Biden apparently called LGBT discrimination the “civil rights issue of our time” before an Obama campaign office in Florida, according to a pool report.
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Life
Brad Pitt makes $100K contribution to HRC’s marriage efforts
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBT civil rights organization, on Wednesday announced a $100,000 gift from actor Brad Pitt to support the organization’s marriage efforts.
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News (USA)
Two teens arrested in ‘robbery, homicide’ of openly gay student
CHICAGO — Two teens have been arrested in the murder of an openly gay high school senior in what police are ruling a “robbery-turned-fatal-shooting,” while the victim’s family are calling it an anti-gay hate crime.
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News (USA)
After flip-flop, Illinois school forms committee for new transgender policy
Following its controversial decision to rescind a policy that would have added protections for transgender and gender nonconforming students in its schools Oct. 19, the East Aurora School District announced Monday that it is forming a committee to work on an all new “inclusive policy.”
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Commentary
Mean Mitt is a rotten apple in a bad barrel
In reality, Mitt Romney is a nasty individual with radical ideas who seems to have little regard for animals, women, minorities, gays, and 47-percent of Americans whom he regards as bums who can get their healthcare in the Emergency Room.
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News (USA)
GOP campaign worker recants ‘gay bashing’ story; now faces criminal charges
A volunteer for a GOP candidate for U.S. Congress who claimed he was attacked because he is gay and Republican, has recanted his story and could now face criminal charges that include obstructing police or filing a false police report.
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Life
Linda Harvey, ‘ex-gay’ therapist compare homosexuality to cannibalism
Mission America president Linda Harvey this weekend claimed gays and lesbians were most likely abused as children or have such envy for same-sex peers that they develop sexual feelings for them… just like cannibals who eat their own leaders
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News (USA)
In his own words: Mitt Romney’s bias against same-sex parents
In a recently uncovered campaign video from 2005, Mitt Romney — who publicly said he opposed child-rearing by gay and lesbian couples — told an audience in South Carolina that gay parenting is “not right on paper,” and “not right in fact.”
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News (USA)
Supreme Court to decide on Prop 8, DOMA cases in late November
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court this morning indicated that it will consider whether to grant review in Hollingsworth v. Perry (formerly Perry v. Brown), the federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8.
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News (USA)
An LGBT guide to Election Night 2012
It’s a close race for the White House, a close race for Tammy Baldwin’s bid to the U.S. Senate, five unpredictable outcomes on marriage related votes, and an openly gay caucus in Congress that could total either three or six by the end of the evening.
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Commentary
How do Gays and Lesbians talk to Republicans?
If you vote Republican and we come in contact with one another – I’ll be asking you face to face why you believe I’m not equal to you, and why you believe I don’t have the same right to everything this life has to offer as you do. Don’t start by telling me your vote wasn’t anything personal against me – for it most certainly was – Start by telling me why your human dignity is more important than mine…
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News (USA)
The New York Times endorsement: ‘Barack Obama for re-election’
The New York Times on Sunday officially endorses President Barack Obama for re-election.