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News (USA)
Gay group calls on U.S. Supreme Court to strike down DOMA
The New England-based LGBT group responsible for the most successful lawsuit to date targeting the Defense of Marriage Act on Thursday filed a formal request asking the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down the anti-gay law.
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News (USA)
Fred Karger launches Amway boycott over donation to anti-gay NOM
LGBT activist Fred Karger and his advocacy group “Rights Equal Rights” on Friday launched a global boycott targeting multi-level marketing company Amway over a $500,000 donation by the company’s founder to the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage.
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News (USA)
HRC releases comprehensive survey of congressional positions on marriage equality
WASHINGTON — In a new, first-of-its-kind report, the Human Rights Campaign on Thursday released a comprehensive survey of the marriage equality positions of the members of the U.S. Congress.
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News (USA)
Poll: Majority of Maryland voters would protect marriage equality law
BALTIMORE — A majority of Maryland voters approve of marriage equality for gay and lesbian couples, according to a statewide poll released Thursday.
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News (USA)
Iowa GOP party chairman seeks to oust Justice over gay marriage vote
DES MOINES, Iowa — The chairman of the Iowa state Republican Party is pushing for the removal of another Iowa Supreme Court Justice who voted as part of a unanimous 2009 ruling that legalized same-sex marriage in the state.
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News (USA)
Federal appeals court: Hate Crimes Act does not prohibit anti-gay speech
CINCINNATI, Ohio — A federal appeals court on Thursday rejected a lawsuit brought by three Michigan pastors challenging the constitutionality of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act.
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Life
LGBT Watch at the Olympics: First medal is won by an LGBT athlete
There has been plenty of competition for LGBT athletes at the London 2012 Olympics. Judith Arndt of Germany won a silver medal in cycling in the women’s time trial on Wednesday — she is the first LGBT Olympian to medal at London 2012.
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News (USA)
Lesbian couple attacked by neighborhood youth in alleged hate crime
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. — A lesbian couple in southeastern Missouri is recovering from an alleged attack by three neighborhood youths in what the couple claims is hate crime motivated by the sibling’s discrimination of their sexual orientation.
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Life
Gay couple files complaint after being denied apartment in Canada
TORONTO — A gay couple is filing a human rights complaint against a rental agent in Brampton after she denied them an apartment because the landlord does not want to rent the property to gay people.
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Commentary
Gay parenting: After the Regnerus debacle, where are the apologies?
Now that an internal audit at Social Science Research has confirmed that the Mark Regnerus “gay parenting” study was indeed so badly flawed it never should have survived peer review, it’s safe to say that we can move past examining the specifics of how it went wrong, and start looking at the deeper question of why so many in the media and the right wing readily accepted its conclusions with little critical scrutiny while dismissing the valid concerns raised by others.
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News (USA)
Chick-fil-A ‘Appreciation Day’ round-up: Intolerance on display
Wednesday was Mike Huckabee’s Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day, and opponents of marriage equality turned out in droves to proudly support the anti-gay restaurant chain. Religious bullying was on display at locations around the country as people as the media continued to conflate homophobia with Christianity.
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Life
Schumer nominates openly lesbian federal prosecutor for U.S. judgeship
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has nominated Assistant U.S. Attorney Pamela Ki Mai Chen to serve on the bench of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
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News (USA)
Amtrak markets to same-sex parents, lauches ‘Ride with Pride’ website
Amtrak launched its “Ride With Pride” campaign on Wednesday, a partnership with the International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association (IGLTA) — a travel network that connects LGBT individuals with travel companies that are LGBT friendly.
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News (USA)
Chicago GOP calls for investigation into Alderman’s proposed Chick-fil-A ban
Chicago Republican Party leaders filed a complaint with Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Illinois Department of Human Rights Wednesday, alleging that Alderman Proco “Joe” Moreno violated provisions of the state’s Human Rights Act and the First Amendment, when he said he would block Chick-fil-A from opening its second Chicago location in his ward.
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News (USA)
Out Georgia legislator expected to win re-election bid
Simone Bell, the first African-American out lesbian to serve in a U.S. State House, handily won her Democratic primary for Georgia State House District 58 last night.
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Commentary
Boycotts: A leftist tactic by gays, but a ‘Christian value’ when gays are the target
It should be apparent where there is a hefty opposition to Chick-fil-A, by the LGBT community and those who value their equality. Unsurprisingly, however, many right wingers, who sympathize with Chick-fil-A’s homophobic views, have labeled this opposition as “bullying,” “leftist intolerance,” “an affront to Christianity,” and “an attack on Chick-fil-A’s free speech.” They say this as if boycotts are a new phenomenon, or as if they are an exclusively “leftist” tactic.
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News (USA)
Chick-fil-A franchise to co-sponsor New Hampshire LGBT Pride event
NASHUA, N.H. — The sole Chick-fil-A restaurant in New Hampshire, located in the food court of the Pheasant Lane Mall south of Nashua, will be one of the co-sponsors for New Hampshire LGBT Pride Fest 2012.
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News (USA)
Iconic American novelist, journalist, playwright — Gore Vidal dies at age 86
A true literary giant in every sense of the word, Gore Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills from complications of pneumonia, according to a statement from his nephew Burr Steers.
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News (USA)
Six Eagle Scouts return medals in protest of Boy Scouts’ anti-gay policy
At least six Eagle Scouts from across the country have return their Eagle Scout medal to the Boy Scouts of America in response to the organization’s refusal to reverse its long-standing policy against gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders.
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News (USA)
Illinois to allow transgender individuals to update birth certificate gender marker
Civil rights advocates filed a court-supervised agreement Monday that will make it easier for transgender individuals in Illinois to get accurate birth certificates reflecting their gender. The agreement asks to end the requirement for genital surgery in order to change the gender marker.