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News (USA)
Roundup: Dueling briefs in leadup to Supreme Court fight, flawed study on gay parenting
The Defense of Marriage Act has some powerful enemies, with strongly-worded opposition coming this week from some familiar names. A flawed study on LGBT parenting is also under attack, with its author now under investigation. All that and some good news coming out of Maine.
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News (USA)
Windsor asks U.S. Supreme Court to take up DOMA lawsuit
An octogenarian New York lesbian who recently won her case against the Defense of Marriage Act at the district court level is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to take up her lawsuit so that a final ruling can be made in her case.
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News (USA)
Target stores nationwide now selling greeting cards for same-sex unions
MINNEAPOLIS — Placed on greeting card racks under the headings of “For two special men” and “For two special women,” Minneapolis-based Target Corp. is now stocking greeting cards to celebrate same-sex unions.
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News (USA)
Lesbian couple refused use of facility for same-sex commitment ceremony
JACKSON, Miss. — A lesbian couple in Mississippi has been refused use of a state-owned museum facility that is routinely hired out for weddings and other functions because they are gay.
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Commentary
Acknowledging the ‘T’ in LGBT
The reality is that while bullying, school environments, and related outcomes have a long way to go for LGB students, the distance is even further for transgender students. We need to be having a discussion about that. […] Every experience or outcome that is not broken down by gender identity, or the intersection of gender identity and other statuses such as race, makes invisible the unique and often more concerning experiences transgender students have….
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Commentary
The first to mention Hitler shouldn’t always lose…
The vilification of gays is not new — but what is now new here in America is how it is being medicalized in public discussions about public health and safety. Not only are we hearing vitriol about how gays pervert and subvert culture and national security, we’re beginning to hear how homosexuality is a public health menace. Believe me: This kicks the crazy up a notch…
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Life
Gary Bauer: Gay marriage stands in the way of reducing crime in Chicago
On Wednesday, Gary Bauer of the Campaign for Working Families attempted to tie the Obama administration’s support for gay rights…to violent crime.
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Commentary
Let’s be rational, logical and real: Sex is not a sin
Today’s freedom for the sexual expression of our love for each other is recognised as the individual human right to determine with whom we wish to have an ejaculation, so long as that is what they want as well. If you both want to do so regularly, then you should have the freedom to marry each other.
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News (USA)
LGBT bills unlikely to advance in Senate before Election Day
With a few months remaining in the 112th Congress — and a few weeks until lawmakers adjourn for August recess — advocates say the chances for advancing any pro-LGBT legislation even in the Democratic-controlled Senate are slim — at least before Election Day.
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Commentary
On marriage, Germany hasn’t evolved beyond seedy beer hall discussions
Should Heather be allowed to marry Maria, or should John and Tom be allowed to tie the knot? Of course, because same-sex marriage doesn’t harm anyone but brings joy to two people. Unfortunately, Germany – a supposedly progressive country – hasn’t evolved beyond the level of seedy beer hall discussions. We have not yet freed ourselves from old prejudices…
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Life
America’s shame: 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBT kids
LOS ANGELES – About 40 percent of homeless youth are LGBT, and nearly all homeless youth service providers in the U.S. now serve LGBT youth, according to a comprehensive report on LGBT youth homelessness released Thursday.
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News (USA)
Thomson Reuters says Minnesota anti-gay amendment is bad for business
MINNEAPOLIS -– Media giant Thomson Reuters on Friday said that a constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriage in Minnesota would be bad for business.
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News (USA)
LGBT studies program stirs controversy at University of Louisiana
LAFAYETTE, La. — A new minor at the University of Louisiana Lafayette is stirring up controversy and has some calling for the university to remove the program from its curriculum.
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News (USA)
Hundreds sign up to march in San Diego Pride Parade’s military contingent
SAN DIEGO – Active-duty service members have received official approval to march in their uniforms on July 21 as part of America’s Pride Parade military contingent, San Diego Pride officials said Thursday.
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News (USA)
University of Texas investigates associate professor’s study on children with gay parents
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas-Austin announced it is investigating a gay parenting study published last month that touched off a firestorm of criticism by LGBT advocacy groups, and a formal complaint by New York-based freelance writer Scott Rosensweig.
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Life
Chile’s president signs anti-gay hate crime legislation into law
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean president Sebastian Pinera on Thursday signed an anti-discrimination measure into law that makes it a crime to commit acts of hatred against persons because of their sexual orientation.
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News (World)
Italian police apologize for labeling homosexuality a ‘deviant’ behavior
ROME, Italy — An official of the Italian Carabinieri — the national police of Italy — on Wednesday issued a public apology and after being forced to change a training manual that listed homosexuality as a “sexual deviance” in the same category as bestiality, incest and necrophilia.
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News (USA)
$1 million attack on Tammy Baldwin’s Senate campaign produces little
Two separate half-million dollar attack ad campaigns targeting U.S. Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) in the Wisconsin Senate race may have produced zip for the special interest groups that launched them.
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Commentary
An Open Letter to Maggie Gallagher
I’ve been really understanding of Maggie Gallagher since meeting her. I may vehemently disagree with her on every point, but I did think the rhetoric could become more civil. Less name calling, more substance. But honestly, her latest just ticks me off to no end. “A society that is serious about marriage would gently stand up to gay people and say ‘not this, not now.’ Changes in law are hard to undo, once they are institutionalized. I did not decide to debate gay marriage, gay-marriage advocates did. I responded to the challenge.”
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News (USA)
Maryland election officials certify same-sex marriage referendum petition
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland election officials on Tuesday officially certified a petition to prompt a November referendum on the state’s same-sex marriage law.