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News (World)
Israel Defense Forces’ Facebook entry marks LGBT pride month
The Israeli army on Monday, making note of LGBT Pride Month around the world, posted this image to its official Facebook page depicting two soldiers holding hands while walking through a street in Tel Aviv.
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News (USA)
Election officials find 1,000 phony signatures on anti-gay marriage petitions
Election officials in Washington state said late last week they had identified approximately 1,000 fraudulent signatures submitted on petitions seeking a ballot referendum to overturn the state’s new marriage equality law.
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News (USA)
El Paso gay teen, bullied for 2 years, commits suicide
EL PASO, Texas — Another bullied gay youth lost to suicide. El Paso teen Brandon Elizares, 16, took his own life on June 2, according to family and friends.
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Life
In My Tribe, Part 2: Gay culture, traditionalists and ‘the new wave’
One of the biggest issues and sources of controversy in the gay community today is the very nature of our community moving forward. Society is changing as a new generation comes of age, and the gay tribe is beginning to change as well. Those changes have resulted in a good deal of tension between what I’ll call “traditionalists” and the “new wave.”
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Commentary
Surrendering our freedoms
We are in the midst of a slow motion variation of an assassination. You may well be fooled into thinking that it is aimed at stopping the re-election of the President, but it is actually aimed directly at the hearts and minds of “we, the people.” Would-be despots and tyrants, masquerading as bureaucrats under the guise of think tanks, have been busily organizing the dishevelment of society in order to maintain and increase the profits of the privileged, their positions of power, and the power of those positions…
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Commentary
Effigy of Obama on American soil: Beyond offensive, sadly typical
The gloves are off and the masks have been removed in the United States as apparently it has become acceptable, even fashionable, to bully your fellow citizens — or better still, hang an effigy of your president, who happens to be black, with a noose, and in a part of the country where not too long ago, that in of itself was quietly approved.
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Life
Best Buy releases ‘It Gets Better’ video
RICHFIELD, Minn. — Best Buy, the nation’s largest consumer electronics retailer, has released its contribution to the “It Gets Better” campaign, an emotional video featuring 18 Best Buy employees from around the U.S. who share their personal journeys on how life has gotten better for them.
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News (USA)
New Mexico poised to elect first openly gay state legislator
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Jacob Candelaria is poised to become the first openly gay man to serve in the New Mexico state legislature.
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Life
American Apparel, GLAAD offer equality tees; ad features transgender model
LOS ANGELES — Just in time for LGBT Pride Month, U.S. clothing retailer American Apparel has teamed up with GLAAD on a new line of equality tees, featuring an openly transgender model.
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News (USA)
GOP congressmen denounce lesbian’s commitment ceremony on military base
FORT POLK, La. — Three Republican U.S. Congressmen this week denounced a lesbian couple’s commitment ceremony held at a U.S. Army chapel in Louisiana last month.
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Life
In My Tribe: Gay culture, traditionalists and ‘the new wave’
The gay community has joined together into a tribe because we share something basic and important that non-gays don’t share. We understand each other, our joys, our fears, and our very natures. In a world that has historically been unwelcoming, the gay tribe provides comfort, camaraderie, and the ability to relax and be ourselves. On a group level, it gives us the opportunity to band together to seek and demand respect and equal rights. For many of us, it has provided the key component of our very identity…
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Commentary
Edith Windsor vs. the United States: Edie 4, U.S. 0
It seemed an intimate a moment as Edie drifted off to her memories. It was so sweet and it touched the depth of me. I was listening to a woman who fell in love at first sight and never stopped loving her partner of 44 years. “Did getting married after 42 years make a difference, Edie?”, I wondered. “Oh, Y E S ! It felt like we were finally recognized by friends and family and people around us. It felt wonderful!”
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Commentary
An open letter to the anti-gay Home Depot employee: ‘This is a family’
Dear Randy … When you said gays were ruining marriage, I wanted to ask you to clarify. HOW are gays ruining YOUR marriage? Does your wife want to leave you for a woman? Are you going to leave her for a gay man? Are you addicted to gay porn or something? I mean, how exactly, is me being in love with my girlfriend, a bother – at all – to your marriage?
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News (World)
Russian court upholds ban on gay pride in Moscow for the next 100 years
MOSCOW — The Moscow City Court on Thursday upheld a district court’s decision to ban gay parades in Moscow for the next 100 years, dismissing an appeal by the LGBT advocacy group, “Moscow Pride/Gay Russia.”
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News (USA)
New research shows LGBTQ-inclusive lessons improve school climate
SAN FRANCISCO — A report released this week by the Gay-Straight Alliance Network and the California Safe Schools Coalition (CSSC) provides new insight into the impact on individual students and school climate as a whole when different class lessons include lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) people and issues.
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Life
Retired NFL player Wade Davis reveals he is gay
Former pro football player Wade Davis publicly announced this week that he is gay. The 34-year-old corner back who played with Tennessee Titans, the Seattle Seahawks, and the Washington Redskins spoke with Outsports and SB Nation about being a gay athlete and his current work with disenfranchised lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, questioning, and non-conforming youth.
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News (World)
Denmark’s legislature approves same-sex marriage
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — The Danish parliament on Thursday approved legislation that legalizes same-sex marriage in the Scandinavian country. The vote was 85 to 24.
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News (USA)
NM court upholds ruling that photographer discriminated against lesbian couple
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The New Mexico Court of Appeals this week ruled that a professional photographer who refused to take pictures of a gay couple’s commitment ceremony violated state anti-discrimination laws.
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News (USA)
NAACP conference leader resigns over group’s support of marriage equality
DES MOINES, Iowa — The Rev. Keith Ratliff, president of the Iowa and Nebraska conference of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), has resigned over the group’s national board resolution in support of same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Gay man takes first place in San Diego mayoral primary
Openly gay conservative Republican Carl DeMaio captured first place in San Diego’s mayoral primary election June 5. DeMaio, 37, currently a City Council member, and the second-place finisher, Congressman Bob Filner (D), 69, will advance to the November runoff election to head the nation’s eighth-largest city.