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News (USA)
HRC releases landmark survey of LGBT-identified youth
A new report released Thursday by the HRC shows tremendous disparities between straight teenagers and LGBT-identified youth. The report marks the beginning of new president Chad Griffin’s tenure at HRC, and illustrates how critical the work of achieving full equality is for future generations.
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News (USA)
Boy Scouts says it has no plans to reverse ban on gays
The Boy Scouts of America on Wednesday said it has no plans to end its 102-year-old policy banning gay scouts and gay and lesbian scout leaders, despite receiving an online petition containing more than 275,000 signatures urging a reversal of the anti-gay policy.
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News (USA)
California ethics panel to investigate National Organization for Marriage
SACRAMENTO, Calif. – In a surprise move, the state of California’s ethics office announced Wednesday that it will investigate Fred Karger’s complaint against the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage (NOM).
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Commentary
14-year-old talk show host: ‘President Obama is making kids gay’ (Video)
Caiden Cowger, a 14-year old who hosts a popular conservative radio talk show in West Virginia claims that “President Obama is making kids gay,” and says that 30 kids he knows who weren’t gay when they were growing up have now decided to subscribe to the “belief” of homosexuality.
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News (USA)
Washington same-sex marriage law blocked as opponents quality for ballot referendum
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Opponents of Washington’s newly passed same-sex marriage law on Wednesday submitted an estimated 232,000 signatures to the Secretary of State — all but guaranteeing that the question of whether gays and lesbians can marry in Washington will now be decided by that state’s voters. Preserve Marriage Washington, the petition campaign’s sponsors, planned […]
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News (USA)
Federal judge in New York latest to rule DOMA unconstitutional, unfairly discriminates
NEW YORK, NY — U.S. District Court Judge Barbara Jones in Manhattan added herself to a growing list of federal judges across the nation on Wednesday by ruling that a key component of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) unfairly discriminates against married same-sex couples by prohibiting them access to federal benefits available to married heterosexual couples.
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Commentary
Time to face the truth on sexual orientation…
Anti-gay activists have long argued that gay people do not need protection from discrimination because they can hide their identity. Anti-gay activist Janet Boynes succinctly made this point in her book, Called Out: “The difference between black skin and homosexuality is that black skin is a physical characteristic while homosexuality is a behavior.”
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News (USA)
CNN poll: Majority of Americans support legalizing same-sex marriage
A majority of Americans say they support legal recognition of same-sex marriage amid growing evidence that the public’s become more comfortable with gays and lesbians, according to a new CNN/ORC International survey released Wednesday.
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News (USA)
Pageant: Miss Pennsylvania gave up crown over transgender contestants
Miss Pennsylvania USA has given up her state crown because she said the Miss USA pageant was fixed, but pageant officials refuted her claim, and said she quit over her disapproval of the organization’s decision to allow transgender participants.
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Life
Janet Jackson to produce film on transgender lives, struggles for equality
NEW YORK — Grammy award winning artist Janet Jackson has signed on to be executive producer of a documentary covering the lives and struggles of transgender people around the world.
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Life
‘Good As You’ blogger Jeremy Hooper pens book on LGBT life, fight for equality
NEW YORK — Veteran blogger and LGBT advocate Jeremy Hooper, on Tuesday released his new book, “If It’s a Choice, My Zygote Chose Balls: Making Sense of Senseless Controversy,” a unique mix of memoir and social commentary on the debate between the LGBTQ community and its detractors.
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News (USA)
St. Louis to propose legislation to grant firefighter pensions to domestic partners
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A possible piece of legislation could bring major changes to the St. Louis LGBT community, namely domestic partnership benefits for city firefighters.
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Life
Ontario’s legislative assembly approves anti-bullying bill
TORONTO, Ontario — The Accepting Schools Act, an anti-bullying measure also known as Bill 13, passed through the Legislative Assembly of Ontario on Tuesday by a vote of 65-36.
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News (USA)
Marriage equality advocacy groups hail appeals court decision not to rehear Prop 8 case
Marriage equality and gay rights advocates on Tuesday hailed a decision by the full Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to refuse to review a panel’s decision that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
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News (USA)
Federal appeals court says it will not rehear Prop 8 marriage equality case
The full Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals refused Tuesday (June 5) to review a panel’s decision that Proposition 8 is unconstitutional.
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News (World)
Canadian porn actor arrested in Berlin for murder, dismemberment of man he once dated
A Canadian porn actor accused of the grisly murder of a Chinese man studying in Montreal that he once dated, was taken into custody in Berlin Monday, following an international manhunt.
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Life
Fischer compares gays to cannibals, says it’s OK to discriminate against gays
AFA spokesman Bryan Fischer makes the case that “it is altogether right to discriminate against homosexual behavior” because homosexuality is not something that should be accepted by “any rational society.”
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News (USA)
Another victory against DOMA, same-sex couples sue for marriage equality in Illinois
Another major blow to the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) last week, and twenty-five couples sue for marriage in Illinois.
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News (USA)
Federal appeals court to rule on motion in Prop 8 marriage equality case
SAN FRANCISCO — The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit announced Monday that it will issue a ruling in the request by the anti-gay groups supporting Proposition 8 whether it will grant an en banc review or deny it.
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Life
Perkins: Americans will never accept gay marriage because it ‘violates reason, natural law’
Recently, Family Research Council president Tony Perkins and Maryland Bishop Harry Jackson sat down for a half-hour interview with CBN’s David Brody to discuss President Obama’s support for marriage equality and what it will mean for the 2012 election.