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News (USA)
Poll: ‘Strong support’ for same-sex marriage now exceeds ‘strong opposition’
Strong public support for same-sex marriage exceeds strong opposition by a significant margin for the first time, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll released Wednesday.
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News (World)
Kuwait: Mass arrest of people accused of ‘vice’ and ‘immorality’
KUWAIT CITY, Kuwait — Kuwaiti media organizations report that almost 150 people were arrested over the weekend for “immoral” behavior, including four gay men and two transgender women.
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Life
American Family Association, Family Research Council attack Target for selling ‘Pride’ t-shirts
While Target created a firestorm in 2010 for donating to a conservative group backing an anti-gay, and unsuccessful, Republican gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota, the retailer now is selling t-shirts to benefit the Family Equality Council, a group representing LGBT families. Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said “if they’re looking to resonate with Americans, […]
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News (USA)
Obama Pride: Campaign promotes President’s support of LGBT Americans
WASHINGTON — The campaign to reelect President Barack Obama and Vice-President Joe Biden rolled out a new campaign effort Wednesday, targeting LGBTQ voters.
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News (World)
‘Gay’ penguin couple delighted over opportunity to be parents
MADRID — A same-sex aquatic bird couple in Spain has been allowed to adopt an egg to nurture. Inca and Rayas, a pair of Gentoo penguins at Madrid’s Faunia Park Zoo, are delighted to finally have been given the chance to enjoy “parenthood,” according to zoo keepers.
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News (USA)
Target to offer ‘pride’ T-shirts online to benefit LGBT advocacy group
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. — After spending the better part of the last two years fighting backlash from the LGBT community over its political donations to anti-gay candidates, retailer Target Corp. announced it is launching a pride promotion for the month of June.
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Life
‘Big Bang Theory’ star Jim Parsons outed in NY Times profile
Jim Parsons, the Emmy Amward-winning star of the CBS’ sitcom “The Big Bang Theory,” has confirmed publicly for the first time that he is gay and in a long-term relationship.
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Life
Gen. Colin Powell: I have ‘no problem’ with same-sex marriage
Gen. Colin Powell, a former U.S. Secretary of State and former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Wednesday that he supports marriage equality for same-sex couples, at either the state or federal level.
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News (USA)
Poll: Marriage equality not a factor in presidential election
A new NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Tuesday indicated that voters are relatively unaffected by President Barack Obama’s support for marriage equality, and that there is growing support for marriage equality in key constituencies – including among Republicans.
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News (USA)
World’s first Harvey Milk Street unveiled in San Diego (Video)
SAN DIEGO – More than 100 people gathered at what is now the corner of Harvey Milk Street and Centre Street in San Diego’s Hillcrest neighborhood to witness the unveiling of the signs that indicate the new street name at a late afternoon ceremony on Tuesday, May 22.
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Commentary
Our organizations must avoid debates on non-LGBT issues
LGBT groups are gaining political influence. And they exert hard-won political muscle to fight for full equality and support LGBT and LGBT-friendly elected officials. But given so much work left to accomplish on equal rights and limited resources, gay groups should not be so quick to enter debates on non-LGBT issues. … The dreamer in me certainly hopes one day the LGBT voice will resonate across any issue. But for today, the realist in me believes we should stick to debates in which we have a unique voice.
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News (USA)
Anti-bullying legislation fails to pass Illinois state Senate
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Legislation that would require Illinois schools to create anti-bullying programs and fully explain how they would investigate bullying instances failed to pass in the state Senate Tuesday amid fear it could be used to promote acceptance of homosexuality.
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Life
Lambert makes music history, first out performer to debut #1 album on Billboard
Adam Lambert fans can rejoice, because Trespassing is officially the #1 album in the country. His PR reps were the first to break the happy news this morning.
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Life
Marvel Comics’ first openly gay super hero, Northstar, is getting hitched
Marvel Comics has announced that its first openly gay hero — Northstar — is getting hitched. Northstar will marry his boyfriend in mainstream superhero comics’ first same-sex wedding in an upcoming issue of “Astonishing X-Men.”
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News (USA)
Nebraska governor calls for popular vote on LGBT protections ordinances
LINCOLN, Neb. — Nebraska’s Republican Governor Dave Heineman said Tuesday that voters should have a voice on the recently enacted city ordinances that would prohibit discrimination against LGBT people.
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News (USA)
Court: Gay student may wear ‘Jesus is not a homophobe’ t-shirt to school
CINCINNATI, Ohio — An openly gay Ohio teen who sued his high school after being threatened with suspension for wearing a t-shirt containing the message “Jesus is not a Homophobe,” will be allowed to wear the shirt to school whenever he chooses.
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Commentary
Democracy in action — how Colorado killed civil unions, twice
Despite the bipartisanship that characterized the movement of civil unions through the Colorado state Senate, despite such broad, overwhelming support from Coloradans, the issue has torn apart the state’s legislative process, garnering national attention not for our courageous advancement of equality but for the mockery that has been made of the democratic process.
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News (USA)
Mississippi lawmaker says he never endorsed that gays be ‘put to death’
A Mississippi lawmaker, who earlier this month invoked an Old Testament Bible passage on his Facebook page that calls for gays to be “put to death,” says he never endorsed the killing of gays, and that he and his family have received death threats after his comments were misinterpreted.
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Life
Alveda King denounces NAACP resolution for ‘endorsing’ gay agenda
Several prominent African American leaders have denounced the recent resolution by the NAACP supporting marriage equality for same-sex couples, and have called it “an endorsement of homosexual agenda,” and an issue no different than abortion.
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Commentary
Tyler Clementi gets no justice
Tyler Clementi was bullied to death and the Judge heard guilty 288 times, yet sentenced his convicted antagonist to 30 days, 300 hours of community service and a $10,000 donation. While I do not doubt that Ravi was put through a measure of hell, knowing that he could be sentenced to a maximum of ten years and be the subject of deportation, I ask why this Judge even bothered to sentence him, at all.