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News (World)
Iranian cleric: Homosexuals are inferior to dogs and pigs
QOM, Iran — Homosexuals are inferior to dogs and pigs, according to Iranian cleric Ayatollah Abdollah Javadi-Amoli, a conservative Iranian politician and Islamic scholar based in Iran’s holy city of Qom.
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News (USA)
New Bern, N.C. passes resolution supporting ban on same-sex marriage
NEW BERN, N.C. — Aldermen of New Bern, N.C., on Tuesday passed a controversial resolution that supports amending the state’s constitution banning same-sex marriage, which is to be put before North Carolina voters in a ballot initiative on May 8.
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News (USA)
Judge tosses out lawsuit against former University of Michigan student president
DETROIT — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the former University of Michigan student council president Chris Armstrong, the latest setback for Andrew Shirvell, the former Michigan assistant attorney general who was fired .
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News (USA)
Tennessee House committee approves ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
The Tennessee state House Education Committee on Tuesday approved the controversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill by a vote of 8-7. The measure had initially failed on a voice vote, but passed in a roll call vote requested by its sponsor.
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Life
Perkins blames Secret Service prostitution scandal on repeal of ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’
Family Research Council president Tony Perkins claims that since the President has been “enforcing open homosexuality in our military” then he should not have been “upset” about the prostitution scandal, maintaining that Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’s repeal led to “a total breakdown” in “moral order.”
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Life
‘Trust Me’ from Matt Zarley exposes closeted, ‘fictional’ presidential candidate
Out singer/songwriter Matt Zarley’s fun, new dance music video for his song “Trust Me” (remix by Cahill) tells the story of a fictional “sweater-vest wearing” GOP presidential candidate who gets caught in a hot tub with his male lover.
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News (USA)
Transgender students can now use preferred name on University records
AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin is set to implement a new policy this summer that will allow transgender students to list their preferred names on all official University records, including a name that may be different from their legal name.
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Life
Air Force Sergeant discharged under ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to be reinstated
WASHINGTON — Staff Sergeant Anthony Loverde, who was discharged from the U.S. Air Force in 2008 under the now repealed “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, will be reinstated and will return to active duty in May 2012.
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News (USA)
School official who thwarted gay teen’s pageant candidacy returns to duties
FULLERTON, Calif. — The Fullerton Union High School assistant principal who was removed from campus after he disqualified a gay student from the school’s Mr. Fullerton pageant, will return to his job on Wednesday, according to school district officials.
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Life
Prominent Canadian LGBT activist, journalist murdered in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — A prominent Canadian LGBT activist and journalist was found beaten to death outside a popular gay bar in Halifax early Tuesday morning. Raymond Taavel, 49, the former editor of the LGBT magazine “Wayves” and former co-chair of PrideWeek Halifax, was found bleeding and unconscious. He died at the scene.
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News (USA)
‘Straight ally’ student denied prom queen run at Arizona high school
TEMPE, Ariz. — When you think of a high school prom, you probably imagine girls in beautiful dresses and guys in their tuxes, but a teenager says his rights were violated when a Tempe school told him he could not run for prom queen.
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News (USA)
Hispanic group urges Obama to ‘revisit’ ENDA stopgap
An organization billing itself as the largest Hispanic civil rights group in the United States is calling on President Obama to “revisit” his decision not to take administrative action to prohibit anti-LGBT discrimination among federal contractors.
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News (USA)
Family of gay teen who committed suicide: teasing led to bullying, death threats
PRIMGHAR, Iowa — The family of a gay Iowa teen who committed suicide over the weekend, is speaking out, and say that anti-gay bullying is the reason Kenneth Weishuhn Jr., took his own life.
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News (USA)
Hate group speakers draw LGBT protesters at Boston tea party rally
BOSTON — A Tea Party rally in Boston on Sunday — featuring guest speakers from two noted anti-gay hate groups — drew a crowd of counter protesters from LGBT advocacy group Join the Impact Massachusetts and members of the Occupy movement, and led to arrests of at least three people.
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News (USA)
Iowa teen commits suicide; family says he was bullied because he was gay
PRIMGHAR, Iowa — Authorities in O’Brien County, Iowa are investigating the death of Kenneth Weishuhn, Jr., 14-year-old gay teen who committed suicide late Saturday night.
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Life
NC Amendment One activist warns gays live in the ‘Playground of Satan’
Radio host Steve Noble appeared on Americans for Truth about Homosexuality Radio Hour with Peter LaBarbera, where LaBarbera likened gays and lesbians to murderers and drug addicts and Noble alleged that gays and lesbians are living in “the playground of Satan.”
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News (USA)
Baldwin calls for marriage equality plank in Democratic party platform
U.S. Senate candidate Tammy Baldwin has joined the chorus of those calling for an endorsement of marriage equality in the Democratic Party platform, saying the inclusion of such language would be a “statement of values.”
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News (USA)
State lawmaker: Votes ‘aren’t there’ for marriage equality in Illinois
Illinois State Rep. Greg Harris (D–Chicago) said he would not call his same-sex marriage bill to a vote during the Spring legislative session in the General Assembly. He said the votes “aren’t there” and he doesn’t see an advantage of having legislators on the record as a “no” when they could later become a “yes” vote.
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Commentary
Invisible Children: Screaming monster while hanging out with Bigfoot
On April 20, Invisible Children will hold a worldwide rally to draw attention to murderous Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) founder Joseph Kony. The event is called “Cover the Night,” but when one looks a bit closer at the shady right wing extremists this group cavorts with, a more appropriate name might be “Invisible Agenda: Covering Up The Theocratic Nightmare.”
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News (USA)
USCIS revises policy for transgenders’ immigration documents, marriage benefits
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) on Friday issued a policy memorandum revising the treatment of gender designations for transgender people on their immigration documents.