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Commentary
NOM’s malodorous methods fan the flames of hate
Given what we now know, young minorities that embrace NOM should not feel cool, but instead should realize that they are tools that are doing the bidding of a few overpaid white zealots with an insincere political agenda cooked up in a banal Washington conference room. This is not truly about reflecting Black or Latino culture, but promulgating a wicked culture of corruption where the lies of scheming lobbyists are slickly packaged and cunningly sold to voters.
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Life
Mat Staver: President Obama supports ‘forced homosexuality’
Liberty Counsel chairman Mat Staver accused the Obama administration of having a “very radical agenda that is very anti-life and anti-liberty” which he said is putting reproductive and gay rights ahead of the economy and even national security.
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News (USA)
California Democrats to help fight anti-gay measure in North Carolina
A big win for marriage in New Hampshire, and California Democrats pledge to help the campaign to stop an anti-gay measure in North Carolina. But with alarming poll numbers out this week, will that help be enough?
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News (USA)
Bank of America executive: N.C. anti-gay marriage amendment would be ‘disastrous’
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A top executive at Bank of America this week denounced a proposed constitutional amendment in North Carolina that would define marriage as the union between a man and a woman, and said the initiative would be “disastrous” to the state’s business climate.
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Life
Stephen Baldwin reverses course: ‘Absolutely’ supports legal recognition for gay couples
Actor Stephen Baldwin, appearing Friday on the Rosie O’Donnell show, said he “absolutely” supports legal recognition of same-sex unions, in stark contrast to previous statements on the subject.
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News (USA)
Grievance officer: Sacked Assistant AG made ‘media spectacle of himself’
LANSING, Mich. — A grievance officer of the state Civil Service Commission on Tuesday ruled that former Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell had made a “media spectacle” of himself and the state’s attorney general’s office after publishing a blog attacking the former University of Michigan student body president for his alleged “radical homosexual agenda.”
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News (USA)
Pride organizers claim discrimination by ‘Christian’ t-shirt supplier
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Organizers of the Lexington Pride Festival have filed a complaint against local apparel company, Hands On Originals, after the owner refused to print t-shirts for the city’s annual pride event, and said it was because his is “a Christian organization.”
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Commentary
NOM’s deliberate manipulation of black, gay communities is nauseating
It’s not only the fact that the National Organization for Marriage specifically said it wanted drive a wedge between the black and gay communities. It’s also the fact that NOM was recruiting African-American leaders to speak out against marriage equality for the purpose of getting the gay community provoked.
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Life
Miss Universe drops transgender woman for not being ‘naturally born’
A beauty pageant contestant has been disqualified from the Miss Universe Canada competition after the organizers discovered that she had undergone surgery to become a woman. Pageant organizers said that according to official rules, each contestant must be a “naturally born female.”
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News (USA)
Woman charged in D.C. shooting of gay man
D.C. police on Monday arrested a 27-year-old woman in connection with the March 11 shooting of a gay man at the International House of Pancakes restaurant in Columbia Heights that police listed as an anti-gay hate crime.
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News (USA)
HRC exposes NOM’s confidential strategy documents
The Human Rights Campaign on Tuesday said it has obtained a series of documents marked “confidential” that outlined the National Organization for Marriage’s multi-year plan to stop marriage equality in the United States.
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Commentary
The Bible and homosexuality, a Biblical presentation with Matthew Vines
Matthew Vines attended a conservative Presbyterian church growing up. He excelled in school and went to Harvard in 2008, and in that less restrictive social and academic environment, Matthew came to understand and accept that he was gay. In conservative denominations, there are only a few options for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender members: leave it all behind to possibly find a welcoming denomination, stay and hide out or submit to a reparative therapy program, or leave the church altogether. None of those seemed acceptable to Matthew…
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Commentary
Wisconsin anti- transgender law stuck down
There are particular moments in the movement for transgender equality when we consider it a great victory when a court refuses to hear a case—and today is one of those moments. The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal brought by the State of Wisconsin after Lambda Legal, the ACLU and the ACLU of Wisconsin successfully challenged a state law that prohibits medically necessary treatment for transgender people in prison.
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News (USA)
Public health campaign promotes safe sex among young, gay men in Ohio
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new public health campaign in Columbus, Ohio, is attracting attention for its ads promoting sexual health among young gay men. The “Take Care Down There” campaign billboards and print ads feature shirtless men with arrows pointing below their waistlines. Makeda Porter, the prevention-services manager at Columbus Public Health told LGBTQ Nation […]
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Life
Pat Robertson says homosexuality is ‘related to demonic possession’
Today the 700 Club featured a segment on a man who tried to “change” his sexuality by marrying a woman, but later ended up having extramarital affairs with men. “He’s obsessed, he has a compulsion,” said Pat Robertson. “I think it is somehow related to demonic possession.”
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Life
LGBT advocate Zach Wahls presents at GLAAD Media Awards
NEW YORK — Writer and LGBT advocate Zach Wahls, the University of Iowa student who last year testified in a before the Iowa House of Representatives about the strength of his family and being raised by lesbian parents, took the stage Saturday night at the GLAAD Media Awards in New York.
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News (USA)
U.S. may allow same-sex couples to use single customs form
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs & Border Protection is set to publish a proposed rule on Tuesday that will ease the paperwork burden on same-sex couples returning to the United States after traveling abroad.
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Life
True LGBT Story: Mother and son — One story, two perspectives
When my son, Kyle, was fourteen years old, I asked him point-blank if he was gay. He admitted to me tearfully that he was. We hugged and cried together, and I let him know in no uncertain terms that it made no difference to me whatsoever. We began an adventure together that day, mother and son, that has been wonderful and heartbreaking, joyful and painful. I wouldn’t trade it for the world.
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News (USA)
Philadelphia must pay Boy Scouts’ legal fees over eviction for anti-gay policy
PHILADELPHIA — A federal judge last week ordered the city of Philadelphia to pay nearly $900,000 in legal fees to the local chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, following the city’s failed attempt to evict the Scouts from a city-owned building because of its anti-gay policy.
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Commentary
A letter to my bully…
I have hated you almost every day since we first met. But for different reasons altogether than you might expect. I still remember the terror I felt, every time I approached the soccer field. It was junior high, a difficult time for almost everyone, but for me, especially so. You see, I’d always known I was gay…