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News (USA)
Foes of Anchorage ordinance say there’s ‘no widespread discrimination’ against gays
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Opponents of a proposed LGBT-inclusive non-discrimination ordinance say the law is not necessary because they “don’t believe that there is widespread discrimination” against gays and lesbians.
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Commentary
Gay cruise arrest in Dominica should be wake-up call for LGBT community
Despite incredible progress on the road to equality particularly in many western nations, despite bold proclamations in support of LGBT people by important world leaders such as U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, don’t forget that there are 76 countries around the world where it is illegal to be gay.
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Commentary
117 years since love dared to speak its name
LGBTQ people only desire to realize their right to love each other, not impose it on others. Don’t fool yourself, the mob rule of democracy will shift the discussion to a determination of what marriage means for the majority, rather than the protection of minority rights by judicial rule of law. This protection is inherent in the U.S. Constitution, but many religious followers do not understand this, or even when they do, they do not value it or accept it.
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Life
Soccer player Colin Clark under fire for calling ball boy a ‘fucking faggot’
Houston Dynamo winger Colin Clark is under fire for calling a ball boy a “fucking faggot” in Friday night’s soccer match in Seattle after he wasn’t issued a new ball as quickly as he wanted on a throw-in situation.
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News (USA)
Hundreds participate in mass ‘illegal’ gay weddings at Cleveland rally
CLEVELAND, Ohio – More than 200 gay and lesbian couples from across the state of Ohio gathered in traditional wedding attire to participate in what organizers called the “largest illegal mass wedding ever held.”
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Commentary
N.C. anti-gay marriage ad makes the case against the anti-gay amendment
A new ad from Vote for MarriageNC, the group attempting to pass a “one man, one woman” anti-gay marriage amendment in North Carolina, uses ordinary people trying to convey a “grassroots” message. However, in many ways, the ad actually makes the case against Amendment One.
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Life
True LGBT story: Tyrone Smith, ‘I’m from Kinston, N.C.’
Tyrone Smith, proudly proclaiming he’s 70 years old this year, remembers what it was like when AIDS struck Philadelphia. More specifically, he remembers his friendship with a young gay man who turned Tyrone into the activist and integral part of the Philly LGBT community he is today.
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News (USA)
Gay teen advocate to serve as diversity liaison in Phoenix mayor’s office
PHOENIX — An Arizona teen who spent several weeks in Washington last year to lobby Congress to make schools a safer environment for LGBT youth, is now working in the Phoenix mayor’s office to help raise awareness about bullying and diversity.
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Commentary
The Democratic Party is embracing marriage equality
While I would absolutely love for the President to support marriage equality, it is not the end of the world if he waits until a second term. Michele Obama is correct to suggest that the most critical component in securing such rights is ensuring fair-minded judges sit on the Supreme Court. If any one of the current GOP candidates were elected, it would almost guarantee that the high court would include an intolerant majority hostile to LGBT rights.
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News (USA)
White House responds to Warren’s remarks on same-sex marriage
WASHINGTON — White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said President Obama “appreciates” the views of Senate candidate Elizabeth Warren on marriage equality, but that he had no updates on the president’s own position on the issue.
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Life
Gay couple arrested on cruise ship ‘paraded like animals’
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A gay couple from California, arrested earlier this in Dominica for alleging having sex “in open view,” are disputing accounts of the incident by the cruise operator and the Caribbean island’s authorities, and said that while in custody they were paraded around like animals.
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News (USA)
N.J. Catholic high school cancels production of ‘The Laramie Project’
LAWRENCE, N.J. — Administrators at a New Jersey high school have cancelled the planned production of “The Laramie Project,” and claimed that parents were worried that the choice for the play was inappropriate for high school students.
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News (USA)
Illinois Senate subcommittee kills anti-gay adoption bill
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — A bill that would amend the Illinois Religious Freedom Protection and Civil Unions Act to allow religiously based child welfare institutions to decline adoption to couples in a civil union was killed in Springfield Friday by activists from the ACLU of Illinois and The Civil Rights Agenda.
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News (USA)
Ohio gay teen in coma following suicide attempt due to bullying
WELLSVILLE, Ohio — An Ohio teenager was in a coma Friday in the intensive care unit at Akron Children’s Hospital, a week after he tried to end his own life. Austin Rodriguez, 15, a student at Wellsville High School, told his parents last Thursday that they “didn’t know what was going on his personal life.”
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News (USA)
Dharun Ravi on Tyler Clementi: ‘I wasn’t the one who caused him to jump’
Dharun Ravi, the former Rutgers University student who was convicted last week of invasion of privacy and bias intimidation, a hate crime, is speaking out for the first time since his college roommate, Tyler Clementi, jumped to his death in September 2010.
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Life
Bryan Fischer: GLAAD’s McCarthyite blacklist proves they are Nazis
Bryan Fischer was on vacation last week when GLAAD unveiled its Commentator Accountability Project, so he didn’t get a chance to officially weigh in on the project or his inclusion among the commentators GLAAD is tracking until he returned to the studio yesterday.
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News (USA)
U.S. Immigration judge halts deportation of gay spouse
SAN FRANCISCO — A U.S. Immigration judge on Thursday afternoon halted deportation proceedings against Alfonso Garcia, the bi-national spouse of a gay man, and instead ordered that a routine green card petition process be initiated.
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News (USA)
SEC rejects ExxonMobil bid to block protections for sexual orientation, gender identity
WASHINGTON — The Securities and Exchange Commission issued a ruling Tuesday that halts an attempt by energy giant ExxonMobil to prevent a non-discrimination shareholder resolution with protections for sexual orientation and gender identity from being voted on during its annual shareholder’s meeting on May 30.
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News (USA)
High school student council president removed for supporting LGBT students
ALPHARETTA, Ga. — A high school honors student has been fired from his position as student body president for supporting a student council in January that supported LGBT students, according to his attorney James Radford.
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News (USA)
Gay lawmakers aim to repeal anti-gay amendment in Colorado constitution
Two openly gay Denver lawmakers have introduced a resolution to wipe away provisions from the Colorado Constitution deemed unconstitutional and unenforced but still technically on the books in Colorado — including Amendment 2.