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News (USA)
Troy, Mich. mayor confronted by angry citizens over use of gay slur
TROY, Mich. — In a city council meeting that stretched five hours until nearly 1 a.m. Tuesday, residents of Troy, Mich. blasted mayor Janice Daniels over comments she posted to Facebook last June about gay marriage, which included a gay slur.
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News (USA)
Clinton: ‘Gay rights are human rights, and human rights are gay rights’
“Today, I want to talk about the work we have left to do to protect one group of people who’s human rights are still denied in too many parts of the world today,” Clinton said. “In many ways, they are an invisible minority. They are arrested, beaten, terrorized, even executed…
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News (USA)
Mother of gay teen says son ‘uplifted’ by support, disheartened her son called a ‘fraud’
LAKE FOREST, Calif. — The mother of Jonah Mowry, the gay 14-year-old who garnered national attention in recent days over his YouTube video in which he expressed anguish over being bullied, said her son has been “uplifted” by support he’s received online.
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News (World)
Belgium selects world’s second openly gay leader
Belgium has become the second country in the world to select an openly gay leader. Elio Di Rupo will lead a government, ending 540 days of post- election brinksmanship between the parties of the Dutch-speaking north and French south.
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News (USA)
Right wingers call Macy’s transgender policy ‘theater of the absurd’
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The termination of a Macy’s employee who refused to uphold company policy in regards to LGBTQ rights has so-called family value christian groups angered.
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News (USA)
Obama sets new course for LGBT rights in U.S. foreign policy
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Tuesday directed that the federal government and all agencies engaged abroad to ensure that U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance promote and protect the human rights of LGBT persons globally.
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News (USA)
Proponents of North Carolina marriage amendment known for anti-gay attacks
Among the groups affiliated with the new Vote for Marriage NC is the National Organization for Marriage (NOM). The group has been involved in several high-profile marriage initiatives, including California’s 2008 Proposition 8 and Maine’s 2009 Question 1. Additionally, NOM took a high-profile stance against New York’s legislative push to approve marriage equality there this year.
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News (USA)
Puerto Rico’s lawmakers to exclude LGBTQ persons from hate crime protections
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Puerto Rican Senate has approved an amendment to the island’s penal code that would strip protections for LGBTQ persons in the hate crime statues.
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News (USA)
Evansville city code to include protections for sexual orientation, gender identity
EVANSVILLE, Ind. — A measure which was passed Monday by an unanimous vote of the city council, amends the Evansville city’s municipal code to include provisions against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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News (USA)
School district suspends students as a ressult of Jamey Rodemeyer bullying
EAST AMHERST, N.Y. — The Williamsville Central School District concluded its investigation into the Jamey Rodemeyer case last week by suspending some North High School students after Amherst police closed their criminal investigation Nov. 22 without filing charges.
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Commentary
Cheat Sheet for Thursday’s Prop 8 Hearing
Prop 8’s back in court — but why, exactly? I’ll answer all your questions about what’s going on this time. Plus, the backstory behind the most effective — and adorable — marriage equality video ever made. Prop 8’s legal team celebrates a bill in Nigeria that would throw you in prison for over a decade just for witnessing a gay couple getting married. All that, plus robot marriage, and one gay couple looks back on their 50-year romance in a new book.
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Commentary
Tell Me, Christian, That You Hear This Boy
Evangelical, fundamentalist Christians — by which I mean, specifically, Christians who believe that being gay is a moral abomination, an appalling affront to God — talk to me, please, about this kid…
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Commentary
Homophobia: A Mark of Loser Nations
As a general rule, places that are leaders in passing anti-gay laws are losers in virtually every other category that defines successful, civilized societies.
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News (USA)
Will defense bill bar chaplains from marrying gay couples?
House and Senate lawmakers are set to hammer out a final version of major annual defense policy legislation to send to President Obama — and the ability of military chaplains to officiate over same-sex weddings will be part of the discussion.
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Life
David Barton: Nature proves abortion and homosexuality are wrong
According to David Barton of “Wallbuilders,” he does not need to use the Bible to prove that things like abortion and homosexuality are wrong because all one has to do is look at the natural world to see that such practices are not normal and only occur as aberrations.
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Commentary
Even Neil Patrick Harris can’t say ‘tranny’ — a teachable moment
It’s time for some education around Transgender issues and what is now seen as transphobic or discriminatory language.
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News (USA)
Right wing claims removal of archaic sodomy statue will encourage bestiality in U.S. military
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate on Thursday passed the National Defense Authorization Act, which included a three-sentence instruction on page 147 of the 665-page bill, which would repeal Article 125 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ), which currently prohibits troops from engaging in consensual sodomy.
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News (USA)
Federal appeals court poised to rule in favor of transgender woman fired from state office
Two members of a three judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Thursday signaled that U.S. Supreme Court precedents will require them to uphold a district court ruling that a former Georgia state legislative aide who was fired during her gender transition, was the victim of discrimination.
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News (USA)
Troy, Mich. mayor admits making anti-gay slur on Facebook
TROY, Mich. — The blog “Keep Troy Strong” — which is dedicated to progressive politics in this Michigan city — has unearthed a June 25 Facebook comment by Troy’s new mayor, Janice Daniels, in which she wrote, “I think I am going to throw away my ‘I Love New York’ carrying bag now that queers can get married there.”
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Commentary
The Salvation Army: Ringing anti-gay bells this holiday season
We must be cognizant of where are pennies are going when we drop them in the Salvation Army’s shiny red kettle. In addition to anti-gay fights which the Salvation Army has participated in, they have also fought in court in defense of their virulently anti-gay hiring and employment practices.