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Commentary
The best reasons for marriage equality that you will ever see
So that you folks don’t think that I’m totally immersed in raising hell with the religious right, I present to you an absolutely stunning, stunning ad from Australia on why marriage equality is important. It is to the point, universal, and says it all.
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Life
Archie Comics’ gay pal Kevin Keller is getting married
Archie Comics’ gay pal Kevin Keller is getting married. In a first for mainstream comic books, gay marriage will be the storyline in the January edition of the “Life with Archie” series, as the characters of fictional Riverdale gather for the wedding between Kevin and his partner.
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News (USA)
Massachusetts Governor signs transgender equality rights bill
BOSTON — Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick on Wednesday signed an historic transgender rights bill, giving the state’s estimated 33,000 transgender citizens vital protections against discrimination in employment, housing, education, credit and hate crimes law.
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News (USA)
Lesbian police officers win benefits claim against Baltimore County
Two Baltimore County police officers who were denied health benefits for their same-sex spouses, were notified Tuesday that an independent arbitrator had ruled that the county had violated the terms of their police union contract by denying their benefits more than one year ago.
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Life
‘Ex-gay’ lobbyist alleges gay rights advocate put a hit out on his life
Truth Wins Out, a non-profit advocacy group that fights anti-LGBT extremism, has reacted with outrage and disgust over a television interview with Greg Quinlan, President of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays (PFOX), who claimed that TWO Executive Director, Wayne Besen, put a hit out on his life.
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News (USA)
NC’s GOP House leader admits ‘personal difficulty’ with anti-LGBT amendment
This week, N.C. House Speaker Thom Tillis admitted he has “personal difficulty” with the anti-LGBT amendment he helped place on the upcoming primary ballot. “I don’t believe government should be telling us what to do,” he said.
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Life
Fischer: ‘Flamboyant homosexual’ Lawrence King’s murderer is the real victim
We can now add Bryan Fischer to the list of anti-gay activists who have blamed 15-year-old openly gay eighth grader Lawrence King for his own murder, this time on the grounds that his killer was a victim of King’s relentless sexual harassment…
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Life
Maggie Gallagher: serving up hate, bigotry at the Thanksgiving table
Maggie Gallagher, the former chair of the notoriously anti-gay National Organization for Marriage, is offering some advice for serving up a heaping helping of hate and bigotry at your Thanksgiving table this year.
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Commentary
Family Research Council whines that no one wants to debate ‘homosexual’ issues
In dealing with the fact that it is an officially declared hate group, the Family Research Council pulls the shuck-and-jive argument that it is being attacked by people who don’t want to debate gay issues.
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News (World)
St. Petersburg parliament temporarily postpones anti-gay law
St. Petersburg’s parliament on Wednesday said it would review a controversial bill banning so-called “gay propaganda that targets children.” The law — which has been slammed by critics as too discriminative — has been postponed in order to clarify its wording.
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Commentary
The time has come for Michigan to pass a comprehensive anti-bullying law
After national outrage hit the media earlier this month, Republicans had to back down from their “license to bully” based on religious beliefs. And, so, we’re back to where we began. The House has passed a weak bill that is expected to move easily through the Senate, but the bill doesn’t provide any guidance for local school districts.
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Life
MLB adds ‘sexual orientation’ to non-discrimination policy
Major League Baseball on Tuesday announced that its new Collective Bargaining Agreement includes “sexual orientation” to its non-discrimination policy.
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News (USA)
Supreme Court won’t block release of signatures on anti-gay petitions
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to block release of names of those who signed petitions favoring Washington State’s Referendum 71, the unsuccessful 2009 ballot initiative to overturn the state’s “everything but marriage” rights for same-sex domestic partners.
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News (USA)
Police: No criminal charges relating to Jamey Rodemeyer’s suicide
Police in Amhert, N.Y. on Tuesday announced there would be no charges filed against the bullies who allegedly drove 14-year-old Jamey Rodemeyer to commit suicide on Sept. 18.
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News (World)
Legislative assembly in St. Petersburg, Russia approves anti-gay law
Russia’s second city has passed a law banning so-called “gay propaganda.” The law, which has been rushed through the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly, prohibits so-called propaganda of “sodomy, lesbianism, bisexualism and transgenderism, and pedophilia to minors.”
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Life
Scholarship funds to honor ‘Hero’ author and ‘Narnia’ Executive Producer Perry Moore
Back in February I wrote about the untimely death of Perry Moore … Now, Hunter Hill — Perry Moore’s partner of seventeen years — and family and friends are in the process of establishing four scholarship funds that will benefit young writers and local Hampton Roads students.
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Life
Beware! Peruvian mayor warns tap water causes homosexuality
The Mayor of a small town on Peru’s coast is blaming the presence of the metal strontium in its water as the basis for increased homosexuality in his town.
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News (USA)
Federal court agrees to consolidate appeals on constitutionality of Proposition 8
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Monday agreed to consolidate the appeal of the 2010 ruling that declared California’s Proposition 8 as unconstitutional, with the appeal of another federal judge’s refusal to vacate the ruling on the grounds that the presiding judge was biased.
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Life
NOM-promoted column: Gay activists worse than terrorists, should fear being ‘spat’ on
On November 17, the National Organization for Marriage’s (NOM) Ruth Institute posted a blog entry titled “Who are the Most Loathsome People in the World?” The entry was written by NOM blogger Ari Mendelson and followed the same pattern of his previous posts …