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News (World)
Pakistan bans ‘obscene’ text messages, including words ‘gay’ and ‘lesbian’
Pakistan has ordered cellular phone carriers to ban the use of about 1,500 words from text messaging that government officials have deemed indecent or offensive — including the words “gay,” “lesbian,” and “homosexual.”
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Commentary
Why You Shouldn’t Donate to the Salvation Army Bell Ringers
As the holidays approach, the Salvation Army bell ringers are out in front of stores dunning shoppers for donations. If you care about gay rights, you’ll skip their bucket in favor of a charity that doesn’t actively discriminate against the LGBT community. The Salvation Army has a history of active discrimination against gays and lesbians. […]
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Life
Rick Perry, looking to score votes from GOP bigots, signs anti-gay pledge
DES MOINES — Texas Governor Rick Perry, looking to jump start his floundering presidential campaign, has signed the extreme anti-gay pledge that requires GOP candidates to be faithful to their spouses, appoint bigoted judges to the federal bench if elected, and “vigorously oppose” same-sex unions.
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Life
Bachmann’s Iowa campaign chair says same-sex marriage will lead to object marriage
A candidate with a long and ferocious anti-gay record as Michele Bachmann needs a campaign chairman with a similar history of activism against gay rights. …one who says voters should oppose gay marriage because it would open the door for polyamory and legalizing marriages between people and inanimate objects.
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News (USA)
Teen charged in murder of gay classmate agrees to 21-year prison term
Brandon McInerney — accused of murdering gay classmate Lawrence King in February of 2008 at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard — has struck a plea deal with prosecutors, and agreed to spend the next 21 years in prison.
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Life
Gay rights movement has not been kind to the plight of homeless LGBT youth
The gay rights movement has not been good about dealing with the issue of homeless gay youth, and depending on the study, somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of homeless youths identify as LGBT, reported National Public Radio, this past weekend.
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News (USA)
More Prop 8 rulings coming, more states ramp up gay marriage efforts
Get ready for a busy holiday season with a slew of activity in the Prop 8 case. Washington and New Jersey ramp up their marriage campaigns, with good news possibly coming before the end of the year. And homosexuals account for half of all murders, according to guy who makes things up.
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Commentary
Today is a day to honor humans lost to outright bigotry
Today is a day when all decent persons across the face of the planet should take a moment to pause and reflect on the terrible loss of promising lives rendered incomplete by a noxious and unjust pathology of lies, misconceptions and outright bigotry. Today, Nov. 20, marks the International Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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Life
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis memorializes transgender Americans lost to hate
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on Friday issued this statement, marking today’s 2011 Transgender Day of Remembrance, and memorializing transgender Americans who have lost their lives as a result of violence.
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Life
Community, allies remember victims lost to anti-transgender hate crimes
Today marks the 13th annual Transgender Day of Remembrance around the world, a day when the LGBTQ and allied community honor those who have lost their lives to anti-transgender hatred or prejudice, and seek to raise awareness of the ongoing threat of brutality faced by the transgender community.
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News (USA)
House, Senate lawmakers introduce federal domestic partner benefits bill
Lawmaker in the U.S. House and Senate on Friday reintroduced the Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act, and said that approving the bill would put the federal government on par with Fortune 500 corporations that already extend full benefits to same-sex partners of gay and lesbian employees.
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News (USA)
New York man convicted of killing owner of gay bar after consensual sex
ELMIRA, N.Y. — A jury in Chemung County, N.Y. has found Louis M. Duffy guilty of murder in the May 1 killing of Clinton “Billy” Lewis, the owner of Club Chill, a gay bar in Elmira, N.Y.
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News (USA)
Colorado House Democrats select first openly gay leader
DENVER — Democrats in the Colorado House of Representatives on Friday selected Rep. Mark Ferrandino of Denver to be their new minority leader, making him the first openly gay man in the state’s history to hold such a high leadership position in the legislature.
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News (USA)
Texas education board member comes out in response to campaign rumors
DALLAS — In an effort to defuse a whisper campaign about his sexual orientation, a member of the Texas State Board of Education has acknowledged in an email to media organizations that he is gay.
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News (USA)
Oklahoma City adds sexual orientation to city’s non-discrimination policy
The Oklahoma City Council this week voted to add sexual orientation to the city’s employment non-discrimination policy after a debate that lasted more than half of the council meeting.
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Life
Rush Limbaugh: ‘Elephant in the room’ is that accused child abuser is gay
LOS ANGELES — Jerry Sandusky — the former Penn State assistant coach charged with 40 counts of child sexual abuse — is “a gay guy” but the “gay lobby” won’t let you say that, according to conservative political commentator Rush Limbaugh.
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News (USA)
New DHS guidance on immigration omits same-sex couples
WASHINGTON D.C. — About 35 transgender activists and their supporters walked in picket lines on Thursday outside the headquarters of the D.C. Police Department and the U.S. Attorney’s Office to draw attention to what they say is an unacceptably high rate of violence against transgender people in the city.
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Life
British University study finds schools fail to address homophobic bullying
SHEFFIELD, England — In a study released this week to coincide with Britain’s National Anti-Bullying Week, researchers from the Centre for Education and Inclusion Research at Sheffield Hallam University have revealed that many schools in the United Kingdom fail to properly address homophobic bullying.
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Life
Study finds LGBT seniors face higher rates of depression, loneliness
SEATTLE — LGBT seniors and baby boomers — a group whose numbers are expected to be more than 4 million by 2030 — have greater rates of disability, depression, and loneliness compared with heterosexuals of similar ages, according to a new study from the University of Washington’s School of Social Work.
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News (USA)
Ruling on Proposition 8 ‘standing:’ What it Means…
LOS ANGELES — The Proposition 8 case is back on the fast track with a ruling from the California Supreme Court that sets the stage for a huge victory that could come very soon.