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Commentary
Religious rightie says DeGeneres not a good choice for raising AIDS awareness
Sometimes, mess coming from the religious right doesn’t need an explanation. It just needs a spotlight to underscore how clueless and homophobic they are. Recently, openly gay actress and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres was named as special envoy to raise awareness about AIDS…
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Commentary
Minnesota for Marriage soft peddling its message of bigotry
The group Minnesota for Marriage wants folks to forget that the organizations which comprise it – National Organization for Marriage and the Minnesota Family Council – operate to attack and demonize same-sex families through their various tactics.
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Commentary
Penguins, perverts — and the mockery of everything LGBTQ
I think that the one constant in my life these days is knowing that no matter what an LGBTQ person does, in any fashion, you can be certain that a member of corporate Christianity will find a way to make it as demonic, sinful, and dehumanizing as possible.
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Commentary
Student Non-Discrimination Act needed to protect LGBT students from bullying
It’s essential that the Student Non Discrimination Act becomes part of Elementary and Secondary Education re-Authorization Act (ESEA) when it comes for vote in the Senate. It will expand the protection from bullying based on: religion, sex, national origin and disabilities to include protection for sexual orientation and gender identity for LGBT students.
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Life
Liverpool becomes first city in UK to recognize its ‘gay quarter’
LIVERPOOL, England — The city of Liverpool is installing new street signs in the city’s famed gay quarter, the first of which was unveiled outside the Lisbon pub on Stanley Street.
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News (USA)
Michigan House strips exceptions from anti-bullying bill, sends it back to Senate
LANSING, Mich. – The Michigan House of Representative this week passed its own version of the anti-bullying bill, removing the controversial language inserted by Senate Republicans that allowed for exceptions to the law for “a sincerely held religious belief or moral conviction.”
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News (USA)
High school coach resigns over sexist, anti-gay survey, will retain job as guidance counselor
CASPER, Wy. — A high school football coach in Buffalo, Wy., has resigned after distributing a mock survey entitled the “Hurt Feelings Report,” in which responses for players to check off included, “I am a pussy,” “I am a queer,” and “I am a little bitch.”
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News (World)
Killer gets 30 years for brutal slaying of Ugandan gay rights activist
A Ugandan court on Thursday sentenced a man to 30 years in jail for the brutal slaying earlier this year of David Kato, one of Uganda’s leading gay rights activists.
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Commentary
What the Senate’s DOMA repeal vote really means
The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to repeal the anti-gay Defense of Marriage Act. Now it moves to a Senate that’s hostile to marriage equality — but that’s actually okay. Matt Baume at the American Foundation for Equal Rights has a special episode of Marriage News Watch. Watch here:
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News (USA)
Transgender students in Colorado warned not to use restrooms
FORT COLLINS, Colo. — Two high school students in Fort Collins, Colo. — who identify as transgender — say that attitudes displayed by the school’s administrators make them feel unwelcome on campus, including being prohibited from using the same restrooms as other students.
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Life
More than 800 mourners pay last respects to murdered gay Scotsman Stuart Walker
CUMNOCK, Ayrshire, Scotland — Following an emotional ceremony at Old Cumnock Old Parish Anglican Church in the town center, a funeral procession of around 800 friends, family and well-wishers wound their way through the town of Cumnock to the town’s cemetery, to pay their last respects to 28-year-old Stuart Walker.
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Life
Peter LaBarbera scapegoating gay men for the Penn State tragedy
It was bound to happen. I was hoping that it wouldn’t but in hindsight, I shouldn’t have been surprised. Someone from the religious right is now blaming gay men for the Penn State tragedy, where Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State assistant coach is charged with 40 counts of child sexual abuse. Peter LaBarbera of […]
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News (USA)
Maine gay marriage supporters exceed petition goal to force ballot initiative
Supporters of same-sex marriage in Maine have surpassed their goal of gathering more than 75,000 petition signatures necessary to put the question on next year’s ballot.
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News (USA)
Senate Judiciary Committee votes to advance DOMA repeal bill
A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted to advance the Respect for Marriage Act, an historic bill that would fully repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defines marriage exclusively as a union between a man and a woman.
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Commentary
National Organization for Marriage now attacking candidate it supported
The National Organization for Marriage is finally commenting on its embarrassing loss Tuesday night in the Iowa state senatorial election. From NOM Cultural Director Thomas Peters comes a tweet which should be remembered.
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News (USA)
Florida county passes equal benefits ordinance inclusive of same-sex partners
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Broward County Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve Florida’s first countywide Equal Benefits Ordinance (EBO), a measure that requires the county’s vendors to provide domestic partners with benefits equal to those offered to spouses of married employees.
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News (USA)
ACLU warns Utah schools: Banning same-sex couples at school functions ‘unconstitutional’
The ACLU of Utah has sent a warning to the state’s school district superintendents, cautioning them that banning same sex couples from being attending proms, dances and other school functions violates their constitutional rights.
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Life
Huckabee endorses anti-gay leader Gary Glenn for U.S. Senate
When Gary Glenn, the head of American Family Association’s Michigan affiliate, announced his run for U.S. Senate, Right Wing Watch wondered “how long it will be before Glenn receives Mike Huckabee’s endorsement given that Huckabee believes that ‘if we had leaders like Gary Glenn across America, our work wouldn’t be so hard.’”
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News (USA)
Michigan’s children speak out against Republican pro-bullying legislation
Michigan state Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) is leading the fight against against GOP efforts to create a “license to bully” that gives kids the ability to bully based on “religious or moral convictions.”
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News (USA)
Erie County legislators propose cyber-bullying laws in wake of teen’s suicide
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Tired of waiting for Albany lawmakers to toughen the state’s anti-bullying laws, two Erie County legislators have proposed making cyber-bullying a misdemeanor.