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Commentary
The memory and meaning of Matthew Shepard, 13 years later
On October 7, 1998, Aaron Kreifels was riding his bike through a field in Wyoming. He wasn’t expecting that day to be different from any other beautiful sunny afternoon in the vast plains surrounding Laramie, but that day would change many lives. Aaron spotted what he initially thought was a scarecrow next to a fence. […]
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Commentary
Dear Mitt Romney: Prove Us Wrong
Mitt Romney is scheduled to speak at the far-right “Values Voter Summit” on Saturday morning, immediately before the American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer, a man with a long and shocking record of bigotry toward gays and lesbians, American Muslims, Native Americans, African Americans, Mormons and other minorities.
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News (World)
Uganda’s only gay bar shut down for attracting ‘strange’ persons
The only openly gay and lesbian Bar in Uganda has been forcibly closed, according to its owner. The landlord padlocked by the property and said the bar was noisy and attracted “strange” persons frequenting it.
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News (USA)
Police: Bullying of Jamey Rodemeyer addressed just once
The Williamsville School District appears to have only one documented case of bullying involving Jamey Rodemeyer, police say. The incident apparently happened when he was a student at Heim Middle School, and disciplinary action was promptly taken.
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Life
LGBT History Month profile: Screenwriter, director and producer, Dustin Lance Black
Dustin Lance Black, Screenwriter b. June 10, 1974 “I heard the story of Harvey Milk and it gave me hope that I could live my life openly as who I am.” Dustin Lance Black is a screenwriter, director and producer. In 2009, he received an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for “Milk,” about openly […]
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News (USA)
Values Voter Summit: GOP candidates plan weekend with anti-gay activists
This weekend, nearly every major GOP presidential candidate, along with the top two Republicans in the House of Representatives, will speak at the Values Voter Summit, an annual gathering of the leaders of the movement to integrate fundamentalist Christianity and American politics.
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News (USA)
White House announces Gautam Raghavan as new LGBT liaison
The White House on Wednesday announced that Gautam Raghavan, the former deputy White House liaison at the Department of Defense, will be the Obama Administration’s new LGBT community liaison.
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Life
British Prime Minister urges Conservative Party to back same-sex marriage
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday urged reluctant Tory members of Parliament, as well as the Tory party regulars, to support same-sex marriage.
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Life
Apple co-founder Steve Jobs dies at 56
Steve Jobs, the iconic American CEO and innovative co-founder of Apple — who many credit with transforming the personal use of technology with products such as the iPod, iPad, iPhone, iTunes, and thee Mac computers — died Wednesday. He was 56.
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News (USA)
McInerney to be retried in Lawrence King murder; hate crime charge dropped
Brandon McInerney — accused of murdering gay classmate Lawrence King in February of 2008 at E.O. Green Junior High School in Oxnard — will be retried on a murder charge, Ventura County California prosecutors announced Wednesday.
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Life
Joel Osteen: Homosexuality is a sin, now and 200 years from now
“Homosexuality is a sin — I believed it before, and I still believe it now,” says Joel Osteen. Appearing Tuesday on CNN’s “Piers Morgan Tonight,” Osteen, the pastor of mammoth Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas, said his beliefs are rooted in scripture.
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News (USA)
Bevan Dufty’s campaign commercial scares the religious right
The following is a simple commercial from openly gay San Francisco mayoral candidate Bevan Dufty. You’ve probably seen it before but it bears repeating in its proper context. It shows that the loving and raising of children is not something strictly owned by the heterosexual community or a stereotypical nuclear family.
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News (USA)
Anti-gay marriage groups fight MN campaign disclosure rules
The Minnesota Campaign Finance Board on Tuesday approved definitions and guidance on rules affecting campaign disclosure for ballot initiatives, and immediately drew criticism from anti-gay marriage groups because of implications the new rules have on the campaign seeking to ban same-sex marriage.
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News (USA)
Chicago to rein in gay pride to reduce public drinking, accomodate crowds
The city of Chicago announced it will change the route, start time and even the size of its annual Gay Pride Parade as a means to curb public drinking and accommodate the increasing attendance of the event.
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News (USA)
Bachmann responds to anti-bullying petition: ‘Bullying is wrong’
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), this week has finally issued a follow-up response to her previous assertion that bullying is “not a federal issue” — Bachmann now adds, “bullying is wrong.” The Minnesota Independent reported that Bachmann responded Monday to a petition delivered to her St. Cloud office by Tammy Aaberg, […]
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Commentary
Linda Harvey, the game of peek-a-boo is over — gay people exist. Grow up.
Linda, the game of peek-a-boo is over. You are a grown Christian woman now. Not only is yours the attitude of a two-year old, it is wholly non-Christian to ignore and discount others. What Jesus would do if He encountered His gay neighbor?
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Life
Incoming NOM Chairman calls marriage equality advocates ‘evil’
The new Chairman of the anti-gay National Organization for Marriage has some thoughts on marriage equality advocates: “Evil will always be with us.”
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Life
Google’s Android Market pulls ‘Is My Son Gay?’ app
Google’s Android Market on Monday pulled the controversial app for Android smartphones that purported to help mothers determine if their sons were gay.
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Life
Herman Cain: Being gay is ‘a choice,’ and bring back ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’
GOP Presidential candidate Herman Cain, appearing on ABC’s “The View” on Tuesday, said he feels being gay “is a choice,” and that if elected President, he would reinstate “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” the former ban on openly gay military service members.
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News (USA)
Tennessee principal assaults student for wearing pro-gay t-shirt
MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — A few weeks ago, we brought you the story of Sequoya High School in Madisonville, Tenn., where senior Nathan Carroll was attempting to start a Gay Straight Alliance. After starting a petition in the school for the GSA, Nathan was threatened with suspension should he continue to pursue that course of action. […]