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News (USA)
amfAR pays tribute to Elizabeth Taylor for years of fighting HIV/AIDS (Video)
Elizabeth Taylor lent her voice to the voiceless, her iconic image to those who had previously been invisible, and her compassion and determination to a cause many others had shunned: the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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News (USA)
Colorado state Senate passes civil unions bill in first of two votes
The Colorado State Senate on Wednesday passed a bill legalizing Civil Unions for gay couples. This is one of two votes required by the Senate, and if it passes again, the bill will go on to the House before being signed into law.
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News (USA)
Obama Administration asks United Nations to support LGBT rights
The Obama administration, on Tuesday, introduced a declaration to the United Nations calling for better treatment and protections for LGBT people internationally.
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News (USA)
Indiana Senate committee advances amendment to ban same-sex marriage
The Indiana state Senate Judiciary Committee voted 7-3 — along party lines — this week to advance a constitutional amendment which bans both gay marriage as well as civil unions.
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News (USA)
9th Circuit panel refuses to lift stay in Proposition 8 case
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Court of Appeals panel hearing the Proposition 8 case on Wednesday denied a request by plaintiffs to lift the stay on the lower court’s ruling in their favor. Had the three-judge panel granted the request, same-sex couples in California would have been able to obtain marriage licenses immediately. In refusing […]
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Commentary
Walmart gets better: Retailer responds to censorship of the ‘g’ word
I’m pleased to report that “gay” is now a perfectly acceptable word to include in posted comments on Walmart’s site. Other words have also been cleared, including lesbian, homosexual, bisexual and transgendered.
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News (USA)
Screen legend, HIV/AIDS activist Elizabeth Taylor dead at 79
Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, died today from congestive heart failure at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles. She was surrounded by her four children.
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News (USA)
Apple dumps ‘Gay Cure’ iPhone App after 146,000 people petition for its removal
Truth Wins Out and Change.org praised Apple today after the company removed a virulently anti-gay iPhone app launched by Exodus International that promoted “curing” gay people.
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News (USA)
Colorado House approves bill to reduce bullying in Colorado public schools
The Colorado House of Representatives on Wednesday approved a measure designed to reduce incidents of bullying in Colorado public schools.
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News (USA)
West Virginia House fails to pass non-discrimination bill — again
For the third time, the West Virginia state House has failed to take up the bills outlawing housing and employment discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity, despite heavy support in the state Senate.
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Commentary
Walmart, the G word, and internet activism
Walmart is selling the new “It Gets Better” book. Just don’t call it gay.
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Commentary
This Week in Prop 8: Anti-gays using race as a wedge
This week: Finger-pointing in Maryland, along with some disturbing new racial rhetoric. Meanwhile, pressure to repeal DOMA heats up in Congress and in the courts.
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News (USA)
Delaware statewide poll shows broad support for same-sex civil unions
A new public opinion poll reveals there are twice as many likely voters in Delaware who support same-sex civil unions as there are voters who oppose civil unions.
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Commentary
The Book with a Promise: ‘It Gets Better’
There were moments while reading “It Gets Better,” the new book inspired by the video project to help bullied youth, when my heart leapt to my throat and hovered there. There’s no denying the power of this project, and what could easily be the most important book of the year.
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Commentary
The Oprah Winfrey Network’s great shame: Lisa Ling’s ‘Our America’
The Oprah Winfrey Network’s “Our America” with Lisa Ling has produced an indulgent puff-piece on “ex-gay” programs, “Pray the Gay Away”, that included gross factual inaccuracies resulting from a lack of research and lazy reporting.
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News (World)
Uganda Parliament likely to consider ‘Kill the Gays’ bill soon
The Ugandan Parliament will reconvene next week and is expected to consider the anti-homosexuality legislation often referred to as the “Kill the Gays” bill.
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News (USA)
Bill to prevent LGBT protections passes first hurdle in Montana Senate
A bill that would prohibit local municipalities from enacting ordinances that include sexual orientation as a protected class from discrimination, passed its first hurdle in the Montana Senate on Friday.
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News (USA)
Attorneys file final brief asking appeals court to lift stay on Prop 8 ruling
The American Foundation for Equal Rights (AFER) and its legal team filed a reply brief on Thursday, supporting a motion in the Ninth Circuit asking that the Court immediately lift an order preventing gay and lesbian couples from marrying in California.
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Life
Isle of Man legalizes civil partnerships for same-sex couples
The Isle of Man, a self-governing British dependency, is the newest country to grant same-sex couples the right to civil partnerships.
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News (USA)
It’s still illegal to have gay sex in Montana, years after Supreme Court ruling
A Montana legislative committee on Friday killed a bill that would have decriminalized homosexual sex — keeping a law on the books that was ruled unconstitutional by the state Supreme Court in 1997, and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2003.