Results for: gay marriage
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Daily Fix: London Chanel, Black Trans Woman, Killed in Philly and Other News Stories
The way the media reported on the deadly Waco shootout, a trans woman was stabbed in Philly, there’s new restrictions on military style equipment for the local police and more news stories!
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Daily Fix: Obama Calls for an End to Conversion Therapy and Other News Stories
Obama’s big statement on conversion therapy, Walter Scott’s murder, anti-abortion law in Kansas, discrimination against non-bisexual people alleged at the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee, and more!
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State of the Union 2015: Instagram, LGBT Shoutout, and a Dysfunctional Tight-Knit Family
“Last night President Obama addressed the nation on a number of pressing issues ranging from Instagram to middle-class economics to the fact that climate change exists.”
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Daily Fix: Indiana’s In a Hurry to Rebrand and More News Stories
A trans woman wins her lawsuit against her former discriminatory employer, a Wiccan priestess leads the Iowa legislature in prayer, law enforcement has killed at least 5,600 people since 2000 and more news stories!
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Democratic Party Ties the Knot with Gay Marriage for 2012 Election
The Democratic Party is officially adding a “plank” to their party platform supporting gay marriage.
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Colin Powell Has No Problem With Gay Marriage
Colin Powell says that “I don’t see any reason not to say that they should be able to get married under the laws of their state or the laws of the country.”
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Also.Also.Also: Happy Birthday, Pride Flag and Other Stories We Missed This Week
Everything was going great until Russell Brand showed up.
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Obama, Gay Marriage and America One Week Later
President Obama announced he supports same-sex marriage, and then what happened?
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Also.Also.Also: Anti-Gay Workplace Discrimination Is Still Happening and Other Stories We Missed This Week
The SCOTUS keeps us waiting, the man keeps us down, and nobody knows what the fuck is going on with Barack Obama these days.
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Obama Administration Joins the Club, Files Amicus Brief Against Prop 8 in Supreme Court Case
The Justice Department’s amicus brief joins other ones opposed to Prop 8, including one from 75 pro-equality Republicans. This leaves a lot of questions: namely, what took them so long?
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We Won A Thing: Massachusetts Federal Appeals Court Rules DOMA Unconstitutional
Now the constitutionality of DOMA will almost definitely head to the Supreme Court next year.
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Obama’s Inaugural Address Calls Gays “Our Brothers and Sisters,” Incites Cautious Optimism
It’s telling and moving that Obama chose to dedicate a fairly significant chunk of his speech to the LGBT community; it sends the message that we are who he thinks of when remembering how equal we are or are not.
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People Besides Homeless Gay Teens Maybe Starting to Notice Gay Teen Homelessness
“If people really come to care about homeless gay teens, it means that they’re willing to care about more than gay marriage or cute pictures of weddings at city hall.”
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Pro-Gay Vote Might Be Democrats’ Secret Weapon in 2012 Election
The Republicans have already decided that they don’t need the gays for the 2012 election, but Obama may feel differently.
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Obama Speaks For LGBT Pride Month, Doesn’t Counsel Patience
“And as long as I have the privilege of being your President, I promise you, you won’t just have a friend in the White House, you will have a fellow advocate.”
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Joe Biden Wants To Give Us Gay Marriage For Christmas, Gay People Are Santa
What did you get for Christmas? Was it drunk? Maybe it was James Franco’s grandma. Say it was. We found the thumbnail for this article by googling “lesbian christmas,” so.
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Joe Biden Goes Rogue With Same-Sex Marriage Support
Joe Biden finished “evolving” a long time ago, it seems.
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DOMA Faces Challenge to its Constitutionality, Appears Increasingly Unpopular
A federal appeals court in Boston is considering whether it’s constitutional to deny same-sex married couples equal rights under the law.
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White House Announces LGBT Pride Video Contest, Clearly Likes Your Face
The announcement of the first-ever LGBT Pride Month White House Champions of Change Contest is one of many recent events suggesting Obama is on our side for real now.
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Obama and Hillary Officially Care About Global Gay Rights, a.k.a. “Human Rights”
The Obama administration’s decision to take treatment of gays and lesbians into account when making foreign aid decisions is actually really historic, and here’s why.