What’s In a Word? Gay Rights in Canada, Apparently
New Canadian citizenship guidelines were released Monday and the total length of the new gay/lesbian section is about as long as this sentence. Period.
We Sent A Man To The Moon, Maybe We Can Have Real Sex Ed: Ending Title V
Probably if you had to make a list of things you wanted your tax dollars going to, abstinence-until-marriage sex education would not be one of them. Shockingly, there are some elected officials who feel the same way.
South Africa Government Hears Out LGBT Activists On Corrective Rape
A common practice in South Africa, corrective rape is an act of violence where lesbians are raped in order to “fix” them… as charming as that sounds, it is time to wave goodbye to that policy, for real this time.
Once More, With Feeling: DOMA Repeal Bill To Be Introduced Wednesday, Celebrities Petition Obama
The DOMA repeal bill is coming out the day after tomorrow, so you better hang on ’til the day after tomorrow, come what may! Also Ellen Degeneres & Martin Sheen & The Lynch have a petition for you to sign.
Boehner Needs Your Money to Extend Your Gay Oppression via DOMA, is Clearly Bad at Budgets
“It must be nice to sit on such a fat cash cow, and be able to spend the people’s money on bigotry at the same time you’re demanding we cut everything back.”
Carl Kruger’s Twofer: Corruption Scheme Plus “Secret Gay Lover!”
This is an actual news headline. Senator Carl Kruger took hundreds of thousands of dollars in bribe money – and then laundered it through his secret boyfriend.
Just Kidding, Maryland Isn’t Getting Gay Marriage Anytime Soon
“But Democrats… have managed to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.”
Lady Gaga + Target = Gay BFFs No More
Turns out Target is 100% made of anti-gay assholes so Lady Gaga officially broke up with them.
Gay Youth: We’re Who You’re Not F*cking With
Gay bullying is not a “fact of life,” and it needs to stop. And well, we’re in luck- because it soon may be a thing of the past. GET READY FOR A BUNCH OF EXCITING UPDATES!
Lady Gaga Endorses This Message: When Celebrities Get Political
“Lady Gaga has made it very clear in the past that she is more than willing to join the legions of pop stars with strong political opinions. But usually, it doesn’t work out as nicely.”
John Darnielle on International Women’s Day
HEY it’s International Women’s Day and this is what’s up.
James Ware Replaces Judge Vaughn Walker: Will It Affect Prop 8 and Gay Marriage?
Judge James Ware was appointed to fill the spot that Judge Vaughn Walker (of Prop 8 Trial fame) left when he retired. Except who even is this guy?
Happy International Women’s Day, Homos!
Not only is it a day about our favorite people in the world – women – but it is also a day about US – WOMEN! What are you doing to celebrate the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day?
Gay Legislators Change Gay Legislation
Gay marriage, civil union, domestic partnership: when does this annoying process end and when do the bachelorette parties begin?! Am I right?! No, really, am I? Well, believe it or not, there is a shining light in the many debacles and debates raging over gay partnerships in the United States- and it’s gay legislators.
Remember Bradley Manning? Wikileaks’ Forgotten Gay “Unparalleled Hero” Made to Sleep Naked in Jail
This is what it looks like to get all of the backlash and none of the glory for exposing the American government’s dirty laundry.
Girlfight! – In Which We Debate Westboro’s Right to Picket Funerals
This is where the Carmen and Carolyn not-showdown will begin. We’re friends, after all, but we’re going to give you guys a little bit of both sides. We framed it like a girlfight to make it more interesting, though.
Rep. John Boehner Scared Of Change, Gay People, Wants To Defend DOMA
You know what they say, if you give a mouse a cookie the Republicans will fight to keep oppressive legislation until someone pries it from their cold dead hands!
Mike Huckabee Takes “Gay Ick Factor” Campaign on the Road
“Huckabee has argued that Obama’s approach to the Defense of Marriage Act is just “wrong” for many ungrounded reasons which he would be happy to share with you at length.”
Gay Marriage: Today, Hawaii And Maryland; Tomorrow, The World
Your options for being married and/or civilly united have increased significantly this week! Here’s the rundown on Maryland and Hawaii, and what it means for you.
Obama Hires Gay Social Secretary to Join the Gayest Presidential Staff Ever
Jeremy Bernard has been a key fundraiser and gay agenda pusher for Obama since 2007, now he’s in charge of ALL THE PARTIES! Also, Obama’s hired a ton of gays, right?