On A Scale Of One To Repealed, How Repealed Is DADT?
Have you forgotten about DADT now that the judicial brouhaha is over? The answer had better be no, because our servicemembers definitely haven’t. Here’s what the deal is for them right now.
House of Commons Passes Bill C-389, One Step Closer to Trans* Equality
Yeah, that’s right, if passed through the Senate, trans and genderqueer people would be able to see themselves in the law as equal to every other Canadian citizen, and crimes motivated by transphobia would be potential hate crimes.
Everything You Need to Know About Gay Marriage Today
In today’s edition of “I am gay and want to do things anyway,” gays are still trying to legally be in love, around the world, and state rights are still proving to be ineffective ways to govern the love lives of American gay people (ahem).
Indiana’s Vote to Outlaw Civil Unions is Totally Not Targeting Gays
The Governor would like everyone to stop talking about gay marriage and abortion and instead focus on finance and policy matters, such as education reform. But the people are really concerned about civil unions, so.
Don’t Set Glass Houses On Fire: When Insurers Balk, Lesbian Arson Victims Sue
“..it’s the story of a system that is so indifferent to violence against people that are queer, people who are poor or of color or trans or female or mentally ill or physically disabled, that it’s basically perpetrating it.”
Shock Me Shock Me Shock Me With That Deviant Gay-Related Behavior
What happens when homosexuals and conservatives come together? Something different every time, apparently! Stories from Maryland’s gay marriage debate, the Conservative Political Action Conference, the National Prayer Breakfast and more.
Behind Every Successful Anti-Gay Republican Man, There’s a Pro-Gay Marriage Woman?
George W. Bush’s daughter Barbara Bush has released a video supporting gay marriage equality. For real.
Illinois Gets Civil Unions, Life-Threatening Snowstorms
Get your hot chocolate and 1989 World Series Puzzle out, it’s time to bundle up and think about how Governor of Illinois Pat Quinn signed Civil Unions legislation into law today!
Chik-Fil-A’s Anti-Gay Damage Control Even Sloppier Than Their Sandwiches
Like Target and Dominoes before it, Chik-Fil-A is the next corporate chain on the chopping block for supporting anti-gay groups.
Leading Ugandan Gay Activist Murdered, Antagonistic Newspaper Clarifies “We Said [Gays] Should Be Hanged, Not Stoned.”
“We want the government to hang people who promote homosexuality, not for the public to attack them. We said they should be hanged, not stoned or attacked.”
Gays Are Begging You For Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, Why Won’t You Release US
There’s a grocery store in Arkansas that used the porno-block to shield young patrons from the Elton John Had a Baby Edition of US Weekly. For example. Little things.
State of the Union Liveblog from a Stoned Gay Foreigner
Wanna watch the State of the Union with a stoned Canadian? What’s a liveblog?
Haters Gonna Hate (Gays) Forever, Apparently
Bad and not-that-bad stuff happening with homophobes in the UK, Toronto, Ohio, Michigan and New Zealand. Also some good news, silver lining, heartwarming things and a Daily Show clip!
Gays Get Hospital Visitation Rights, Live in the South With Kids, Can Marry in D.C.
“People grew up in church, so a lot of us lived in shame. What did we do? We wandered around lost. We married men, and then couldn’t understand why every night we had a headache.”
In Defense of Senator Penny Wong, “Australia’s Worst Lesbian”
“Senator Penny Wong has been a driving force in creating reform for gay and lesbian Australians, and part of her ability to be the instigator of reform stems from the fact that she has chosen to refrain from advocating for gay marriage.”
The President of the United States Reminds His People That We Are Human Beings
The story of the day the President told the people to get their shit together.
Arizona Passes Measure Against WBC Funeral Protests In Wake of Giffords Shooting
It took a tragic massacre that killed six people, but someone has finally succeeded in (partially) protecting Arizona mourners from the heartless protests of Fred Phelps and the Westboro Baptist Church in the wake of the Gabrielle Giffords shooting.
Saskatchewan Court Upholds Gay Marriage, Common Sense
According to the Saskatchewan Appeal Court, marriage commissioners cannot refuse to perform same-sex marriages on religious grounds, because it’s illegal and backwards and they say so. Saskatchewan: the province you didn’t know you loved.
Morning After: America Reckons With Itself, Giffords is “Able to Communicate”
Congresswoman Giffords is getting better, Sarah Palin’s people say those crosshairs weren’t supposed to be “targets” necessarily, meet the gay intern who saved Giffords life and more updates on the Tragedy in Tuscon.
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Shot, 6 Killed and 10 Wounded by 22-Year-Old Jared Loughner
Six people were killed today and 11 wounded at an event this morning in Arizona for Democratic Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, including Giffords. The gunman, 22-year-old Jared Laughner, has authored some really troubling online rants.