State of the Civil Union: On Illinois and Gay Divorce
Illinois’s State Senate has approved civil unions for same-sex couples – is it a sign of change or more of the same?
Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Hearing Returns to Washington, Is Better than “Cats”
DADT Hearings, Part Three, in which I AM GOING TO PUNCH JOHN MCCAIN IN THE F*CKING THROAT
Listling Without Commentary: Actual Answers to DADT Survey Questions, Out of Context
“I believe that the impact would be devastating to me, my family, my unit, the military, our country and the world!”
DADT Survey Results Are In: Gays Won’t Mess Up the Army (But John McCain Might)
The survey is in! Guess what? We were totally right. John McCain says it’s the wrong survey and also, he ate his meat so why hasn’t he gotten is pudding and also he wasn’t invited to Gates’ birthday party and also he’s cast in the chorus of Little Red Hen and he wanted to be the Little Red Hen and NO THAT IS NOT THE FORK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT he wants the Winnie-the-Pooh fork.
This is a Don’t Ask Don’t Tell Megapost In Which McCain Gets Crazier, Repeal Gets Closer, Etc.
The endless onslaught of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell posts may actually come to an end in the near future, as the policy will hopefully be decided once and for all this week. We have the details, as well as some thoughts on how we got here and where we go next.
Del City High School, Accused of Discrimination, Actually LOVES Lesbians
Remember when Del City High School students Kelsey Hicks and Melissa McKenzie said they were being discouraged from graduating because they’re gay? Yeah, that story isn’t really adding up.
United Nations Votes Against Being Against Executing Gay People
A UN General Assembly Committee just voted to stop including sexual orientation on a list that protects people against discrimination-based arbitrary executions. In other international news: two Brazilian troops arrested in connection with gay shooting, couples get married in the air, Australia tracks its own gay-friendliness and in France gay marriage goes to the courts.
The [Gay Marriage] Revolution Will Be Televised: Prop 8 on CSPAN
The original Prop 8 case wasn’t televised, but the hearing on whether or not Prop 8 should ultimately be repealed will be.
Dems Will Push DADT Repeal, Hoping For Last Minute Comeback, Magical Study
Can the Democrats really manage to end DADT in Congress while they still have a majority? We hope so, because otherwise it’s back to the drawing board.
Is Oklahoma’s Del City High School Encouraging Lesbian Students to Drop Out? [UPDATED]
Forget prom — lesbians at Del City High School are being told they shouldn’t even bother showing up to graduation.
NOM Strikes Again: Iowa Voters Throw Out Judges, Reject Their Constitution
Just when you thought it was safe to register at Pottery Barn in Iowa, voters there remind us that they HATE EQUALITY, and especially the judges who uphold it with unpopular rulings. And once again we have NOM to thank.
High Court Keeps US Gay Military Ban Intact: Life Without DADT Was “Fun” While It Lasted
Christ Almighty.
Everybody Must Sue DOMA: Lesbian Activist Widow & Gay Couples File Suits
Edith Windsor had to pay crippling estate taxes when her wife died as if they were strangers because the federal government didn’t recognize them as being married. Now she’s suing on the basis that DOMA “effectively creates a tax on being gay.” Meanwhile two other lawsuits have been filed against DOMA by a Boston-based gay advocacy group. Are lawsuits the future of the gay rights movement?
“Democrats Lean Towards Caving On DADT,” We Lean Towards Screaming From Our Eyeballs
Yesterday it looked like the Democrats are going to take a Don’t Ask Don’t Tell repeal off the bill currently in Congress because they’re tired of arguing about it. But that was before three senators tweeted their commitment to the repeal. Twitter. Yes. This is the way we live now.
Supreme Court Denies Fugitive Ex-Lesbian Lisa Miller’s Appeal
The Supreme Court has denied Lisa Miller’s appeal, which means that full custody of their daughter still belongs to her non-biological mother Janet Jenkins. Unfortunately, no one knows where Miller and Isabella are.
14-Year-Old Pennsylvania Teen Brandon Bitner Killed Himself on Friday
Brandon Bitner was fourteen and went to school in Pennsylvania and played Mario Kart with his friends and now he’s dead.
DADT Repeal Stalled In Continued Push Towards National Mediocrity
How grim has the future of a DADT repeal become in the new, Republican future? Kinda grim.
So, How F*cked Are We, Exactly? Let’s Talk About the Midterm Elections.
Making sense of the election results the day after: how much we lost last night, what it means to have lost, and how hard we’re going to have to work to win it back.
Midterm Elections 2010: Prop 19 Loses So Marijuana’s Not Legal, Republicans TAKE OVER THE WORLD WITH RAYGUNS
Prop 19 failed so that means no marijuana-induced anarchy in California! Also apparently there’s some sort of serious Republican Invasion happening, which sounds pretty wild. Christine O’Donnell lost tho!
Chicago LGBT Synagogue Terror Target: Al-Qaeda Not a Fan of Jews, Also Gay People
A progressive Chicago-area synagogue, which serves gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Jews, learned that a mail bomb involved in a foiled Al-Qaeda plot was addressed to its building. Although the bomb was never intended to reach the synagogue, we still have questions. Was this meant to be a general message of hatred for a religion, one specifically targeted to the LGBTQ folks and their allies, or just a general “fuck you” to all of humanity?